Billy Calzada
@calzadaphoto.bsky.social
I wield the gentle power of the camera; value humanity and nature, thankful for numerous second chances 🙏🏽. Photographer at Calzadaphoto.com. Nikon Z8 Sony RX10iv iPhoneography. Scale models, baseball.
Tom the Cat, ever in search of adventure, peers out of the kitchen door window into the night, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. #cats #pets #catsofbluesky
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Tom the Cat, ever in search of adventure, peers out of the kitchen door window into the night, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. #cats #pets #catsofbluesky
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We are excited to announce an opportunity to connect with photography editors and decision-makers in a members-only event!
Follow the link below to learn more and sign up!
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Follow the link below to learn more and sign up!
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2025 NPPA Photography Portfolio Review
2025 NPPA Photography Portfolio Review
Saturday, December 6, 2025, ONLINE
Becoming known and finding work are some of the biggest struggles as an independent freelance photographer. To help with mem...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We are excited to announce an opportunity to connect with photography editors and decision-makers in a members-only event!
Follow the link below to learn more and sign up!
nppa.org/events/14
Follow the link below to learn more and sign up!
nppa.org/events/14
Adan, 12, and his father, Billy, enjoy a game of baseball catch at San Pedro Springs Park, San Antonio, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. They are using a hacky sack as a ball. The 2025 baseball season recently ended, and they were inspired to enjoy 1 last catch before the days grow cooler.
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Adan, 12, and his father, Billy, enjoy a game of baseball catch at San Pedro Springs Park, San Antonio, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. They are using a hacky sack as a ball. The 2025 baseball season recently ended, and they were inspired to enjoy 1 last catch before the days grow cooler.
"Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” -CS Lewis
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” -CS Lewis
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I think we all need to take a minute or two to pray for Jamaica as they face the brutal face of Hurricane Melissa. No parties. No politics. Just humans praying for humans. 🙏🙌💗
#Pinks
#Pinks
October 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I think we all need to take a minute or two to pray for Jamaica as they face the brutal face of Hurricane Melissa. No parties. No politics. Just humans praying for humans. 🙏🙌💗
#Pinks
#Pinks
Last Picture of My Day 5223 Stevie, 9, recites the Lord’s Prayer on Sunday night, Oct. 26, 2025. Have a great week, friends.
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Last Picture of My Day 5223 Stevie, 9, recites the Lord’s Prayer on Sunday night, Oct. 26, 2025. Have a great week, friends.
Jane Goodall, a primatologist who helped humanity understand apes, has died. She was a transformative person, who left many life lessons. I was blessed to photograph her at Trinity University in San Antonio in 2015.
October 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Jane Goodall, a primatologist who helped humanity understand apes, has died. She was a transformative person, who left many life lessons. I was blessed to photograph her at Trinity University in San Antonio in 2015.
The National Press Photographers Assocation is holding a raffle to raise funds! Come, bid on Think Tank photo bags and much more: go.rallyup.com/nppa2025/Cam... @nppa.org #photojournalism #journalism #photography
4th Annual National Press Photographers Association Raffle
Join me in supporting National Press Photographers Association: https://go.rallyup.com/nppa2025
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October 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The National Press Photographers Assocation is holding a raffle to raise funds! Come, bid on Think Tank photo bags and much more: go.rallyup.com/nppa2025/Cam... @nppa.org #photojournalism #journalism #photography
National Press Photographers Association posted a podcast about advocacy on behalf of photographers. Listen to lawyers Alicia Calzada and Mickey Osterreicher. @nppalawyer.bsky.social @photolawyer.bsky.social @nppa.org nppa.org/magazine/art... nppa.org/magazine/art... #photojournalism #photography
A podcast conversation with NPPA Advocacy leaders Mickey Osterreicher and Alicia Calzada
Welcome to The Visual Voice Podcast, an NPPA’s News Photographer magazine production. Your co-hosts are Lori King, editor-in-chief, for the Toledo Free Press and Sue Morrow, editor of News Photographe...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
National Press Photographers Association posted a podcast about advocacy on behalf of photographers. Listen to lawyers Alicia Calzada and Mickey Osterreicher. @nppalawyer.bsky.social @photolawyer.bsky.social @nppa.org nppa.org/magazine/art... nppa.org/magazine/art... #photojournalism #photography
The Godly care for their animals, but the wicked are cruel. Proverbs 12:10
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Godly care for their animals, but the wicked are cruel. Proverbs 12:10
Cat's favorite toy.
September 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Cat's favorite toy.
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Bringing a vintage camera to Chicago and not photographing Central Camera? That's practically a crime
September 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Bringing a vintage camera to Chicago and not photographing Central Camera? That's practically a crime
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Another reporter fired JUST FOR ACCURATELY REPORTING WHAT CHARLIE KIRK SAID.
They want that guy elevated to sainthood not because of what he did but DESPITE it.
This shit is as fixed as wrestling.
They want that guy elevated to sainthood not because of what he did but DESPITE it.
This shit is as fixed as wrestling.
![My only direct reference to Kirk was one post— his own words on record.
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My commentary received thoughtful engagement across platforms, support, and virtually no public backlash.
And yet, the Post accused my measured Bluesky posts of being "unacceptable", "gross misconduct" and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues - charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aq6ucuguuc67yqwu4x4eipro/bafkreicxt436ylyryvuzbxsv27ednzakaatc3srzzpuy75kmuek5a4dyfq@jpeg)
September 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Another reporter fired JUST FOR ACCURATELY REPORTING WHAT CHARLIE KIRK SAID.
They want that guy elevated to sainthood not because of what he did but DESPITE it.
This shit is as fixed as wrestling.
They want that guy elevated to sainthood not because of what he did but DESPITE it.
This shit is as fixed as wrestling.
Friends, I invite you to visit my new personal scale models blog. I work in 1/72 scale and do World War II and post war jets, too.
plasticairfleet.blogspot.com #histscalemodels
plasticairfleet.blogspot.com #histscalemodels
BillyBuccaneer's Plastic Air Fleet
A plastic scale models blog by Billy (BillyBuccaneer) Calzada, whose first model back in 1969 was a Hasegawa F-4 Phantom, which he pieced together with Elmer's glue and Scotch tape, painting it with h...
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August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Friends, I invite you to visit my new personal scale models blog. I work in 1/72 scale and do World War II and post war jets, too.
plasticairfleet.blogspot.com #histscalemodels
plasticairfleet.blogspot.com #histscalemodels
Susanne Jalnos, 98, who had been San Antonio's last Holocaust survivor, has died. She lost her parents in Nazi extermination camps in World War II. She worked to educate people about what happened to Jewish people in Nazi-occupied Europe. I produced this video in 2017. vimeo.com/236242157?fl...
Holocaust survivors, their memories and forgiveness
Holocaust survivors Rose Williams and Susanne Jalnos recount their experiences and discuss forgiveness on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, September 2017. Billy Calzada…
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August 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Susanne Jalnos, 98, who had been San Antonio's last Holocaust survivor, has died. She lost her parents in Nazi extermination camps in World War II. She worked to educate people about what happened to Jewish people in Nazi-occupied Europe. I produced this video in 2017. vimeo.com/236242157?fl...
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70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
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ICYMI: Fort Hood officials chose not to warn the base community as a predator attacked female soldiers in their barracks during an 18-month crime spree.
From Rose Thayer on the findings of an Army CID investigative report:
From Rose Thayer on the findings of an Army CID investigative report:
Fort Hood officials chose not to warn public as predator attacked female soldiers in their barracks for 18 months
A predator attacked female soldiers for 18 months in the base barracks, but officials made no public announcements in the hopes of preventing alarm.
www.stripes.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
ICYMI: Fort Hood officials chose not to warn the base community as a predator attacked female soldiers in their barracks during an 18-month crime spree.
From Rose Thayer on the findings of an Army CID investigative report:
From Rose Thayer on the findings of an Army CID investigative report:
I am happy to have made photos for this story about people lacking health insurance for Public Health Watch. I invite you to read it.
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Having Epilepsy and No Health Insurance Can Exact a Heavy Toll. The Plight Is Likely More Common in Texas. - Public Health Watch
Nearly 300,000 people in Texas have the life-threatening, life-altering disease. It’s expensive to treat, so health insurance is crucial, though often out of reach.
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August 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am happy to have made photos for this story about people lacking health insurance for Public Health Watch. I invite you to read it.
publichealthwatch.org/2025/08/25/t...
publichealthwatch.org/2025/08/25/t...
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Indiana's police “buffer” law was just struck down.
Hopefully, Tennessee's and Louisiana's will be next, and legislatures in other states will think twice before passing unconstitutional laws that prohibit journalists and the public from watching and recording police up close.
Hopefully, Tennessee's and Louisiana's will be next, and legislatures in other states will think twice before passing unconstitutional laws that prohibit journalists and the public from watching and recording police up close.
Indiana law creating 25-foot 'buffer zone' around police unconstitutional by federal court
The law could subject pedestrians to criminal liability if they walk up to an officer to ask for directions, Judge Doris Pryor wrote.
www.indystar.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Indiana's police “buffer” law was just struck down.
Hopefully, Tennessee's and Louisiana's will be next, and legislatures in other states will think twice before passing unconstitutional laws that prohibit journalists and the public from watching and recording police up close.
Hopefully, Tennessee's and Louisiana's will be next, and legislatures in other states will think twice before passing unconstitutional laws that prohibit journalists and the public from watching and recording police up close.
Patti, thank you for such wonderfully encouraging words. 😊
I love and always look forward to your “Last Picture of My Day.” Thank you for creating it!
August 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Patti, thank you for such wonderfully encouraging words. 😊
Last Picture of My Day 5145
Stevie, 9, wears a home-fashioned beach towel Jedi costume inspired by Star Wars, Friday night, Aug. 8, 2025. #Nikon #NikonZ8 24mm f1.4 #photography #family #photojournalism
Stevie, 9, wears a home-fashioned beach towel Jedi costume inspired by Star Wars, Friday night, Aug. 8, 2025. #Nikon #NikonZ8 24mm f1.4 #photography #family #photojournalism
August 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Last Picture of My Day 5145
Stevie, 9, wears a home-fashioned beach towel Jedi costume inspired by Star Wars, Friday night, Aug. 8, 2025. #Nikon #NikonZ8 24mm f1.4 #photography #family #photojournalism
Stevie, 9, wears a home-fashioned beach towel Jedi costume inspired by Star Wars, Friday night, Aug. 8, 2025. #Nikon #NikonZ8 24mm f1.4 #photography #family #photojournalism
Friends, I've been posting a picture on my photo blog, www.lastpictureofmyday.com, every night since 2010. The pictures are snippets of my life, inspiration I see, sometimes the mundane, and sometimes the beautiful people in my life. I invite you to visit. #photography #photojournalism
Last Picture of My Day
Since May 1, 2010, a nightly photo posting by Billy Calzada (billy@calzadaphoto.com)
www.lastpictureofmyday.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Friends, I've been posting a picture on my photo blog, www.lastpictureofmyday.com, every night since 2010. The pictures are snippets of my life, inspiration I see, sometimes the mundane, and sometimes the beautiful people in my life. I invite you to visit. #photography #photojournalism
Last Picture of My Day #5138 Bananas and oranges in the night.
August 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Last Picture of My Day #5138 Bananas and oranges in the night.