---
description: 'Simple slideshow of my photos'
date: 2026-04-27
period: '2016 onwards'
thumbnail:
  src: ./_assets/photos.jpg
  alt: Screenshot of a generated photography site.
project:
  title: Photo Site Generator
---

I bought my first camera, a proper DSLR (a Nikon D3200) from my first summer job's salary at 15. I've been taking photos of everything that captures my imagination, or sparks aesthetic joy in me ever since. I wanted to have a simple but personal way of sharing these photos while avoiding going through social media, so this was the perfect excuse to build a photo portfolio website.

It started off with PHP running on a Raspberry PI in my room but, to keep maintenance simple, has since evolved into a simple Vite script generating a static HTML and variously sized photos from a folder.

 The only rule for good tech is it has to give me more value than the effort it takes to use it. Given that part of photography I enjoy is taking photos, the website gives me little value, thus, committing a JPEG into a Git repo and pushing it is the right amount of effort to expect of me. It's still one more step than what I had to do with PHP version but I have taste in tech too, not just photography.
