almost none of the cameras i regularly use have a light meter, im a bit anti-electronics in my cameras. today tho lighting situations were tricky and i found myself wishing my camera had one built in. nothing fancy, no auto needed, just a very basic under-yes-over scheme

hey y'all I'm back to advertise the start of a new series about the ewaste yesteryear (specifically cameras of the dirt variety) the first episode's production is underway. for now, enjoy this trailer that served the purpose of ironing out all the technical stuff: youtu.be/BJ4tFAtFhz0

[ party scene , interrupted ] #surrealism #photography #filmphotography #instantphotography #instax #instaxmini #analog #art #artsky #photographersonbluesky 📷 whatever i was handed 🎞️ instax mini

it's amazing how a decent interaction with a stranger can just. change your whole outlook on the world momentarily, at least

would be lovely if the feeds i depend on for people to see my photos pick up my posts please & thank you idk why but they've been really glitchy for me past few days :/

[ Portrait of a Pittsburgh Potty ] #photography #filmphotography #pittsburgh #art #35mm #photographersofbluesky #availablelight #analog 📷 leica m2, 35mm ultron v.1 🎞️ ultramax not my usual fare for photographic subjects but when in rome. tricky lighting situation; handheld 1/8th! :)

polaroid chostcards work like this: are you a friend of eggbug? do you remember chostcards? if so, dm me (here or discord) an address and i'll send you an original 1-of-1 instant photo! a word or phrase to tell me what kind of photo you want helps me pick :) i can send a few international too

i might send out polaroid chostcards again is that something friends of eggbug would like?

you're not suppose to take cameras "within 2 miles of seawater"??? i took my m2 within 2 *feet* of seawater

i know there's horrible, consequential stuff going on right now. but it helps settle the aimless anxiety a little to focus on the thoroughly inconsequential.

ppl in #filmphotography & similar have been posting gear acquisitions in 2025; pretty sure i sold more gear than i bought, mostly to fund this thing! (i have mixed feels about it😅) trying to minimize my gear to be only what truly works for me! [rb67 & intrepid 4x5 currently on chopping block, idk]

the vanity fair shoot should serve as warning never to piss off your photographer friends ^_^

[ the body of the earth is a Tinder Box , reliable clock to ignite ready set ,and burn ] #filmphotography #35mm #landscape #art #artsky #wildfires #ecology #environment (from my larger photography project on living in a fire ecology, more in alt text) 📷 leica m2, 35mm ultron 🎞️ ferrania p30

i do also use & love it/its pronouns but you can only use them for me if you're a) tma, or b) on a very select and highly vetted list of tme ppl

thinking about this photo again 😂 im not a bird photographer by any means but i like crows & ravens; took this at a friend's house (who loves birds) with said friend's cameras, the local crows were very concerned at seeing someone new #photography #birdphotography #bird #crow #rural

i keep thinking about ownership wrt photographs lately, how we're not far off from digital cameras having little-to-no internal storage, auto uploading to the cloud, your photos able to be taken away from you with snap of a TOS change, used without your permission, deleted bc of a profit margin...

do ppl like the poetry im attaching to photos or would they prefer i just post more photos

Once upon a time, back in the 20th century, the #SaltonSea was a more popular tourist destination than Yosemite. People flocked to its beaches to swim, boat, and fish. Now it sits deserted and all but forgotten. #SaveOurSea #blackandwhite #photography 📷 Pentax K1000 🎞 Ilford FP4+ 125

every time i see a "cis guy" with long hair and depression facial hair: "girl just transition..."

gender affirming is when i go outside my apartment in jeans that couldn't fit a single grain of rice in the front pocket but can fit 2x 4x5 film holders in in each back pocket

[ for a place never lived , beating door shake me by shoulders and , dissociate ,im a ghost fogged behind the mirror i never lived here , i never will it's gone, years ago ] #filmphotography #believeinfilm #slidefilm #art #artsky #tlrtuesday #flowers 📷 yashica mat 124G 🎞️ aerocolor in E6

id love to stop gunking my photo posts up with tags so i can have more characters to write free association poetry~ too bad that would make no one see them ever again 😀 best social media (i miss cohost)

hearing the seductive call of 617 format

bluesky is full of what im calling "empty likes" — likes from accounts who don't & won't follow me, who won't interact in any other more meaningful way, who just like my tagged photos bc im in a certain tag they view and move on, no further thought.... im guilty of it too, i dislike it

i am so out of practice with estrogen shots jfc....

