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Beau in PA
@beau-in-pa.bsky.social
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Photographer living in Pittsburgh. Analog but digital works too. Mostly black and white. Holgas and Soviet cameras that usually work. Beginning a 4x5 adventure. Rodinal is great but always trying new flavors. Portraits and whatever else I fancy that day.
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Sunday was spent poking around different industrial ruins with some friends. We biked out to McKeesport which is one of the hardest hit cities in PA. Once a bustling city full of life, it’s now half deserted and full of houses like this being slowly taken back by the land.
Black and white image of a tall and narrow old house that is covered in vines.
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Fineview, Pittsburgh, PA.

Fineview isn’t the only neighborhood in PGH with some dilapidated houses. The city is home to many, in almost every neighborhood. Casualties of the collapse of the steel industry.
September 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Navigating the muck in one of the nooks and crannies of Akron, OH.

#filmphotography
#holga120
#fomaortho400
#rodinal
#rustbelt
#akron
#ohio
Two people biking down a muddy trail in a desolate landscape of barren trees and overcast skies
July 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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This is from a route we call the “CRAP Trail” which is riding parallel to the GAP Trail but with way more bullshit. This is from the CRAP Trail and this was taken miles from any grocery store.

#holga
#shootfilm
#filmphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#monochrome
#craptrail
#shoppingspree
Two shopping carts abandoned in a desolate area. One in the foreground has a bag of trash in it, one in the background is empty. They are next to a small pond.
June 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Dreams of flight

#filmohotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#kentmere400
#canon620
#rodinal
An old jet engine and a section of wing abandoned in an empty lot. They’re in front of a weathered fence with a mostly cloudy sky above and overgrown weeds in the foreground.
June 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Poppy in the garden

#filmohotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#poppy
#kentmere400
#canon620
#rodinal
Black and white photo of a single poppy, with a background made of darker growth that is pleasantly out of focus.
June 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Pinhole shenanigans. The Holga 120 WPC is light enough to attach pretty much anywhere, so that’s handy.

#filmphotography
#pinholephotography
#pinhole
#blackandwhitephotography
#holga120wpc
#fomapan200
#rodinal
#shootfilm
#rideabike
June 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I leave pretty early most mornings and often end up rambling the Homewood and Wilkinsburg areas. I’ve come to really appreciate the beauty of those neighborhoods. There are areas of sparseness and wild growth that really speak to me. It’s like a new landscape that constantly in flux.

Black and white image showing the back of a dilapidated row house is in the background of an overgrown field and a large unkempt shrub obscures the other houses that are shorter than the one on the end.
May 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Picked up a replacement Lomo LC-A for the one I broke a while back. It wasn’t in the best condition but a little internal cleaning and it seemed ok. Finally processed the test roll and thankfully no light leaks. Exposures are all good and I’m glad to have one in my bag again.

#lomolca
#kentmere400
Monochrome image of a dark tunnel with brightly lit stairs leading up at the end. Tunnel is square concrete with graffiti on both walls.
May 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I shot this while trying to finish up a roll of film. Wasn’t sure I’d get anything memorable, but I do keep coming back to this one.

#filmphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#ferraniap30
#canon620
#40mmpancake
#rodinal
Monochrome image of a group of trees in late afternoon sun.
May 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Shooting in a cemetery seems like such a cliche, but I do love this particular tomb. It has stairs inside that go down to a lower level. Let’s not pretend that isn’t cool
As hell and very spooky.
A tomb in a cemetery flanked by trees. Image is black and white, shot with a pinhole camera.
May 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Marsh area down in Nine Mile Run. Shot with my Holga WPC pinhole. I really like the leaves in the foreground, and the felled tree arching through the mid ground is nice too. Probably a little too much bright space in the upper middle, but,hey, I’m still figuring this out.
Black and white photo of a marsh scene shot with a wide angle pinhole camera. There is leafy ground cover in the foreground and a felled tree spanning a pool in the background.
May 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Pittsburgh is full of bridges. This looks unused but trains still travel on the upper level.

