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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 16h

(These folks all okayed me posting on socials, btw)

Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 16h

Happy #Halloween! Portraits aren't my main genre of #photography. But to stretch a bit, I did a free photobooth at a block party in my neighborhood (Remington, in #Baltimore). So much fun! And I love the thought of these folks, strangers mostly, getting joy from the photos I made for them.

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 22h

Dramatic skies over #Baltimore today. #sunrise #photography #urban (helps if I attach the photo)

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 1d

Dramatic skies over #Baltimore today. #sunrise #photography #urban

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 2d

He is correct

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 2d

Last week, I took a few days off to chaperone a bunch of 6th graders on a 3-day field trip to NorthBay. A highlight for me was, one by one, getting the kids in my cabin to look up at night. The sky is a lot more interesting away from the bright lights of #Baltimore. #photography #sky #infrared

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 2d

What's a dumb thing you secretly want? Me, I want a personal crest I can put on a signet ring and use to seal letters with the wax left over from cheese.

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 6d

A view from #inside the recent American Chemical Society meeting, where volunteers glued nubs onto a #braille periodic table, part of a project to place one in every US state. #BlueSkyArtShow #science

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 6d

After a few days in the woods with a bunch of 6th-graders, it was good to get #inside by myself and have a little #beer (literally) at my favorite taproom, Peabody Heights. #BlueSkyArtShow. Bonus, some of my photos are in the local art sale box in the background, so I shot a silly promo. #product

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Cool photos of NorthBay

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 8d

Dramatic sunset at North Bay #photography #nature #skies #Maryland #bay #Chesapeake

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 10d

See, I decide to leave my big camera at home for one soccer practice, and then we get #skies like this. #sunset #photography

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 11d

I don't always drink #astrophotography. But when I do, I prefer ... cheating with an #infrared camera so I get stars that are invisible to the human eye. #photography #nightsky #Maryland

Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 12d

Bird people: Is something afflicting small birds in Baltimore? Twice in a week, I've found live but catatonic #birds sitting on the sidewalk with grey and cloudy eyes. They were in roughly the same neighborhood (Charles Village) Some kind of #disease ? #Ornithology #pathogen

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 13d

This feels tall, and like I could climb it in an Assassin's Creed game.

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 13d

Nice, I like the rhythm of the trees

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 13d

Nice!

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 13d

#Vertical plumes of fire erupt from a Christmas tree bonfire. #blueskyartshow #photography #holidays #fire #contrast

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 13d

The wall outside Mohawk Austin was denuded ahead of #SXSW to ready it for a deluge of event flyers. #vertical #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #blackandwhite #music

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 17d

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 20d

And of course, the #glow of green plant life makes it a enduring subject for #infrared #photography. This shot from a sunken courtyard in a fancy #Annapolis neighborhood was taken with a 720nm filter and processed to be B&W. #BlueSkyArtShow #surrealism

A brick shed is thickly surrounded by plants that are pale grays and glowing whites.

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 20d

I've been experimenting with #infrared flash. It's more flattering than sunlit IR on humans, which is unexpected. The #glow effect seems rounder somehow. #BlueSkyArtShow. I want to try it with a wider range of skin tones. #photography #candid #street #Baltimore

A group of people at a party are lit in a blue-ish light. One on the left smiles at the camera, another to their right gesticulates.

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 21d

Painted Ladies in #Baltimore make for good practice with the shift lens. #architecture #photography #urban

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 22d

What's ironic is that I found this paint stain while wandering through the alleys looking for rats to photograph like they were safari wildlife. #foundArt #rat #photography #paint #urban #Baltimore

A paint spill on concrete resembles a rodent's head.

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Gravity Zoom Photography @gravityzoomphoto.bsky.social · 24d

Brady is not thrilled about the hat, but he is fond of the attention. #cats #catsInHats #photography #babushka #portrait #animals

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