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electronic music artist & visual artist.
amateur professional photographer

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i just got back from a trip to london with 15 undeveloped rolls of film. i'll be wading through wonderful photos of buildings for a while, i worry.
thirteen yet-to-be-developed rolls of 35mm film surround a loaded film camera, not yet finished shooting
June 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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📸 bandit, my cat. this is actually an older one, but i just watched Flow (2024), so i thought it was appropriate.

#35mm 🎞 Kodak Ektar 100, 📷 Pentax ME Super
#photography #photo #filmphotography #believeinfilm #art #cat #film #blackcats
35mm film photograph; a handsome close-up of a black cat's face in profile, neatly-clothed in the diffused sunlight of a window. the shallow depth-of-field relents for the sharp details in his large ear, of each individual whisker, and in his one, visible eye, enraptured by the world outside the frame. own work
June 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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you know, i really like this one, actually. it's kind of a study of a rose in the style of my architecture photos, focusing on the layered geometry of the subject more than anything
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📸 rose, in semi-sepia.

i used a red b&w filter and it made the blush-pink flower petals look all nice and soft and cute. i shot it with my pseudo-studio setup, consisting of a desk lamp and a black artboard lol

#digital #bw, 📷 Sony α7IV
#blackandwhite #photography #photo #art #plants #flowers
digital black-and-white photograph of a singular, large, beautiful rose standing proudly against a subdued matte background in black. a special contrast filter was used on the camera lens to make the many layers of petals appear soft and bright like milk, yet keeping their contours in sharp focus, from the tight center to the loosened exterior. a slight tint of brunette warmth has been applied to the image. own work
May 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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📸 rose, in semi-sepia.

i used a red b&w filter and it made the blush-pink flower petals look all nice and soft and cute. i shot it with my pseudo-studio setup, consisting of a desk lamp and a black artboard lol

#digital #bw, 📷 Sony α7IV
#blackandwhite #photography #photo #art #plants #flowers
digital black-and-white photograph of a singular, large, beautiful rose standing proudly against a subdued matte background in black. a special contrast filter was used on the camera lens to make the many layers of petals appear soft and bright like milk, yet keeping their contours in sharp focus, from the tight center to the loosened exterior. a slight tint of brunette warmth has been applied to the image. own work
May 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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📸 another long-exposure photo. i moved the focus around during the exposure, it kind of adds depth to it. (photo is long, click in to see it in full)

#35mm 🎞 Ilford Delta 3200 #bw, 📷 Pentax LX
#blackandwhite #photography #photo #filmphotography #believeinfilm #longexposure #abstract #art
35mm black & white film photograph showing many squiggly trails of light against a dark background, some becoming blurred as they streak across the frame, making it look like some depth is present in photo. the effect was achieved by moving the focus of the lens while the camera shutter was held open. the top right of the frame has quite a few little fibers, creating an interesting look. own work
March 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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getting a Pentax-A 400mm telephoto lens so i can maybe look at buildings, like,, closer. maybe some planets with my α7-IV. probably like 2 of them, actually.

crazy
March 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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📸 some nice art deco

#35mm 🎞 Ilford HP5+ #bw, 📷 Pentax LX
#blackandwhite #photography #photo #filmphotography #believeinfilm #architecture #artdeco #art
35mm black-and-white film photograph of one corner of an art deco building against a cloudy sky, taken from street level. the long building seems to have square 'turrets' sticking up slightly at each corner, complete with their own prism-shaped pseudo-gargoyles sticking up from the corners. the clouds develop a detailed contrast between themselves and the medium-dark gray appearance of the bricks. own work
February 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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📸 the garden mountain.

i was initially disappointed that people were in the frame, but i think the composition is a lot more dynamic because of them, leading your eyes around.

#35mm 🎞 Ilford HP5+ #bw, 📷 Pentax LX
#blackandwhite #photography #photo #filmphotography #believeinfilm #architecture #art
35mm black-and-white film photograph of the "Mountain" at the Fort Worth Water Gardens, and the people around it, incidentally arranged in an irregular pentagon shape for the camera. The concrete Mountain is composed of a series of discrete 'steps', all tall & shallow, with a height of ~18 inches (46 cm). These 'steps' wrap all the way around the brutalist structure to form a kind of polygonal contour map if viewed from above. Balanced irregularity in the contours works to evoke a mountain as in nature, with its peaks and ridges. The two walls facing the camera meet in the center at a concave angle—the left wall featuring some sloping variations while the right wall remains uniform. The wall is twelve consecutive 'steps' at its highest before it levels off, though a recessed 'summit' can be seen over the center. In the midground center stands a couple, presumably checking a picture on their phone. Further back, a family takes a photo up against the left wall, two young children sitting on the third 'step' on either side of the older members. Above them are four girls climbing up a gradual ridge near the 'summit', one moving to help another get up a difficult ledge. On the other side, four boys awkwardly scale straight up the steep right wall. Just outside the frame is a small sign that prohibits climbing. own work
February 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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📸 skylines

#35mm 🎞 Kodak T-Max 100 #bw, 📷 Pentax LX
#photography #photo #filmphotography #believeinfilm #art #longexposure
35mm, black & white, long-exposure photograph populated by excited brushstrokes of light in the lower third, but dominated in the upper two-thirds by the loose-but-distinct lattices of a lit-up city skyline. its afterimage in the left half somewhat resembles a sci-fi hologram of a city layout. own work
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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📸 a nice photo of Bandit when he was still a kitten. he still has those large bat ears

#35mm 🎞 Kodak Portra 800, 📷 Pentax ME Super
#filmphotography #photography #photo #believeinfilm #cats #blackcats
35mm photograph of a 6-month-old black kitten sitting on the carpet in soft lighting, looking up at the camera with expectation and curiosity. he has yellow-green eyes and exceedingly-large ears, and is generally rather cute. own work
February 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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📸 a little christmas double-exposure

#35mm 🎞 Kodak Portra 800, 📷 Pentax LX
#photo #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #art #multipleexposure
35mm film close-up photograph of a handmade broom christmas ornament amidst a soft halo of out-of-focus lights from a subtle second exposure. own work
February 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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📸 the orange-blue interplay of an interstate interchange.

