Bethe
@picchic.bsky.social
I’m mostly a photographer but I dabble in mixed media, alternative photo techniques, and whatever side quest comes along. I also was a forensic chemist half a lifetime ago. Any photos I post (other than reposts) are my own and copyright Elizabeth King.
I "volunteered" to talk about doing multiple exposures in camera for my club in June. So I was playing around a bit lately. This is a double exp. of the same plant with the focus and camera position slightly moved.
May 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I "volunteered" to talk about doing multiple exposures in camera for my club in June. So I was playing around a bit lately. This is a double exp. of the same plant with the focus and camera position slightly moved.
In the creative photography class I'm taking this year, March was all about water. So here's a flower underwater with some cream added. Pentax K-1, Lensbaby Velvet 56.
March 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In the creative photography class I'm taking this year, March was all about water. So here's a flower underwater with some cream added. Pentax K-1, Lensbaby Velvet 56.
I've been doom scrolling far too much lately. It just needs to warm up a bit so I can get back to hiking and find more spots like this. #photography #waterfall #stream #linnrunstatepark #pennsylvania
February 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I've been doom scrolling far too much lately. It just needs to warm up a bit so I can get back to hiking and find more spots like this. #photography #waterfall #stream #linnrunstatepark #pennsylvania
Since it's Valentine's Day, I figured I'd put up a couple of older photos that fit the day. The bowl of conversation hearts was shot on B&W film, printed by hand, and then hand colored. The roses are on color film. Both were shot with a Pentax 645N.
February 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Since it's Valentine's Day, I figured I'd put up a couple of older photos that fit the day. The bowl of conversation hearts was shot on B&W film, printed by hand, and then hand colored. The roses are on color film. Both were shot with a Pentax 645N.
I'm taking a yearlong class on creative photography. For January, we are making abstract photos. Here's one I like. Yes, this is how I hope to stay sane. #abstractphotography #photography #pentaxk1
January 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm taking a yearlong class on creative photography. For January, we are making abstract photos. Here's one I like. Yes, this is how I hope to stay sane. #abstractphotography #photography #pentaxk1
Well, not a great picture, but I’m stuck somewhere I’d rather not be. This is an edited view from a hallway window. Pittsburgh from Children’s Hospital. I just needed to post something.
January 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Well, not a great picture, but I’m stuck somewhere I’d rather not be. This is an edited view from a hallway window. Pittsburgh from Children’s Hospital. I just needed to post something.
I haven't posted in awhile and figured I'd add a shot of one of my older cameras, well, part of one. I think this one might even still work. #photography #oldcamera
January 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I haven't posted in awhile and figured I'd add a shot of one of my older cameras, well, part of one. I think this one might even still work. #photography #oldcamera
It's been a few days since I posted, life is too frantic in December. This is a shot from last fall. I found the leaf while hiking with a friend from MA. I added a texture (shot by me) in the background. #photography #leaf #creativeprocessing #lensbaby #velvet56
December 22, 2024 at 4:19 AM
It's been a few days since I posted, life is too frantic in December. This is a shot from last fall. I found the leaf while hiking with a friend from MA. I added a texture (shot by me) in the background. #photography #leaf #creativeprocessing #lensbaby #velvet56
From this fall.. We had much less rain than usual this summer and fall, so Meadow Run was very low. It was a great chance to see some rocks that are usually under water. #photography #ohiopylestatepark #rocksandwater
December 14, 2024 at 3:39 AM
From this fall.. We had much less rain than usual this summer and fall, so Meadow Run was very low. It was a great chance to see some rocks that are usually under water. #photography #ohiopylestatepark #rocksandwater
Here's just the bottom of a waterfall. It's kinda the middle because this is a double falls of sorts. Cole Run Falls in Forge State Forest in PA. #waterfallwednesday #photography #colerunfalls
December 11, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Here's just the bottom of a waterfall. It's kinda the middle because this is a double falls of sorts. Cole Run Falls in Forge State Forest in PA. #waterfallwednesday #photography #colerunfalls
I have a thing for leaves. The patterns of the veins, the way the color changes, the way each is just a little bit different by the time they fall... #photography #lensbaby #velvet56 #leaf
December 7, 2024 at 3:26 AM
I have a thing for leaves. The patterns of the veins, the way the color changes, the way each is just a little bit different by the time they fall... #photography #lensbaby #velvet56 #leaf
Since we have a snow day here (more because they don't know how to use salt or how to plow than the dusting we got), I'm posting a photo of some cool ice a few years ago. I think this is the 4x5 film version #photography #ice
December 5, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Since we have a snow day here (more because they don't know how to use salt or how to plow than the dusting we got), I'm posting a photo of some cool ice a few years ago. I think this is the 4x5 film version #photography #ice
Since I love waterfalls anyway, here's a #waterfallwednesday one. This is Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania. #pentax645n #mediumformat #photography #film
