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Russ Morris

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Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 3h

Paper & Light 5. Pentax *ist D + Lensbaby 2, Tokina .45X Conversion Lens (macro) From the archive. August 2005. #blackandwhite #classicmono #istd #lensbaby2 #light #macro #monochrome #paper #photographersofbluesky #photography

An abstract, grainy, black and white photograph of a narrow piece of layout bond curled and resting on a piece of black construction paper, illuminated by a small LED flashlight.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

M13. 5.5" x 8.5" collage on sketch paper. #abstract #adhesive #art #circles #collage #color #composition #found #glue #lines #mixedmedia #noripaste #paper #pictures #play #scraps #shapes #squares #studio #tags

A small, colorful, abstract collage.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Kinda fun, little bit cool. #33rpm #analog #hifi #lp #music #musicsky #musiccollection #my9albums #nowlistening #nowplaying #nowspinning #records #recordcollection #turnitup #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinyllove #vinylsky

A grid of 9 album covers, A Man Under the Influence - Alejandro Escovedo, King of California - Dave Alvin, Into the Great Wide Open - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Sweet Forgiveness - Bonnie Raitt, World Without Tears - Lucinda Williams, Love and Circumstance - Carrie Rodriguez, Win This Record! - David Lindley & El Rayo-X, Slow Turning - John Hiatt, and Crazy Horse's eponymous debut.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

G.A.S. Nine random iPhone shots run through the Tone app. #fun #iphone #iphoneography #photography #random #shotoniphone #tone

A grid of nine random square iPhone shots run through the Tone app.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Welcome back. I've missed you. #topochico

A square color photograph of an unopened case of a dozen glass bottles of Top Chico mineral water on the island in our kitchen.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yesterday was a solo Beatles day for me. #33rpm #analog #cd #cdcollection #compactdisc #digital #hifi #lp #music #musicsky #musiccollection #nowlistening #nowplaying #nowspinning #records #recordcollection #turnitup #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinyllove #vinylsky

A color photograph of my record storage, hifi set-up, and the album and CD covers of music I've recently played. Nipper, too.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Emily. Diana 151 + Kodak 400UC #believeinfilm #diana151 #diptych #filmfriday #filmphotography #kodak400uc #photographersofbluesky #portrait #toycamera

A pair of color photographs of a young woman, in the first photo she's looking right at the camera, in the second photo she's looking to her left. She's wearing a brown-colored Beatles zip-up hoody sweatshirt and blues jeans, sitting on the steps of the south entrance to St. Joseph's Hall, a building on the Santa Clara University campus.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A dozen Texas sunsets, Q3 2026. #centraltexas #dozen #dusk #fall #nature #photographersofbluesky #photography #q32026 #sky #sundown #sunset #texassunsets #thirdquarter2026 #tLeIxFaEs #twelve #twilight #westernskies #westernsky

A three-by-four grid of a dozen colorful and dramatic cloud-filled Central Texas sunsets.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Marek. Polaroid SX-70 Sonar OneStep + Polaroid 600 Film #believeinfilm #filmphotography #humansofbluesky #photographersofbluesky #photography #polaroid600film #portrait #sx70sonaronestep

A close-up, color, instant photograph of a man searing a t-shirt, beard stubble and no smile whatsoever, staring straight into the camera. There isn't much background, but what's visible is blurred beyond recognition.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pink Rose. Pentax K10D + Sigma 28mm ƒ1.8 #bloomscrolling #botanical #k10d #macro #nature #pentax #photographersofbluesky #photography #pink #rose #sigma #theartofseeing

A macro color photograph of a pink rose, shot from directly in front of the center of the flower, its stamen in focus. The background is the faded and blurred pink petals of the flower.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Outside Sacré-Coeur. Canon Powershot S1IS From our September 2004 tour of London and Paris. #europe #london #paris #travel #traveltuesday #travelphotography #photographersofbluesky #photography #theartofseeing

A close-up color photograph of a wrought iron fence outside the Basilica, one of its curly fence tops bent out of alignment.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A pair of nectarines. Vivitar Kids Camera #blackandwhite #classicmono #grain #monochrome #photographersofbluesky #photography #theartofseeing #tLeIxFaEs #toycamera

A grainy, close-up photograph of a pair of nectarines sitting on a white ceramic serving tray, light from the top of the frame casts shadows in front at the bottom of the grame.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Boxed in. Cyanotype on Canson Bristol board #art #blue #box #color #contrast #creative #cyano #cyanotype #geometric #line #modernart #movement #paper #play #print #rectangles #scale #shapes #studio #wave #weight #work

A cyanotype print on Canson Bristol board, made up of a series of distorted rectangles in rows and columns, using waves, movement, scale, negative and positive space to create the appearance of boxes growing and shrinking. The piece is narrow and horizontal at approximately 6 inches by 12 inches in size.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Retired. A relic from the early 80s. My fave and most used paint brush. #art #brush #relic #tools

A color photograph of an old, long, worn artists brush, covered in paint and held together with thin wire wrapped around the ferrule.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

From my Fillmore West handbill collection... BG243-PC Steve Miller Band, Bo Diddley, Crow. July 16, 1970 by David Singer #billgraham #blues #bodiddley #collection #crow #fillmorewest #handbill #music #myyouth #nineteenseventy #pop #rock #rockart #sanfrancisco #stevemiller

A colorful handbill from Bill Graham's Fillmore West created by rock artist David Singer in 1970.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Red. Pentax ZX5-N, Sigma 30mm ƒ/1.4 + Kodak 400UC #believeinfilm #filmfriday #filmphotography #kodak400uc #pentaxzx5n #photographersofbluesky #slr

A color photograph of the legs of a young woman at a car show. She's wearing a short animal print skirt and shiny red pumps with straps that reveal two small old-timey tattoos on the top of both feet.

There are two more tattoos just above her ankles, on her shins.

She's standing in uncut grass, in front of the chrome bumper of a shiny red Mercury reflecting the back of her legs.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anna, again. Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 + Olympus 12-40mm ƒ/2.8 PRO #austintx #blackandwhite #classicmono #contrast #grain #gx8 #humansofbluesky #lagunagloria #monochrome #olympus #panasonic #photographersofbluesky #photography #portrait #stranger #street #tLeIxFaEs

A black and white, shoulders-up portrait of a young, dark-haired woman, wearing a dark sweater, looking straight into the camera with the faintest of smiles, her right hand touching her right shoulder, sitting at a counter in the café, shop, and visitor center of Laguna Gloria in Austin, Texas.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Mini Calla Lily. Through the Viewfinder Pentax *ist D, Sigma 28-135mm ƒ/5.6 Macro + Kodak Duaflex #bloomscrolling #botanical #callalily #closeup #duaflex #flower #istd #kodak #nature #pentax #photographersofbluesky #photography #plantlife #sigma #square #theartofseeing #throughtheviewfinder #ttv

A square, color, close-up photograph of an unfurled purple and white mini calla lily flower, its bright yellow spadix in the lower right corner of the frame.

The background is the rest og the plant, its leaves blurred beyond recognition.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ornate. iPhone 8 National Coach Museum Lisbon, Portugal October 2019 Morris Family 2019 Whirlwind Portugal & Spain Tour #blackandwhite #classicmono #iphone8 #monochrome #photographersofbluesky #photography #textures #theartofseeing #traveltuesday #treasures

A square black and white photograph of an ornate wheel from a historic horse-drawn carriage.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pure. iPhone 8 #blackandwhite #classicmono #iphone8 #monochrome #photographersofbluesky #photography #textures #theartofseeing #tLeIxFaEs

A square black and white photograph of the outside corner of a light-colored building with a square galvanized steel downspout centered in the frame.

The wall is heavily textured and the mottled galvanized steel downspout has the word "pure" written in white paint, the thin letters stacked vertically.

In the background, on the left side of the photo, is a city sidewalk, the street, anda a no parking sign at the top of a pole.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stress. 11" x 14" collage on sketch paper. #abstract #adhesive #art #circles #collage #color #composition #found #glue #lines #mixedmedia #noripaste #paper #pictures #scraps #shapes #squares #studio #play

A colorful abstract collage.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Cool little zine, filled with some pretty tasty images taken with the lo-fi Charmera. I see a lot of familiar names, and two of my submissions made it in.

A square color photograph of the cover of the zine Keychain Visions, a cool collection of Kodak Charmera photographs curated and published by the always awesome Maureen Bond.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

$10. I'm a sucker for toy cameras. #camera #collection #gas #photographersofbluesky #photography #theartofseeing #tLeIxFaEs #toycamera #treasures

A square color photograph of the front graphic on a box containing a kid's toy digital camera, new and unopened. The picture on the box shows a satin black camera surrounded by a blue rubber case with the face and teeth of a three-eyed monster.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

From my Fillmore West handbill collection... BG259-PC Savoy Brown, Sea Train, Ry Cooder, Humble Pie. December 3, 1970 by David Singer

A colorful handbill from Bill Graham Presents: Savoy Brown, Sea Train, Ry Cooder, Humble Pie at Fillmore West in San Francisco, created by rock artist David Singer in 1970.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I saw a post earlier this week about Little Village and knew I had it in my collection, vinyl and CD. #cd #cdcollection #compactdisc #digital #hifi #music #musiccollection #musicsky #nowlistening #nowplaying #nowspinning #turnitup

A square color photograph of the CD insert for Ry Cooder's Into the Purple Valley, with my CD player and Nipper in the background.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Art as art. Holga 120N + Kodak Portra 400NC #abstract #believeinfilm #diptych #filmfriday #photographersofbluesky #filmphotography #holga120n #kodakportra400nc #multipleexposure

A pair of blurred, abstract color photographs of an electronic art installation at the San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose, California. Taken in 2006 using my first Holga toy camera.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sarah, half. Mistakes were made. Shen-Hao HZX4x5-II, 150mm Rodenstock Geronar 1:6.3, Polaroid 405 back + Fujifilm FP-3000b #4x5 #blackandwhite #film #fujifilmfp3000b #humansofbluesky #instant #largeformat #monochrome #peelapart #photographersofbluesky #photography #polaroid #portrait #shenhao

An instant, black and white photograph, a portrait of a young lady, the top half of the photo is black, the bottom half of the photo is blurry.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Milkweed. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 #asclepias #botanical #butterflies #butterfly #colorful #flower #garden #green #lx100 #macro #milkweed #nature #plantlife #red #spring #theartofseeing #tLeIxFaEs

A square, close-up, color photograph of a small cluster of unopened red milkweed flowers with the plant's leaves blurred in the spacey, light colored background

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nine random iPhone shots run through the Tone app, part 4. A couple months back the missus'n'me finally made the leap from our old iPhone 8s to a newer model, the 17 Pro. It was time. And no, we're okay with not having the latest and greatest. Plus my early adopter days have been over for years.

Nine random iPhone shots run through the Tone app.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A gold star and a red h. Sorrento, Italy Olympus E-PL3 + Olympus M.Zuiko 17mm ƒ/2.8 From our October 2011 tour of Italy. #europe #italy #travel #traveltuesday #travelphotography #photographersofbluesky #photography #theartofseeing

An old, large, dark, wood panel door that has a big gold star hanging from wires at the top and a spray-painted uppercase H near the bottom, on what appears to be a smaller entrance within the big door.

The lower half of the big door has scribbles and names written in chalk and long ancient looking hinges.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Gerber Daisy. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 #abstract #blackandwhite #bnw #botanical #classicmono #daisy #flower #gerbera #lx100 #macro #monochrome #panasonic #photographersofbluesky #photography #plantlife #tLeIxFaEs

A close-up, black and white photograph of a red Gerber Daisy.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hot as an oven. 11" x 14" collage on Canson Bristol board #abstract #adhesive #art #circles #collage #color #composition #found #glue #lines #mixedmedia #noripaste #paper #pictures #scraps #shapes #squares #studio #play

A colorful abstract collage.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The first splatter vinyl record I saw was Dave Mason's 1970 release, Alone Together. I was 18 years young. #33rpm #analog #hifi #lp #music #musicsky #musiccollection #nowlistening #nowplaying #nowspinning #recordcollection #turnitup #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinyllove #vinylsky

A pair of color photographs, on the left is the front cover of Dave Mason's Alone Together, the right is the multicolor marble vinyl released in 1970.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What a busy last coupla' weeks it's been. Today is gonna be chill.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Edsel, Disciples. Standard, Miss Molly. Polaroid Colorpack II + Fujifilm FP100C, reclaimed negative scan #believeinfilm #colorpackii #filmfriday #filmphotography #fujifilmfp100c #photographersofbluesky #reclaimednegative

A grid of four color photographs of hotrods, each made from the reclaimed negative of a Fujifilm FP100c peel-apart print.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

San Francisco + people. Four Shakeits, circa 2010-2011. #apple #humansofbluesky #iphone #iphone3gs #iphone4s #iphoneography #iphonephotography #mobile #people #photographersofbluesky #sanfranciscoca #sf #shakeit #shakeitphoto

Four early iPhone Shakeit photos of random San Francisco people.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dandelions. #bloomscrolling #blur #botanical #dandelion #dandy #kingofweeds #macro #makeawish #nature #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #photography #plantlife #seedhead #spring #taraxacumofficinale #theartofseeing #weed

A compilation of 9 dandy shots using various cameras and lenses,
a homage to the magical dandelion seed head.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Breathless. Victoria & Albert Museum, London Canon PowerShot S1 IS From our September 2004 tour of London and Paris. #europe #london #paris #travel #traveltuesday #travelphotography #photographersofbluesky #photography #theartofseeing

A photograph of a very cool and unusual sculpture by Cornelia Parker titled "Breathless." It's basically flattened brass instruments suspended by wires between two floors, and this shot is taken from below. It's in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Folks with hats. #ascot #baseballcap #bowler #cowboyhat #fedora #hats #people #photographersofbluesky #photography #porkpie #portrait #theartofseeing

A grid of nine photographs, some square - some not, different people wearing different hats.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Inspector Belle. iPhone 17 Pro #blackandwhite #classicmono #monochrome #photographersofbluesky #photography

A square black and white photograph of one of our pups, little Belle, heading down the hallway towards the war room.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The weight. Monotype, 9" x 12" on Bristol board #abstract #acrylic #art #color #composition #concentric #discoveries #fineart #lines #mixedmedia #monotype #paper #shapes #studio #play

A colorful and abstract monotype.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

From my Fillmore West handbill collection... BG200-HB Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Cold Blood, Joy of Cooking, Lamb. Nov 13, 1969 by Randy Tuten

A colorful handbill from Bill Graham Presents, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Winterland in San Francisco, created by rock artist Randy Tuten in 1969.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What're you listenin' to these days? #33rpm #analog #hifi #lp #music #musicsky #musiccollection #nowlistening #nowplaying #nowspinning #records #recordcollection #turnitup #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinyllove #vinylsky

A photograph of four record albums: Neil Young's Freedom, Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention, Linda Ronstadt's Don't Cry Now, and Swordfishtrones by Tom Wait.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

So glad. Holga 135BC + Kentmere 100 #believeinfilm #filmfriday #filmphotography #holga135bc #kentmere100 #photographersofbluesky

A black and white photograph of a sandwich board on the sidewalk in front of a building holding a church service that reads in all upper case white letters "WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!" with a big white arrow beneath the words pointing to the right, towards the entrance.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sarah. Through the Viewfinder Pentax *ist D, Sigma 28-135mm ƒ/5.6 Macro + Kodak Duaflex II #closeup #color #duaflex2 #humansofbluesky #istd #kodak #pentax #people #photographersofbluesky #photography #portrait #sigma #square #theartofseeing #throughtheviewfinder #ttv

A square color portrait of an old friend and former co-worker, Sarah, light-haired, wearing a dark sweater, black-rimmed glasses, and a small chain necklace. She's looking straight into the camera with a little smile.

In the background is a pale yellow outside wall, with a window, under an awning of a building on the Santa Clara University campus.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Orange Lily. Pentax K10D + Sigma 28mm ƒ1.8 #bloomscrolling #botanical #k10d #lily #macro #nature #orange #pentax #photographersofbluesky #photography #theartofseeing

A macro color photograph of an orange lily, shot from the side, only one of its stamen in focus. The background is a blue-ish grey and completely out of focus.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Signs. #photographersofbluesky #photography #signage #signs #theartofseeing

A grid of nine color photographs, some square - some not, different signs I've noticed in my wanderings.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Asperitas Undulatus. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 May 21, 2017 #asperitasundulatus #blackandwhite #classicmono #clouds #lx100 #monochrome #nature #panasonic #photographersofbluesky #photography #sky #theartofseeing #tLeIxFaEs

A black and white photo of dark and stormy western skies in Central Texas, with trees along the left side and bottom of the frame in the foreground and wave-like Asperitas Undulatus clouds in the top portion of the photo.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Cutouts. Acrylic on masonite, 11" x 7" #abstract #acrylic #art #color #composition #draw #lines #mixedmedia #modernart #painting #pencil #scribble #shapes #tape

A small, colorful, abstract painting.

Russ Morris @sirromssur.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

From my Fillmore West handbill collection... BC255-PC Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Boz Scaggs, Ashton Gardner and Dyke. November 5, 1970 BG256-PC The Kinks, Elton John, Ballin’ Jack, Juicy Lucy. November 12, 1970 by David Singer

A pair of colorful handbills from Bill Graham's Fillmore West created by rock artist David Singer in 1970.