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Mark Murray

@markrmurray.bsky.social
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Educator. Photographer. Foodie. Fan of all things chocolate. Executive director of the Association of Texas Photography Instructors. Support a lot of other scholastic journalism organizations including CSPA, JEA, NSPA, and TAJE. www.atpi.org

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Association of Texas Photography Instructors @atpi.bsky.social · 13h
ATPI September Social Media Winners! Theme: New Friends Thanks to everyone who entered! Check out the winning photos! Students 1- Nico Coffey (Martin HS) 2- Kaitlynn Davis (Glen Rose HS) 3- Rylee Mills (Glen Rose HS) HM: Jasmine Nguyen (James Martin HS) Faculty 1- Laura Veno 2- Josette Coker
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 19h
Thank you!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 21h
Photo of the Day. 10/5/26. Sanctuary, Vienna, Austria. July 2012. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Vienna #Austria #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #PinkMon
Light streams through the high windows in the sanctuary of the Minoritenkirche in central Vienna, operated by the Society of Saint Pius X. A life size mural of The Last Supper dominates one of the walls. It is a tile mosaic by Roman artist Giacomo Raffaelli, commissioned by Napoleon I in 1809. It is 9.18 x 4.47 meters and weighs approximately 20 tons. In it, Jesus is depicted wearing a pink shirt.
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Robert Loves Photography @robertspictures.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@shibui-shashin.bsky.social @markrmurray.bsky.social @akeet.bsky.social @spicynoodlez11.bsky.social 66/x
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thanks! As a friend described him, he was more human than dog. Unfortunately he passed away a couple of years ago, but miss him all the time.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Photo of the Day. 10/4/26. Brown Eyed, Euless, Texas. June 2016. iPhone 6s and Hipstamatic. Emma lens and RTV film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #Schnauzer #DogsOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Stunday
Matt the Schnauzer sits in the front seat of the car as the late afternoon sun reflects in his eye and highlights a messy beard.
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Robert Loves Photography @robertspictures.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#SundayShout-Out #Stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography The - in my very subjective eyes - most stunning photos of the week 27/9 - 3/10 among the photos published by the photography accounts who I follow and who follow me. A maximum of one photo per account. Prepare to be amazed. 1/x
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks, Luis!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Photo of the Day. 10/3/26. Headed East, Nevada. July 2018. iPhone X and Hipstamatic. John S lens and Kodot XGrizzled film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #Nevada #WindowSeat #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #Scape
A few sparse clouds drift over the Nevada desert as the flight makes its way from SFO to DFW.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks, Jaycee!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks! Happy Friday to you!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Love the multiple layers in this photo, @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social!
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
'Gleaming Substrate, Moored Canoes' (2026) -- Barnes Landing, Brunswick, ME I'm Working This Morning But Will Catch Up on Posts This Afternoon...!! 🥰 Happy Scape Day ✨ #Scape #ForestFriday #BWFri #Stunday #RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
Two canoes float peacefully on the shallow bay at low tide, moored to rocks on the nearby shore... In the foreground a fascinating and angular substrate of granite, quartz, seaweed and mud
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Photo of the Day. 10/2/26. Manzano Mountains, Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 2026. iPhone 18 Pro. Edited with Snapseed. #photooftheday #iPhone #Snapseed #WindowSeat #EastCoastKin #Scape
A few wispy clouds hang over the mountains just east of Albuquerque, New Mexico on a mid-morning departure out of the Sunport. The recent rains from the remnants of Hurricane Polo have helped green up the hillsides.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Photo of the Day. 10/1/26. The Bicyclist, Graz, Austria. July 2012. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Graz #Austria #EastCoastKin #HumansOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #StreetPhotography
A man walks his bicycle onto a street in Graz, Austria. Other people are visible in the background, along with columns lining the front of the building across the street.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/30/26. Leap of Faith, Kőszeg, Hungary. July 2012. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Kőszeg #Hungary #EastCoastKin #HumansOfBlueSky #ColorADay #RedWed
A young boy excitedly jumps into his father's arms from the rim of a fountain in the town square in Kőszeg, Hungary.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you! And thanks for the reposts!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/29/26. Entry to Eisriesenwelt, Werfen, Austria. September 2023. Olympus E-M1X. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Eisriesenwelt #Austria #EastCoastKin #RockinTuesday #Scape #HumansOfBlueSky
Visitors make their way up the final steps from the valley below in preparation for their visit to Eisriesenwelt, the largest ice cave in the world. Located south of Salzburg in the Austrian Alps, the cave offers tours during parts of the year. In the photo, people rest on the rocks at the entrance and view the mountains stretching out into the distance. A concrete roof on the left side protects visitors on the last portion of the climb from falling rock.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
'Resting Stones, Falling Leaves' (2026) -- Common Ground Cemetery, Harpswell Center, ME #RockinTuesday ✨ #UrbanGaze ✨ #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A very old stone wall frames the lower half of an image taken under a large branch of a maple tree slowly turning yellows and reds, it's leaves falling into a two century year old cemetery with pale headstones so old they can sometimes no longer be read...