Shot on a Holga WPC panoramic pinhole camera with expired TMax 100. Stand developed in Rodinal.

#filmphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#pinholephotography
#pinhole
#holgawpc
#plasticcamera
#tmax100
Monochrome image of a bridge taken from the lower unused level, looking up at the underside of the train tracks. Image is a wide angle shot showing both sides of the bridge structure.
May 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day was April 27th. This is from a roll I shot with my Holga WPC panoramic pinhole. I’m still working on mastering the pinhole, but I think this one works for the most part. I’m still getting the hang of using it to its fullest potential.

May 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Attended my second Portrait Swap at Eastern Standard Photography and it was a real blast! Taking impromptu portraits of strangers is kinda great when you’re all in it together.

#canon620
#ferraniap30
#rodinal
#portraitphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#filmphotography
#35mmfilm
May 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Homewood, Pittsburgh, PA.

Digital capture edited in Snapseed.

#commutepics
#blackandwhitephotography
#monochrome
#pittsburgh
#pgh
#homewood
#meandering
A n old square-ish brick house with two broken down cars in the grass next to it. Image is black and white.
April 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Shot on Ferrania P30 with a red filter, which wasn’t too smart because P30 is close to orthochromatic, meaning it’s not very sensitive to red light. This neg was a bit thin because of that, but it still looks pretty ok.

#filmphotography
#ferraniap30
#rodinal
#monochrome
#pittsburgh
April 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Richard, somewhere in Greenfield, Pittsburgh, PA.

Proper camera scan with my dslr. The first, actually. Getting my scanning rig set up, finally.

I like this shot a lot. The crisscrossing trees are great, but having Richard in the frame really makes it a solid shot for me.

April 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Richard, somewhere in Greenfield, Pittsburgh, PA.

This is not a proper scan, but sometimes I love the rough look of a proof.

Ferrania P30, Canon 620, Rodinal.

#filmphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#ferraniap30
#rodinal
#canon620
#40mmpancake
#cuttyride
#pittsburgh
April 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Akron, OH.

Ferrania P30, Lomo LC-A, Rodinal.

#filmphotography
#blacksndwhitephotography
#akron
#rustbelt
#ferraniap30
#rodinal
#lomolca
#shootfilm
April 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Concord Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

#Holga
#fomaortho100
#rodinal
#pittsburgh
#pgh
April 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Concord Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

#filmphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#holga120
#fomaortho400
#rodinal
#pittsburgh
#pgh
Black and white shot of a couple of row houses on the left side of the frame, seeing downtown in the middle gap before more houses start. Had to climb up some ugly stuff to get to this angle. I’d say this one is mostly successful in what I was trying to get, but not as good as I wanted. The branches coming into frame help somewhat, providing another visual layer. Concord is only about a block long with nothing terribly interesting on it. I wanted pictures with context, not just isolated still lifes of random objects. Trying to capture the vibe of a street like this is more difficult than I thought it would be. I’ll file this as a learning experience.
April 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Hydrant, Concord Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

Shot on Foma Ortho 400 and developed in Rodinal.

#filmphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#streetphotography
#holga120
#fomaortho400
#rodinal
#concordstreet
#pittsburgh
#pgh
Black and white photo of a fire hydrant in front of a dilapidated garage on a crumbling sidewalk. If you look closely, you can see that “Fart” tagged this hydrant along with several other places in the area. Don’t you go changin’ Pittsburgh.
March 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Concord Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

Not sure what caused the weird ripple. Something in the development but this was the only frame affected. Didn’t ruin the image for me at least.

Holga 120N, Foma Ortho 400, Rodinal stand developed.

#filmphotography
#streetphotography
#holga
#fomaortho400
#rodinal
Black and white image of a woman with her dog crossing a street lined with row houses.
March 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Pittsburgh, PA. Loving the shadows on this day.

Digital capture edited with Snapseed.
#blackandwhitephotography
#utbanlandscape
#rustbelt
#pgh
#pittsburgh
Black and white photo of train tracks, a bridge, and a small shed with hard shadows and bright highlights.
March 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM