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thirteen yet-to-be-developed rolls of 35mm film surround a loaded film camera, not yet finished shooting

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.

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

📸 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

dear Adonis,
i'm sorry that that man a photographer, let me be honest

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

really, it's less sepia and more b&w film scans before you convert it to screen black & white. i guess that's still sepia, but it's like,, semi-semi-sepia...

we need more words, please help i'm trapped in the linguistic-analytical hell that is english

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

📸 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

a particle cloud chamber showing the random subatomic particles floating around the universe, visible as white trails against black. (CC, Nuledo s.r.o.)

kind of reminiscent of those particle cloud chambers, i've just noticed.

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

📸 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

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

dear adonis?

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

📸 some nice art deco

#35mm 🎞 Ilford HP5+ #bw, 📷 Pentax LX
#blackandwhite #photography #photo #filmphotography #believeinfilm #architecture #artdeco #art

YouTube video by KendrickLamarVEVO Kendrick Lamar - N95

this spot was actually used in a kendrick lamar music video. kendrick stands (and sits) right at the top in the center

youtu.be/zI383uEwA6Q?...

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

📸 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 & 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

📸 skylines

#35mm 🎞 Kodak T-Max 100 #bw, 📷 Pentax LX
#photography #photo #filmphotography #believeinfilm #art #longexposure

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

📸 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

the best part of any highway

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

📸 a little christmas double-exposure

#35mm 🎞 Kodak Portra 800, 📷 Pentax LX
#photo #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #art #multipleexposure

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

📸 the orange-blue interplay of an interstate interchange.

#35mm 🎞 Kodak Portra 400, 📷 Pentax LX
#photo #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #art #architecture

thank you!

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

📸 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

if we bring back polio, can we get another FDR?

honestly, i kind of got into photography just to make these kinds of photos, everything else was sort of incidental lol. i was just taking them on my phone, before

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

📸 moving through an intersection in a single exposure

#35mm Kodak Portra 800, Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography #believeinfilm #longexposure #abstract #art

so i was right

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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

#35mm #halfframe Fuji 400, Pentax 17 📸
bulb exposure of lights at night, very bright
#filmphotography #photography #photo #longexposure #pentax17

going to start off trump 2 with some thick self-care, and maybe get ahead of the weird old men trying to make my life as difficult as possible. yay 🇺🇸

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

the Pentax 17 camera

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.

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

📷 more downtown brutalism

#35mm Kodak T-Max 100, #bw; Pentax LX
#filmphotography #photography #architecture #blackandwhite

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"