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Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo)

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Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WeekMForMachinery #photography #locomotive #SteamLocomotive #bnw #SteamEngine #wheels #valve #rivets #steel #machinery #brass #AlphabetChallenge #ECK #ClassicMono #ArtYear #grayscale #WestCoastKin #railway #railroad #drivers #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #closeup #engine #monochrome

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#RockinTuesday #ArtYear #ECK #EastCoastKin #indigenous #WestCoastKin #photography #glyph #art #glyphs #ancients #Holocene #NativeAmerican #HiddenInPlainSight #rockart #StoryTelling #communication #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #rock #wanderlust #granite #volcanic #lavaflow #lava #words

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#roads #SensoryArt This li'l #roadster Bettie BeepBeep now 19yrs old as is my #life w/no esophagus/stomach post #cancer A #favorite #highway Remaining part of #US40 #LincolnHighway #BonnevilleSaltFlats Used to run straight 47mi! #Fast #Yes #ECK #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #WeekMForMachinery

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Sept 28-Oct 4 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Sept 28–Oct 4

Compiled by @handcranked

Monday, September 28
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 29
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 30
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, October 1
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #ItsAJungleOutThere
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, October 2
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, October 3
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #3rdPlace
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, October 4
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

All Week Art Prompts: Sept 28–Oct 4

Compiled by @handcranked

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #leaves

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekMForMachinery

#MixedMedia52 + #roads

#PaintByWords + #persimmon or #railway
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #silence
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #roads

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

...again.

Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World - Accor Hotel Arena Paris 2016

YouTube video by agadsa

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Stunday a #distant insignificant #knoll in a #spectacular #isolated #mountainrange often #CaughtMyEye fr across #brine #flooded #BonnevilleSaltFlats #stunning #geology #LongLens #distance #landscape #arid #wilderness #GreatBasin #ECK #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The #edge of a #sanddune at #sunset #sundown #grasses #shadows #grass #BNWmacro #sand #dunes #grayscale #monochrome #ClassicMono #ArtYear #Abstractia #geometric #angles #detail #shadowcasting #shadowplay #ECK #photography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

After having observed such shadows across the sands of sand dunes many times with great pleasure, I finally set about to make photographic captures of them. The trigger to do so on this particular end of day had everything to do with my notice of animal tracks,mostly of lizards and insects. The evidence of passages were nearly everywhere. And most were hardly visible until the sunlight of the sunset was VERY angular and deep. However, the shadows of the sparsely scattered grasses were equally noticeable, as were the finer ripples of the sand grains themselves. Every imaginable detail jumped out in minutiae all across the places not yet fully in shadow.

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#BlueskyArtShow #lights #ClassicMono #candlelight #candelabra #ArtYear #BNW #ECK #profile #perspective #composition #juxtapose #candles #grayscale #EastCoastKin #monochrome #light #mood #photography #human #expressive #dramatic #represent #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#BWFri #ColorADay #bnw #ForestFriday #ClassicMono #Abstractia #geometric #fuzzy #grayscale #leaves #monochrome #ArtYear #macro #Undercanopy #ECK #macrophotography #BNWmacro #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #LookDown #BlackAndWhite #CloseUp #detail

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#Stunday #stunning #stormy #geology #erosion #desert #desertphotography #nature #EastCoastKin #ECK #WestCoastKin #wild #dramatic #formations #distance #CathedralGorge #wanderlust #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear #naturephotography #landscape #cloudy #rainy #saturation #contrasts

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#ClassicMono #grayscale #TakeTheShot #photography #WestDesertUtah #ArtYear #WestCoastKin #ECK #juvenile #GoldenEagle #blackandwhite #BlueskyArtShow #solitary #golden #eagle #raptor #birdofprey #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #desert #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#golden It sure was #BlueskyArtShow #polarizer #filter near #sunset #LandscapePhotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #WestCoastKin #OnlyBeautifulPlaces #lens #wideangle #mood #CapitolReefNP #CapitolReef #wanderlust #DesertPhotography #desert #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #nature #wow

