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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · 5h

Mushrooms, always mysterious and a bit sinister!
#iphoneX #AffinityPhoto #mushrooms #gothic

A photo of mushrooms on an old tree stump, by a drystone wall, in monocrhome

Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · 2d

Out for a walk and couldn't resist this combination of the semi-abandoned armchair and the traffic cone. Taken with an iPhone X using the procamera app and post processed with Affinity Photo
#monochrome #blackandwhite #urbangrunge #urbanphotography

a photo of an armchair with a traffic cone by a building, in black and white

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · 25d

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Sep 3

I did a Substack post on my new Adobe free workflow

#adobefree #adobe #affinityphoto

andycsmart.substack.com/p/the-adobe-...

The Adobe-Free Workflow

Or how I learned to ditch something I thought I needed and like the result

andycsmart.substack.com

Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Sep 1

Photogram experiments today.
#sunprints #photograms

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Aug 23

Someone on Reddit said there isn’t one…

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Aug 23

Anybody have an idea how to fix a slightly concave brayer?
#printmaking #reliefprint #brayer

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Aug 22

Tetrapak intaglio print
#tetrapak #intaglioprint #printmaking

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Aug 19

Querns Wood, Cirencester..
#woodland #blackandwhite #monochromelandscape

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Aug 10

I’ve just published on Substack about my first foray into mono printing..

open.substack.com/pub/andycsma...

#monoprint #gelplate #printmaking

Gel Plate Monoprinting, or Monotyping, I'm not sure..

I’ve had a gel plate for about sixth months, well actually I’ve got two gel plates because I bought the speedball one, then found it doesn’t work with acrylic paint so bought a gelli one too.

open.substack.com

Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Aug 5

Wrote a piece on my Substack on taking part in a print exchange

open.substack.com/pub/andycsma...

Joining a Print Exchange

Just keep calm....

open.substack.com

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Jul 29

Photo of the old baptist burial ground in Bibury, only 200m from the tourist madness but really peacefull
#bibury #graveyard #headstone

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Jul 25

I’m so glad I found your videos, they’re really good

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Jul 25

I came across this scene while cycling home from Kelmscott, totally serendipitous!
#blackandwhitelandscape #monochrome #cotswolds

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Jul 22

That’s nice, I really like how sometimes you find something where all the colours just work

Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Jul 22

I wrote a blog post on my life drawing experience

visupulse.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/l...

#lifedrawing #blogpost

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Jul 20

We left Iive over in the hilly west, but my wife lived for a while in east anglia where the skies are big. Also, your English is a lot better than my German..

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Jul 20

Das Himmel ist riesig!

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Andy Smart @andysmartphoto.bsky.social · Jul 20

I edited a photo I liked this morning and did a Substack post on it.

andycsmart.substack.com/p/ethereal-t...

#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography
#gothic #mysterious