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Blake Bays Photography
@blakedb.photography
Photographer based in Columbus, Ohio. Got my start in 2023, still have much to learn.

Stay curious.

Prints available through my site.

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And #ICE is now in #columbus - god fucking dammit.
December 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I had a lot of fun making these self portraits yestoday. I’ve long struggled with self-confidence, but I’m finally starting to get comfortable with who I am as a person and not worrying as much about how I’m “perceived.”

I turn 34 in just a few weeks. It’s about time.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Feeling a bit “down” on my work lately, so here are some good bubbies from the weekend that make me feel better.
December 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I didn’t realize how much I missed the flexibility of digital photography - being able to get out and do reasonable night photography this winter is going to save my mind from going insane, I swear.

#photography #nightphotography #newtopographics #snow #winter #blackandwhitephotography
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I’ve decided to make the switch and picked up a Z5II - I think the romanticism of film is finally lost on me as I stare at several rolls that I no longer want to even try to develop myself 🫠 (I’ll still develop them this weekend, but the extra work finally wore on me I guess)
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Lounging in Longing
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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This is fucking insane and the people ordering and carrying out these strikes need to be tried for war crimes literally as soon as possible
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey photography lovers - I’ve updated my site with fresh work from my newly found home of Columbus, OH! www.blakeb.photography/columbus-oh/

I’ve also updated the print shop 😉

#streetphotography #streetphoto #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #bnwphotography #filmphotography #believeinfilm
Columbus, OH - Blake B Photography
www.blakeb.photography
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Have I mentioned how much I love this little dude?

Shout out to my friends for giving him this toy. He loved it while we were living with them temporarily, so they gave it to him as a gift so he’d have something that smelled familiar after the move.

He has a bunch of new toys that get ignored now.
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Art Piñata

Columbus, OH
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Loving all these fun finds that I’m finding across #columbusoh on my photo walks. This city has so many hidden gems #genniitbiergarten
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Za”

I forgot to get their name, I really need to get better at my interactions (thanks, ‘tism)

#photography #photographer #streetphotographer #portrait #streetportrait
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM