Thanks for scanning the QR code 😎 I sent this holiday card because you are awesome and super cool and I wanted to bestow upon you well wishes for the New Year 🥳 (also you gave me your address, hehe.)

If this did not make it to the right person—or if you’d prefer not to receive mail—please send a reply in the Write back? 💖 section and include the three-digit number in the lower left-hand corner of the postcard.

I hope you and yours enjoyed a refreshing holiday this year. 2024 was a big change for me (like I left San Francisco for Brooklyn!), and so I started this thing called the Postcard Project to continue on in the years to come. To all those who supported the project by signing up for test prints and/or subscribing to the project, I’m super grateful (🫵🏽 that includes you 💌.)

This webpage is a version of the Digital Journal I built for the project. On this holiday-specific webpage, you’ll find a note about when and where this postcard image was captured. There’s also an area where you can send a message back, and a version of this photo cropped for your phone or computer wallpaper.

That’s all to say: thank you for being a part of this universe; I’m excited to see how we’ll cultivate it in the years to come. Happy holidays—hope to see you soon—and please do reach out if I can ever be of service!

Your friend—
-Joe Santiago

(PS—for clarification: everyone gets a holiday card, and I’ll only send you monthly postcards if you sign up on the Postcard Project page linked at the end of the journal entry.)

This photograph is from August 15th, 2024 and was captured from a window seat on the left side of an airplane after departing New York (LGA) for Charlotte (CLT) around 3pm. It’s an image looking south on the Manhattan skyline with Central Park in the foreground and Staten Island in the background. The island is flanked by Brooklyn on the left, and New Jersey on the right.

I lug a big camera around when I fly 🤷🏽‍♂️ For lenses. camera zoom can be expressed as a “focal length” in millimeters. Your field of vision is probably around 35mm. So—if you’re taking photos on an airplane—a focal length around 100mm usually works great (this photo was taken at a focal length of 140mm.)

Do note: it’s pretty difficult to see anything when you’re sitting on the wing, and also your seat mates will get grumpy if you bring a clunky camera and take too many pictures 😅