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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Odd film photography related memory: a few years ago, my wife and I took the accessible tour of the Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. Among the random stuff that previous visitors had left behind was a used Instamatic flash cube, untouched for Ford knows how many years.

Image of a small, rather box shaped 1960s Kodak Instamatic camera with a flash cube mounted on top.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

At the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, they currently have a Leonardo da Vinci exhibit. No original works, but life size or larger prints of his paintings and mock ups of inventions from his notebooks. The picture here shows a huge attempt at building da Vinci's flying batwing device.

Winged flying device from da Vinci's notebooks, part of a larger exhibit at the Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

When I was in Chicago recently, I am pretty sure that I was the subject of someone's street photography. I had to smile. You keep on keeping on, little brother. #filmphotography #analogphotography #streetphotography #chicago

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

It's been far too long since my last time there, but I managed to make a visit, a kind of pilgrimage, to Chicago's Central Camera recently. #centralcamera #chicago #photography

Image of an old, doughy guy in his sixties posing by Central Camera's small vintage sign that boasts selling "Kodak Cameras Film."

The large, fabulous old "Central Camera" sign that hangs over the business.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A story about trendy old people hobbies that does NOT include film photography. Shocking! 🤣

Screen capture of a link to an online story titled "Ten old-school hobbies boomers grew up with that are trending again." The accompanying graphic shows a couple in their 70s in a convertible.

https://geediting.com/d-old-school-hobbies-boomers-grew-up-with-that-are-now-trending-again/

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

After seeing the nice results @keithdevereux.bsky.social got from his Chaika II half frame camera, I thought I would get mine back out, and let my dog check it out. Maybe it will work better after he's had his fastidious little paw-paws on it.

A shih tzu mix lying down in his bed with a Russian Chaika II camera near his paws.

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Michael @michaelcarnell.com · 10/06/2025

Thought-provoking article on the recognition of analog photography as Intangible Cultural Heritage. In early February this year, the German Commission for UNESCO added Analogue Photography to the list of what it calls Intangible Cultural Heritage – ICH. #photography #history #filmisnotdead #analog

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Analogue Photography goes ICH...

In early February this year the German Commission for UNESCO added Analogue Photography to the list of what it calls Intangible Cultural Heritage - ICH

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

My new knee is a little over six weeks old, & yesterday I gave it a workout. I met with a bird photography class at a local nature preserve & walked the trail for close to two hours. I took my Spotmatic loaded with Fuji 400 & a 205mm zoom. For now, here's a phone snap of the trail. #believeinfilm

Image of a long dirt walking trail winding through a thick forest.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Still using a trekking pole to help me keep my balance, but otherwise, the new knee is coming along. There's still some pain 5 weeks in, but my range of motion is still increasing. I'm signed up for a bird photography session in ten days, and look forward to that. #believeinfilm #filmphotography

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

It's one of the curiosities of my own mind as a film photographer that some of the clearest memories I have ever had come from photo walks when the film itself turned out blank. I remember all of those lost images, somehow.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I'm looking forward to being stable enough on my feet to go outside and take a bit of a photo walk. Perhaps another week or so. #filmphotography #believeinfilm #pentaxspotmatic #helios44-2 @notso-wild-bill.bsky.social

Image of a Pentax Spotmatic camera with a Helios 44-2 lens.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

At the stadium, but just for the concessions. 🤣 April 2, 2025. 📷 Pentax Spotmatic 🎞️ Kodak Gold 200 #believeinfilm #filmphotography @notso-wild-bill.bsky.social

An empty minor league baseball stadium before the start of the season.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

.oC ecnarusnI efiL nlocniL, April 2, 2025. 📷 Pentax Spotmatic 🎞️ Kodak Gold 200 #believeinfilm #filmphotography @notso-wild-bill.bsky.social

Construction downtown behind the old Lincoln Life building. The sign can be seen on top of the building from the back, with the letters reversed.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Mister Coney's humongous fork. April 2025. 📷 Pentax Spotmatic / F3.5/135mm 🎞️ Kodak Gold 200 #believeinfilm #filmphotography @notso-wild-bill.bsky.social

Looking down a busy street covered with large signs for restaurants and other businesses. In the middle distance, an enormous three pronged fork rises up fifty feet from the ground, skewering a sign for Mister Coney hot dogs.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Brickwork & bike racks. August 2020. 📷 Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. #filmphotography #believeinfilm

