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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan

@emdashman.bsky.social

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Analogue and digital photography imposter. When not making images, I play guitar, listen to music, or watch arthouse movies. The GP logo is from my soon-to-be real photography web site, GravuraPhoto.net

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 10h

Gave up caffeine a few years back. It was giving me withdrawal headaches every couple of days. Went cold turkey, and realised how much it had been affecting me. After the initial headache from hell, it took another few weeks to totally get over it.

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 11h

Wandering around Cambridge city centre with my #Pentax17 #HalfFrame and some CineStill DoubleXX
#BelieveInFilm

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 1d

How fab is that?!

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 1d

Looking at doing the same with FB. I deleted my Insta account a while back. FB is 75% ads now.

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to having a play with a lensbaby, courtesy of the wonderful @stigofthedump.bsky.social #BelieveInFilm

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 5d

Red shoe

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 5d

Off to the smoke with the P17 for some half-frame fun and the Lee Miller exhibition 😎
#believeinfilm #halfframe #doublexx #blackandwhitephotography

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 5d

That is a thing of rare beauty😎

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 7d

Awesome. I’ll have to come over sometime. Now joined the ranks of the semi-retired 😂

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 8d

Not been out with my Dynax 800si for a while. Got waylaid by the Pentax 17. Maybe I’ll treat it to a trip to the smoke this weekend, although I do prefer travelling light there…

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 9d

Off to that London this Saturday (11th) to visit the Lee Miller exhibition. Any other photo friends gonna be in town?
#believeinfilm
#LeeMiller
#TateBritain

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 9d

That would be cool. I did look on eBay, but I think I’m at the stage where I don’t really need to buy any more gear 😂

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 9d

Looks fab. Fancy trying one myself!

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 10d

Love it!!

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 12d

Smooth operator 😉

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 14d

Need to pick some sloes soon 😎

Made blackberry whisky this year - a first for me. It’s yummy 👍

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 14d

Serendipity 😎

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 14d

Thumbnails of Crete. I originally tried scanning myself, but sent the negs back to Analogue Wonderland and got them to do it. Awesome job 😎
#HalfFrame #pentax17 #KodakProImage #BelieveInFilm

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 16d

I love the way this one messes with your head 😎

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 16d

Just noticed my iPhone kindly removed the “em”from my previous post 🙄

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 17d

I get a green shield stamp every time someone uses an dash correctly. I have calculated that my retirement date falls after the heat death of the universe.

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 17d

I have achieved camera nerd-dome. Was watching a bad Italian horror film last night. There was a closeup of someone using a Nikon F3 to shoot rapid exposures — except they were pressing the depth of field preview button instead of the shutter release 😂
#BelieveInFilm

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 17d

Well, emdashman is me; my company name is Em-Dash Publications — note the ordinary dash, as an actual em dash would have looked odd — but fesshole is another user.

Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 18d

A #HalfFrame #diptych taken on my #Pentax17 at Rethymno, Crete.
#BelieveInFilm

A half-frame diptych with two mono shots of a beach promenade at Rethymno, Crete. Each image has foreground interest with the beach and sea in the background.

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Martin Ley aka EmDashMan @emdashman.bsky.social · 18d

Timelock 08:36
#iphone

Padlocked gates. The vertical frame and square wire panels are juxtaposed by the angled shadows behind that act as a sundial.