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Mary Jo Richards

@mjrichards.bsky.social

Teacher, observer of people and the natural world, wife, cat mom, leaning waaay left, queerdo, neurodivergent in normie drag. Obsessed with the analog, particularly film cameras, typewriters & fountain pens. Photoblogging at shutterprof.com

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Mary Jo Richards@mjrichards.bsky.social · 4h ago

I roll through my local thrift shop a couple times a month looking for cameras. Why? I don’t need more cameras. Most times I don’t find any, or if I do, they are broken or not what I want. Yesterday I got three “vintage” digicams for $20. 2/3 work. The third I can’t test yet because I need a charger

Sony Cybershot, Panasonic LUMIX, and Kodak Easyshare cameras.
Mary Jo Richards@mjrichards.bsky.social · 2d ago

Spent the morning making small #cyanotype prints from my 620, 120, and 35mm negatives using the Let’s Resin compact UV lamp, Jacquard Cyanotype kit, and Cason watercolor paper. Worked pretty well, though I learned a bit about what works and what doesn’t. Here’s a whole gallery of the good ones.

Mary Jo Richards@mjrichards.bsky.social · 3d ago

Jamey is a great writer, an all-around good guy, and a wonderful colleague. It’s his birthday, so buy one of his #books. If you like short #fiction, you won’t be disappointed.

Jamey Gallagher@jameygallagher.bsky.social · 3d ago

It is. It really it my birthday. Which means I am begging you to do one of these things: 1. Buy one of my books. 2. Rate/review one of my books. 3. Request one of my books from your local library. jameyg0.wixsite.com/jameygallagher

A pink ribbon that says "it's my birthday" near a park in Baltimore, MD.
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Mary Jo Richards@mjrichards.bsky.social · 7d ago

I think I am gradually coming to the conclusion that I do not particularly enjoy developing color film nor do I particularly enjoy scanning it. Regardless of what setup I use to scan it, I can never come close to getting lab-quality results when it comes to colors, no matter how much I fiddle.

Mary Jo Richards@mjrichards.bsky.social · last wk.

So I thought I would try and see how the #Sony a6000 handles color #film. I don't much know what to make of this. Image on the left was the Sony with Lightbox conversion then iPhoto for edits. Image on the right was the Plustek with Silverfast for and iPhoto. Colors are very different.

Color photo of koi digitized with a Sony a6000 and converted in Lightbox then edited in iPhoto. Color photo of koi scanned with a Plustek 8200i with Silverfast and edited in iPhoto.
Mary Jo Richards@mjrichards.bsky.social · last wk.

Here is the very compact mirrorless camera scanning setup which I have attached to my enlarger stand. I’m using the #Lomography Digitaliza Max kit for my negative holder & light source. Found a cheap clamp, tripod head, and power adapter online. Also have a data cable coming to tether my laptop.

Sony a6000 mirrorless digital camera with a TTartisans 40mm f/2.8 lens clamped to an enlarger stand hovers over a Lomography Dogitialize Max unit.
Mary Jo Richards@mjrichards.bsky.social · last wk.

Okay, I'm officially a camera #film digitizing convert. Here is an image digitized by the Sony a6000, converted in Lightbox, and then imported into iPhoto for minimal final edits compared to the same image digitized by the Plustek 8200i AI, converted in Silverfast, and then imported into iPhoto.

Black and white photo of detail of an ebike frame digitized with Sony a6000. Black and white photo of detail of an ebike frame digitized with Plustek 8200i.
Mary Jo Richards@mjrichards.bsky.social · last wk.

Gemma is SO talented and just needs a little boost to get back into school and eventually back into the world of world. Help a queer, disabled artist out! I’ve been following her for a while. She is the real deal.

Gemma Izek@berlinerbarbie.bsky.social · last wk.

Good news everybody! I've got a really big bill to pay for an incredibly great reason. I'm not going to be able to take advantage of this opportunity without help. I hope you'll all see the huge returns such a relatively small contribution will bring 💖