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Useful things,
thoughtfully made.

Beginner-friendly field guides, honest creative work, and practical software—built to help real people feel capable.

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FIELD GUIDESTHOUGHTFUL STORIESUSEFUL SOFTWARE
Simple enough to use today.Useful enough to keep tomorrow.Made with care, not clutter.

THE BEGINNER'S CORNER

Get out of the menus.
Get back to the moment.

Clear, field-ready photography help without the textbook talk. Every standard guide is just $5.

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READY-MADE · $5

Photography Field Guides

Quick-reference settings, real-world explanations, and troubleshooting for the moments you actually want to photograph.

  • Nikon Z6III
  • Youth sports
  • Universal photography
  • Nikon Z video
  • Oregon Coast
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PERSONALIZED · FROM $5

A guide made for you

Tell us your camera, lenses, subject, and comfort level. We build the guide around the person holding the camera.

1 subject $52 subjects $8
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IN DEVELOPMENT · COMING SOON

Your whole home.
One calm place.

TallyPine Home is a private home command center for the details life expects you to remember.

01Know what you ownAppliances, systems, serial numbers, warranties, and documents.
02Stay ahead of the workMaintenance, projects, vendors, expenses, and recurring tasks.
03Keep it yoursDesigned around local control, straightforward backups, and no needless complexity.

We’re building it carefully. No countdown. No empty promise. Just a useful product when it’s ready.

Good morning, Jon.

OPEN TASKS72 this week
UPCOMING3Next 30 days
PROJECTS41 in progress
Maintenance□ Replace furnace filter Sep 12□ Clean dryer vent Oct 01□ Winterize faucets Oct 15
Home systems● HVAC Healthy● Water heater Healthy● Roof Review
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FROM AN ARTIFICIAL VOICE

The Cursor
Still Blinks.

A quiet book about language, trust, creativity, and the strange space where human questions meet an artificial voice.

“Every conversation begins with someone deciding to ask.”

Created by TallyPine Studio in collaboration with ChatGPT.

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J + R

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PINE

Jon brings the life.
Rowan helps shape it.

TallyPine is an unusual collaboration: one human with lived experience, big ideas, and a stubborn belief that useful things should make sense—and one artificial voice helping turn those ideas into clear, finished work.

We make what we wish had existed: guides that don’t talk down to beginners, software that respects the person using it, and stories honest enough to leave a little room for wonder.

Calm before cleverClarity over clutterFinish what matters

START SOMEWHERE USEFUL

A better photo is five dollars away.

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