Bartram Nason
@bartnason.bsky.social
Cinematographer, documentary photographer and software engineer.
Founder of https://www.civicmatters.us/
Photography at https://www.bartramnason.com/
Lives in Chicago. Originally from Atlanta.
Founder of https://www.civicmatters.us/
Photography at https://www.bartramnason.com/
Lives in Chicago. Originally from Atlanta.
As a software engineer my job mostly consists of repeatedly pressing “allow” in VS Code and letting Copilot do its thing.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
As a software engineer my job mostly consists of repeatedly pressing “allow” in VS Code and letting Copilot do its thing.
When I ride my bike around the city I love to watch the skyline. It’s something that I’ve wanted to film for a long time. But it’s always been pretty shaky when I’ve tried
So today I’m going to try mount this vibration isolator from Proaim onto the front rack of my bike to try to smooth things out.
So today I’m going to try mount this vibration isolator from Proaim onto the front rack of my bike to try to smooth things out.
September 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When I ride my bike around the city I love to watch the skyline. It’s something that I’ve wanted to film for a long time. But it’s always been pretty shaky when I’ve tried
So today I’m going to try mount this vibration isolator from Proaim onto the front rack of my bike to try to smooth things out.
So today I’m going to try mount this vibration isolator from Proaim onto the front rack of my bike to try to smooth things out.
Happy vertical video day to those who celebrate!
September 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Happy vertical video day to those who celebrate!
Nothing makes my teeth hurt more than going to the dentist.
What if every time you went to your primary care doctor you left in more pain than you were in before?
What if every time you went to your primary care doctor you left in more pain than you were in before?
August 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Nothing makes my teeth hurt more than going to the dentist.
What if every time you went to your primary care doctor you left in more pain than you were in before?
What if every time you went to your primary care doctor you left in more pain than you were in before?
I’ve conditioned my children to blow a raspberry and put their thumb down whenever they see a cybertruck
July 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’ve conditioned my children to blow a raspberry and put their thumb down whenever they see a cybertruck
I ran into a guy at the playground that I know from a documentary project I was working on a year ago. He said “oh you’re the filmmaker.”
I don’t often feel like that describes me, but it’s nice that people put in the world think of me that way.
I don’t often feel like that describes me, but it’s nice that people put in the world think of me that way.
July 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I ran into a guy at the playground that I know from a documentary project I was working on a year ago. He said “oh you’re the filmmaker.”
I don’t often feel like that describes me, but it’s nice that people put in the world think of me that way.
I don’t often feel like that describes me, but it’s nice that people put in the world think of me that way.
I, a grown man, got a bloody nose at an indoor trampoline park today.
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I, a grown man, got a bloody nose at an indoor trampoline park today.
There are a couple of beavers on the bank of the Chicago River south of Montrose.
May 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
There are a couple of beavers on the bank of the Chicago River south of Montrose.
I'm working on a small video editing app, and one of my goals is to improve on the nits I have with file handling in other video editing apps.
For example, exporting a new version of the video should rename the previous file rather than add a number to the end of the new file name.
#buildinpublic
For example, exporting a new version of the video should rename the previous file rather than add a number to the end of the new file name.
#buildinpublic
April 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm working on a small video editing app, and one of my goals is to improve on the nits I have with file handling in other video editing apps.
For example, exporting a new version of the video should rename the previous file rather than add a number to the end of the new file name.
#buildinpublic
For example, exporting a new version of the video should rename the previous file rather than add a number to the end of the new file name.
#buildinpublic
Why does my toddler always wake up screaming and why don’t I?
April 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Why does my toddler always wake up screaming and why don’t I?
Am I the only one who just learned today what a borg is?
March 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Am I the only one who just learned today what a borg is?
The Von Trapp family hiding from the Nazis in the abbey and then undertaking a treacherous journey over the mountains to another country is so on the nose.
March 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Von Trapp family hiding from the Nazis in the abbey and then undertaking a treacherous journey over the mountains to another country is so on the nose.
Sitting here talking to my five year old about Nazis and like why are we doing this all over again?
March 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Sitting here talking to my five year old about Nazis and like why are we doing this all over again?
Watching The Sound of Music and it’s just so obviously relevant for today.
Republicans need to go back and watch it and realize they’re Rolf.
Republicans need to go back and watch it and realize they’re Rolf.
