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JarobOrtiz
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#largeformat #film & #mediumformat Digital Photog
35mm 🎞 & digital for fun

Currently serving as the #nationalparkservice LF Photog since 2016 specializing in #architectural & #industrial #documentation #photography

#USAF #Veteran
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A #minimalist view of #rocks in the calm #waters of #lakesuperior at #sunset shot from the #unionbay #beach in the #porcupinemountains state #wilderness #park back in 2011

#mediumformat #viewcamera #analog #eck #nature #longexposure #color #UP #landscape #photography #blue #slidefilm #Michigan
August 2011 Union Bay - Porcupine Mountains State Wilderness Park Ontonagon, MI A long exposure minimalist view of large rocks in the calm waters of Lake Superior at sunset on a humid late-August evening. 📷: Omega 4x5 View Camera ⚪️: Rodenstock 150mm f/5.6 🎞: FujiFilm Provia 100 Color Transparency Film Filters: Cokin Circular Polarizer & Cokin 1-stop Graduated ND
August 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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From a @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social vs @cubsbot.bsky.social game at #wrigleyfield back in Sept. 2013

The Health Advocate of Wrigley Field 😊

#chicago #baseball #cubs #streetphotography #bnw #eck #flakphoto #Canon #7D #digital #tiltshift #ts #architecture #streetscene #Monochrome #zonesystem #city
September 2013 Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL Brewers v Cubs A snack vendor is hustling on the corner of North Clark and West Addison outside Wrigley Field before the game with the stadium sign showing "advocatehealth.com" in the background. 📷: Canon EOS 7D ⚪️: Canon 17mm TS-E f/4L usm II
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Nine years ago - one of the last photographs I made of my hometown #Milwaukee before I accepted the position with #nps
The old #menomonee #river #swing #bridge tucked under #I-94 as a #train crosses it.

#largeformat #film #industry #bnw #eck #Monochrome #longexposure #analog #photography #rail
August 2016 A view looking northeast showing the Menomonee River swing bridge underneath I-94 in Milwaukee, WI as a train crosses it. Note: the smokestack in the background belongs to the since-demolished (2020) Sprecher Rootbeer Brewery of Walker's Point. 📷: Omega 4x5 View Camera ⚪️: 150mm Rodenstock f/5.6 🎞: Ilford FP4 125 B&W Negative Film Filter: Cokin P001 Yellow Contrast Filter
August 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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#GreenstoneFalls on the #LittleCarpRiver in the #porcupinemountains #statepark of the #MI #UP
Photographed in 2012 during #drought conditions.

#mediumformat #analog #film #mamiya #rz67 #kodak #colortransparency #color #longexposure #eck #landscape #nature #reflections #trees #river #Michigan
July 2012 A late-day/early-evening view showing Greenstone Falls, of the Porcupine Mountains, tucked down inside the Little Carp River valley under drought conditions. 📷: Mamiya RZ67 ⚪️: Mamiya 180mm f/4.5 Sekor-Z 🎞: Kodak E100VS Color Transparency Film (discontinued) Filters: Cokin Polarizing Filter & 1-stop Grad. ND
August 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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From a couple of weeks ago.
The #GreatSmokyMountains at #sunrise from the Foothills Parkway in #Tennessee

#nationalparks #Appalachia #mountains #clouds #nature #vista #clouds #wilderness #foothillsparkway #mediumformat #phaseone #zonesystem #schneiderkreuznach #IQ4 #eck #landscape #eastcoastkin
July 22, 2025 A view of the Great Smoky Mountains at sunrise looking south-southeast towards Wears Valley. 📷: Phase One XF w/ IQ4 150 MP Digital Back ⚪️: 240mm Schneider-Kreuznach LS f/4.5 Exp: 1/125 @ f/11 ISO: 100
August 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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After a busy couple of months, here are a few photos from the #Wisconsin #Northwoods over the 4th of July weekend.

