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Jessica

@jesswithacamera.bsky.social
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Photographer: film/digital/120/35mm/4x5/instant/etc. • Collector of sand & rocks • Geologist (non-practicing) • Very rusty musician • Books n stuff • North Texas

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The Card @thecard.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Inside you, there are two wolves. So you’re basically eating for three now.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is so frustrating and sad. Between having the finger issue already and now dealing with lack of positive results and the nightmare of insurance/billing . . . sheesh.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Then I’m off to a good start! Made an omelet but didn’t use enough eggs so it was thin and wouldn’t fold. Lol. So I had half an omelet and half a . . . deconstructed omelet.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
😂
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I did something dumb earlier this week. I got back on Facebook. I thought I could be some sort of anti-MAGA missionary to a few acquaintances still over there. Bad idea. Week ruined. No fights, but gosh I saw some really disheartening things and now I’m angry & depressed all over again.
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GIF from Klipy
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
That’s true! Gotta make ‘em work for their keep. No freeloading data centers. 🥲
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Recently I mentioned needing to come up with fun team names for a certain event I helped plan, and someone immediately (and seriously) suggested, “That sounds like a job for ChatGPT!”. It made me so sad. Why are we we so eager to outsource the easiest, most creative things to AI?
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Perfect timing. I have one last #water photo to share from Balmorhea State Park and that’s also today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme. This is the experimental/novelty Psychedelic Blues # 6 film on a half frame. #Olympus #halfframe #believeinfilm #balmorhea
Film photograph showing blue water from the natural spring at Balmorhea State Park in Texas. The water is rippling and there is a half-circle shaped red light leak on the right side of the image.
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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I took a walk along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico last Sunday morning. #Infrared camera in hand. Fast shutter speed as it was very windy. It was a glorious cloud day. #photography #landscape #ECK #ir #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #conservation #nature #NikonZ6iii
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Same. I’m actually about to sell all my 4x5 gear to put towards finally getting that lens.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sam Richardson is such a delight. Re-watching Ted Lasso and I forgot he’s in the show for a minute. One of my favorite actors, easily.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Kitten?! That’s clearly a ferocious tiger!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Book 24 of ‘26. Read in April. “Mapping the Interior” by Stephen Graham Jones Genres: horror, novella, Indigenous Still not a big fan of Jones’ writing style but liked this one a lot more than “The Only Good Indian”.
Cover of the novel “Mapping the Interior” by Stephen Graham Jones.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I think I’ve heard of both of theE but I’m not very familiar with either. Happy reading!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I love books store replenishment day!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Oooooh that one is on hold for me at the library! I’m hoping to start it in a few weeks. I’ve heard it’s fantastic.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I should try that one again. I started it once years ago but DNF’ed (I’m not a big dystopian fan), but I’d like to give it another shot!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
de Beauvoir is still on my to-read list! I think I’ll started with The Second Sex, but how is this one?
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I actually love weird topics, so this sounds neat to me!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What are you currently reading? I’ve got “End of Days” (Jennings) and “A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing” (Yang) on audiobook, and “Dark Matter” (Paver) in physical form for some creepy bedtime reading. Haha.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
1. Choose camera/film 2. Take images 3. Send to lab for dev/scan 4. Recieve scans & download full res files 5. Do light editing if needed & rename 6. Get negatives from lab; never get around to cut & sleeving 7. Forget to fill out spreadsheet which tracks film/camera/subject until months later
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I feel like Libby has the worst timing. Lol.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hahaha! That made me lol just because it’s so relatable. 😅
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
*Waits for specific Libby hold to become available* *Eventually gives up; starts a new book on top of current book* *Libby hold becomes available at the most inconvenient point in current books* #libby #booksky #tbrstack
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Sprocket Rocket was a great choice for this scene!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I don’t have anything for today’s Bluesky Art Show theme (glass), so I’ll share a other cypress photo instead. Never really fell in love with the #Fuji GW690ii, but it does produce some nice, sharp images. 🎞️ #Ilford XP2 Super w/ orange filter #cypress #louisiana #filmisnotdead
Black and white photo of a grove of cypress trees with one tree in the light. The base of the grove is covered in still, reflective water.
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Gabi G @gabigluck.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Democrat senators and congresspeople: next time you're questioning a republican sycophant in a hearing, instead of asking "who won the 2020 presidential election?", rather ask "is it possible for Donald Trump to lose in the 2028 presidential election?" That'll fuck them right up.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Absolutely! Igneous petrology was one of my favorite semesters as a geology major. I’ve forgotten a lot of it, but I could never forget the wonder of cumulates. 🤩
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I would honestly LOVE to hear a journlist answer this often-asked question with, “Your mother’s butt”.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
May have to check it out! We’ve got a tight-knit and friendly LF community here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area so I may hit them up for some advice as well.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Definitely going to try more landscape shots. It’s more about the 150 things that can go wrong (and usually do) when I’m shooting 4x5. I need practice but I keep getting light leaks, back focus, shutter getting stuck . . . I also don’t dev & scan myself so LF is just getting too expensive for me!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Lomography makes a 4x5 instant back and I admit I’ve been tempted by that one. I don’t really want to put any more money into this though. 😅
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Yeah, it seems like a more controlled environment would be helpful. But also I don’t really do any studio work (or have a place to do it). I’ll use up all my current stash of sheet film and see how I really feel about it all after that, I guess. 25ish more painful learning opportunities. 😅
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I’ve shot a total of 8 sheets of 4x5 since I got my Crown Graphic. At this point I’m becoming convinced large format isn’t the format for me. 🫠
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I had no idea what it would look like in a half frame camera but I took the risk. It turned out pretty neat!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Ugly rock lovers unite! I actually think that some of the ugliest rocks are the most geologically fascinating. Like this AMAZING ilmenite-plagioclase cumulate. IYKYK. Found in MN glacial till by a friend, now in my collection. #geologyrocks #rocks #geology #rockcollection #igneous
Photograph of an ilmenite-plagioclase rock with cumulate texture. The rock is postioned on a solid black background with its reflection below, and shows blobs of black (ilmenite) mixed with angular, weathered brown areas (plagioclase).
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thanks!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
These are so cheery. I love them.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Come on in, the water’s fine! Olympus Pen F Psychedelic Blues # 6 Balmorhea State Park #filmphotography #lightleak
Photograph of ripples in a clear blue spring-fed pool. There’s a large pink light leak on the right of the image.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ya girl was just given the okay to use this small private gym and just might be inspired enough to actually start working out again. Gonna bring my own bar and some other things up here tomorrow.
Photograph of a small gym with weightlifting platforms, bumber plates, and pull up rig.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Take a dive into the world’s largest spring-fed pool! Olympus Pen F 🎞️ Psychedelic Blues # 6 📍 Balmorhea State Park #balmorhea #halfframe #lightleak #believeinfilm
Half frame film photograph showing the end of a low diving board over rippling dark blue waters. There is a red light leak on the left side of the image.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Comal County Republicans are also threatening us with a good time.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This month is the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it reminds me that the ADA could not be passed today. It probably couldn’t get a vote in committee today.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Just finished my first Percival Everett novel. “God’s Country” was SO funny, so subversive. It reminds me a little of “Lonesome Dove” in how fast it goes from hilarious to horrifying.
Photo from a page in “God’s Country” by Percival Everett. Set in the old West, it shows a conversation between a sheriff wherein the sheriff is telling the protagonist: “Well, I gotta lock you up. And there you’ll sit, rottin’ away in that stinkin’ cell until the circuit judge comes here on his rounds. Then [ . . . ] you’ll rot some more and learn to be a better, more efficient criminal.”
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Luckily, “End of Days” just became available on Libby so I’ll swap back and forth between the two for a while.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I’m re-reading East of Eden because I apparently gave it 5 stars way back in the day but can’t remember anything about it. About 75% through and TBH it’s pretty good but I’m kinda ready to move on to something else.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
That’s especially apt considering the lettuce situation right now.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thank you. I rarely have such excellent timing but I really lucked out with the light that evening!
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Cypress at the end of the road. Fuji GW690ii 🎞️ Ilford XP2 Super 📍Bistineau, Louisiana #fujigw690 #believeinfilm #louisiana
Black and white photograph in a beam of light on a lone cypress tree at the end of a wooden dock. The cypress is surrounded by water and in the distance is a lake shoreline thickly lined with trees in shadow.
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Jessica @jesswithacamera.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
😂
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