sebadee
@sebadee.bsky.social
Wobbly cameraman • Eager photographer • Lives in France • Fan of Vivian Maier, fast lenses and slow conversations · Pun Loving Liminal
I got the quote for the repair of my dad's Leica from Leica in Wetzlar, Germany
It will cost €1826... too much for me!
It will cost €1826... too much for me!
I'm in England for a week to see family. Today, my brother gave me the Leica that belonged to our dad. It has a 50mm f/2 lens. He bought it in 1937. I knew it was in the family and have often thought about it. Now, it's with me... Me Leica!
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I got the quote for the repair of my dad's Leica from Leica in Wetzlar, Germany
It will cost €1826... too much for me!
It will cost €1826... too much for me!
Santocha Beach, Capbreton
An old print from the end of the 19th century that I took two weeks ago and tricked up with Photoscape X
An old print from the end of the 19th century that I took two weeks ago and tricked up with Photoscape X
January 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Santocha Beach, Capbreton
An old print from the end of the 19th century that I took two weeks ago and tricked up with Photoscape X
An old print from the end of the 19th century that I took two weeks ago and tricked up with Photoscape X
I framed a picture of my daughter
which was taken with my Laowa 12mm
and printed on A3+ glossy paper with a 5cm border
The frame is wood with PVC not glass
The frame cost €18 and the print under €2
I lit this picture with my Godox RS60R
which was taken with my Laowa 12mm
and printed on A3+ glossy paper with a 5cm border
The frame is wood with PVC not glass
The frame cost €18 and the print under €2
I lit this picture with my Godox RS60R
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I framed a picture of my daughter
which was taken with my Laowa 12mm
and printed on A3+ glossy paper with a 5cm border
The frame is wood with PVC not glass
The frame cost €18 and the print under €2
I lit this picture with my Godox RS60R
which was taken with my Laowa 12mm
and printed on A3+ glossy paper with a 5cm border
The frame is wood with PVC not glass
The frame cost €18 and the print under €2
I lit this picture with my Godox RS60R
Alien snapped in Paris streets.
A strange figure was noticed in the streets around St. Germain des Près today. Over 7 feet tall and moving briskly, one coffee drinker got a snap of it (see picture). Last seen arguing for a discount in Muji.
A strange figure was noticed in the streets around St. Germain des Près today. Over 7 feet tall and moving briskly, one coffee drinker got a snap of it (see picture). Last seen arguing for a discount in Muji.
January 14, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Alien snapped in Paris streets.
A strange figure was noticed in the streets around St. Germain des Près today. Over 7 feet tall and moving briskly, one coffee drinker got a snap of it (see picture). Last seen arguing for a discount in Muji.
A strange figure was noticed in the streets around St. Germain des Près today. Over 7 feet tall and moving briskly, one coffee drinker got a snap of it (see picture). Last seen arguing for a discount in Muji.
I have a new printer that can do gallery grade prints up to 13" x 19" for €1.50 a print!
I dumped the execrable and utterly shitty HP OfficeJet for the Epson ET-8550.
ET means Eco Tank, so ink costs plummet...
HP: €3000/litre
Epson: €140/litre
I now have ink in tanks not cartridges! 😋
I dumped the execrable and utterly shitty HP OfficeJet for the Epson ET-8550.
ET means Eco Tank, so ink costs plummet...
HP: €3000/litre
Epson: €140/litre
I now have ink in tanks not cartridges! 😋
January 12, 2026 at 8:34 AM
I have a new printer that can do gallery grade prints up to 13" x 19" for €1.50 a print!
I dumped the execrable and utterly shitty HP OfficeJet for the Epson ET-8550.
ET means Eco Tank, so ink costs plummet...
HP: €3000/litre
Epson: €140/litre
I now have ink in tanks not cartridges! 😋
I dumped the execrable and utterly shitty HP OfficeJet for the Epson ET-8550.
ET means Eco Tank, so ink costs plummet...
HP: €3000/litre
Epson: €140/litre
I now have ink in tanks not cartridges! 😋
Dunlin or Sandpipers on the beach at dusk after the tide has gone out
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Dunlin or Sandpipers on the beach at dusk after the tide has gone out
Dog in brine, Capbreton
January 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Dog in brine, Capbreton
Photography is about controlling your camera
Yet letting the picture kinda take itself
Trust the mistakes!
Over-exposure needs to be managed
A setting sun reflected in the sea?
Forget about it...
Just let it swamp the pic of the fisherman about to cast his line
#capbreton
Yet letting the picture kinda take itself
Trust the mistakes!
Over-exposure needs to be managed
A setting sun reflected in the sea?
Forget about it...
Just let it swamp the pic of the fisherman about to cast his line
#capbreton
January 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Photography is about controlling your camera
Yet letting the picture kinda take itself
Trust the mistakes!
Over-exposure needs to be managed
A setting sun reflected in the sea?
Forget about it...
Just let it swamp the pic of the fisherman about to cast his line
#capbreton
Yet letting the picture kinda take itself
Trust the mistakes!
Over-exposure needs to be managed
A setting sun reflected in the sea?
Forget about it...
Just let it swamp the pic of the fisherman about to cast his line
#capbreton
My creative process in emojis:
📸 take a pic
🫣 ooops!
😡 grrrr!
🤔 hmmm!
💻 trick it up
😊 yay, it's art!
📸 take a pic
🫣 ooops!
😡 grrrr!
🤔 hmmm!
💻 trick it up
😊 yay, it's art!
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM
My creative process in emojis:
📸 take a pic
🫣 ooops!
😡 grrrr!
🤔 hmmm!
💻 trick it up
😊 yay, it's art!
📸 take a pic
🫣 ooops!
😡 grrrr!
🤔 hmmm!
💻 trick it up
😊 yay, it's art!
I went to the park to take pictures of a friend
When I got home, I had four unexpected white frames
I crushed the exposure by 5 stops to extract these images
They are random art, no?
I didn't take them; my thumb did...
When I got home, I had four unexpected white frames
I crushed the exposure by 5 stops to extract these images
They are random art, no?
I didn't take them; my thumb did...
January 4, 2026 at 6:31 AM
I went to the park to take pictures of a friend
When I got home, I had four unexpected white frames
I crushed the exposure by 5 stops to extract these images
They are random art, no?
I didn't take them; my thumb did...
When I got home, I had four unexpected white frames
I crushed the exposure by 5 stops to extract these images
They are random art, no?
I didn't take them; my thumb did...
Thanks to everyone who liked, reposted, or commented on my photos this year. It means so much to know you’re here.
I do try to engage back with everyone, and there’s a special core who keeps returning... you know who you are!
Thanks again and here’s to a creative 2026!
I do try to engage back with everyone, and there’s a special core who keeps returning... you know who you are!
Thanks again and here’s to a creative 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thanks to everyone who liked, reposted, or commented on my photos this year. It means so much to know you’re here.
I do try to engage back with everyone, and there’s a special core who keeps returning... you know who you are!
Thanks again and here’s to a creative 2026!
I do try to engage back with everyone, and there’s a special core who keeps returning... you know who you are!
Thanks again and here’s to a creative 2026!
It's curious, the details in a photo that emerge are often surprising. The fingers on their left hand look strange, and the dog-with-log seems to be missing a leg. The wonders of a 1/20s exposure!.
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's curious, the details in a photo that emerge are often surprising. The fingers on their left hand look strange, and the dog-with-log seems to be missing a leg. The wonders of a 1/20s exposure!.
Rivulet reflections on sunset beach.
This feels like it could be a huge river delta at sunset, yet it is barely 2 metres across.
This feels like it could be a huge river delta at sunset, yet it is barely 2 metres across.
December 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Rivulet reflections on sunset beach.
This feels like it could be a huge river delta at sunset, yet it is barely 2 metres across.
This feels like it could be a huge river delta at sunset, yet it is barely 2 metres across.
A picture of my daughter on the beach at Capbreton around sunset, taken with my Laowa 12mm.
December 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A picture of my daughter on the beach at Capbreton around sunset, taken with my Laowa 12mm.
Little egrets in low flight over the Lac d’Hossegor, mid morning.
December 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Little egrets in low flight over the Lac d’Hossegor, mid morning.
OK, last sunset pic... promise! This is what you get after the tide goes out. Rivulets carved into the sand that reflect the sunset sky.
December 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
OK, last sunset pic... promise! This is what you get after the tide goes out. Rivulets carved into the sand that reflect the sunset sky.
A sailing boat at sunset from Bare Bum Beach near Hossegor on the south-west coast of France. I waited until the mast and sails cut the clouds in half. Not sure quite why but it seems to work.
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A sailing boat at sunset from Bare Bum Beach near Hossegor on the south-west coast of France. I waited until the mast and sails cut the clouds in half. Not sure quite why but it seems to work.
A sunset couple with my Laowa 12mm that got in a twist
December 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A sunset couple with my Laowa 12mm that got in a twist
In France, Christmas is mostly celebrated on the 24th or le Réveillon. Yesterday, we were five for dinner. We ate a delicious meal and drank and laughed a lot.
December 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In France, Christmas is mostly celebrated on the 24th or le Réveillon. Yesterday, we were five for dinner. We ate a delicious meal and drank and laughed a lot.
This morning, I took this picture with my new Laowa 12mm autofocus.
I gestured to these Chinese tourists that I wanted to take a group picture. They happily obliged.
I'm trying out the Laowa 12mm as a street lens. Keep people in the middle you get loads of background info.
#A7iv #laowa12mm
I gestured to these Chinese tourists that I wanted to take a group picture. They happily obliged.
I'm trying out the Laowa 12mm as a street lens. Keep people in the middle you get loads of background info.
#A7iv #laowa12mm
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This morning, I took this picture with my new Laowa 12mm autofocus.
I gestured to these Chinese tourists that I wanted to take a group picture. They happily obliged.
I'm trying out the Laowa 12mm as a street lens. Keep people in the middle you get loads of background info.
#A7iv #laowa12mm
I gestured to these Chinese tourists that I wanted to take a group picture. They happily obliged.
I'm trying out the Laowa 12mm as a street lens. Keep people in the middle you get loads of background info.
#A7iv #laowa12mm
Picton Street Fayre, Bristol
Took this with my Laowa 12mm. I recently had an exchange with someone on my timeline about autofocus. He said that with a 12mm the depth of field is such that autofocus is redundant. I disagree. If a subject comes close, the background goes soft. Not so here, though
Took this with my Laowa 12mm. I recently had an exchange with someone on my timeline about autofocus. He said that with a 12mm the depth of field is such that autofocus is redundant. I disagree. If a subject comes close, the background goes soft. Not so here, though
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Picton Street Fayre, Bristol
Took this with my Laowa 12mm. I recently had an exchange with someone on my timeline about autofocus. He said that with a 12mm the depth of field is such that autofocus is redundant. I disagree. If a subject comes close, the background goes soft. Not so here, though
Took this with my Laowa 12mm. I recently had an exchange with someone on my timeline about autofocus. He said that with a 12mm the depth of field is such that autofocus is redundant. I disagree. If a subject comes close, the background goes soft. Not so here, though
The wind turbine again... through the window of the restaurant at the Organic Farm Shop in Cirencester.
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The wind turbine again... through the window of the restaurant at the Organic Farm Shop in Cirencester.