John W Sheldon

@johnwsheldon.bsky.social

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Designer, Artist, etc. Wear a mask in public. He/Him/His, agender

A white person with a long gray beard on their chin, and short trimmed beard on the cheeks.
A young black man wearing a bright t-shirt emblazoned with BROTHAVERSE looks seriously into the lens of the camera.
Kodak Folding Pocket Camera 3-A Model C
A large brass lens mounted to a Graflex Speed Graphic camera.
A black brownie box camera with an art deco gold front plate.
A mixed media painting of a vampire wizard on a WWI battlefield holding swirling flames between his outstretched hands. The image is all shades of red and orange with purple shadows.
A black folding camera with a wire composition guide.
A cheap 110 camera in the shape and trade dress of a Budweiser beer can.
A Kodak Six 16 art deco folding camera in brown and silver, with faux ostrich leather wrap. The corners of the bellows are cracked and worn.
A Uniflex I twin lens reflex camera. The leatherette body panels are peeling and discolored, and the knurling of the knobs has yellow staining.
A Graflex Speed Graphic camera with below extended and viewing hood open. The outside has minor scuffs, but the inside is pristine.
A badly scuffed and worn TLR camera, with bright clean lenses surrounded by a boxy plastic hood.
A Graflex RB camera with viewing hood and lens housing extended.
An orange tabby cat with dark gold eyes sits in front of a gray background.
Polaroid J66 camera in a lined leather case with paperwork.
A small American Red Squirrel looking down into the camera from a tree branch.
A stripey orange cat sits in the arm of a seated white person with a black and gray beard.
A wooden folding camera with a metal front standard. The corners of the black leather case are dented and frayed, the bellows is split and cracked, and the lens has a discolored haze across part of the interior.
A large format folding camera with oxblood leather bellows and warm orange wood inside a black leather case.
An antique Ansco Shur-Flash camera.
A photo of a cat partially lit by studio lights, bathing himself below a studio prop table.
A gray backdrop holds a medium format studio camera. Several lights are pointed at it to give soft and even coverage.
A Graflex 4x5 film holder with the dark slide pulled out. A white 3d printed bracket is clipped inside.
A bearded white person wearing a red fleece pullover holds a large antique Graflex RB SLR camera with the lens and hood both extended.
Cyanotype contact prints from medium format negatives. On the left, pale cats lie on a bed in sunbeams, though the bottom image is faded. On the right, a cat stares intently out the window.
@drmaddkap@meow.social writes: I'm rewatching old Star Trek episodes to see which ones pass the B'kdel Test: 1. Two named Klingons 2. Talking to each other 3. About something other than honor
A spreadsheet showing a list of various old cameras.
Conley Model XV double extension 4x5 camera.
Shot of a shaved ice cart selling cool snacks in a park in the summer.
A rough-looking Nikon F camera with a badly dented metered prism.
Two cats snuggle on a blanket.
A white lighthouse stands before the ocean, bathed gold and orange in the light of sunset. Behind it, a rainbow rises from the sea to arc faintly behind the light.
A film photo of a black cat.
A stainless steel roadster coupe in a museum collection.
A black and white photo of a tall tree spreading bare limbs against the winter's late afternoon sky. The moon is nestled between its branches and the ground is covered in a tall dark thicket of weeds.
The Grand Canyon lit in brilliant magenta of the moments after sunset.
A short animation of stars rising over a desert valley while vehicle lights whizz past on the valley floor.
A spread of 7 Instax photos on a table in front of a Speed Graphic camera and the Lomograflok Instax back.
Sunrise over the ocean, just beyond a silhouetted peninsula dotted with pines. The sky is orange and the underside of the clouds is lit with gold.
A speed graphic set up on a sturdy tripod in a snowy yard, pointed at a tree covered in snow. A large, antique brass lens is fitted to the camera and the shade is extended over the ground glass.
A blacksmith lit by the forge and the red hot work he hammers. Sparks fly all around it as he strikes.
The lighthouse at Bass Head Harbor lit yellow by the sunset. In the darkening sky behind it, a rainbow is just visible.
A rocky shoreline curving to a small peninsula on a hazy morning. The ocean horizon fades into the hazy sky.
A black and white photo of white blossoms in a dark forest.
A wooden trail bridge over damp ground in a pine forest.
The word "ITCH" affixed to a concrete column in some kind of construction foam or concrete.
A graphic drawing of a clawed hand and dripping blood rising above a twisted and broken light cage whose flame is sputtering out.
Seagull roosting on a rocky cliff in a black and white photo.
A very high contrast black and white photo with a uniquely old look. The ocean laps at Stony cliffs and shores topped with narrow trees.
Two performers in 18th century dress perform a fire show. One poses with her hands raised holding a fire baton. The other lunges forward with flames leaping high from her hand.
Two film cameras on tripods face a peninsula in the moments before sunrise.
Rocky cliffs looking over the sea toward islands and mountains on the other side.
A black and white photo of bales of hay stacked in the open doors of a barn with peeling paint.
A black and white photo of an antique sleigh sitting atop hay and signage in a barn. Daylight peeks between the boards of the barn wall.
A black and white photo of an old farm tractor with a trailer.
The old film cameras: a Leica IIIb, a Pentax 6x7, and a Mamiya RB67.
A mallard stands in shallow water.