posted this last night while flipping through a thrifted book of edward weston's photographs, & my desire to redo his 1942 photo "civilian defense" but trans if only i knew more local trans women willing to model 😔

👈 Another photo from Japan for all my railroad enthusiast friends. Hasselblad X-Pan, 45mm f4 lens. • Fujicolor 100. glass.photo/108c/1PiwO7T... #xpan #filmphotography

fascinating how much less attention paintings get here than photography

, ƒirebird #art #painting #oilpainting #noai #artistsofbluesky #blueskyartshow #traditionalart #firebird #impressionist #impressionism #landscape #abstract #fauvism #bird #flowers oil on prepared birch panel, 12"x12"

[ gently leaning , down , touch the surface of still water gentle , with fingertips of new blossom ] #filmphotography #photography #monochrome #flower #spring #art #noai #orthochromatic #b&w #35mm #photographersofbluesky #pictorialism 📷 leica iiif, post-war elmar 5cm 🎞️ ferrania orto

Writers who use genAI for illustrations are class traitors. We all have to fight this beast TOGETHER. We are not just trying to save SOME of our livelihoods.

"using ai ethically" has the same mouthfeel to me as "pirating the new hogwarts game"

why are there ai supporters interacting with me i despise ai if i could push a big red button and make every single llm or stolen image hallucinator implode landru-style i would in a femtosecond without thought hesitation or regret

there is enough art of nude cis women that if not a single image of a nude cis woman were drawn painted or photographed for the next five centuries, humanity wouldn't lose much, culturally speaking therefore, as trans women, it is our duty to

so im learning a sneakily turned on auto moderation setting is why bluesky feels so dead. if you see this, turn it off :)

A DROWNING SEA #art #photography #streetphotography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #bwphotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #BW #photographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #ClassicMono CONTAX IIIA | HELIOS-103 53MM F/1.8 | ORWO P400 | RODINAL 1:25

Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.

חנוכה שמח! happy chanukah! feat. the hanukkah stegosaurus

so much of film photography has become consumerist bullshit i use 70+ year old cameras to GET AWAY from consumerist bullshit

beginning to like 3:5 aspect

[ look back , the storm cloud follows bringing fire in its wake ,run along home... ] #filmphotography #35mm #photography #landscape #mirror #analog #art #noai #monochrome #clouds (part of my larger series on living in a fire ecology) 📷 leica R5, 60mm macro elmarit-R 🎞️ ferrania orto

oh spock, you'll always be transfem to me <3

i never thought id say this but at the current moment bluesky feels far less toxic than tumblr

big ominous volcano +7 bonus points if you know which one #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #mountain #clouds #nature #monochrome #bnw #b&w #volcano #snow

[ it's unbearable ,it aches , like a cage around my chest barbs pushing in , how much of this is my own design ? is it possible to escape ? ] #filmphotography #photography #monochrome #art #landscape #highcontrast #120film 📷 agfa isolette ii, 85mm apotar f4.5 🎞️ film washi "I"

need to find & be found by more weird transsexuals with hyper niche interests

no free association poetry on this one, just a nice landscape , bergger pancro is an odd film, i wish it were easier to get in the US to play with it more , i feel like im very far from figuring it out #filmphotography #photography #landscape #monochrome #art #nature 📷 leica R5 🎞️ bergger pancro

[ The Monument she towers to remember , scorched earth all round , her family stand by leaves, nevermore ] #filmphotography #infrared #monochrome #photography #nature #wildfires #landscape #art 📷 leica m2, 35mm ultron v.1, R665 🎞️ rollei ir400 the site of a deadly wildfire years ago

huh. pyrogallol isn't as mutagenic as i thought. thanks alpha amylase