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#ForestFriday #forest #woods #autumn #fall #overcast #bnw #ClassicMono #grayscale #monochrome #composition #perspective #wanderlust #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #scape #landscape #forestscape #treescape #trees #tree #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyPhotography

It was a seemingly dull day, as it was overcast with a featureless cloudy sky. I hedged for a few minutes and wondered if my eyes could find anything of interest. The grey mood & diffuse light made me think of the other elements available to me. I sought some lines of composition and perspective. I found this; a distant tree-lined slope of a foothill, and the straggling leaves of a nearby tree. I placed them in opposition of each other. The distant gradual slope of the foothill's trees, leading down -right to left is balanced here by the nearer leaves of a tree and its near naked branches. Perfection, in monochrome on a grey & overcast day. Enjoy. -South slope of the Uintas mountain range in eastern Utah, USA.

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Update to this week's art challenge cheat sheet. I left last week's #AlphabetChallenge explanation. Sorry! #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Sept 14–20

Monday, September 14
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 15
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 16
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 17
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #PompAndPatterns
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 18
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 19
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #golden
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 20
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Sept 14–20

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #splatter

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekKForKn...
(anything that starts with “kn”)

#MixedMedia52 + #pink

#PaintByWords + #chrysanthemum or #bucket
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #texture
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #wheel

Compiled by @handcranked

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#NYC a well-loved #location for our #film #work #photography #ClassicMono #HumansOfBluesky #bnwfilm #sepiatone #architecture We were aggrieved & stunned by 9/11/01 #humanity #human #representation #composition #perspective #expression #filmphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #WestCoastKin #ECK

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So-here-we-are at an #anniversary of 21 #years of #marriage! I've #retired from #film #photography #music but the #representation #expression #mood #composition #thought #perspective #art #abounds as do #we! It's just more #quiet & #staid #nature #desert #middleofnowhere #ECK #WestCoastKin #portrait

Since it is our 21 year anniversary of our marriage, I thought I'd stop by Bluesky. We started our marriage, in all honesty, as an experiment of sorts, to see if we could make it work. And in but two years of our endeavor, I was/we were afflicted by a case of early stage esophageal cancer. The cancer turned out to be the 'easiest part of it all. I had post-op complications of cardiac arrests and pulmonary failures. -Both lungs. And, I woke up intubated -only remembering an NDE. Near death experiences are both beautiful and well beyond the normalcy of any human reasoning. Hence, there's a terrifying aspect to them. I simply said, "No." It just wasn't the time, so I began my (our) fight. It took me a couple of years (or so) to get back to 'work' of photography & music, etc. This image is of my wife, an 'early' piece in that restart in arts. We were out upon a dirt road running straight across a valley in our favorite high desert plateau where we live. It purely made sense to create with ourselves in the location, its weather and its feeling. She's centered on the road's gravel, but on the left side of the framing. We wanted to balance her figure to the side of the storm clouds & the dust from their winds. There's a distant mountain range in the sunlight that's mostly subdued by this dusty, windy & cloudy setting. She's walking barefooted,. Her head & her gaze are turned facing towards that scenic, chaotic side. -Such as it is as this, her hair is blowing away to her other side. Happy anniversary to us. (I was able to sneak in about another decade of photography and art. It was not ever 'easy', but it proved to be extremely motivating & powerful for me, and 'all' of us.)

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#BNWmacro #BlueskyArtshow #summer #sand #tracks #lizard #passage #BNW #ArtYear #photography #ECK #ClassicMono #grayscale #macrophotography #macro #sanddunes #monochrome #blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #SensoryArt #traffic #footsteps #travel #PhotographersUnited #go #PhotographersOfBluesky

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#RockinTuesday #ShowHeart #hearts #geology #sandstone #redrocks #rockformation #arch #erosion #ClassicMono #ArtYear #grayscale #bnw #ECK #EastCoastKin #rocks #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #composition #perspective #shadowplay #photostudies #NaturePhotography

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for August 24-30 is here! Let's have some fun! See details for host list & details #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Aug 24–30

Monday, August 24
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, August 25
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, August 26
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, August 27
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #TheWorking Garden
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, August 28
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, August 29
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #summer
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, august 30
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Aug 24–30

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #dots

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekHForHearts

#MixedMedia52 + #lines

#PaintByWords + #SturgeonMoon or #lamp
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #EraShift
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #traffic

Compiled by @handcranked

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jus' chillin' with one of my pack & thinkin' of the great & absolutely fabulous individual, #DollyParton She made SO much sense in & of this world and country. She earned my admiration & respect many, many miles ago, as a fellow artist. #DollyPartonRIP Whew, whatta day. She knew how to love us all.

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#BlueskyMonday #skyblue #bluesky #blue #clouds #sky #flue #smokestack #chimney #furnace #stack #cumulus #sunset #ArtYear #ECK #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #photography #ClassicMono #MountainMonday #storm #mine #mining #industry #industrial #smelter #dusk #PhotographersUnited #perspective #composition

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for August 17-23 is here! Let's have some fun! See details for host list & details #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Aug 17-23

Monday, August 17
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, August 18
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, August 19
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, August 20
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #PalaceMusic (see post)
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, August 21
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, August 22
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #summer
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, august 23
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Aug 17–23

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #creepy

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekGForGrand
(caption with a film title related to the plot or title)

#MixedMedia52 + #rainbow

#PaintByWords + #dragonfly or #drop
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #TonalShift
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #clouds

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#HumansOfBluesky #human #TBT #ThrowBackThursday #weather #StormyWeather #ArtYear #ClassicMono #bnw #composition #perspective #desert #sandstone #SanRaphaelSwell #wilderness #alone #distance #mood #photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #landscape #nature #naturelover #wind

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for August 10-16 is here! Let's go! See details for host list & details #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Aug 10–16

Monday, August 10
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, August 11
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, August 12
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, August 13
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #PalacePuzzle (see post)
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, August 14
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, August 15
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #earth
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, august 16
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Aug 10–16

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #liquid

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekFForFilms
(caption with a film title related to the plot or title)

#MixedMedia52 + #repetition

#PaintByWords + #lightning or #cliff
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #UnreliableNarrator
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #silhouette

Compiled by @handcranked

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#Stunday #stunning #lensfilter #photostudies #photoseries #photography #diffusion #ECK #ClassicMono #mood #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #nocturnal #pearls #human #HumansOfBluesky #BNW #monochrome #grayscale #chiaroscuro #composition #perspective #shadowplay #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"A Wise Master Builder" #BNW #ImageAndVerse but more of an #inscription #architecture #spire #ArchitecturePhotography #Stunday #ClassicMono #ArtYear #grayscale #ECK #monochrome #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #Montreal #Quebec #Canada if I'm not mistaken #art

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#HumansOfBluesky #human #filmphotography #analog #BNW #ClassicMono #film #blackandwhitefilm #grayscale #diffusionfilter #lensfilter #ECK #EastCoastKin #photography #ArtYear #WestCoastKin #perspective #composition #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #mood #expressive #dramatic #symmetry #art

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#UrbanGaze #Paris #clouds #sky #SeleniumToning #film #Selenium #FilmPhotography #spire #architecture #BNW #bnwfilm #bnwphotography #ClassicMono #grayscale #monochrome #EastCoastKin #ECK #WestCoastKin #ArtYear #France #composition #silhouette #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#RockinTuesday #geology #ClassicMono #sandstone #ArtYear #blackandwhite #grayscale #BNW #desert #monochrome #sunset #mood #sunlight #silhouette #hoodoo #desert #dusk #light #ECK #passage #EastCoastKin #photography #WestCoastKin #rocks #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #end #beginning #art

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#SensoryArt #small #blue #BlueTue #ColorADay #ArtYear #Antelope #Pronghorn #desert #wilderness #nature #wildlife #ECK #EastCoastKin #photography #FreeRange #expanse #wild #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyPhotography #alone #aloneness #solitary #vast #mood #animals

