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Chad Hill

@chadhill.bsky.social

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Archaeologist, photographer, dilettante. Primarily posting nerdy analogue photography BS: 110-8x10. Photography = catharsis. Co-Winner, 2022 #ShittyCameraChallenge - InstantRegret (Avatar is the dad from the awesome kids book “Pokko and the Drum”)

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 11h

Making friends, Brahmagiri, Karnataka, India 2025

Ricoh Gr1, Motipix 50d

#BelieveInFilm #Fieldwork #India

A herd of goats walks past on a dirt road.

The young dog helping to herd the goats also stops for a photo. Though somewhat warily.

Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks so much for your kind words!

This is what's so engaging about interacting with other photographers, I think! I, too, most love the images of others that it would have never occurred to me to take, and that make me introspective about what I am missing when I am out shooting! ❤️

Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 19h

Thanks! I had been thinking there was something to potentially be done with this.

They are such neat and heavily personalized vehicles and it's amazing to see them driving all over the desert out there.

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 1d

Short Bonnet Trucks (#17) - Ruweished, Jordan 2025

Nikon f100, 24-120 f4 vr, Motipix 50d

#BelieveInFilm #Fieldwork #Jordan

A light blue short bonnet truck, seen head on.

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 7d

Petroglyphs on the landscape (cont’d), Bakhita, Jordan 2025

Nikon f100, 24-120 f4 vr, Tmax 100

Some (more) of the many petroglyphs around the site.

#Fieldwork #Jordan #BelieveInFilm

A large basalt rock with later Safaitic inscriptions.

A large stone with Safaitic inscriptions and camels.

A wide view from this location. Rocks in the foreground have camel and ibex inscriptions. Our camp is visible way in the distance.

A closeup detail of a small stone with a (relatively) recent Arabic inscription.

Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 7d

Huh, yup, that would also make sense.

I was thinking like a lomograflok for type 100 film. Which I also guess existed as the Polaroid 405 back. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 7d

The project remains wildly ambitious…

But if they are thinking of producing new custom backs as well, which they mention here, then surely they are not planning to be as limited as the 1-per pack supersense packs???

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 7d

More updates from LightLensLab on their plan to produce new peel apart film! 👀👀👀👀👀👀

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#BelieveInFilm #PeelApart

Film Project VI: Peel-Apart Film

Hello Everyone, We are pleased to share the latest progress on our ongoing film development initiatives. As we move toward the end of the year, we have made some progress in preparing for large-scale...

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 9d

Around town. Ashoka Siddapur, Karnataka, India 2025

Ricoh GR1, Fuji 200

#BelieveInFilm #Fieldwork #India

A green building with a motorbike parked in front and clothes hanging on a line.

Road sign in the middle of town marking km 0.

A low white House with an open blue door.

A run down house with a blue door, and a red bike parked in front.

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 9d

Would rock this bumper sticker.

Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 10d

It’s opening night on Broadway for Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in ‘Waiting for Godot’

Went to see it in previews with my mom, recently, and it was a delight (or as delightful as existential dread gets). With a fun shout out to Wyld Stallyns.

#WaitingForGodot

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A selfie with my mom under the marquee for Waiting for Godot.

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 13d

A good start! Needs moar camera. 🤷‍♂️

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 13d

And the results from that session with the 8x10, by both @isaacblomqvist.bsky.social and myself!

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · Jun 28

Portrait of a photographer, by a photographer. New Jersey, 2025

Seneca Improved View 8x10, Astragon 210 4.5, Ilford DPP

The results from the shooting session yesterday, with nephew. Shot of me was entirely his work (assisted by daughter), and processed together.

#BelieveInFilm #LargeFormat

Contrasty large format black and white photo of me sitting on the front steps of a house holding a large format camera.

Contrasty black and white image of a young man sitting on a stoop holding an slr.

Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 13d

Large format!

Two great shots of the Seneca 8x10 and 5x7 in action. In the first my daughter is helping me with critical focus! 🥰

Shot this summer by my awesome nephew, @isaacblomqvist.bsky.social, with his Pentax Super Program, on Kodak Gold.

Isaac just joined Bsky!

#BelieveInFilm

Photo of a man and a girl huddled under the dark cloth of a large wooden camera. The camera is pointed directly at the viewer.

Photo of a man under the darkcloth of a different wooden camera. The camera is pointed directly at the viewer.

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 17d

More tests!

Benson Instant Box Cam, paper negative inverted digitally (left) and (irl) positive print via the built in copy stand (right).

Need to readjust the stand registration.

Trying to get the workflow nailed down so I can do some “real” shooting next weekend.😅

#BelieveInFilm #AfghanBoxCam

Black and white photo of a bearded man, with just his head lit by strobes against a black background.

Same exact image but this is slightly cropped and slightly muddier and higher contrast and slightly out of focus because this is a real positive print. There is a wavy border at the top and bottom.

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 17d

*bad results*
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Oh!!!!!!!! My redlight isn’t safe for Harman DPP!

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤯

#BelieveInFilm

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 17d

My experience, too.

Had been a pro subscriber years ago and then stopped for many years.

Came back relatively recently and was surprised to find it useful and more active again. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 17d

😄😄

Thanks!! I’m super psyched to add these to the instant box process!

Chad Hill @chadhill.bsky.social · 18d

lol. 😅

Gelatin should be a good choice. And I HAVE gelatin and subbed some last night.

But a better choice would almost certainly be gelatine with hardener and that I don’t have (chrome alum). 😅😅