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Nessa Gray
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Fresh film and expired cameras
I’m so stoked on this. Now to keep it cold until the light is right.

#Believeinfilm #velvia #fujifilm
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Just bumbling along today

I need to sit down and edit but the world has been a little hard this week. It’s nice to remember a warm summer evening with good food and friendly bees.

#pentax17 #tx400 #bees #believeinfilm
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Piroshki on Madison

I haven’t been here yet, but I really should. It smells amazing whenever I walk by.

#believeinfilm #piroshki #pentax17 #tx400 #classicmono #seattle
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Beautiful

For #WWHFPD I took a little photo walk. And since I wanted to be the All American photojournalist from Los Angeles I had some Kodak Tri-X 400 loaded when I came across this little gem of street sculpture.

#pentax17 #tx400 #believeinfilm
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Ok why not! I’ve been enjoying Cinestill in my other cameras. Let’s see how the little half frame gets along with it.

#believeinfilm #pentax17 @cinestillfilm.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Cunty

From a little solo photo walk back on #WWHFPD back when it was warm and sunny out.

Pentax 17
Kodak Tri-X
Dev in D76 and dslr scanned.

#believeinfilm #seattle #pentax17 #tx400 #classicmono
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mkay, #Frankenstein was fucking awesome. Guillermo knows how to make movies!
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Someone posted this and I can’t remember who but oh my God what an incredible article! It’s a long read but absolutely worth your time. Especially if you have kids in your life!
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My color scans just came back from the lab for my #folderweek stuff. Damn that little retina is a hell of a shooter!
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Port side view

I was just complaining about tri-x for half frame and then it does something like this.

Pentax 17
Tri-X 400

#believeinfilm #classicmono #pentax17 #tx400 @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is basically how I ended up taking tons of pictures of weird buildings and reflections and odd graffiti and random crap lying on the street. I shoot for myself, you don’t like it you can keep scrolling.
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:

One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing

And then you'll say. Wait a second.

Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Seriously #seattle people, go check your ballot. This one is going to be incredibly close and you will want to have your vote counted.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Heading up

I think every piece of the Seattle library is just beautiful. It’s possible I might be a book nerd.

Pentax 17
Kodak Tri-X 400

#believeinfilm #pentax17 #tx400 #library @spl.org #classicmono
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Reposted by Nessa Gray
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If you live in Seattle, go check if your ballot needs to be “cured” it just takes a minute and this election is going to be super close.
Maybe you forgot to sign your ballot, or your signature didn't quite match the one on record. If you received a signature challenge letter and have questions, we have a web page for that.

kce.wiki/SignatureCha...

Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
Signature challenges - King County, Washington
kce.wiki
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you aren’t careful, this is how you find out what fix tastes like. Ask me how I know.

A medium format game of “is it pictures” tonight.
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is what happens when you goof the loading on your Hapo 66e, you run out of film before you run out on the counter. Neat 2/3 of a photo of Blake the horse though.

#foldingcamera #folderfriday #believeinfilm #horse #portra
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reposted by Nessa Gray
(scary commercial voice, image of world trade towers)

ON 9/11, THE NEW MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY WAS ...

NINE

YEARS

OLD

(dramatic pause)

DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU FEEL ... OLD
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The stupidest timeline
That cop really took the stand in federal court, swore to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and then said that the fact that he could smell onion and mustard after being struck "at point blank range" by a subway sandwich was evidence of felonious assault.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If I am looking at a camera listing on eBay and the description is ai garbage, I’m instantly not interested. Who thought this crap was a good idea again?
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is an absolute burner of an obit. Worth a read.
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So I still like Tri-X a lot for medium format, but I’m kinda falling out of love with it in the P17, which feels all kinds of weird.
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If you love film and all the weird ways different film formats evolve, go spend 15 minutes watching Adam Savage geek out on VistaVision.

#believeinfilm
Adam Savage Learns About VistaVision Filming Cameras at Paramount!
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
New career, I’m gonna open this as a hotel and cafe. No more teams meetings please.
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Y’all, it is insanely hard to write about yourself and not hate every word. Can’t I just use an emoji or something instead?
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM