adamkarnacz
First Man Photography

Creep creep creep go the long arms of authoritarianism.
Managing your own keys 🔑 is becoming ever more important. https://image.nostr.build/76a3d3d22bfccfdc1f36b3e52665939bc0efd2331364ff616085cbbc8c1ecf49.jpg

2025-02-04 09:01:30

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One of the symptoms of technology and an oil based western lifestyle, is that people have become detached from physical reality. This is fine as long as the music keeps playing. But it looks more and more likely it’s gonna stop.
At that point, being able to build things and fix stuff will be very valuable.

2025-01-31 15:01:30

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If you want to take the time to set it up, its definitely a fun project that will pay off in the long run. Mailchimp prices aren't too bad though for less than a 1000 subs.
Having said that, it always felt like a chore doing my email newsletter. Now I love it, and can build the email in any HTML editor I desire.

2025-01-31 12:48:30

Severance is a great show.
Really original story, beautifully shot, and top notch acting.
But when ‘Love Spreads’ by The Stone Roses dropped at the start of this weeks’ episode……. Ooof, that was 🔥

2025-01-29 12:18:53

Hilarious that Open Ai cries “cheat” whilst also scraping all the photography and digitised art in the world to “train” its models.
#karma #photography #note1zrt…y0uz

2025-01-28 14:33:06

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Ah so close!! Every Morning by Sugar Ray was the second song I ever downloaded on Napster.

2025-01-28 10:38:36

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💯

2025-01-28 09:56:58

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It’s the most excited I’ve been about Ai.
A market place of open source models, than anyone can run privately on their phones.
Ai was never gone be something that remained centralised.
I’m also looking forward to picking up some cheap second-hand graphics cards to max out my gaming rig.

2025-01-28 07:09:53

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Ha. I have to log in too……although I don’t mind because it’s running on the network and stops the kids maxing out my GPU.
Although I enjoy tinkering, whenever I see the words GitHub, docker or terminal - I know I’m not in for an easy ride and I’m doing things beyond the scope of normies.

2025-01-28 06:24:26

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I’ve been using Ollama with Open WebUi. It works well, looks like Chat GPT and even has a few extra features.
It’s far from easy to install though and agree it needs to be easier. I’m running Ollama via Terminal and Open Web Ui in Docker.
Best model I can run with my hardware is Llama 3.3 72B and it’s a long way short of Chat GPT. Fun though.
The fact even I can do this, shows progress. It’ll be cool if it also incentives normies to start buying computers again, rather just using phones and tablets.

2025-01-27 16:29:26

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Also shows that NPC’s don’t give a shit about their privacy and data.

2025-01-27 14:29:03

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First song I ever downloaded on Napster. 🔥

2025-01-27 08:43:55

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Getting off these algorithm driven social platforms is one of the best things I’ve ever done.

2025-01-27 08:19:05

https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20220118-_R6A3407-HDR.jpg
Good morning. Here’s a frosty sunrise to start your week.
#landscapephotography #photography #winter #sunrise #hopeful

2025-01-26 15:21:56

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These overhead photographs are spectacular. Great storytelling too. Love it.

2025-01-25 12:54:14

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Appreciate the shout out, Phil. Thanks.

2025-01-24 18:05:18

Got a new video out tonight where I hike up a mountain to make some photographs and i share a series of repeated errors that haunt me.
https://youtu.be/sWyxOqATb7o
#photography #landscapephotography

2025-01-24 15:02:43

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Of course, I really just meant human nature will never change. So when we try and drive things that defy it, they are doomed to fail.
I also try to encourage things to change in a healthy direction. Mostly, these days, by trying to inspire people to walk up a hill and be creative.

2025-01-24 14:45:02

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Totally agree. Especially when the vast majority of us want the same things - eg be able to afford a decent life, look after our families, live with meaning and do interesting things without authoritarian rule.
We all just have different ideas of how these things are best achieved and it just requires a little empathy and understanding. And not getting offended at opinions different to yours. I also think a sense of humour really helps.
I also find the virtue signalling on both sides very annoying. It’s just another means to try and control people.
Life is messy, because the human condition is messy. And it’s never gonna change.

2025-01-24 07:51:48

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I'd love to see the active user count.

2025-01-23 22:35:06

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Absolutely. An art unto itself.

2025-01-23 21:05:26

So with Storm Éowyn coming in to get us, does that make us the Witch-king? https://image.nostr.build/8953676b3aa345df62e14097ca104cf47dad443812f65625542c31e97d38ef1f.jpg

2025-01-23 18:38:17

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I’ll generally settle for people that don’t get offended and have a sense of humour.

2025-01-23 09:11:20

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I like to zoom in and crop it out.

2025-01-22 21:18:18

https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nostr-Images-Small-39.jpg
For nearly 10 years I have been making films about landscape photography and posting them to YouTube. One of the huge upsides of this - something I never initially considered - is that virtually all my photographs you have seen have an accompanying video.
As the years go by, this literal proof-of-work becomes increasingly valuable to me. And I hope it will be a legacy my children - and future generations of my family - will appreciate when I’m gone.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #rocks #photography #yorkshire #sunset #nature #photography

2025-01-22 20:08:14

Encryption is a threat to authoritarianism, not democracy.
It’ll be funny when they find out about Nostr. #note1rxy…ghrc

2025-01-20 12:57:00

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Awesome 🙌

2025-01-20 12:49:42

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Proof of work - https://youtu.be/uWLBBLP_glg

2025-01-20 12:48:47

https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nostr-Images-Small-34.jpg The Arctic Circle
We’re stood in this fantastic spot, in front of a frozen lake in Finland, looking at Norway on the right and Sweden on the left. Such a beautiful place.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #mountains #photography #arctic #winter #nature #photography

2025-01-19 15:45:42

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Thanks mate. On the walk up from Hodge Close.

2025-01-19 15:21:34

https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nostr-Images-Small-75.jpg This little corner of the English Lake District is every bit as magical as it appears to be here. The photograph also looks particularly good in print, which is the natural form of a panorama.
Alternatively, click the picture (and turn your phone side ways).
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #mountains #photography #lakedistrict #sunset #nature #photography

2025-01-18 11:16:21

I've got to the point where if a service blocks me using it because i'm connected to a VPN, i stop using the service altogether.

2025-01-18 08:00:00

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🔥

2025-01-16 14:37:53

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And here’s the proof of work - skip to 5:00
https://youtu.be/7s9TRU_k2Y0

2025-01-16 14:37:29

Ai “photographs” are a shitcoin.
Here’s a real one.
https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20221128-_R6A6629-HDR-2-2.jpg
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #woodland #photography #trees #sunlight #nature #photography

2025-01-13 16:27:42

Since I was 7 years old, I’ve always known my own personal Ai assistant would be called “Eve”. Today, roughly 35 years later, the first conversation took place (see screenshot). It felt significant so I thought I’d share. Would appreciate any recommendations of models to try.
Reckon I’ll reserve Eve 1.0 for when we can self-host an actual AGI.
#ai #eve #llm
https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/First-Chat-with-Eve.png

2025-01-11 19:28:38

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I do landscape photography commissions for bitcoin, if that’s your thing.
Love your work btw.

2025-01-08 11:04:23

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I definitely need to check them out.

2025-01-08 11:03:02

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💯

2025-01-08 10:58:15

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Ha ha. That did cross my mind as Sendy lets you create client logins and charge a fee.

2025-01-08 10:41:19

A little story….
In the last two days I have moved my newsletter email list of 7000 people away from Aweber, a service similar to Mailchimp. They decided to match Mailchimp’s prices so my monthly bill jumped from $50/month to $130/month. That’s 160% increase, literally overnight!!
After a full rage quit, I briefly considered paying MailChimp, but its way too expensive, I don’t need any of the extra “features”, and the constant upselling is painful. So I decided to try and build something myself and eventually landed on Sendy, which I paid around $60 for, as a one-off licence payment.
After two days work, I now have a Sendy instance setup on my website subdomain and it sends the emails via AWS SES. I send about 3 email newsletters out per month, each one around 7000 emails. The first went out last night and the bill from AWS was $0.32. So my total monthly cost will be about $1, and I’m not paying for the number of ‘subscribers’. Compared to $130, that is a 99.23% saving!! Literally insane.
Proof of work and hosting your own shit wins again. It’s also a good example of where technology can be used for extortionate levels of value extraction, but also massive value gains if you do it yourself. I also pray for the day when self-hosting a cloud becomes much easier and more reliable so I’m not relying on Amazon (email) and Google (website, via an intermediary) to make this setup work.
#proofofwork #sendy #photography #value

