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Jessica
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Photographer: film/digital/120/135/instant/etc. • Collector of sand & rocks • Geologist (non-practicing) • Very rusty musician • Books n stuff • North Texas
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If you want to lure me into a windowless van, you need at least 1 of 3 things: rocks, photography gear, or spices.
Photograph of a hand holding three full spice jars above a grocery cart. The spices are: berbere, peri peri, and aleppo pepper.
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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My favorite place on earth, seen at sunset. And that’s not the Grand Canyon.

📷 Lomography Sprocket Rocket
🎞️ Lomography Color 400

#analogphotographer #filmphotography #sprocketrocket #believeinfilm
Panoramic film photograph of a vast, southwestern landscape with deep canyons. The image was taken just after sunset from a high plateau overlook; the floor below is cast in gray-brown shadow and the sky is a hazy yellow. The film’s sprocket holes are seen along the top & bottom edges of the frame, overlapping the image.
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Not the DOT kicking off a campaign to get people to be more respectful on flights just DAYS after the “quiet, Piggy!” incident. 💀
Screeen shot from an online article from Newsweek that reads: The campaign, which has the tagline “The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You” is designed to “bring back civility and manners when we travel.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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I like big rocks, I cannot lie. (I also like small rocks. Heck, I just like rocks.)

📷 Sprocket Rocket
🎞️ Lomography Color 400

#lomography #35mm #filmphotographer #panorama #sprocketrocket
Panoramic film photograph of a red-rock butte with a clear, bright blue sky behind it. In the foreground is a lighter colored boulder. The film’s sprocket holes are seen along the top & bottom edges of the frame, overlapping the image.
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Not me clicking on “Nuggets”thinking there was big news in the fast food world this morning. 😭
Screenshot of the Bluesky trending page showing the topics The Archers, Saturday Night Live, Nuggets, Charlotte Protests, Aggies, and Notre Dame.
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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The real Westworld.

📷 Sprocket Rocket
🎞️ Lomography Color 400

#believeinfilm #analogphotographer #panorama #sprocketrocket
A panoramic 35mm film photo showing red sandstone buttes and monoliths at Valley of the Gods in Utah. The sprocket holes on the film are visible.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Where the gods of the valley live.

📷 Lomography Sprocket Rocket
🎞️ Lomography Color 400

#filmisnotdead #analogphotographer #sprocketrocket #lomography
A panoramic 35mm film photograph of a desert landscape in the American Southwest. There is a vast, fairly flat area of red dirt punctuated by small shrubs and large, angular sandstone buttes and monoliths. A clear blue sky is overhead. The edges of the film with the sprockets holes can be seen.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I love first-of-the-roll weirdnesses like this. Some light burn, some overlap.

📷 Sprocket Rocket
🎞️ #Lomography Color 400
📍 Angel Peak Badlands Overlook

#believeinfilm #filmphotographer #panoramic #35mm #sprocketrocket #analogphotographer
A panoramic film photo of a gray and tan badlands landscape. The sprocket holes are visible, with the image covering the entire film area to all edges. On the left there is a light burn, a near solid yellow-cream color obliterating whatever was in that part of the image. On the right it appears the beginning edge of the next image is encroaching, no space between.
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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#Evening in Canyonlands, 2016. Despite being underexposed and having a little bit of camera shake, I still love this image because it reminds me of my favorite place on earth.

📷 Hasselblad 500 C/M
🎞️ Unknown, but probably Portra 400

#believeinfilm #BlueSkyArtShow #filmisnotdead #hasselblad
Blue-hour film photograph of a deep and wide canyon with a dirt road winding along the bottom in dusky darkness. In the distance, snow-capped mountains contrast with the near rugged red canyon walls. The sun is already below the horizon, so the sky is a dull, pale blue and hazy pale pink.
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Hey hey #FossilFriday . A beautiful Discoscaphites conradi from the Fox Hills Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of South Dakota. Not pictured: on the opposite side is nice partial Sphenodiscus. Personal collection, my own photo.

#ammonite #fossil #geology #paleontology #cretaceous
Photograph of a cream colored and slight iridescent ammonite lit by studio light and positioned on a black background. The ammonite has been professionally prepared, left partially attached to the gray matrix which serves as a base.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Last of this series. The halfway point along #Route66 is Adrian, TX. Most people know about the MidPoint Cafe, but recently I also spotted this decorative armadillo there in its glorious Texas coat.

📷 Polaroid One Step

#themotherroad #polaroid #midpointcafe #roadtrip
Polaroid photo of a decorative metal armadillo surrounded by decorative metal cacti. The back of the armadillo is painted with the TX flag. The metal cacti are green; one is a saguaro and one is a prickly pear. There are two smaller metal bluebonnet sculptures as well. The pieces are displayed in a dirt lot with old buildings in the distant background.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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I don’t often think of using the Polaroid for abstracts or detail shots, but it often works out well for those. These are colorful bricks adorning the side of the Motel Safari on Route 66.

📷 Polaroid One Step Close Up
🎞️ Polaroid 600

#polaroid #instantfilm #route66
A photograph of a white cinderblock wall with colorful bricks sticking out a regular intervals. The sun is casting shadows on the left side of the bricks, creating the appearance of a shadow staircase.
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Across the street from the famous Blue Swallow Motel is this neat building.