December 4, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Since I love waterfalls anyway, here's a #waterfallwednesday one. This is Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania. #pentax645n #mediumformat #photography #film
On the first day of school in most years, I go hiking with cameras. This was one of the resulting shots. I know this is scanned from a print, but I don't remember if it's the medium format shot or 4x5. But it's definitely film. #photography #film #blackandwhite #darkroom
December 3, 2024 at 2:52 AM
On the first day of school in most years, I go hiking with cameras. This was one of the resulting shots. I know this is scanned from a print, but I don't remember if it's the medium format shot or 4x5. But it's definitely film. #photography #film #blackandwhite #darkroom
Here's a 4x5 shot from a few years ago. This was scanned from a print I made. The location was Meadow Run in Ohiopyle State Park. #monochrome #photography #largeformat #darkroom
December 1, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Here's a 4x5 shot from a few years ago. This was scanned from a print I made. The location was Meadow Run in Ohiopyle State Park. #monochrome #photography #largeformat #darkroom
I do go chasing waterfalls and this one is one of my favorites. It's near Ligonier, PA and is in state gamelands #42. #photography #waterfall #pentaxk3 #pentax
November 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
I do go chasing waterfalls and this one is one of my favorites. It's near Ligonier, PA and is in state gamelands #42. #photography #waterfall #pentaxk3 #pentax
These are a few from one of my favorite places - Ohiopyle State Park (in PA). These were all shot at the natural slides. #photography #pentaxK-3
November 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM
These are a few from one of my favorite places - Ohiopyle State Park (in PA). These were all shot at the natural slides. #photography #pentaxK-3
Here's a few from a trip to Carrie Furnace this past summer. Carrie Furnace is a former steel mill near Pittsburgh, PA that now has tours available during the summer. At least one of these shots is with the Lensbaby Velvet56. #photography #abandoned #lensbaby
November 24, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Here's a few from a trip to Carrie Furnace this past summer. Carrie Furnace is a former steel mill near Pittsburgh, PA that now has tours available during the summer. At least one of these shots is with the Lensbaby Velvet56. #photography #abandoned #lensbaby
This is sorta part of a waterfall near (but not in) Ohiopyle State Park in PA. The falls is called Stewarton Falls and this is looking downstream. #pentaxK3 #pentax #photography #pennsylvania
November 21, 2024 at 6:58 PM
This is sorta part of a waterfall near (but not in) Ohiopyle State Park in PA. The falls is called Stewarton Falls and this is looking downstream. #pentaxK3 #pentax #photography #pennsylvania
Another day, another photo. I was never on X or threads, but I do have some on Instagram, so if you follow me there, sorry for the repeats. Anyway, this is one I made with a 4x5 and some very expired Polaroid type 55 film. I really loved that stuff. #largeformat #photography #stilllife #polaroid
November 20, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Another day, another photo. I was never on X or threads, but I do have some on Instagram, so if you follow me there, sorry for the repeats. Anyway, this is one I made with a 4x5 and some very expired Polaroid type 55 film. I really loved that stuff. #largeformat #photography #stilllife #polaroid
So here's an image I made a few years ago. It's a Mordançage print - it's on silver gelatin paper (darkroom process) and then has been chemically altered to remove some of the emulsion. That's what gives the brushed look around the iris. #darkroom #photography #mordançage
November 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM
So here's an image I made a few years ago. It's a Mordançage print - it's on silver gelatin paper (darkroom process) and then has been chemically altered to remove some of the emulsion. That's what gives the brushed look around the iris. #darkroom #photography #mordançage
Several of the lenses I use on my digital camera are from Lensbaby. My favorite is probably the Velvet56. This is one of the shots I made with it a few years ago. #photography #lensbaby
November 18, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Several of the lenses I use on my digital camera are from Lensbaby. My favorite is probably the Velvet56. This is one of the shots I made with it a few years ago. #photography #lensbaby
Another photo from my wanderings. This one was shot at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. #photography #lensbaby
November 16, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Another photo from my wanderings. This one was shot at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. #photography #lensbaby
I’m still figuring out everything here, but the atmosphere is good. I shoot with anything that records an image. This one is one of my earliest 4x5 shots. I hauled a Cambo monorail to Cucumber Falls to shoot these tree roots. #filmphotography #monochrome #ohiopylestatepark
November 15, 2024 at 12:33 PM
I’m still figuring out everything here, but the atmosphere is good. I shoot with anything that records an image. This one is one of my earliest 4x5 shots. I hauled a Cambo monorail to Cucumber Falls to shoot these tree roots. #filmphotography #monochrome #ohiopylestatepark
My refuge is hiking with cameras. Sometimes the hiking is the better part and sometimes the photography is the better part. Here’s a shot from one of the latter. This is Jonathan Run in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania.
November 14, 2024 at 1:01 PM
My refuge is hiking with cameras. Sometimes the hiking is the better part and sometimes the photography is the better part. Here’s a shot from one of the latter. This is Jonathan Run in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania.