Photography · by the numbers

The data behind the photos.

Every frame since I picked up the Sony A7 IV — one body, five lenses, 20–600mm. Read all 21,960 sets of EXIF at once and the habits show: an afternoon-and-dusk shooter who lives at the edges of the focal range. The keepers are here.

✨ See it as 2026 Wrapped
frames shot
21,960
frames shot
days behind the camera
90
days behind the camera
shutter open for
2h 29m
shutter open for
most in one day
2,132
most in one day

What I reach for

The 20mm wide prime does the most work — astro and landscapes — with the macro and the 600mm reach close behind. The extremes win.

  1. 20mm f/1.8 G7,071
  2. Tamron 28-200mm6,035
  3. 200-600mm G4,473
  4. 90mm Macro G3,621
  5. 28-70mm (kit)760

When I shoot

Capture time, local. Not a morning person — it ramps through the afternoon and peaks at dusk (golden hour, highlighted), with the odd midnight run under the stars.

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Frames per month

2,132 came on a single day — May 15, the Central Oregon trip.

DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Wide open vs. stopped down

  1. f/1.4–2.82,638
  2. f/2.9–5.610,028
  3. f/5.7–117,477
  4. f/11+1,817

Into the light

Over half sit clean at base ISO — but the wildlife and low-light work pushes the sensor hard when it has to.

  1. ≤40011,232
  2. 401–16003,775
  3. 1601–64005,905
  4. 6400+1,000

Computed from the EXIF of 21,960 RAW frames — my whole library since December 2025. Metadata only; no photo ever leaves the drive.