#leica #leicaM #eck #monochrome #landscape #wildrice #wildlife #lake #eastcoastkin #flakphoto #zonesystem #digital #clouds #contrast #nature #crandon
Little Rice Lake looking southwest from the northeast end of the lake as a thunderstorm rolled through the region. 📷: Leica M (Monochrome) ⚪️: 35 mm Leica Summicron-M f/2 asph. View of a wild rice field at sunset on Little Rice Lake just west of Crandon, WI 📷: Leica M (Monochrome) ⚪️: 90 mm Leica Summicron-M (Canada) A view of Little Rice Lake at sunset with a blue heron flying low above the water's surface. 📷: Leica M (Monochrome) ⚪️: 90mm Leica Summicron-M (Canada)
August 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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What I hope to be doing in a few weeks after moving - #fishing in #wisconsin

#outdoorlife #canoe #northwoods #classicmono #bnw #canon #zonesystem #camping #eastcoastkin #bass #panfish #eck #lake #flyfishing #spinfishing #7D #outdoors
A photo of the old canoe on the shore of a Wisconsin Northwoods lake after a day of bass fishing June 2014 📷: Canon 7D ⚪️: Canon 24 - 105mm USM f/4L
May 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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On this #memorialday I'd like to share these #largeformat #documentation #photographs @ #arlington #national #cemetery #memorial #amphitheater and the #tomboftheuknown I did in 2018. All of them gave - some gave it all.
#classicmono #eastcoastkin #nps #analog #film #architecture #veteran #viewcamera
View from stage inside the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. View of stairs, columns, and arch to exterior doorway inside lower level chapel. View of alter with surrounding columns, windows, and above lighting fixture inside lower-level chapel at the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. Detail view of wreaths on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
May 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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I spent a day this week in one of my favorite places - #shenandoah #nationalpark
Here's a #sunset view I took from #skylinedrive back in 2018

#eck #eastcoastkin #photography #landscape #virginia #mountains #clouds #color #leica #nature #flakphoto #blueridgemountains #valley #trees
July 6, 2018 A view looking west southwest from Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park at sunset. Tech Data 📷: Leica M9 ⚪️: 90mm Leica Tele-Elmarit-M f/2.8 Exp: 1/180 @ f/4.0 (handheld) ISO: 800
May 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Inside the #washington #National #cathedral of #dc shot on #largeformat #film circa 2017
Many thanks to @josephnewman.bsky.social for making this happen.
#classicmono #4x5 #eastcoastkin #flakphoto #photography #architecture #viewcamera #zonesystem #monochrome #bnw #church #ilford #gothic #analog #bw
View inside the Washington National Cathedral looking northwest from the upper balcony to the apse showing the naive with isles; church crossing; columns with arches; and the main altar at the far end. The ceiling build-out out also visible on top edge of frame. Tech Info: 📷: Arca-Swiss F-Universalis View Camera ⚪️: Schneider-Kruzenach 72mm f/5.6 Super-Angulon XL w/ yellow contrast filter 🎞: Ilford FP4 125 B&W Film (4x5)
May 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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#cranes in #port #Canaveral while doing an #nps #haer project documenting the #coastguard 210 #cutter fleet in 2017

#lines #eastcoastkin #eck #classicmonochrome #Leica #shipping #zonesystem #m9 #Florida #industrial #bnw #monochrome #composition #engineering #flakphoto #triangles #documentation #bw
An interesting composition showing the tops of shipping cranes in Port Canaveral where the subject overlay forms several triangles and other various geometric shapes. Date: May 2017 Tech Info 📷: Leica M9 ⚪️: Leica 90 mm f/2 Summicron-M (Canada) Exp: 1/1000 sec. @ f/8 ISO 160
May 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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#largeformat #photo of #film director Andrew Ilk seated at a #piano for a #cigarette break inside the #abandoned St. Agnes #Church #schoolhouse of #Detroit #michigan circa 2012

#analog #eck #eastcoastkin #classicmono #analog #monochrome #zonesystem #selectivefocus #viewcamera #photography #ilford
A photo of film director Andrew Ilk sitting at a derelict piano for a smoke break inside the schoolhouse music room at the abandoned St. Agnes Church of Detroit, Michigan in 2012. I was here with Andrew as he filmed the documentary "Lightfall" in which he followed my brother, Nathan Ortiz, and me as photographed several abandoned historic architectural sites throughout the Rust Belt region. Andrews's film won a 2012 Midwest Student Emmy in the College Student Production - Long Form category for the finished piece he submitted.
May 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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#Selfie from 2018 while working on a #documentation project in the #port of #LA w/ HAER architect Todd Croteau pictured in background (forced to #retire a week ago).