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#BlueskyMonday #blue #SomethingBlue #pythons #SomethingDifferent Our 4 original #snakes #swimming #python #morphs #BallPython #snake #piebald #BallPythons #swim #pets #play Yes we allow any #water chlorine to dissipate #warm #ECK #EastCoastKin #photography #ArtYear #WestCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

An update to your August 3–9 art challenge cheat sheet! Forgot to update the #BirdOfTheDay hosts on the cheat sheet. Just did it on the hosts list. 😬 #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Aug 3–9

Monday, August 3
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, August 4
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, August 5
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, August 6
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #PalaceTops (your choice)
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, August 7
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, August 8
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #water
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, august 9
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Aug 3–9

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #angles

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekEForEphemeral

#MixedMedia52 + #magic

#PaintByWords + #peony or #GreenMountain
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #converge
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #small

Compiled by @handcranked

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

10yrs-20yrs-30yrs-40yrs #HumansOfBluesky #bnw #ClassicMono #grayscale #ECK #blackandwhite #personality #ArtYear #human #expression #representation #composition #perspective #portraitphotography #portrait #individuality #film #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Reposted by Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo)

Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Jul 27-Aug 2 is here! Show us what you've got. See details for host list & details #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: July 27–August 2

Monday, July 27
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, July 28
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, July 29
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, July 30
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #childhood
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, July 31
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, August 1
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #big
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, august 2
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: July 27–August 2

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to all. Message @rina2012
to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #buildings

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekDForDark

#MixedMedia52 + #bumble

#PaintByWords + #BuckMoon or #slide
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #ghost
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #heavy

Compiled by @handcranked

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#BlueskyArtShow #glass #light #windows #stretch #elbows #arms #human Cropped for the fearful of who we are #ClassicMono #film #filmphotography #BNW #analog #portraitphotography #ArtYear #ECK #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #composition #grayscale

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#ForestFriday We love our #cedar & #juniper #forest #ForestScape #Scape #BWFri #ColorADay #ClassicMono #treescape #trees #ArtYear #photography #WestCoastKin #desert #desertscape #ECK #EastCoastKin #human #HumansOfBluesky #BNW #grayscale #portrait #hair #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#ForestFriday #ColorADay #BWFri #Forest #Family #BNW Wife #OldForest #Kaibab N of #GrandCanyon #photography #PineTrees #pines #grayscale #HumansOfBluesky #ClassicMono #ArtYear #Scape #ForestScape #personality #composition #ECK #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#HumansOfBluesky #ArtYear #portrait #film #digital #ECK #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #photography #composition #perspective #ClassicMono #grayscale #bnw #human #monochrome #portraitphotography #individuality #photoseries #blackandwhite #mood #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #photostudies

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#decomposition #Abstractia #AbstractInNature #Cholla #cactus #drought #dry #arid #desertphotography #desert #ClassicMono #BNW #ArtYear #WestCoastKin #ECK #EastCoastKin #abstract #photography #nature #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #monochrome #grayscale #blackandwhite #parched #withered

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

#BWFri #coloraday #desert #slotcanyon #redrocks #ECK #ArtYear #photography #WCK #WestCoastKin #grayscale #BNW #bnwfilm #film #analog #filmphotography #entry #wanderlust #wilderness #EastCoastKin #geology #sandstone #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky We DID do #photostudies See the replies

The entry of a portion of slot canyon giving its claustrophobic nature. It requires some twisting and LOTS of turning! This canyon is not one of the overly popularized ones, no doubt as it's in a fairly remote location (that could be reopened to extraction industries due to a current change of protection status.) But the place is great because it opens up into wider sections that often requires a bit of searching for the next narrows thruway!

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Abt this #landscape Had been #camping here/area 4 decades With it's #geology Knew we'd/I'd one day make #location #work of it as our #background #backdrop #ECK #landscapephotography #ArtYear #photography #WestCoastKin #desert #nature #EastCoastKin #wilderness I'll locate a few place 'em in comments!

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I/we, of many #incredible #humans, have such a #remarkable #memories feed. A very #highaltitude #mountain #valley #river #riparian #setting was #exquisite for a #summer #cooling #WestCoastKin #ECK #ArtYear #HumansOfBluesky #ClassicMono #portraiture #EastCoastKin #naturelover #wanderlust #wilderness

Reposted by Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo)

Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Your new art challenge cheat sheet for July 14–19 is here! Make art, have fun. See comments for host list & details #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Art #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #dailyart #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: July 13–19

Monday, July 13
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, July 14
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, July 15
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, July 16
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #SeasonalShift*
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, July 17
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, July 18
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #growing
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, July 19
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

*Two photos of the same place in different seasons

All Week Art Prompts: July 13–19

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to all. Message @rina2012
to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #mandala

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekBForBehind

#MixedMedia52 + #wheels

#PaintByWords + #heron or #road
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #depth
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #sound

Compiled by @handcranked

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #cats #macrophotography #purr #macro #quiet #soft #white #BlueskyArtShow #freckles #photography #ArtYear #ECK #EastCoastKin #feline #nose #whiskers #WestCoastKin #pink #zzz #BlueskyPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ShowHeart #hearts #heartshaped #furbaby #petphotography

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#Scape #landscape #geology #ColorADay #BWFri #arch #ShowHeart frame1 #ArtYear #bnw #ClassicMono #Shapes #shadows #shadowplay #ECK #scene #series #studies #Abstractia #erosion #perspective #composition #redrocks #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LandscapePhotography

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

-Been BUSY w/this li'l fellow. Yes, he's still a Standard Poodle pup, approx 2yrs. After those quick yrs of neglect, life is little else than ENERGY & JOY! Lots of learning/training. He's a riot; requires lots of finding about our pack/family. -Fits perfectly & we'll keep his crazy smart soul alive.

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#BNWmacro #BlueskyArtshow #Macro #Yucca #curls #desert #ClassicMono #ArtYear #Abstractia #grayscale #bnw #monochrome #photography #detail #studies #PointOfView #PointOfInfinity #perspective #composition #nature #ECK #structure #MacroPhotography #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#Caturday #Felines #Cats #macro #macrophotography #BNWmacro #BlueskyArtshow #ArtYear #grayscale #claws #ClassicMono #cateyes #gaze #blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #ECK #WestCoastKin #bnw #SensoryArt #PointOfView #composition #perspective #aperture #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Cat #play #gotcha

A no-brainer of a fun context of play with one of my cats, a long time ago. I was holding the camera & one of its straps was loose. I'd been doing some macro studies that had caught my eye. And he said, "Oh no ya don't. Let's play!" as he snagged the swaying strap. It was pretty easy to set mysights upon him & his playful intent. (This is the grayscale file. And I was shooting both color & bnw. I equally enjoy the color file, as he was a lovely & wiley firecat, a ginger kitty.) We are looking down at his extended toes & claws in macro, snagged upon the wrist strap of one of my/our cameras. In a slightly out of focus background are his gazing eyes fixed upon our game & play. His whiskers are far forward, and also slightly out of focus. It's natural light, and a low-light setting with a wide open aperture. The lens is fine-tuned upon his toes & a pair of his snagged claws.

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#DontCare if the labelers don't get it #ForestFriday #HumansOfBluesky #human #ClassicMono #ECK #ArtYear #grayscale #ColorADay #BWFri #blackandwhite #monochrome #PhotographersUnited #mood #PhotographersOfBluesky #freedom #WestCoastKin #photography #EastCoastKin #PineTrees #sapling #ForestScape #Scape

Kirk E. Mitchell (K.EdwardMitchell Photo) @kirkedwardmitchell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#PalacesAndGardens #ECK #UpliftingEnergy #Swallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #insects #Milkweed #blossoms #sweet #blooming #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #YellowThu #striped #stripes #flight #EastCoastKin #nature #photography #WestCoastKin #Lepidoptera #PhotographersOfBluesky #Insecta #garden #aromatic