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You are welcome! Great photo of the Atomium!
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Eric Girouard @ericg.photography · 26/09/2026
The #Atomium in #Brussels at dusk #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #EastCoastKin #ericgphoto #landscapephotography #ArcanumAlumni #landscape #photography #G+Circle #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
Horizontal and perfectly symmetrical view of the Atomium in Brussels at dusk, with leading lines of the path, hedges, streets and street lights converging on the illuminated structure.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/28/26. Window View, Kőszeg, Hungary. July 2012. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Kőszeg #Hungary #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #PinkMon #HumansOfBlueSky
A woman stands in front of her lace curtain laying out a pillow on her open windowsill to air out in Kőszeg, Hungary. The window is framed by white and pink while a pink window covering is visible in another window.
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Robert Loves Photography @robertspictures.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@shibui-shashin.bsky.social @proofofworkphotos.bsky.social @markrmurray.bsky.social @akeet.bsky.social 71/x
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thanks Jaycee! Happy Sunday.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/27/26. Self Portrait, Hallstatt, Austria. August 2007. Olympus E-1. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Hallstatt #Austria #EastCoastKin #Stunday
A self portrait riding the mini train out of the 5,000-year-old salt mine in Hallstatt, Austria, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The slower shutter speed blurs the narrow walls of the small tunnel that brings tourists out of salt mine after the tour.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Love it!
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
'Paddle to the Sea' (2026) -- Wharton's Point / Maquoit Bay, Brunswick, ME #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A moored canoe sits safely high and dry upon long reeds under a large open September sky, filled with rain water from a recent storm... In the distance the mud flats littered with dried and molted husks of young horseshoe crabs
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/26/26. Morning Deliveries, Barcelona, Spain. July 2012. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Barcelona #Spain #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat
Wheeling his cart across the flagstones, a gentleman moves from one business to another early in the morning making his deliveries. Columns line the walkway in the background and the slow shutter speed captures his movement as he makes his rounds.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
'Where the Sidewalk Ends & the Mudflats Begin' (2026) -- Wharton's Point / Maquoit Bay, Brunswick, ME #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A higher ground overgrown with dense reeds overlooks expansive mudflats at low tide, a small channel of water from a stream snakes out to the bay out of sight, in the distance the heavily forested Merepoint Peninsula
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
'Gravel Beach With Boulders' (2026) -- Lookout Point, North Harpswell, ME the Majority of Beaches in Maine Are Small, Intimate & Rocky... #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #RockinTuesday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A small swimming beach of gravel, strewn with small boulders and partially overshadowed by forest looks out at the long and gentle bay that stretches to the horizon and beyond
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/25/26. Sunflowers, Wachau Valley, Austria. July 2012. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Wachau #Austria #EastCoastKin #Scape
A bright yellow sunflower is lit with an on-camera flash as the field of sunflowers stretches out in the distance.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Friday, Jaycee! Thanks for the repost!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thank you! Definitely worth seeing.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Appreciate it!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/24/26. City View, Graz, Austria. July 2012. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Graz #Austria #EastCoastKin #PalacesAndGardens #Scape
A gentleman sits on the brick wall of the Graz Schlossberg in the center of Graz, the second largest city in Austria. Stone steps descend into a garden filled with a variety of flowers while the city's red tile roofs extend into the distance.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/23/26. Locks, Graz, Austria. July 2012. Olympus E-3 #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Graz #Austria #EastCoastKin #Scape
A wide variety of padlocks adorn a fence on a bridge overlooking the Mur River in Graz, Austria. Found in multiple places around the world, couples proclaim their love for each other by locking their engraved names on bridges. Trees line both shows of the muddy river with buildings and another bridge in the background.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
'Smoke & Mirrors' (2026) -- Oven's Mouth Preserve, Boothbay, ME #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A break in the dense treeline allows a view through the foliage onto a partially obscured bay inlet, a cloudy sky filled with cumulonimbus clouds and islands on the horizon
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/22/26. Chimney Rock, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. September 2020. iPhone 11 Pro and Hipstamatic. John S lens and Ina’s 1969 film. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #GhostRanch #NewMexico #EastCoastKin #RockinTuesday
Branches from a bare tree frame Ghost Ranch’s best-known landmark, Chimney Rock in the late afternoon sun.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thanks, Luis! Happy Monday to you. 
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/21/26. Lone Photographer, Death Valley, California. March 2007. Olympus E-1. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #DeathValley #California #EastCoastKin #MountainMonday #Scape
A photographer makes his way through the brown sand dunes of Death Valley National Park while the barren, rocky mountains rise above him.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
'Muddy Expanses' (2026) -- Wolfe's Neck Paddling Center, Freeport, ME #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #RockinTuesday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
Granite slabs covered in mud, clam shells and seaweed fill the foreground before the large expanses of mud begin... Entire bays of deep oozing mud broken up on the horizon by islands of dry land and long peninsulas
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/20/26. The Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland. May 2026. iPhone 17 Pro and Hipstamatic Tintype app. #photooftheday #iPhone #Hipstamatic #WilliamWallace #Scotland #EastCoastKin #Stunday #ClassicMono
Built to honor William Wallace near the site of his triumph over the British at Stirling Bridge in 1297, the sandstone tower was completed in 1869. Wallace, made famous in the movie Braveheart with Mel Gibson, is a Scottish hero. The statue of Wallace on the exterior of the tower was created by David Watson Stevenson.
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Robert Loves Photography @robertspictures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@markrmurray.bsky.social @akeet.bsky.social @spicynoodlez11.bsky.social @clumsyshooter.bsky.social 81/x
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/19/26. Dandelion Sunset, Austria. July 2009. Olympus E-3. #photooftheday #Olympus #OMSystems #Austria #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #golden #ColorADay #GreenSat
An electronic flash lights up a single dandelion in a field of dandelions along the road in Lower Austria on a summer day. The remaining flowers fall into shadow why the remnants of the sunset light up the sparse clouds in the sky.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thanks!
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Photo of the Day. 9/18/26. Allegheny River, Harmar Township, Pennsylvania. September 2019. iPhone XS and 645Pro app. Edited with Snapseed. #photooftheday #iPhone #645Pro #Snapseed #Pennsylvania #AlleghenyRiver #EastCoastKin #Scape
A high bluff overlooks the Allegheny River as it curves around Oakmont, Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh. Bushes line the top of the bluff while clouds float in the blue sky in the late afternoon.
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Mark Murray @markrmurray.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thanks, Luis! Happy Friday to you!
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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026
This is my new account, would love a follow here!! Join us Thursdays at #humansofBluesky. Urban scale meets color punch. A lone walker in vibrant magenta crosses North Wabash Ave, dwarfed by Chicago's towering skyscrapers. #luiscordobapharchive #street #Chicago #EWackerDrive #NWabashAv
Vertical orientation street photograph titled "The Wayfarer, Making His Own Path — North Wabash Avenue, Chicago." Low-angle perspective looking south along North Wabash Avenue near East Wacker Drive. In the foreground, a lone walker in a bright magenta sweater and light trousers crosses a painted pedestrian crosswalk. The framing showcases a rich array of historic and modern Chicago architectural landmarks:

* On the right foreground stands 330 North Wabash (formerly the IBM Building / AMA Plaza), the iconic 52-story International Style dark steel-and-glass skyscraper designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (housing The Langham Hotel in its lower levels).
* Adjacent to it on the right is the historic LondonHouse Chicago building (85 E Wacker Dr) with its classical stone facade.
* Down the avenue background, visible signage marks the historic L7 Chicago by Lotte (formerly Kimpton Hotel Monaco Chicago at 225 N Wabash Ave).
* In the distant skyline background to the left, the blue reflective glass of the St. Regis Chicago tower rises into a deep, clear sky.

Optimized for Chicago street photography, North Wabash Avenue, IBM Building Mies van der Rohe, LondonHouse Chicago, Hotel Monaco L7 Chicago, St Regis Chicago skyline, architectural scale, color pop street portrait, and Chicago Loop cityscape indexing.
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