Mary Jo Richards

@mjrichards.bsky.social

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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

A man with a hat and glasses and a beard sticking out his tongue at the camera. His shirt reads “elbows up Canada.”
Me in front of a mural that says “What we do matters. School of Education.”
Black and white photo taken through a chicken wire fence of a yard filled with chickens. In the foreground, a rooster looks directly into the camera.
Fisher Price kids’ 110 film camera from the 80s. Made by Kodak.
Screenshot from the Lomography website where an Instax double exposure of a young ballerina that I took is featured as Photo of the Day.
Photos mounted on a wall of a condo hallway
Cyanotype print of two trees growing through a sidewalk against a building.
Six 5x7 cyanotype prints using a collage approach, assembling various small pieces of pre-cut paper art ephemera, particularly translucent vellum and acetate. Images include flowers, travel-themed images, and angels.
Street lamp with light leaks coming in around the right and left sides of the frame
Two Charmeras in clear cases with retractable lanyards side by side: on top is the Millennium Edition in blue and on the bottom is the original Charmera with the red, blue, and yellow abstract designs. One will be clipped to my purse and the other to my camera bag.
Screenshot from a Lomography account by the name of jhondaniel, indicating that they are Community and Social Media Coordinator for Lomography and that one of my shots is being featured as Photo of the Day on 7/20 on the international page.
Cyanotypes of film negatives of roses
Black and white photo taken through a soccer goal net looking back across the pitch at the elementary school buildings beyond.
A black-and-white silver gelatin print of a stonework bridge taken from the vantage point of the creekbed below the bridge
Triptych of a large sculpted head of a female figure lying on the ground from three different perspectives
Cyanotype featuring several types of leaves and a few flowers in a ghostly white against a Prussian blue background.
Black and white 8x10 RC prints hanging to dry in our shower
A rolling cart with an enlarger, paper safe, negatives, chemicals on top, and below there is a paper cutter and a tub containing the rest of my darkroom gear — timer, safelight, trays, tongs, grain focuser, contrast filters, enlarging easel, contact printing glass. Leaning against the cart is a folding table.
A lighted window shines down onto a flowerbed below, illuminating the foliage. A cat looks out the window, wondering what the photographer is up to out there in the darkness.
A woman with short hair poses with two cameras: a pink Sprocket Rocket and a red Lomo instant automate while wearing an olive colored Shitty Camera Challenge t-shirt featuring a cat goddess holding a camera in its mouth .
Kate McKinnon looking like a badass in front of the ghostbustersmobile.
A young-looking raccoon scratching in the grass, looking for food. Video shot through my back window.
Photo of a man waiting in a preop area wearing a hospital gown, surgical cap on the top of his bald head, a blanket on his lap, and yellow footies.
A pair of hiking poles lean against a tree
Book wrapped in brown paper, labeled “dark comedy - mystery” and covered in stickers, with a pen attached, and filled with other goodies.
A woman’s legs and feet are extended in a blue and grey hammock hanging between two trees in the forest.
A dancer in arabesque holding an illuminated globe aloft
Headshot in profile of a laughing my girl.
A bookmark with B&W moody photos and a zine entitled zine.
Instax photo of a young ballerina on pointe
Ballerina seated on the floor looking upwards along her upraised arm, yellow skirt tossed in the air causing blurred motion.
Photogram with crescent moon, star, heart, and circle shapes overlaid on a lace pattern in the background with baby’s breath laid across the top.
A quokka standing on its hind legs.
Short video of the front of the Broadway Market in Baltimore’s historic Fell’s Point neighborhood as traffic passes by.
The photographer with her Yashica Samurai x3.0
The photographer is reflected in the glass of a display case.
Illustration on the cover of the book mentioned in the post features a pair of sneakers and a blanket draped over a bus bench on a dark, rainy street illuminated by a streetlight.
Best print of the day looked rather fogged.
Brilliant red zinnias
A single white daisy-like flower with a yellow center
Sunbathers on the grass near the waterfront. Photowalkers gather in the background. There are major light leaks across half the image.
Daylilies under midday sun
A young woman holds a camera in front of her face, aiming it at the photographer.
What appears to be a beautiful succulent in shades of green.