My position is likely to be #terminated in the next couple of weeks as well. It was a good run 😞

#nps #photography #rif #bnw #leica
A selfie inside the Queen Mary while on a Historic American Engineering Record documentation project circa 2018. HAER architect Todd Croteau pictured in background.
May 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#mcphersonsquare #metro station on my first ever trip into #Washington #dc after I was hired as the #nps #largeformat photographer in 2016

#leica #publictransit #train #station #brutalist #architecture #engineering #m9 #bnw #monochrome #photography #zonesystem #light #shadow #metropolitan #services
August 2016 A view of Metro trains passing inside the McPherson Square Metro Station from the 18th Street platform above. This was from my first trip into DC from Virginia after being hired as the National Park Service large format photographer for the Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, Historic American Lanscapes Survey). 📷: Leica M9 ⚪️: Leica 35mm Summilix-M asph. f/asph.
April 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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#mediumformat #colortransparency of #devilslake #statepark in #Wisconsin circa 2013

#mamiya #rz67 #landscape #photography #analog #nature #color #water #trees #baraboo #rocks #kodak #filmphotography #flakphoto #expired #motion #longexposure #calm #art #hills #bluffs #zonesystem #clouds
Summer 2013 View of Devils (Spirit) Lake State Park in Baraboo, WI looking southeast from the Tumbled-Rocks Trail to the East Bluff and South Shore Park. 📷: Mamiya RZ67 Pro ⚪️: Mamiya Sekor Z 65mm f/4 🎞: Kodak E100 Color Transparency Film (Expired 2008) Cokin Circular Polarizing Filter Cokin 1-stop Graduated ND Filter
April 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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A view of the #immigration #hospital @ #ellisisland
This was taken on my first assignment to the #island with #nps in 2016

#documentation #Leica #NYC #nationalparks #architecture #bnw #monochrome #m9 #newyork #empty #photography #flakphoto #history #zonesystem #digitalphotography #35mm #fullframe
A straight-on view of the immigration hospital at Ellis Island looking west from the ferry landing. This photo comes from my first assignment at Ellis Island as the National Park Service large format photographer in 2016. 📷: Leica M9 ⚪️: Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH.
April 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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#largeformat #colortransparency image of the #footbridge over the #tenneypark #lagoon in #Madison #wisconsin from 2015

#film #analog #bridge #reflections #trees #landscape #nature #water #fuji #viewcamera #4x5 #summer #lilypads #sunrise #light #serenity #peaceful #filmphotography #flakphoto
Image of the footbridge and surrounding trees reflected in the Tenney Park Lagoon at sunrise on a still summer morning in 2015. Tech data 📷: Omega 4x5 View Camera ⚪️: 150mm Rodenstock f/ 5.6 🎞: Fujifilm Provia 100F Color Transparency Film (4x5 format) Cokin 1-stop Graduated ND Filter
April 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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#largeformat #colortransparency of #devilslake in my home state of #Wisconsin circa 2012. I'm really missing it there these days.

#4x5 #kodak #trees #longexposure #rocks #trees #motion #film #photography #analog #viewcamera #nature #landscape #clouds #publiclands #flakphoto #water #fall #driftless
Devils Lake State Park Baraboo, WI October 2012 View looking south down the west shoreline at sunrise with the fall foliage along the southern shoreline illuminated in the background. Tech data: 📷 Omega 4x5 View Camera 🎞 Kodak E100G Color Transparency Film ⚪️ 150mm Rodenstock f/ 5.6 Cokin Polarizing Filter Cokin 3-stop graduated ND Filter Exposure: 15 sec @ f/ 45 Scanned on a Heidelberg Drum Scanner
April 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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I see my future in this photo I took on Inauguration Day 2021 in #washingtondc
I've been proud to serve as your #photographer @ #nps the last 8 years.
Please read the #alttext

#unemployment #nationalparkservice #photography #filmphotgraphy #Leica #analog #documentation #homeless #massfirings #nps
An unhoused man sleeps on his personal belongings inside the National Debt bus stop on the corner of K Street NW & 18th Street NW in Washington, DC on Inauguration Day 2021. It certainly feels as though this photo is metaphor of my future. Life as an employee with the National Park Service has been extremely tough the last two months - hence the lack of posts here on BlueSky. I just saw our agency lose 1,100 dedicated people resign/retire this past week for fear of being terminated in the coming weeks. Im still standing, but suspect I'll be one of the thousands of "casualties" set to be announced in the coming weeks. This has been my dream job, and it has been an honor to serve as our nation's historic documentation photographer; walking in the footsteps of names like Evans, Lange, Parks, Lee, Lowe, Boucher, etc. Sadly, it feels like the sun is setting on my agency and this great tradition of government documentation. My heart is heavy with sadness and I'm still coming to grips with this reality. I will pick up the pieces, and vow to continue documenting American life, even if it means doing it departed from my beloved agency. Keep your eyes open. I'll be posting here more often in the future. Much love to the BlueSky photography community. 📷: Leica M4 ⚪️: 50mm Leitz Leica M Summicron f/2 Close Focus 🎞: Kodak Color Plus 200 Color Negative Film
April 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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It's happening today at a National Parks site near you.
@resistancerangers.bsky.social
@altnps.bsky.social

