2025.07
- Designed and built a custom 4-probe thermometer panel for JOBO CPE-3 to achieve precise temperature control during C-41 film development
- Published V2 of the VNS adapter with improved baseplate design bringing film closer to light source
- Completed editing and submitted Out of Memory Vol. 10(!!!) for printing
- Created and bound A Chair in the Sky for the bookbinding exhibition
- Implemented full-text search functionality to this website; simply press
?key - Added OpenGraph social media cards to toto.photo pages
- Published dozens of new Loose Leaves entries
- Made significant progress on Synapse/Soma app, added Obsidian compatibility
- Bunch of darkroom hours printing RA-4 chromogenic prints
- Attended Rural Festival in Fukushima for three days of music and camping
- Visited Luigi Ghirri exhibition at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum and acquired his Kodachrome book
- Purchased artwork from Saki Otsuka’s Taking Back Myself exhibition at Gallery Ether
- Co-led workshop at Jinny Street Gallery
- Coordinated Yu-Asobi exhibition closing Jinny Street Gallery
- Searching apparel factory partnership for Jinny Street Gallery merchandise
- Luca successfully repaired Ricoh GR3 camera after I gave up on it few years ago. Autofocus isn’t working, but the camera turns on. Thank you, Luca!
- Backfilled 12 months of log entries
July was brutally hot and relentlessly busy. Despite the oppressive temperatures, I’m proud of hitting several milestones this month—particularly completing two book projects, which always bring me the deepest satisfaction. Juggling these creative pursuits alongside my day job felt like a genuine achievement. Though much of my exhaustion stemmed from the Canadian visa application process: mountains of paperwork, endless uncertainties, and glacial processing times that have essentially grounded me for weeks.
Although this ritual of summarizing the month’s work certainly feels motivating and energizing. Onward, forward.