2025-01-07 09:54:03

The patterns of a winter morning.
There’s beauty out there.
#photography #winter #beauty https://image.nostr.build/0359e45f5f77b1ab8a40d07f867036251f2239619dcbf765c7a33eeaa41879e3.jpg

2025-01-07 09:52:18

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Agree with that definition.
But the word has no bearing on their professionalism, or the quality of their photographs.
The business acumen and the artistic skill are two separate things. Success doesn’t necessarily require both.

2025-01-03 15:29:46

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For the printing I used a company called exwhyzed.com (they might be UK only).
They really looked after me and used a traditional litho printing technique with stitched binding. They looked 👌
The second is gonna be the same so there’s some uniformity on the shelf for the people who also have the first one.

2025-01-03 15:10:38

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I self-published the first one. I’ll probably do the same again. I did all the work to figure everything out last time so it should be easier this time round. I got pretty efficient at packing and shipping.
I like having full control. The only real problem is having hundreds of boxes lying around.

2025-01-03 14:15:01

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My first book sold out. But the ebook version is available via the link below and can be purchased with sats.
https://firstmanphotography.com/store/books/illumination-ebook/

2025-01-03 14:12:48

https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20230206-_R6A6724.jpg
This year I intend to publish my second book. I’m just putting that up here to hold myself to account because it’s easy to procrastinate and not get it done.
This photograph will be featured along with roughly one hundred and twenty others. It’s the writing I’m having trouble with.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #mountains #photography #yorkshire #sunset #moors #nature #books

2025-01-03 08:39:35

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I’ve always loved a view over the roof tops. Great capture.

2024-12-31 17:07:10

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I doubt you’re taking snapshots by my definition. This expands on my point…..a video I made several years ago.
https://youtu.be/z76KzQKPqJo?si=1B0-QqECixBif6i2

2024-12-31 13:58:00

https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20221010-_R6A6247.jpg
Advice for 2025:
Make photographs, instead of taking snapshots.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #mountains #photography #lakedistrict #sunset #nature

2024-12-31 13:53:31

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Happy New Year, mate. 🎆🎇

2024-12-31 11:52:20

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Make photographs, instead of taking snapshots.

2024-12-30 13:41:53

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Thanks so much. Really appreciate the support.

2024-12-30 12:57:42

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Appreciate that mate.

2024-12-30 12:31:48

For the past 12 months I’ve been out there chasing down that perfect shot, but what I found went way beyond just a pretty picture. So in today’s video I’m gonna to take you out onto the hill and share the lessons I’ve learned from one year of landscape photography.
https://firstmanphotography.com/vlogs/5743-rxpxas/
#landscapephotography

2024-12-30 12:25:41

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I’m definitely no nostr expert. I enjoy the tinkering though. 💪

2024-12-30 12:23:57

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Very weird. Looks like it’s not pulling the images from my website.
Might need to look at upgrading my website server. I’m determined to self-host as much of my content as possible.

2024-12-30 10:55:20

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@npub1r0d…fsft Any better posting the link before the text?

2024-12-30 10:52:38

https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nostr-Images-Small-15.jpg
We’re moving into my favourite time of the year for landscape photography. Magical scenes, winter wonderlands, snowy adventures…….. and I always have the whole place to myself because all the normies stay indoors.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #mountains #photography #yorkshire #snow #winter #nature

2024-12-30 09:35:51

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Ah…I’ll give that a try.

2024-12-30 09:06:47

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I posted it using Damus. I was previously seeing those issues with Primal.
I’m currently playing around with image exports to try and get the right balance of quality and file size.
Also determined to continue hosting the images myself via my website.

2024-12-29 22:43:23

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Thanks so much

2024-12-29 21:06:43

A stunning morning in the mountains of the Lake District, UK
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #mountains #photography #lakedistrict #reflection #nature
https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nostr-Images-Small-30.jpg

2024-12-24 21:50:04

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Although I’m guessing there probably is one already. But I’ve never seen it.