#letsdothistogether #worthfightingfor #nationalparks #americasbestidea #americastreasure
#publiclands
March 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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4/7/2017
A view of the ##statueofliberty from the second floor of the C-9 passageway on #island 3 at #ellisisland

#alttext #nyc #documentation #Leica #architecture #Monument #nps #nationalparks #bnw #hudsonbay #flakphoto #newyork #emmalazarus #nationofimmigrants #ladyliberty #emotion #light #shadow
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Emma Lazarus November 2, 1883 Tech Info: 📷 Leica M9 ⚪️ Leica 135mm Elmar Wetzlar f/4 Exposure - 1/180 @ f/19 ISO - 800
February 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Matching my mood with more from the #dark
#Night images of the #fountain at the #hirshhorn #museum in #dc for an #nps #documentation assignment I completed in 2020
#photography #architecture #phaseone #mediumformat #refections #flakphoto #sculpture #curves #perspective #nationalparkservice #moody
October 2020 An exterior night view looking east-southeast from interior section of courtyard showing the lit fountain with surrounding building curvature and gallery windows above. Tech data: 📷 Phase One IQ4 ⚪️ Rodenstock 32mm f/4 Exp. 1 min 20 sec @ f/12 ISO 50 October 2020 An exterior night view looking south from Jefferson Drive SW staircase to museum fountain and main lobby with water-filled rock sculpture in foreground reflecting lights and structural detail on ceiling of walk-through to fountain. 📷 Phase One IQ4 ⚪️ Rodenstock 32 mm f/4 📸 Two profoto D1 1000 w/s with 3x4' softboxes + two profoto D1 500 w/s with white black umbrellas Exp. 6 sec @ f/12 ISO 50
February 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Let's keep with this #night theme, given the current state of things

Jan 30, 2018
A view of #downtown #LA from #griffithobservatory under the glow of the #supermoon

#leica #m9 #bnw #cityscape #skyline #nightphotography #flakphoto #citylights #architecture #clarity #westsunsetblvd #monochrome
January 30, 2018 A night view from the Griffith Observatory looking southeast to downtown Los Angeles under the glow of the 2018 Super Blue Moon with West Sunset Boulevard in the foreground. Tech Info: 📷 Leica M9 ⚪️ 135mm f/4 Elmar Wetzlar M Exp. 4 seconds @ f/4 ISO: 160
February 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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January 2015
A night scene of the #swissötel in #Chicago off #wackerdrive

#architecture #photography #nightphotography #cityscape #bnw #downtown #canon #buildings #urban #windycity #flakphoto #Illinois #architecturalphotography #monochrome #zonesystem #citylights #lakemichigan
January 24, 2015 A night scene of the Swissötel and surrounding building looking south southeast from the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Hotel to Lake Michigan in the distance. Tech data: 📷 Canon EOS 7D ⚪️ Canon EF 24 - 105mm f/4L (zoomed to 28mm) Exposure: 8 sec F-stop: 5.6 ISO 400
February 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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It's been a long and tiring week.
So, here's a calming view I took from the top of #fortjefferson while working at #drytortugas back in 2017, a week before Hurricane Irma blew through.

#largeformat #photography #nationalparks #4x5 #filmphotography #analog #colortransparency #landscape #Florida
A view from Fort Jefferson looking east showing Brush Key and its former connection to Long Key. Tech data: 📷 K.B. Canham MQC57 field camera 🎞 FujiFilm Provia 100 RDPIII Color Transparency Lens: 72mm Schneider-Krueznach f/5.6 Super-Angulon XL Filter: Lee 105mm Landscape Polarizer + Lee 1-stop Graduated Neutral Density
February 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM