Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Some fun cloud formations after our April thunderstorms. #naturephotography #photography #spring 080
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Happy 9th birthday to my best adventure buddy Willow ❤️ Don't slow down just yet...we have much more to see together. #dogsofbluesky #nature 0101
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Logo I did for a bird photographer. Which color variation do you prefer? #logodesign #graphicdesign #birdphotography 050
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Tidy Tips, a stunning and cheerful native wildflower. It covers our grasslands and hillsides when they aren't being dominated by invasive mustard. #naturephotography #photography #ecology 0130
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I find the juxtaposition between man-made and nature bizarre and unsettling but also fascinating. #photography #naturephotgraphy #sunset 0110
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Winter is my favorite season, but spring is also so beautiful. The recent record-breaking March heatwave really bummed me out. This April storm is like revisiting winter, but WITH wildflowers blooming everywhere! Best of both worlds! #california #nature #storm 020
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The hillsides were covered in Tidy Tips today. I love these happy little yellow and white blooms. I've never seen them this dense! #nature #botany #plantnative 081
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Found this little guy in Point Reyes at my animal tracking class. Any idea what kind of bird this is? #ecology #birds #ornothology 010
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Limontaur Beach, Point Reyes. I took an animal tracking class out here the other day and it was utterly eye-opening. I can't wait to share some tips here soon! The most exciting tracks we found were the Tule Elk, endemic to California and these days, specifically Point Reyes. #nature #ecology 030
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Some days it's hard to get myself out the door and on the trail. Those are the days I know I probably need it most. And so does she. She is the extra bit of encouragement I often need. #sunset #nature #hiking 060
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My girl ❤️ #dogsofbluesky #dogsonbluesky #hiking 0100
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Spent an afternoon watching my nieces build rock towers in a creek. Little moments like these are everything. "No one touch that rock...because it's special" -Kirsten 🤣 I love her #nature #kids 020
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 11/03/2026My grandmother's 95th birthday just passed, this was her 91st. I hoped she would make it this long and she has. She still gardens, bakes, and ferments her foods. Shot on 4x5 Portra 160. A Romanian and German WWII refugee, this incredibly tough woman is a hero. Cont'd #believeinfilm #photography 1242
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Dinner and a drive. Portra 800 120 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography 0110
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I love how many old wood water towers are scattered throughout Sonoma County. My first home on my own at 19 was one of these converted into an apartment. They were used as water towers between the 1850s and 1930s. #believeinfilm #filmphotography #nightphotography 0130
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Finish the sign- Jesus saves___ Wrong answers only Shot on Portra 800 on medium format Pentax 67 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography 2190
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I'm obsessed with lichens! And moss and fungi. All of it. 0131
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 06/03/2026My friend with her boy just before he passed from kidney failure. She asked me to do a portrait knowing he was not going to live much longer. He was her soul cat 💔 I'm glad I captured such a happy moment with them, rather than the feeling of impending doom. The memory of love. #believeinfilm 2161
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Fenweh is the German word for wanderlust, and possibly the most beautiful word in the language. My dad's side of the family is from Germany, I grew up listening to my grandparents speak it. It often sounds harsh and sharp, but the word Fenweh is so simple yet mystical. #filmphotography #photography 1240
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Stop people pleasing, start tree pleasing. 120 Cinestill 400D. #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography 0171
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Sorry I'm late, it was foggy out and I needed to wander. Another shot from my first roll of Cinestill 400D. #believeinfilm #photography #filmphotography 0201
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Shot my first roll of Cinestill 400D. I'll post a few sporadically. So far, I like it. But not nearly as much as 800T and not enough to replace Portra for a daylight film. Anyone tried it? #believeinfilm #photography #filmphotography 2191
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The song of the Red Winged Blackbird is one of my favorites. I grew up in a mobile home park with a creek behind it (yes I'm a little bit trailer trash) so it's pure nostalgia and peace for me to hear them just as I did so often as a child playing at that creek. #birds #nature 020
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Very excited to be digging into this on this rainy day. Have you read it? #nature #books 272
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Things that are less parasitic than ICE, part 1. Barnacles! Most people think barnacles parasiticize the organisms they cling to, however they are mostly harmless unless the host is already sick or immune compromised. They also provide microhabitats for smaller organisms and filter water. #nature 030
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Vanessa, and this is my best nature adventure companion, Willow. This is us standing beneath a massive California Bay Tree we found today. I'm an artist, Naturalist, gardener, and occasional wordsmith. Cont'd #nature 220
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Mussels, one of the ocean's filters. They absorb excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous, while providing a crucial food source for many marine species. An abundance of mussels is a good indicator of clean water and a healthy marine ecosystem. This is in Bodega Bay. #marinelife #tidepools 041
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Willow and I are walking 31 miles in January to raise money for Best Friends Animal Society! Did mile 5 today! You can pledge and donate here: gofund.me/d99ccc25b 020
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Descending into the fog. I love living in the valley because the fog gets trapped in between the hills for hours on fall and winter mornings, creating a mystical blanket of moisture. #nature #fog #california 020
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Wintery glow on Kodak Ektar 100. #photography #believeinfilm 2181
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Unfondly remembering laundromat days. #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography 0100
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Funeral Bells on a decaying Bay Laurel #nature #mushrooms #fungi 020
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Nothing regulates my nervous system like an after rain hike. Found some really cool mushies today and shot a roll of Cinestill 400D. Are you a winter lover or summer person? #hiking #nature #winter #california #forest 020
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I do photography because words aren't always enough. My husband and our girl at Fort Ross, on his 7th anniversary of sobriety. #photography #dogsofbluesky 0271
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 13/12/2025My niece is 7 here, and just turned 14 last week. Can't believe it's been 7 years. This was not long after I acquired my favorite medium format, my Pentax 67 and 90mm f2.8. Still my most used camera and lens. #believeinfilm #photography 0171
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Call of the wild Eerie winter hikes are the best. #hiking #nature #adventure 140
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Just a love fest over here #dogsofbluesky #catsofbluesky 070
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Many religions seek a glorious afterlife. They teach people to live with the purpose of attaining a position in some sort of ideal paradise. What is so wrong with being HERE? 110
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 01/12/2025What an amazing thrifted book score today! I'm so excited to get cozy with these. #thrifting #booksky #books #history 030
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I tagged them on Instagram but you can easily Google them. Wonderful things and well made! Check em out. #blackfriday #consumerism #indigenousbusinesses 000
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Bros will be bros #catsofbluesky #cats 020
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I almost didn't go on the hike. I almost didn't see the largest murmuration I've ever witnessed. I almost didn't hear their cackling chaos so loudly it sounded like a waterfall, or their wings all synchronized at take off it sounded like thunder. But I went. And I was mesmerized. #nature 110
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Twain Harte, California, on Kodak Portra 120. #astrophotography #believeinfilm #photography 0271
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Guess who ate mom's sleepy gummies lastnight? Idk if she saw God but she definitely saw the devil. Don't worry she's feeling much better this morning. #dogsonbluesky #dogsofbluesky #edibles 041
Vanessa Westerfield @paradoxstudios.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Cozy day with a couple of new books. When these are half off I gotta go for it! So stoked for both of them. #bookworm #goodreads 020