A view of 1920s brick work and windows, along with a few bicycle racks.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The 1920s Wayne Bun candy bar company. The sign was already almost gone at the time the photo was taken. February 2020. From my first self developed roll. 📷 Holga 120N 🎞️ Holga (Fomapan) 400 🧪 Caffenol #filmphotography #believeinfilm ##holga #caffenol #factory #candy

Image of a long, rectangular factory building from the 1920s. It was the original home of Wayne Bun Candy. A large, unreadable sign covers the front of the building. The building now houses offices and an event center.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

A "mom n' pop" grocery in what was a 1920s Kroger storefront. November 2020. 📷 Kodak Hawkeye Brownie #filmphotography #believeinfilm #kodakbrowniehawkeye #grocery #storefront

A "mom and pop" grocery called Pio Market II (Pio I is long out of business). The storefront originally housed a Kroger in the 1920s.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

In the ortho hospital with a new titanium knee. I'll be on a walker for a while, but it's working well.

Image of my left leg. Over the bandage is a wrap that circulates cold water, cooling the wound.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Knee replacement on the left knee today. Looking forward to some summer photo walks.

Image of Gentleman Shutterbug in a hospital bed.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Tre, with light leaks. April 2020. 📷 FED 5B 🎞️ Kodak ColorPlus 200 🧪 Cinestill CS41

Image of a young man who worked at a healthy pet food store. The photo was taken during the early days of the pandemic, and he is wearing a mask.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Under the overpass at the local Purdue extension. March 2021. 📷 FED 5 🎞️ Arista Edu 200 🧪 Kodak D-76.

A bicycle and walking path going under a busy urban overpass. The constant roar of traffic, muffled as it works its way through steel and asphalt. Darkness and strange comfort exist in this place. The world is mad with activity above.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Old water tower. March 2023. 📷 Konica T2 🎞️ Arista Edu 200, bulk rolled 🧪 Kodak D-76 #brlieveinfilm #filmphotography #watertower

A 1930s style water tower standing tall behind a number of old warehouse buildings.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Bouquet Trucks -- "Looky Looky." December 2022. 📷 Argus C-3 (1942 model) 🎞️ Kodak Color Plus 200, expired 🧪 Cinestill CS41 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #buckettrucks

Five bucket trucks all in a 4ow in a parking lot, with their buckets all extended upwards, like a row of giraffes all looking curiously in one direction.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Looking out onto the lake. 2022. 📷 Konica TC 🎞️ Fujifilm Superia 200 ,🧪 Cinestill CS41 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #lakelife

Looking through a window out onto a residential lake. We see an Adirondack chair on the deck, just outside of the window. A metal sculpture is in the yard. Finally, there is the expanse of the lake itself, with a thick forest far across, on the other side.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Architectural details. March 2021. 📷 FED 5 🎞️ Fomapan 200 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #architecturaldetails

Roman arches, with elaborate faux medieval stonework mimicking the pattern of a cathedral's rose window in the arch's upper corners, topped with a gargoyle -- a lion's head sprouting dragon wings.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Mid-century relic of times long gone. Big Guy Burgers & Fries. 📷 FED 5 🎞️ Fomapan 200 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #midcenturydesign

Sign for a long closed burger joint, Big Guy Burgers & Fries. The design is mid-century, built around tall, inverted triangles and horizontal rectangles.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

His favorite show. October 2021. 📷 Smena 8m 🎞️ Fujifilm Superia 200 🧪 Cinestill CS41

A small dog, a shih Tzu poodle mix, sits with his back to us as he stares intently out of a metal storm door.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

An old factory.March 2021. 📷 FED 5 🎞️ Arista Edu 200 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

Image of architectural details on an old 1930s factory building that has boarded up windows.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Double exposure & Hawaiian Ice. October 2021. 📷 Kodak Instamatic 133 🎞️ Arista Edu 200 in a 126 cartridge. 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #instamatic

Image of a young man buying a treat at a shaved ice stand, with another image laid over it.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Green and blue. August 2024. 📷 Kodak Handle instant camera 🎞️ Instax Wide #instantfilm #believeinfilm #filmphotography #joshgladstone Instax adapter

A house painted slate blue seen with green shrubbery.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Bouquet Trucks. June 2022. 📷 Kodak Instamatic 133 🎞️ Arista Edu 200 loaded into a 126 cassette 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

Image of several bucket trucks in a parking lot with their arms in different positions, overlapping one another.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Bikes n' cars. August 2021. 📷 Konica TC 🎞️ Fujifilm Superia 200 🧪 Cinestill CS41 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

Classic cars and bicycles on display at a summer festival. Three cars are in the background, two bikes in the foreground. Tape is strung between the cars & bikes to separate them.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Batman & the Joker. June 2023. 📷 Konica T2 🎞️ Arista Edu 200, bulk rolled 🧪 Kodak D-76. #believeinfilm #filmphotography

A mural in an older urban neighborhood featuring the faces of Batman and the Joker from the movie "The Dark Knight."

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Frosty trail on the trunk. February 2025. 📷 Smena 8m 🎞️ Arista Edu 400, bulk rolled film. 🧪 Arista one shot developer #believeinfilm #frugalfilmproject #filmphotography

Image of a tree on a snowy day, with special attention on the gentle trail of snow on the trunk and branches.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

As seen from the fourth floor of a parking garage at the local Purdue extension. 📷 Smena 8m 🎞️ Arista Edu 400, bulk rolled 🧪 Arista one shot developer #believeinfilm #frugalfilmproject #filmphotography

Image of the grounds of a college campus as seen from the fourth floor of a parking garage. There is a large parking lot with only a few cars in the foreground. A large theater building takes up the right side of the image.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

If the North Pole had an IHOP. February 2025. 📷 Smena 8m 🎞️ Arista Edu 400, bulk rolled 🧪 Arista developer #believeinfilm #frugalfilmproject #filmphotography

Long icicles nearly touching the ground at an IHOP.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Cookie tortured in the automatic car wash. April 2023. 📷 Konica T2 🎞️ Arista Edu 200, bulk rolled 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotogfraphy

Inside of an automated car wash, a Cookie Monster doll is tied to a post -- supposedly to calm children -- but is beaten and tortured by sprays of water and gusts of air, which is pretty scary stuff.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Summer's end. 2022. 📷 Konica TC 🎞️ Fujifilm Superia 200 🧪 Cinestill CS41 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

At the end of summer, a weathered old fishing pier has been pulled out of the lake.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The tree fell, but kept growing. May 2021. 📷 FED 5 🎞️ Fomapan 400 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

A 200+ year old Osage orange tree, massive in height and width. Part of the tree fell, but continues to grow.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

His old Kentucky home. May 2021. 📷 FED 5 🎞️ Fomapan 400 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

A large, modern, but still very rustic log cabin. Someone is climbing the front steps up to a large front porch.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Steve's new truck. October 2022. 📷 Smena 8m 🎞️ Arista Edu 200, bulk rolled 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

Image of a new pickup truck parked along a street in an older neighborhood strewn with leaves.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Down on Runion. June 2023. 📷 Konica T2 🎞️ Arista Edu 200, bulk rolled 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

Image of a two story brick retail building, probably built in the 1930s. The large front window has been boarded up. It is probably being used as an apartment building today.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The pond, the park, & everything. October 2024. 📷 Instax Mini 8 #believeinfilm #instantfilm

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Ghost sign. February 2025. 📷 Smena 8m 🎞️ Arista Edu 400 🧪 Kodak D-76 #believeinfilm #frugalfilmproject

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Signage. February 2025. 📷 Smena 8m 🎞️ Arista Edu 400 🧪 Kodak D-76

Looking up at large restaurant signs. The sign itself can't be seen. The focus is on the steel poles and metal support framework behind the signs.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

My favorite model. February 2025. Actually, my wife is my favorite model, but this one doesn't run from the camera or have issues with being online. The neg was underdeveloped, but I still like this image. 📷 Smena 8m 🎞️ Arista Edu 400 🧪 Kodak D-76

A tree in winter, its bare branches spread across the sky.

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Gentleman Shutterbug @gentshutterbug.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The balcony level after a concert at the Indiana Hotel. August 2023. 📷 Konica TC 🎞️ Fujifilm 200 🧪 Cinestill CS41 #believeinfilm

The balcony level of a classic 1920s hotel. Tables for dining are placed around the railing so that people can look down on a performance on the lower level. Only a few people can be seen in this image taken after a concert.

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