John W Sheldon
Designer, Artist, etc.
Wear a mask in public.
He/Him/His, agender
- My loot drop table: 1d4 vintage lenses 1d2 cameras (roll 1d6 below for format) 1-2. 120 (6x6 or 6x7) 3-4. 35mm 5. 4x5 6. DSLR 1d4 film rolls/sheets or memory cards, to match the camera format(s).
- Reposted by John W SheldonIt always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
- Reposted by John W SheldonLet's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
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- Reposted by John W SheldonIt's STFU Friday. Refresh the script 👇
- Abolish ICE is the conservative position. Immediately trying ICE agents and DHS leaders for their crimes and abolishing the org is the moderate position. Anything to the right of abolition is fascist.
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- My 18-year-old cat is having a sudden and severe health crisis. He's been my companion through a lot of important and difficult stuff, and I'm hoping we can help him. Photo below from better times.
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- Post a car picture you took.
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- Test shot of 100ISO 4X5 film in my Speed Graphic with adapted 1850 Petzval lens. I need to improve my developing method for 4x5 film, but the setup is working. Walked 1/2 mile in the snow with 20kg of gear for this. I need a lighter tripod or closer subjects in the winter. #antiquePhotography #film
- Reposted by John W SheldonMe, sitting in front of my computer, overwhelmed, under-rested, with a brain that's being slowly poisoned by a constant infusion of infuriating, terrifying news and clumsy fascist propaganda masquerading as news. "Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
- I am glad I decided to stop attending TTRPG cons before the onset of COVID. At my last big one, I extended the trip by a few days and spent those taking pictures in beautiful places. It was so much less stressful and more fulfilling I ultimately forsook the cons in favor of photo trips.
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- Had a good Christmas with the family, pestering everyone with my new Lomograflok Instax back for the Speed Graphic. Glad to have a new way to shoot with the old gear, including >150 year old lenses. #lomograflok #graflex #instax
- Lab scan of one of my sunrise shots from Acadia National Park. Still need to send the camera for servicing so the frame counter will be correct. Pentax 6x7, Takumar 200/f4, Portra 160. #pentax #6x7 #mediumFormat #filmPhotography #sunrise #nationalParks
- Today's photo adventure, testing the limits of my speed graphic setup with some 100 speed film. When the sun came out it metered to about 1/1000. I shot another in partial cloud at 1/500. Looking forward to how they turn out. #antiquePhotography #largeFormat #filmPhotography #4x5 #graflex
- Evening blacksmith demonstration at Old Sturbridge Village back in October. Pentax K-1ii, FA 50mm lens.
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- The only blue worth backing.
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- Some lovely photos by @thoughty.bsky.social taken with a 1950 Welmy 6X6 from Japan. Bright colors on the Portra 160 with lively scans by @thedarkroomlab.bsky.social Not great cosmetically, but this 75 year old camera still works! #mediumFormat #filmPhotography #antiquePhotography #6X6
- Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
- I do enjoy a good rocky shore. Great way to twist an ankle, but at least there's no sand in your shoes. Pentax K-1000, 24mm lens, Ilford FP4 film developed in df96 monobath. #pentax #35mm #filmPhotography #landscape #maine
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- No restrictions on the free travel and association of persons, regardless of national origin or borders. Free high speed public transit. 200mph trains between all neighboring cities.
- My new DSLR scanning process is pretty quick and easy. Now I've got to go back and scan a ton of old color negatives to see how well the Cinestill CS+ plugin works for me. #35mm #filmPhotography
- Reposted by John W SheldonLots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
- A trail bridge on Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park Pentax K-1000, SMC-A 24mm f2.8 lens, Ilford FP4 film developed in df96 monobath, scanned via DSLR. #filmPhotography #ilford #pentax #blackAndWhite #landscape #nationalParks #acadia
- Reposted by John W SheldonI feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
- Seen on the Strip in Pittsburgh. #graffiti #pittsburgh
- Another light extinguished... Glad to hear you had a good time!
- Anybody in Pittsburgh do 20th century historical dress and want some free portraits? I'm looking for folks to model some of the cameras in my collection, and they range from 1905 to 1975. #pittsburgh #model #costume
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- A seagull resting on the rocky shore at Acadia National Park. Since this is 4x5, the bird is big enough on the negative to nearly fill the frame on 35mm. Shot with the 1850 Petzval lens on a Speed Graphic. #largeFormat #filmPhotography #antiquePhotography #graflex #petzval
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[This post could not be retrieved] - A photo of Raven's Nest on Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park, taken with a good bit of front tilt on the 1850 Petzval lens and Speed Graphic 4x5. #antiquePhotography #largeFormat #4x5 #filmPhotography #nationalParks
- Reposted by John W SheldonHell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
- Spent the day developing my large format black and whites from my trip to Maine. Two film holders remain still, which should contain the most interesting shots. Learning some lessons still: I need to label the film holders, and I need to check some of them for leaks.
- Fire performers from Cyrus Vampyr at Old Sturbridge Village last week. Their show was amazing!
- Sunrise at Acadia National Park last week. I was there to shoot film, but still took some pictures with the DSLR. Looking forward to developing these rolls a lot! Shot it on 35mm in the K1000 and 120 in the 6x7. #pentax #film #dawn #acadia #nationalParks #sunrise
- Back from a week in New England, and really looking forward to developing the film I shot. These are my phone pictures, but mostly I shot with DSLR, medium format, and large format.
- Reposted by John W SheldonNation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous…
- Reposted by John W Sheldonone thing the liberal political class never learn is that basic-bitch voters don't perceive your sophisticated triangulation as giving the people what they want, they perceive it as you admitting the other guys were right all along — not just policy-wise but emotionally
- Red Barn on orthochromatic film. Voigtlander Petzval from 1850 mounted via 3d print to 4x5 Speed Graphic. 190mm f3.7, 1/30 second, Ortho Litho film. Developed in df96 monobath. #largeFormat #filmPhotography #antiquePhotography
- The most surprising photo from a week in upstate New York. An antique sleigh in an old barn, lit by gaps in the barn walls. Shot with my Petzval from 1850 on a 4x5 Speed Graphic camera. 190mm f3.7, 3 seconds, Ortho Litho film. Df96 monobath. #antiquePhotography #largeFormat #FilmPhotography
- My favorite shot from the recent trip to upstate New York. A successful outdoor photo with the Voigtlander Petzval lens from 1850, mounted to a Speed Graphic for the focal plane shutter. 190mm, F3.7, 1/50, Ortho Litho film #antiquePhotography #largeFormat #filmPhotography #blackAndWhite
