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Mike Montgomery 🇨🇦
@themaritimelord.bsky.social
520 followers 240 following 1.9K posts
Early Childhood Educator, Amateur Photographer, Hal-Con Community Team member, podcast host (“Reel Geeks”), middle aged and silly person. He/him

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“The MariTimeLord” everywhere
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Mike Montgomery 🇨🇦 @themaritimelord.bsky.social · Jan 14
Damn, I think I just jumped 20 or 30 followers in a week, so I should probably do one of those “#Gettoknowme” things…

Well … I’m a soon to be middle aged Early Childhood Educator, a field I’ve somehow stuck with since May of 2001 … no, I don’t know how I managed that either.

(Do keep reading)
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Second round of photos from a week ago, this time featuring local model @siiimgexo and an opportunity for me to go “Oh, let’s see what *this* slider does!” 😂

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #Halifax #photography #HaliSky #photoshoot #humansofbluesky
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Here’s a mix of phone and camera shots from after today’s snowfall.

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #Halifax #photography #HaliSky #snowday #blueskymonday
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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Hey, #America, got a second? Listen, you know how you’re all “We need to go back to the good old days, when America was great!” Right? Umm … those good old days would like a word with you.

https://youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?si=S4T76JSVGxlhMno0
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Now that I’m done editing, here’s the second round of photos from last week’s shoot with @anastasia.gertner!

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #Halifax #photography #HaliSky #humansofbluesky
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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So @gandersocial.bsky.social started sending out their Beta invites …

Me right now:
gollum from the lord of the rings has blue eyes and says i need them
ALT: gollum from the lord of the rings has blue eyes and says i need them
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January 25, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Spent last Monday’s snow day shooting with the lovely @Tanishaadabas … gotta admit I’m wondering if next Monday will have anything in store. 🤔

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #Halifax #photography #HaliSky #humansofbluesky #photoshoot
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Isn’t Trump withdrawing #Canada’s invite to his “Board of Peace” kinda like the Colonel from KFC withdrawing the invitation to his Weight Loss Clinic?
January 23, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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Nice thing about photo meetups is I get to do things like duo shots … which somehow doesn’t otherwise happen for me all that much. 🤷‍♂️

Models: @Anastasia.Gertner, @siiimgexo

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January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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More from last Sunday’s photoshoots with the lovely Simge (@siiimgexo)!

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #Halifax #photography #HaliSky #humansofbluesky
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Jumped in on some photoshoots over the weekend/snow day, so here’s an early look at what I’m working on with some shots of the beautiful @anastasia.gertner!

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January 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Thought I’d change up the content look a bit this year, and also took part of the weekend for a few things I haven’t done in awhile, shot these on my old #FujiFilm FinePix S9100, and let me re-introduce to you Dr Cornelius Von Quackerson the 14th, ESQ

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #HaliSky
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Well, there we are, part two of wrapping up my #2025 content. Thankfully I already got new stuff in the works, and today’s snow makes some of these Public Gardens well timed anyway! 😂

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #Halifax #photography #HaliSky #palacesandgardens
January 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Here’s part one of a selection of #streetphotography shots from back on Christmas Eve/Day (part two being some Public Gardens shots I haven’t edited yet). This’ll also be the last of my 2025 content!

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #urbangaze #Halifax #photography #HaliSky #blackandwhite
January 18, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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“Replicants are like any other machine - they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.”
- Rick Deckard, Blade Runner

For my final #HalCon2025 post, may I present @Fox_Lidstone_Cosplay & some of my finest work ever.

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January 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Found a few shots that were somehow missed when I was importing files into #Lightroom, so from #HalCon2025, some costume contest entrants and everyone’s favorite cowboy, Kyle McGrath as “The Hangman” @hangmanpage.bsky.social!

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #Halifax #photography #HaliSky
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Listen, if wine is what *finally* gets Americans to step up, I just have one question.

Red or white?
scottjshapiro.bsky.social Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 19d
“organized gangs of wine moms”
Fox News • • Follow ٠٠٠ 27m • 0 STOP THE MADNESS: "What we are seeing across the country as organized gangs of wine moms use Antifa tactics to harass and impede ICE agents is not civil disobedience. It isn't even protest. It's just crime," writes David Marcus.
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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A little more #anime inspired general #cosplay from #HalCon2025 that I almost missed posting. These were a side quest of sorts during the Star Wars photoshoot … and somehow they were *always* costume contest contestants. 😂

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #HaliSky
January 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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"That's the funny thing about hope, no one gets to decide when you feel it." - Rumi

I know nothing about #KPopDemonHunters, but I *do* know how to give people like @MattBellefontaine.bsky.social their respect for putting in the *work.*

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #HalCon2025 #HaliSky
January 11, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Like I said … I god damn *love* photographing Mandalorians. And the way @zigzwagprops just, well, pops in so many of these … I just thought they needed a little spotlight.

And for you Bsky … a bonus @fatapollo.bsky.social appearance!

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photography #HaliSky
January 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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From the Sunday of #HalCon2025, photos of the second #StarWars #cosplay shoot and proof that shooting with the sun as backlight will either drive you to drink or make your shots *glorious.*

Also, photographing Mandos is my happy place.

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photography #HaliSky
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Everything I say here is 1000% first world privilege and doesn’t even belong on the top 100 list of world problems:

ANYONE who describes ICE thugs as “cosplayers” knows *nothing* about cosplay. *NOTHING.*

Overused is *mild.*
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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So I’m catching up on my podcasts & just finished @junkfoodcinema.bsky.social’s enshrinement of the late great Rob Reiner to Mount Junkfood, and after Brian’s ending comments I just wanna repeat something:

I am *so* damn proud to be a Junkion. Well fucking said🫡

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Rob Reiner's Mt. Junkfood Enshrinement
Podcast Episode · Junkfood Cinema · 2025-12-27 · 1h 27m
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January 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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🎶 Jem (Jem is excitement) oh
Jem (Jem is adventure) oh … 🎶 meanwhile the #Misfits are international terrorists.

(And let’s be honest, their songs *are* better.)

Jem: @dangerkittencosplay
Synergy: @actually_jen_ffs
Pizzazz: @halloweenkatkween

#HalCon2025 #EastCoastKin #HaliSky #80scartoon
January 5, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Some general #cosplay shots from days 2 & 3 of #HalCon2025 … where oddly almost every cosplayer I photographed outside a shoot was in the costume contest.

#photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #photographersunited #Halifax #photography #HaliSky #cosplayersofbluesky #humansofbluesky
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Honestly thought I’d already posted these @jass.themodel shots, but better late than never, really. Shot these the end of November during a photo walk.

Also featuring @_madison_mclellan_

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January 3, 2026 at 11:22 PM