Alex Thomas
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Photos, writing, software, and teaching.

Based in San Jose.

Developer education engineer also interested in everything else.

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Selected photographs

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Couple looking at each other against a red wall.
Portraits
Bearded man in a cap sitting beside a creek.
Portraits
Two people laughing and dancing on a wooden lookout deck.
Portraits
Smiling man with glasses beside the water at sunset.
Portraits
Couple beside a wooden fence, with the woman holding her pregnant belly.
Portraits
Smiling woman with glasses in a sunlit forest.
Portraits
Couple beside a mountain lake, with the man holding an open folding fan.
Portraits
Smiling couple standing together on a sandy beach.
Portraits
Young man in a black sweatshirt seated against a gray wall.
Portraits
Two people standing close beneath a lace veil in the wind.
Portraits
Smiling woman in a pink wrap against a leafy background.
Portraits
Woman looking up from a spiral staircase with a yellow handrail.
Portraits
Woman standing on coastal rocks above her reflection in a tide pool.
Portraits
Couple standing arm in arm beside a tree covered in white lights.
Portraits
Four people laughing together beneath a flower-decorated wedding arch.
Portraits
Two women smiling together on a beach.
Portraits
Man in a blue and gold varsity jacket beside a rocky shoreline.
Portraits
Woman in a denim jacket looking directly at the camera.
Portraits
Couple smiling and running hand in hand beneath stone columns.
Portraits
Couple kissing on a sandy beach.
Portraits
Woman in sunglasses seated on a railing beside the sea.
Portraits
Local East Bay band Shell Space.
Portraits
Woman in an orange knit hat reclining on green grass.
Portraits
Man playing an acoustic guitar in warm light at night.
Portraits
Woman in a red jacket beside the water in golden evening light.
Portraits
Woman in a white dress standing in sunlight in front of a colonnade.
Portraits
Two people sharing an umbrella on a wet city sidewalk beneath illuminated buildings.
Street & architecture
Two pedestrians crossing a bright strip of sunlight beneath a concrete overpass in black and white.
Street & architecture
Two silhouettes inside a glass walkway between tall buildings in black and white.
Street & architecture
Warmly lit windows and reflections across blue glass towers at dusk.
Street & architecture
An elevated train crossing a steel structure in front of a blue glass building.
Street & architecture
A skyline beyond a tree-lined channel reflected in calm water beneath streaked clouds.
Landscape
Snow-covered coastal town and harbor beneath mountains in golden evening light.
Landscape
Small figure on a rocky outcrop overlooking a forested valley at sunset.
Landscape
Small figure on a path beneath tall sunlit forest trees.
Landscape

Software

I work in developer education and technical writing, and build software of my own.

Film photography

Film Scan Converter

A free, open-source macOS app for turning camera-scanned negatives and slides into finished images, with non-destructive editing, roll-wide corrections, and full-resolution export.

Get the app on GitHub

Language & teaching

English tutoring and accent coaching, poetry translations, and notes from learning languages and living abroad.

Travel narrative Around the World Language project Poetry Translations Teaching English Teaching Archive Books and Sources

Blog

CV

Now

Developer education and technical writing

Documentation, examples, and developer education.

2017-2020

Freelance writing and content systems

Research and writing for clients.

2012-2016

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

History, Linguistics, German, and TESL.

2017-2018

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Indonesian language study.