📷 Polaroid One Step Close Up
🎞️ Polaroid 600 film

#polaroidonestep #instantphotography #tucumcari #route66 #believeinfilm
Polaroid photo of a vintage white stucco (?) building with a pastel pink abstract or geometrical sculpture on front.
November 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I don’t really have a lot of good options for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #autumn , but I did find one I took two years ago at Caddo Lake. Also a clear departure from all the film I’ve been shooting recently.

📷 Nikon D3s

#caddolake #texas #stateparks
Photograph of Caddo Lake State Park, looking out across Saw Mill Pond. The water is very still and large cypress trees rise from the water. The leaves on the trees are red and orange, contrasting with their gray trunks. A blue sky can be seen near the top of the frame, and lily pads can be seen scattered across the water at the bottom of the frame.
November 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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The Blue Swallow may be more famous, but Motel Safari is pretty neat, too.

📷 Polaroid One Step Close Up

#tucumcari #route66 #polaroid #polaroidonestep #instantfilm
Polaroid photograph of the sign for the vintage Motel Safari with a blue sky in the background. It features a person riding a camel placed atop an angular piece with the name of the motel on it.
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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One thing I love about road trips is that you see all kinds of random things. Never heard of Angel Peak Badlands before and sort of stumbled across it. Really pretty views; I don’t think hiking is allowed down there though. #newmexico #angelpeakbadlands
Photograph of a landscape from a rim, looking down into a large area of badlands.
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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4/5 “Never Whistle at Night” various Indigenous authors (short story anthology).

Runs a pretty wide gamut and even though there were some misses for me, overall a great book. Some stories were based on folklore, some on Indigenous trauma, some more generally speculative than horror in nature.
Cover image of “Never Whistle at Night”.
October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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3/5 “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

This book was my gateway to the horror genre. Never one to turn down a gothic story, I knew I had to try it.

Apparently lots of complaints about it being too slow (?!)— this is a GOTHIC novel, not a slasher novel. Gets real fever-dream at the end.
Cover image of “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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2/5 “Things We Lost in the Fire” by Mariana Enriquez (short story collection).

Macabre and weird in the best way. A lot of these probably qualify as morality tales and run the gamut from haunted house to murder mystery to feminist commentary to ghost story. One of my fave books of all time.
Cover image of “Things We Lost in the Fire” by Mariana Enriquez
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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1/5 🧵 Top 4 fave spooky books + honorable mentions.

“The Fisherman” by John Langan.

I loved this one because it’s got a pretty unique premise and delves into the deep desperation of personal loss. SLOW burn. Not for action-lovers.

#horrornovel #horrorstory #spookyreads
Cover image of “The Fisherman” by John Langan.
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I rediscovered #Polaroid this year. Pulled my 25 year old One Step out of the closet, discovered it was broken, and immediately replaced it.

📷 Polaroid #OneStep Close Up

#tucumcari #route66 #instantfilm #filmphotography
Polaroid instant photo of the Route 66 monument outside of the New Mexico Route 66 Museum in Tucumcari, New Mexico. The monument is a large, geometric shape similar to a classic car fin. The lower part is tan and pink and white, with circles and arrow shapes. Atop is a silver piece with bubble-like letters reading “66” and “ROUTE” underneath that. A blue sky is seen in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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I can’t be the only photographer who feels compelled to add a disclaimer to any casual phone snapshot they post. “Don’t judge! It’s not a real photo!”

Anyway, here’s one of those. Accidentally drove through #Albuquerque ‘s awesome balloon festival on the way to Utah a couple weeks ago.

#balloons
Photograph of a big blue sky with three hot air balloons in the distance. One balloon is red and has horns like a devil. A small portion of Albuquerque can be seen at the bottom of the image.
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Ode to a longhorn. And by “ode to”, I just mean here’s a photo of a neat cow statue.

📍 Strawn, Texas
📷 Rolleiflex MX-EVS
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus

#blackandwhite #filmisnotdead #texas #moo
Black and white photograph of a life-size longhorn statue against the brick wall of an historic building. It is placed on a wide brick walkway with wrought iron benches on either side and an oak tree overhead.
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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While I’m not afraid to DNF, I recently found out there’s a lot of us who will finish hate-reading a book out of spite instead of ceding it to the DNF pile.

I’m currently doing this with a massively popular Goodreads Choice Award winner. 👀

Thinking of adding a category for hate-read books. Lol.
Screenshot of a list of custom categories in Goodreads.com : non-fiction, fiction, and 5-star-reads.
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Happy #RockinTuesday !

Top row: visible light & tenebrescence

Middle: shortwave UV (254nm)

Bottom: midwave UV (310nm) & longwave UV (365nm)

Tugtupite, analcime, chkalovite, etc. from the Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland.

Personal collection; photo my own.

#uvphotography #geology #rockcollection
5-panel image showing 5 photographs of a UV fluorescent rock under different wavelengths of light. Visible light: white, gray, and pale pink Tenebrescence (temporary color change after being exposed to UV): white, gray, and darker pink Shortwave: mostly a dark neon coral color Midwave: mostly fuchsia color Longwave: mostly neon orange color
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM