Mark
@grainfall.bsky.social
Photographer in the PNW shooting 35mm, 120, and 4x5 film. I also shoot some digital. Hiker, artist, guitarist, 🌈 ally, and let me be perfectly clear, fuck ICE.
Protect our public lands.
Protect our public lands.
Later I'll be writing about a disastrous developing experience with my 4x5 film from the coast. That said, there's a little redemption here and there, and I will never get tired of cropping in to see the details on a 4x5 scan.
A tight crop from bigger image that I like quite a bit.
#believeinfilm
A tight crop from bigger image that I like quite a bit.
#believeinfilm
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Later I'll be writing about a disastrous developing experience with my 4x5 film from the coast. That said, there's a little redemption here and there, and I will never get tired of cropping in to see the details on a 4x5 scan.
A tight crop from bigger image that I like quite a bit.
#believeinfilm
A tight crop from bigger image that I like quite a bit.
#believeinfilm
Back out heeeere
#believeinfilm
Two weeks ago I wanted a 300mm, a week ago I wanted a macro, now I want an ultra wide.
#believeinfilm
Two weeks ago I wanted a 300mm, a week ago I wanted a macro, now I want an ultra wide.
January 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Back out heeeere
#believeinfilm
Two weeks ago I wanted a 300mm, a week ago I wanted a macro, now I want an ultra wide.
#believeinfilm
Two weeks ago I wanted a 300mm, a week ago I wanted a macro, now I want an ultra wide.
Heceta Lighthouse on this incredibly stunning day. Just a cell phone shot for now but best believe I brought gear with me.
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Heceta Lighthouse on this incredibly stunning day. Just a cell phone shot for now but best believe I brought gear with me.
January 24, 2026 at 2:06 AM
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Thanks, Paula, that's the plan!
January 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Thanks, Paula, that's the plan!
Here's my first print off a medium format negative. 7"x7" on @ilfordphoto.com RC pearl paper
January 22, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Here's my first print off a medium format negative. 7"x7" on @ilfordphoto.com RC pearl paper
And if you thought I was done developing blank shit, you were wrong. I'll develop empty film and turn it into an empty neg, I'll absolutely flavor-blast photo paper in the dark room - if you want optimum use of negative space hit me up
January 22, 2026 at 6:09 PM
And if you thought I was done developing blank shit, you were wrong. I'll develop empty film and turn it into an empty neg, I'll absolutely flavor-blast photo paper in the dark room - if you want optimum use of negative space hit me up
Some quick scans of this week's prints from #35mm negs.
I think a mix of tri-x and hp5.
Pay no attention to the borders, I'm still figuring out how easels work.
Printed on @ilfordphoto.com RC 5x7 pearl paper
#believeinfilm
I think a mix of tri-x and hp5.
Pay no attention to the borders, I'm still figuring out how easels work.
Printed on @ilfordphoto.com RC 5x7 pearl paper
#believeinfilm
January 22, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Some quick scans of this week's prints from #35mm negs.
I think a mix of tri-x and hp5.
Pay no attention to the borders, I'm still figuring out how easels work.
Printed on @ilfordphoto.com RC 5x7 pearl paper
#believeinfilm
I think a mix of tri-x and hp5.
Pay no attention to the borders, I'm still figuring out how easels work.
Printed on @ilfordphoto.com RC 5x7 pearl paper
#believeinfilm
The naivety! The absolute hubris of this post.
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The naivety! The absolute hubris of this post.
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
#believeinfilm friends - send positive vibes as I attempt to print from the thickest, densest, probably over-developed #510pyro neg imaginable.
Two failed attempts so far using reasonable exposure times but I'm not leaving until I have a print to share.
Two failed attempts so far using reasonable exposure times but I'm not leaving until I have a print to share.
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
#believeinfilm friends - send positive vibes as I attempt to print from the thickest, densest, probably over-developed #510pyro neg imaginable.
Two failed attempts so far using reasonable exposure times but I'm not leaving until I have a print to share.
Two failed attempts so far using reasonable exposure times but I'm not leaving until I have a print to share.
Last one for the day. Bit rushed, bit sloppy, between two negs I may have chosen the wrong one, but I'll get this print dialed in for sure.
#believeinfilm
#believeinfilm
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Last one for the day. Bit rushed, bit sloppy, between two negs I may have chosen the wrong one, but I'll get this print dialed in for sure.
#believeinfilm
#believeinfilm
January 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
January 19, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Hasselblad
80mm/2.8
Portra 800
80mm/2.8
Portra 800
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Hasselblad
80mm/2.8
Portra 800
80mm/2.8
Portra 800
I've recently discovered I really like pointing Portra 800 at details along forest walls on overcast days.
I've been saving up toward a 300mm lens for my 4x5 but now I'm thinking I may go for a Hassy 120mm macro and get real into this little scene...scene.
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin #stunday
I've been saving up toward a 300mm lens for my 4x5 but now I'm thinking I may go for a Hassy 120mm macro and get real into this little scene...scene.
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin #stunday
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I've recently discovered I really like pointing Portra 800 at details along forest walls on overcast days.
I've been saving up toward a 300mm lens for my 4x5 but now I'm thinking I may go for a Hassy 120mm macro and get real into this little scene...scene.
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin #stunday
I've been saving up toward a 300mm lens for my 4x5 but now I'm thinking I may go for a Hassy 120mm macro and get real into this little scene...scene.
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin #stunday
Scanning some 10+ish year expired E100 with a few really interesting results. Nothing masterfully shot, but why 16:9 you ask? The sky went absolutely nuclear. I metered with slide film in mind, but this roll had dynamic range tighter than a snare drum.
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin #filmphotography
January 18, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Scanning some 10+ish year expired E100 with a few really interesting results. Nothing masterfully shot, but why 16:9 you ask? The sky went absolutely nuclear. I metered with slide film in mind, but this roll had dynamic range tighter than a snare drum.
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin #filmphotography
My app that helps time development crashed so I had to guess on development time. Lesson learned, I guess.
Pretty sure I ended up deep-frying 3 rolls in #510pyro this week.
Also my lightroom film catalog got irrecoverably corrupted??
Might just move into the forest
#believeinfilm #forestfriday
Pretty sure I ended up deep-frying 3 rolls in #510pyro this week.
Also my lightroom film catalog got irrecoverably corrupted??
Might just move into the forest
#believeinfilm #forestfriday
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
My app that helps time development crashed so I had to guess on development time. Lesson learned, I guess.
Pretty sure I ended up deep-frying 3 rolls in #510pyro this week.
Also my lightroom film catalog got irrecoverably corrupted??
Might just move into the forest
#believeinfilm #forestfriday
Pretty sure I ended up deep-frying 3 rolls in #510pyro this week.
Also my lightroom film catalog got irrecoverably corrupted??
Might just move into the forest
#believeinfilm #forestfriday
No real subject in this shot but I really enjoyed this scene as a whole. Lots going on, lots to look at and appreciate. Cool bits of light and texture. I'm into it.
Ilford Delta 100 through and one long-ass exposure that probably still wasn't enough
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin
Ilford Delta 100 through and one long-ass exposure that probably still wasn't enough
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
No real subject in this shot but I really enjoyed this scene as a whole. Lots going on, lots to look at and appreciate. Cool bits of light and texture. I'm into it.
Ilford Delta 100 through and one long-ass exposure that probably still wasn't enough
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin
Ilford Delta 100 through and one long-ass exposure that probably still wasn't enough
#believeinfilm #eastcoastkin
Hasselblad, 150mm/f4 @ like f/11ish, maybe f/16
@ilfordphoto.com delta 100 dev in D76
@ilfordphoto.com delta 100 dev in D76
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Hasselblad, 150mm/f4 @ like f/11ish, maybe f/16
@ilfordphoto.com delta 100 dev in D76
@ilfordphoto.com delta 100 dev in D76
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM