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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I seem to have dropped out of all my socials. Not on purpose, or for any reason that I know of. But what better way to let the word know I'm still alive than sharing the interview I had with @jimallthetime.bsky.social He's a fine fellow, and good fun to chat with open.substack.com/pub/jimallth...

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Hello You 145: There's hope for us all

What gives Shropshire Methodist minister Rev Richard Hall faith in humanity's future?

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Graham Usher @bishopnorwich.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Those extreme groups waving flags bearing the St George's Cross at anti-migrant protests today would do well to remember that they wave the cross of Christ, himself a refugee, who said much about caring for the stranger in our midst. We need proper debate about this issue, not stoking fear & hate.

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Laurens @laurenswillis.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

This half frame Friday I bring a call to action! #hff The inaugural Worldwide Half-frame Photography Day is Sunday 6th September - mark it on your calendars, follow @halfframephotoday.bsky.social and if you can, please spread the word to as many people as possible. As well as being an excuse to /

Colour half frame film photograph of the Melville Monument reflected on a glass-fronted building in Edinburgh

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

A blog post about my tinkering with a #RaspberryPi Zero. Written with tongue in cheek, so it's not to be taken entirely seriously. (It's all true, though!) revrichard.github.io/2025/07/15/d...

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DeckZero-Alpha: The Journey to a Portable Command-Line Companion

hesitantly blogging while learning in the terminal

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I've completed a test roll in my recently acquired Olympus Pen D. It's hanging up to dry as we speak. There won't be any great pictures, but I'm pleased to say there are pictures. Evenly spaced on the roll, too. So that's a win. #believeinfilm

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I'm having trouble finding the motivation to go out photographing in this heat. So here's the fellow who would be joining me if I could get off the sofa #believeinfilm

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

An Olympus Pen D arrived today - hoping to put a test roll through it at the weekend. #believeinfilm #halfframe

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

At Hall Towers, I've been having fun with Raspberry Pi devices in various guises lately alongside testing ways of not being quite so tightly gripped by Google. Here's a very bad photo of a 'proof of concept' setup)...

In the foreground, a computer keyboard. Behind it there's a small computer screen. The small green out-of-focus shape to the right is a Raspberry Pi Zero in a funky case

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A question not entirely unrelated to my last one about half-frame cameras: what experience do you have of buying from Japanese sellers on the auction site?

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Film friends: I want to get into half frame. I've got a Chaika, which I want to love but don't, and an Agfa-badged plastic-fantastic similar to the H35, but I want something better quality. I'm torn between Pen F and Pentax 17. I'd be interested in gathering the collective wisdom. #believeinfilm

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

2 lovely prints just dropped through my letterbox from the splendid @daveinelland.bsky.social, a result of the "Postcards from afar" exchange organised by @craftymoni.bsky.social (to whom go bigly thanks!)

2 b&w photo prints, one is a landscape of trees and a dramatic sky (I think it's an IR photo), the other is an abstract image of light and shadow

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

One last phone pic from my road trip in the Outer Hebrides. I'm home now.

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

One of many abandoned and decaying houses on these islands. Every one of them will have stories to tell #SouthUist #Hebrides

Black and white photo of a deserted stone house with a slate roof, standing alone in a remote, rocky landscape under a cloudy sky. A rough path leads from the foreground toward the house.

Black and white photo of a derelict stone cottage with a damaged slate roof and broken windows, set in a windswept grassy field near a loch, with distant hills and scattered houses in the background.

Black and white close-up of a crumbling stone doorway leading into a derelict house, revealing a decaying wooden staircase and broken debris scattered on the floor, overgrown with weeds at the entrance.

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Two more pics from Balranald before we left this morning.

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Huisinis Gateway. Well worth the 13 mile drive down a single track twisty road

Beach at Huisinis Gateway with car park above. There's a toilet and you can park overnight

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Parked up at Horgabost beach tonight. Slumming it - going without EHU. Oh the squalor!

My campervan, a grey converted VW Transporter. Pop top is up

Horgabost beach. I think those are the hills of Taransay in the background

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The Calanais (Callanish) standing stones are properly impressive

Callanish Standing Stones in black and white

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Let's go to Lewis, she said. It will be lovely, she said. #vanlife

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Cliché of the day River Creed, Stornoway

Pseudo long exposure phone pic on the river Creed, blurred water between rocks with bright green foliage in the background

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The Atlas World Voyager, not long before it left Ullapool this evening. I imagine it's a bit more luxurious than the CalMac ferry I'll be catching

A cruise ship, Atlas World Voyager, Ullapool

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I bought this little fellow on a whim from the good folk at @analoguewonderland.bsky.social The question is, do I take it to Scotland with me tomorrow? You'll notice I bought the 'professional' version in black. #believeinfilm

Reto Pano Ultra Wide, a plastic camera, in its packaging

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Woe & fie! Lackaday & woe! It seems that my lovely LC-A has gone the way of all flesh. Bugger.

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

It doesn't look like much, but here's my first pic (an accidental selfie) taken with the camera on a Rasberry Pi Zero. Considering that I managed to bust the latch on the camera ribbon so it's held in by a bit of plastic, I'm quite pleased.

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I just recently ventured into the world of #raspberrypi. What fun! Wishing I'd tried this ages ago!

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Maureen Bond @maureenbond.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I'm proud to be a apart of the The @photozinecoll.bsky.social with our third zine … “Opaque” 17 photographers from around the world, 116 pages. Copies available from ko-fi.com/s/f2b8a862c9 All profits going to the Asthma+Lung UK #photozine #zine #believeinfilm #filmphotography #filmphoto

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David @analogue-10.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Epic shot. Absolutely top tier.

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I'm not doing politics on Bluesky. I'm really not But I don't think I've ever felt so despondent about how things are than I do this morning

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The Photozine collective @photozinecoll.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

The three zines that the collective have produced

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The Photozine collective @photozinecoll.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

The Photozine collective is happy to announce the release of our third zine, Opaque. 17 photographers from around the world, 116 pages. Copies available from ko-fi.com/s/f2b8a862c9 All profits going to the Asthma+Lung UK

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Opaque Zine - The PhotoZine Collective's Ko-fi Shop

Creating zines is a great way to share your work. Opaque is the latest collective Zine project and provided a challenging theme for our photographers...

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Fyldephoto @fyldephoto.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

New photo zine published today by the @photozinecoll.bsky.social Proud to be part of this along with another 16 photographers. Proceeds go to charity. Check it out at ko-fi.com/s/f2b8a862c9

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

The latest zine from @photozinecoll.bsky.social launches today, and trust me - it's a good ‘un! With more than 100 pages, and a global cast of contributors, there's plenty to ponder. Editing was handled by @getymk.com , and he's done a fine job. You can get your copy now from ko-fi.com/s/f2b8a862c9

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Opaque Zine - The PhotoZine Collective's Ko-fi Shop

Creating zines is a great way to share your work. Opaque is the latest collective Zine project and provided a challenging theme for our photographers...

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My copies have arrived and I'm fit to bust. Don't let the fact that a few of my snaps are in there put you off. This is a really beautiful collection. You'll definitely want to get one! Congrats to @getymk.com on a fine job of editing! #believeinfilm #photozine

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Exciting stuff in the offing. Watch this space! #NoSpoilers

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Just watched the first episode of Boys From The Black Stuff on BBC iPlayer from 1982. I remember watching it when it came out, how grittily realistic it seemed. 40+ years on it's like a glimpse of life on a different planet entirely m.imdb.com/title/tt0083...

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Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Mini Series 1982) ⭐ 8.5 | Drama

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Richard Hall @richardhall.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

One from my archive for no particular reason. Moreton Corbet Castle taken with Praktika MTL50, Carl Zeiss Jena 28mm, Orwo NC3 film (v expired) #believeinfilm #shropshire

The ruins of the Elizabethan manor at Moreton Corbet in Shropshire, UK. The moody image is in colour but very washed out because the film, Orwo NC3, was made in the 1970s - the film is older than the camera!

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