March 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Watching The Sound of Music and it’s just so obviously relevant for today.
Republicans need to go back and watch it and realize they’re Rolf.
Republicans need to go back and watch it and realize they’re Rolf.
Trying to decide between these two audio tracks on PremiumBeat: "Save Democracy" or "Empire Rising"
February 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Trying to decide between these two audio tracks on PremiumBeat: "Save Democracy" or "Empire Rising"
I get it. You’re a jackhammer operator. Every day you’re tearing up broken ass pieces of concrete, sidewalks no one cares about. It gets you down.
Then one day you come across this beautiful piece of asphalt. No cracks. Perfectly crowned. And you get to just go at it.
The work is its own reward.
Then one day you come across this beautiful piece of asphalt. No cracks. Perfectly crowned. And you get to just go at it.
The work is its own reward.
CDOT just finished repaving the street and replacement sidewalks and water management is out here today tearing it up again.
February 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I get it. You’re a jackhammer operator. Every day you’re tearing up broken ass pieces of concrete, sidewalks no one cares about. It gets you down.
Then one day you come across this beautiful piece of asphalt. No cracks. Perfectly crowned. And you get to just go at it.
The work is its own reward.
Then one day you come across this beautiful piece of asphalt. No cracks. Perfectly crowned. And you get to just go at it.
The work is its own reward.
CDOT just finished repaving the street and replacement sidewalks and water management is out here today tearing it up again.
February 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
CDOT just finished repaving the street and replacement sidewalks and water management is out here today tearing it up again.
CPS is closed today. Not having to wrest a kid out of bed and cajole them out the door by 7:15 puts me in such a better mood for the day.
School shouldn’t start so early.
School shouldn’t start so early.
February 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
CPS is closed today. Not having to wrest a kid out of bed and cajole them out the door by 7:15 puts me in such a better mood for the day.
School shouldn’t start so early.
School shouldn’t start so early.
It’s always hilarious when I get a Spotify notification announcing a new album from a long dead classical composer.
New album by Tchaikovsky just dropped!
New album by Tchaikovsky just dropped!
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It’s always hilarious when I get a Spotify notification announcing a new album from a long dead classical composer.
New album by Tchaikovsky just dropped!
New album by Tchaikovsky just dropped!
There’s a runner I cross paths with nearly every day as I bike back from school drop-off. He waves, I wave back. I don’t know who he is, and we’re both covered head to toe in cold-weather gear, so I wouldn’t recognize him in any other context. I’m not sure who started waving first.
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There’s a runner I cross paths with nearly every day as I bike back from school drop-off. He waves, I wave back. I don’t know who he is, and we’re both covered head to toe in cold-weather gear, so I wouldn’t recognize him in any other context. I’m not sure who started waving first.
This is the explainer I needed after watching A Real Pain. As usual, the Indiana Daily Student coming through clutch: www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
COLUMN: Jesse Eisenberg loves Bloomington
The Oscar nominated actor’s connection to IU goes beyond being a fan.
www.idsnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This is the explainer I needed after watching A Real Pain. As usual, the Indiana Daily Student coming through clutch: www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
Weird to think that the dental hygienist spent all that time imaging my teeth just so it’s easier to identify my corpse
February 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Weird to think that the dental hygienist spent all that time imaging my teeth just so it’s easier to identify my corpse
if apple put the charging port on the front of the magic mouse id be done with this jeff goldblum meme by now
February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
if apple put the charging port on the front of the magic mouse id be done with this jeff goldblum meme by now
Some frame grabs from filming with Tarik Shahzad last Sunday. Tarik set the Cook County birding record last year, spotting 294 unique species in 2024.
Tarik guided us along the shore of Lake Michigan in Park No. 566 in South Chicago.
Video to come soon on YouTube.
Tarik guided us along the shore of Lake Michigan in Park No. 566 in South Chicago.
Video to come soon on YouTube.
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Some frame grabs from filming with Tarik Shahzad last Sunday. Tarik set the Cook County birding record last year, spotting 294 unique species in 2024.
Tarik guided us along the shore of Lake Michigan in Park No. 566 in South Chicago.
Video to come soon on YouTube.
Tarik guided us along the shore of Lake Michigan in Park No. 566 in South Chicago.
Video to come soon on YouTube.