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James Paul
@roguemusiclab.bsky.social
Musician, engineer, composer, photographic hack, and lover of ephemeral minutiae.
DM for prints.

https://jamespaulphotography.myportfolio.com

https://roguemusiclab.substack.com
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James Paul
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December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sitting on a dock on a swamp.

Pentax Auto 110 Super 18mm/2.8 Pan Focus
Lomography Tiger

#ShootFilmBeNice #GrainIsGood #BelieveInFilm #TheFilmCommunity #110Format #Lomography #LomographyTiger #Pentax #PentaxAuto110 #PentaxCamera
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bonus Bingley and it’s not even #caturday. That’s because it’s #BingleyDay! and this kitten is pondering the weight of adulthood as she turns two!

Nikon Df 70-300 AF-S ED 1:4.5-5.6 @ 300mm
F5.6 1/60s ISO 8000

#Photography #Nikon #NikonDf #NikonCamera
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A tale of two trees.

Pentax Auto 110 Super 18mm/2.8 Pan Focus
Lomography Tiger

#ShootFilmBeNice #GrainIsGood #BelieveInFilm #TheFilmCommunity #110Format #Lomography #LomographyTiger #Pentax #PentaxAuto110 #PentaxCamera
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Bingley guards one of my camera cases.

Nikon Df 70-300 AF-S ED 1:4.5-5.6 @ 75mm
F7.1 1/60s ISO 6400

#Photography #Nikon #NikonDf #NikonCamera #Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Like I said, I’ve done a thing again:

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November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A hydrant basks in the midday sunshine.

Pentax Auto 110 Super 18mm/2.8 Pan Focus
Lomography Tiger

#ShootFilmBeNice #GrainIsGood #BelieveInFilm #TheFilmCommunity #110Format #Lomography #LomographyTiger #Pentax #PentaxAuto110 #PentaxCamera
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I wrote a thing last week. I wrote another this week. Subscribe here and get it first:

roguemusiclab.substack.com
James Paul - The Rogue Review | Substack
Musings of a many times music producer, sometimes photographer, learning to be himself in this world. Click to read James Paul - The Rogue Review, a Substack publication. Launched 6 days ago.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sunday morning abstract: when do flaws constitute a failure, or do they? Portrait of Benjamin Hackman of The Holy Gasp on extraordinarily expired (and flawed) film.

Fuji GX680iii 125/3.2 f3.2 @ 1/60s swing
Agfa Pan 100 of unknown lineage

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #SundayMorningAbstract
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I will be making the bottom end noise with Clockwise as part of the IPO at The Painted Lady. Our set time is 4:15 but come early and stay late for the other fine artists!
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I expect that was put there for a reason before it was roundly ignored.

Polaroid OneStep
Polaroid Color SX-70 film

#BeNiceShootFilm #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #TheFilmCommunity #Polaroid #InstantFilm #PolaroidSX70 #PolaroidOneStep
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
open.substack.com/pub/roguemus...

In 1990 I started producing a newsletter or zine called The Rogue Review. I think I managed five issues before I ran out of steam.

In 2025, it returns.
New Album Dreamin' with Mike T. Kerr
and new album makin'!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
About to start doing a thing, subscribe if you’re curious.

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November 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Trent River locks

Seneca Improved View 5x7
Goerz 7”/4.8 f45 @ 1/10s
Front fall & rear swing
Foma Retropan Soft 320 ex2019 EI200

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #LargeFormat #5x7Film #Foma #FomaFilm #SenecaCamera #ExpiredFilm #Monochrome
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sunday morning abstract: another sun spin, pretend it’s a fresh start carrying the marks of the spins gone by.

Linhof Technika V
Ilford FP4+
Graflex holder failure

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #ScannerArt #ScanningTheBlankFrames #SundayMorningAbstract
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Highway choked stream through a century old camera and lens.

Seneca Improved View 5x7
Goerz 7”/4.8 f45 @ 1/10s
Foma Retropan Soft 320 ex2019 EI200

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #LargeFormat #5x7Film #Foma #FomaFilm #SenecaCamera #ExpiredFilm #Monochrome
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A warm memory of longer days.

Fuji GX680iii 100/4 f16 @ 1/30s
Lomography Color100 EX2023
Handheld

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #MediumFormatFilm #120Film #FujiGX680 #FujiCamera #HeyLomography
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
a late summer whimsy

Fuji GX680iii 100/4 f8 @ 1/60s swing
Lomography Color100 EX2023
Handheld

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #MediumFormatFilm #120Film #FujiGX680 #FujiCamera #HeyLomography
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
34606 working undercover.

Fuji GX680iii 180/3.2 f5.6 @ 1/400s
Lomography Color100 EX2023
Handheld

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #MediumFormatFilm #120Film #FujiGX680 #FujiCamera #HeyLomography
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
24 hour blame

Fuji GX680iii 50/5.6 f16 @ 1/60s
Lomography Color100 EX2023
Handheld

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #MediumFormatFilm #120Film #Fujifilm #Fujichrome #FujiGX680 #FujiCamera
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A gull fails to escape the frame, also, a different angle of Sir Casimir Gzowski’s drainpipe.

Fuji GX680iii 125/3.2 f18 @ 1/30s rise
Fujichrome RFP120 50D EX1992

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #MediumFormatFilm #120Film #Fujifilm #Fujichrome #FujiGX680 #FujiCamera
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It’s time for the Neotek Elite to move to new adventures. Let me know if you are interested.
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM