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Candid Mike
@candidmike.bsky.social
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(Mostly) Street Photographer in North Carolina Triad.

All photos posted are my own.

I shoot both film and digital.
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It was cold today at the Christmas parade.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #dogs #pets
A black and white photograph of a woman with a scarf over her face holding a dog.
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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She lost her shoe.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of a woman holding the leash of her dog with one hand and her young daughter in the other. The little girl is bending over picking up her Croc that came off. The dog is being pet with someone stopping to pet them.
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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A calm day at the lake.

📷Minolta Autocord
🎞️Ilford HP5

#photography #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #eastcoastkin #art #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #believeinfilm #filmphotography #120film #filmisnotdead #mediumformat #landscape #landscapephotography
A square black and white photograph of a lake on a calm day. A tree line is in the distance.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Eyes that have seen some things.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of an old man looking off into the distance. He is sitting on a bench on the sidewalk leaning on his walking stick.
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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📷Minolta Autocord
🎞️Ilford HP5

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #believeinfilm #filmphotography #120film #filmisnotdead #mediumformat
A black and white photograph of a woman, a young girl, and an infant. The woman is holding the infant out. There is glass in between them and the camera and there are reflections of a tree over the frame.
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Street performers at #timesquare.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #nyc
A photograph of two street performers with their legs intertwined hold out their hands as they balance against each other. A crowd of people are gathered around them.
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Distracted in the middle of the road.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of a woman on her phone standing in the road.
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Getting that lay up shot.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #basketball
A black and white photograph of a group of kids playing street basketball. On is laying up while all of them are looking up at the hoop.
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Long shadows

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #art #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of the side of a building with a fire escape leading up it. Long shadows from the stairs and landings are plastered on the side of the building.
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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A path traveled by many.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #art #hotel #hallway
A photograph of a hallway in a hotel.
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Waiting Room.

📷Minolta Autocord
🎞️Kodak TMAX

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #monochrome #blackandwhite #believeinfilm #filmphotography #120film #filmisnotdead #mediumformat
A black and white square photograph of a train station. There is a sign that says "Waiting room* above a person sitting on a bench in the distance.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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No glass but a padlock.

📷Nikon FE2
🔘Nikon 35-70mm F3.3-4.5
🎞️Ilford HP5 shot at 1600

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #art #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #believeinfilm #filmphotography #35mm #filmisnotdead #abandoned
Black and white photograph of a glassless window of an abandoned building. A padlock is locking the window. There are vines growing throughout the bars. On the other side you can see another abandoned building.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Relaxing and enjoying the view.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of three people sitting on camping chairs out in front of a store. One old grumpy looking man in the front looking off to the side, another man behind him with sunglasses has his hands above his head. In the back that is an older woman side eyeing the camera.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Going for a ride.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of a dirty side mirror of a car with a woman in sunglasses in the reflection.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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He stopped me after I snapped this and said that I took a horrible picture of him...I beg to differ.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of a man in the process of turning around with a beer in his hand. One arm is covered in tattoos.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Smoke break with a view.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of a woman with a ciggarette in her hand checking her Apple Watch. Behind her there are stairs and a path through a small courtyard.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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A mirror reflection of the center of a Ferris Wheel.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #art
A photograph of a top of a merry-go-round that in the center has a mirror that is reflecting a colorful center of a Ferris Wheel.
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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A work of art. The sculpture, not my photo.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #art
A photo of a very colorful rope sculpture hanging in the night. Blue and pink lights shine on the ropes making them look like they glow.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Fishing pier on a #Holga

🎞️Ilford HP5

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #believeinfilm #filmphotography #120film #filmisnotdead #mediumformat
A black and white photograph of a wide shot of a fishing pier looking from the land toward the water. There are six people scattered around, some of them fishing.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I don't know.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of a person with with a plastic bag over their head.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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I want to travel the country and visit all of the abandoned factories.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #art #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of a smokestack of an abandoned factory. Vines are twisting their way up and a tree looks to be growing in between the stack and the building behind.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Number of smiles:
1 man
2 women
1 dog
1 velociraptor

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #velociraptor #pets #dogs
A black and white photograph of a woman smiling down at her dog that is looking at the camera. There is a kid next to her doing something strange with his eyebrow, a man on the other side of him smiling at the camera. There is a woman behind the other woman smiling at the camera...and there is a statue of a velociraptor behind all that.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Wayne and his feeds.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #art #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
A black and white photograph of the front of an old building with a double door in the middle and a window on each side. Above the door says "WAYNE FEEDS". A fence spans the front of the building. There is a missing plank out of the fence that perfectly lines up with the front of the building.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I see a half a heart. ❤️

🎞️Ilford HP5 shot at box speed

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #eastcoastkin #art #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite #believeinfilm #filmphotography #35mm #filmisnotdead
A black and white photograph of an old broken door handle. The wood is chipped away at the hinge making a half of a heart shape.
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Legs in #NYC. Waiting for customers.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid
A photograph of a stand for a cartoon artist. Postings of his cartoons are blocking all of him except for his legs that are crossed.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM