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Mary Jo Richards

@mjrichards.bsky.social

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Teacher, reader, observer of people and the natural world, wife, cat mom, unapologetic liberal, feminist, queerdo, antiracist, neurodivergent who masquerades as a normie. Obsessed with the analog, particularly film cameras, typewriters & fountain pens.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 4h

That’s Portra 400. Thanks, autocorrect.

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 6h

And he just went up a few notches in my estimation…

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 8h

Some street photography from Fell’s Point in Baltimore, Maryland, last month.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portrait 400
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
#filmphotography

Busy street scene in Fell’s Point with pedestrians moving along a sidewalk

Pedestrian walking below the sign for the oldest continuously operating tavern in the US, The Horse You Rode in On Saloon, in Fell’s Point, Baltimore, Maryland

Shot of pedestrians and dog walkers along the promenade at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in Fell’s Point.

Police and attendees at OysterFest in Fell’s Point in Baltimore, Maryland

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 19h

Great shot!

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 19h

Ahh, a person after my own heart. “Midnight” around this household is 8:00 PM.

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 19h

Always! 🐶

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 19h

Just wanted to say how impressive it is that you go out to these protests and document them and participate in them so often. You are getting such important shots.

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 22h

If I got this paper, instant A.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

It will be a while before I have time to finish off the rolls that are in my cameras now & develop them, so I am going to post shots from the five rolls I just got back daily until I run out of frames I like.
📷 Minolta Maxxum 7000
🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400
#filmphotography
#filmisnotdead
#believeinfilm

A spear of pink butterfly bush blossoms against a background of lush green.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

I sent in some of my own film along with my students’, so for the first time in a good while I got back lab scans instead of scanning my own. Such luxury! Five whole rolls!
#believeinfilm

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

My students’ film project scans are back! I sent out links to the students to their photos this evening and gave them one week to pick their favorites to enter into the exhibit. Can’t wait to see what they select!
#filmphotography
#analog

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, definitely. You’re good to go!

Reposted by Mary Jo Richards

Nessa Gray @nessagray.bsky.social · 3d

A friend on IG is selling her Pentax 17. Anyone looking for an almost new one at a decent discount?

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 2d

Ow! Well, Arista EDU Ultra 100 is running about 80 bucks, up from 70

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the repost @marifromky.bsky.social

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 2d

Eerie!

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 2d

It’s understandable. Even when bulk loading and developing and scanning your own, stuff ain’t cheap!

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 2d

I have so much fun when I end up with an old #digicam & folks leave images on the memory card. I downloaded a bunch of shots off an XD card today from an #Olympus C-50 & it was full of some guy’s senior year of high school & his trip to #Vegas to see a Tim McGraw concert in 2002. #photography

Vegas at night. New York New York Casino. Image from 2002.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3d

In which case you’re just really productive during your waking hours, unlike most of us schlubs. I spend a lot of time in overwhelm paralysis mode myself.

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes you sleep, maybe?

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3d

Me in my photographer costume

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3d

Or, and hear me out, just shoot actual film! It’s messy, it’s expensive, and it’s REAL!

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3d

In my experience, the Orca stock will give you the sharpest pictures of all, and developing those tiny negatives yourself is so much fun! So far I’ve tried Orca 100, Tiger 200, and LomoChrome Color 92. I didn’t care much for that last, but maybe that was just me.

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like it was shot during an eclipse.

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3d

Please hashtag the pictures you take with it #110film. More of us weirdos who like this sort of thing will see them. I love when people get hyped about these little cameras! I have a couple of 110s myself and love the pictures I can get from them.

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