This year, I’m choosing lightness.
I’m putting down the heavy camera body—the one that makes me think too much, measure too much, know too much. I’m picking up the cheap little KODAK PIXPRO FZ55-BK instead. Not because it’s better, but because it’s freer.
I want to move through the year without feeling like I’m “on assignment.” With a small camera in my hand, people don’t stiffen. They don’t perform. They don’t zoom their attention onto the gear. The camera disappears, and what’s left is humanness—small gestures, half-moments, real expressions. The stuff that made me fall in love with photography in the first place.
The DSLR makes me technical. It pulls me into settings, sharpness, perfection. I know too much now, and sometimes that knowledge gets in the way. It makes me chase control instead of curiosity.
This little camera feels like a reset. A permission slip to be curious again. To shoot because something feels interesting, not because it’s “correct.” To miss shots and not care. To follow instinct instead of rules.
This year isn’t about proving anything.
It’s about wandering.
About noticing.
About freedom.
If I can look back at the photos from 2026 and feel like I was there—present, playful, human—then this camera will have done exactly what I needed it to do.
I’m looking forward to lighter hands and quieter moments, so here we go… .