#35mm 🎞 Kodak Portra 400, 📷 Pentax LX
#photo #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #art #architecture
35mm film photograph of the underside of a multi-lane highway overpass against the early-afternoon sky. the concrete structure carries a wonferful orange presence in the tilted sunlight as it travels from the upper left down through the lower right of the frame, granting the negative space on the right to the complementary cool, blue sky. own work
February 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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📸 clear shot of a newly-constructed highway bridge. i love infrastructure, i need it in my veins immediately

#35mm 🎞 Kodak Portra 400, 📷 Pentax LX
#photo #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #art #photo #architecture
35mm film photograph of a lone, elevated highway interchange bridge against a clear, light-blue sky, taken from the road below. the newly-constructed bridge turns and curves from the bottom-left to the top-right corner of the frame. the steel girders underneath still have their deep red hue, paired with two decorative stripes of the same color along the concrete guard wall and around the neck of the support columns, which are stained an even, light gray below the stripe. own work
February 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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📸 moving through an intersection in a single exposure

#35mm Kodak Portra 800, Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography #believeinfilm #longexposure #abstract #art
35mm film photograph of the bright, colorful trails left by car and traffic lights at a street intersection. the two green signal indicators are visible in the upper half of the frame, a chandelier for the lively dance of lights below. taken by placing the camera on a car's dashboard and stopping-down the lens aperture all the way to achieve a longer auto-exposure time as the car drives through the intersection. own work
February 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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#35mm #halfframe Fuji 400, Pentax 17 📸
bulb exposure of lights at night, very bright
#filmphotography #photography #photo #longexposure #pentax17
abstract 35mm film photograph showing many bright trails of various colors & sizes streaking across the frame, with some appearing to jitter as groups. created by leaving the camera's shutter open for several seconds, letting the lights of cars and streetlamps naturally drift across the film as they pass by. own work
February 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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on saturday, i dropped off a looming backlog of like 10 rolls to be developed, so when i get those scans back, you bet your ass i'm gonna be Posting Photographs again

there are some really good ones in this batch, i think. probably
January 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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i got a Pentax 17 for christmas and i have to say it's fun. like i mean i'm required to say this.

it's a cute little rangefinder camera shooting half-frames on 35mm film, which i think is cool and interesting. overall, it's inspiring, it's exciting, and it's fun.

there, i said it.
the Pentax 17 camera
January 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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📷 more downtown brutalism

#35mm Kodak T-Max 100, #bw; Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography #architecture #blackandwhite
35mm film photograph of a tall, entirely-concrete building designed in a brutalist style. inset in the western face is an inverted staircase. own work
May 23, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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something i consistently enjoy is the difference in the branding of men & women's self-care products.
for women, it's like "let's face it—exercising makes you sweat", and then man™ brand is just like "this soap will make women want to FUCK you"
May 22, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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art museum ceiling

#35mm Ilford HP5+, #bw; Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography #architecture #blackandwhite
35mm film photograph of the ceiling of an art museum. the regular gallery lights are seen alongside the indirect lighting from vertical skylights bouncing off a slanted concrete panel, down towards the artworks, out of frame. own work
May 22, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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interior architectural geometry and a linear prism

#35mm Ilford HP5+ b&w, +3 stops; Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography #abstractphotography #photo #architecture #pushprocessing
black & white abstract 35mm film photo of a building interior, shot with a special prism that repeats the image over itself. this one has complex, four-way overlapping repetitions that form two sets of stairs next to each other in the center. 1 of 4. own work black & white abstract 35mm film photo of a building interior, shot with a special prism that repeats the image over itself. this one has two opposing vertical repetitions. the left repetition has a bend in it, which forms a prominent triangle with the straight edges of the right-side repetition. 2 of 4. own work black & white abstract 35mm film photo of a building interior, shot with a special prism that repeats the image over itself. this one has a kind of 'T' intersection that repeats as a gradient of overlapping triangles. 3 of 4. own work black & white abstract 35mm film photo of a building interior, shot with a special prism that repeats the image over itself. this last one has more a more-recognizable subject, showing a series of baulsters from a staircase handrail. the already-iterating baulsters seem to multiply the prism's effect, creating a near-indiscernible mass of rods. the photo, shot in landscape-orientation, is tipped on its side. 4 of 4. own work
April 23, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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the (near) total #eclipse with some solar flares visible

digital; a7IV
#photography #solarphotography #totaleclipse
digital photo of the 2024 total solar eclipse with solar flares visible around the edges as small blobs or arcs. own work
April 10, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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art museum

#35mm Ilford HP5+ b&w; Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography #photo
35mm black-and-white film photo of a gallery in an art museum. a single painting can be seen through a threshold in the center. own work
March 22, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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downtown brutalism

35mm Ilford HP5+, Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography #architecture
35mm black-and-white film photo of the corner of a brutalist skyscraper. own work
March 7, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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more cat
look at him.

35mm CineStill 50D, Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography
35mm film photo close-up of a black cat lounging on a bookshelf in the morning sun, his head hanging off the front, looking at something. you can just barely see the tip of his tongue poking out between his lips. own work Pentax LX with SMC Pentax 1:1.2 50mm lens
February 29, 2024 at 8:37 PM