I'm Torata - a hobbyist photographer based in Zurich, Switzerland. By day I write code; on weekends and whenever a flight takes me somewhere, I point a camera at things.

I'm entirely self-taught, which mostly means years of trial and error, a lot of badly exposed shots I'll never show anyone, and an ongoing relationship with the histogram that's best described as complicated. I shoot street and landscape - cities, architecture, light on water, the gap between buildings. I don't have a strict style or a project with a thesis. Just a habit of looking, and an interest in how places feel at different hours.

The portfolio is wherever I've been - Europe, Asia, the Caucasus, wherever the next trip lands. Switzerland fills the gaps between. I bring a camera on every journey regardless of whether the destination warrants it - some of those shots end up here, most don't.

No formal training, no studio, no commercial work. Just someone who finds it hard to walk past good light without stopping.

Gear

• Fujifilm X-T5 - main camera
• Fujifilm X-T30 - lighter travel companion
• Sony RX100 II - when even the X-T30 feels like too much
• Canon T70 - occasionally, on film