2024-12-24 21:49:30

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We definitely need an Aussie Christmas movie. 🍿

2024-12-24 21:38:41

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I’m in my fifth decade and I still can’t get my head around it being summer at Christmas. Have a good one mate.

2024-12-21 23:07:39

The bitcoiner virtue signalling is painful. What’s wrong with being a degenerate fuck who stacks sats?
Rebels (and creative people) are full of flaws.

2024-12-18 21:04:06

Standing alone. Ice cold, no mistakes.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #lonetree #photography #yorkshire #nature
https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nostr-Images-Small-85.jpg

2024-12-18 13:55:15

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🤯 Will definitely be checking this out! Sounds like the future of kids pocket money.

2024-12-17 16:51:47

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Thanks mate.

2024-12-17 16:44:51

Just know there is a whole world out there, and it’s beautiful and it’s amazing. We just have to go out there and find it.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #mountains #photography #scotland #highlands #nature
https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20211018-_R6A2725-HDR.jpg

2024-12-17 09:25:49

Morning. I hope your days are filled with beautiful sunrises and cloud inversions on the hill.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #artstr #photography#peakdistrict #nature #cloudinversion
https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nostr-Images-Small-114.jpg

2024-12-16 08:21:28

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This one was from before my YouTube channel. I did get pretty close with one on a video I filmed in around 2017. It’s been awhile since I did any macro. Might have to have a play soon.
Yours sounds very cool.

2024-12-15 21:06:09

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Thanks so much.

2024-12-15 20:45:52

The weird and wonderful world of water drop photography. I made this “award winning” photograph around 15 years ago and have never been able to achieve anything like it since. Sometimes things are just meant to be.
#photography #macro #waterdrop
https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20140330-Veil-Edit.jpg

2024-12-04 21:39:18

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💯

2024-12-04 19:27:11

New video out now. Hope you enjoy.
#photography #camera
https://youtu.be/9GVAm14ah2k

2024-11-27 17:26:48

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Here’s one from the other day.
It’s been happening for over a week now every time I post. Then after a couple of days the image appears again. Which is pretty pointless because it’s disappeared down everyone’s feed by then.
#note1hnv…ct8d https://image.nostr.build/842e4a9a928c63018bc2b67df79e410d2300d3bec7428f98f2bdf3e0668ccdb8.jpg

2024-11-27 17:07:00

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I upload ( link a url from my web server) a picture on Damus, it shows perfectly everywhere…..apart from Primal where it shows a grey box or broken cache link. Not fun, and interoperability sucks with Primal, inc not using NWC on the iOS app.

2024-11-25 17:53:03

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Thanks, Will. Very much appreciate your work too.

2024-11-25 17:14:34

Excited to be getting back out to this spot tomorrow for a day of shooting and adventure in the mountains.
If you see a grey box, it’s probably because you’re using Primal. They seem determined to lock you into the app and use their hosting. Any image link you post, they are caching the images and displaying that cached version, if it displays at all. @npub18m7…q955 and #amethyst by @npub1gcx…nj5z are great alternatives to Primal. To be honest, Primal’s shenanigans are killing my nostr buzz.
#landscapephotography #picstr #photostr #artstr #photography #lakedistrict #nature
https://firstmanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20161017-_R6A2615.jpg

2024-11-25 17:06:49

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This is kinda ruining my experience of using Nostr as a photographer. Caching all my images is proper creepy and they don't even display properly anyway. Just grey boxes like you shared above.
Doing all they can to lock people into the app seems to be the opposite of what Nostr is all about.
Am I right in thinking Primal are backed by Ten31? If so, they'll probably get a pass, just like Coinkite did, for all the shenanigans.

2024-11-25 16:58:38

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Yes. For over a week now. They are doing something weird and caching the images we post via a link, then displaying those cached images on the Primal app.

2024-11-24 17:44:26

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🤢🤮

2024-11-23 19:12:29

New video out now.
Swapping screen time for nature (photography) time!!
#photography #landscapephotography #nature
https://youtu.be/1ZwTNrOiQCg

2024-11-23 14:33:36

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This one is 386KB. Does the the app not just load the image directly from my web server.
Are Primal downloading the images to their own servers and then creating new links in their apps?