Life’s been a bit hectic. I don’t know why, but Pixelfed hasn’t been working very well lately either.
And I’m feeling a bit down... In that case, you need to look back at the past with an eye to the future.

I just can’t seem to get my roll of film to the lab, and I’m sure there are photos in there of one of my favorite plants, the cardoon

So, let’s take a trip down memory lane with a beautiful plant and a stunning model. A lovely contrast on film

#Cardoon in my #garden, Johemiane in the barn #onfilm #minolta #ilfordxp2 #model #rokkor50mm #portrait #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #argentique #analog #ilfordphoto

Flowers in the field and on her dress, it was clearly the same time of year as now.
and it was the same day as this one
https://pixelfed.social/p/LievenSymaeys/887623823127668765

I hope you don’t mind her bare back, because I refuse to label this as “unsafe.”
This photo was taken with a half-frame Olympus Pen EES-2.
They’re not all perfectly sharp, but that softness sometimes gives them a painterly quality.
After all, who wouldn’t want to paint a #model with soft light on her skin ?

I took a moment to scroll through the archive. #onfilm made with an #Olympus #Pen #halfframe. And back then, definitely with #Fujifilm 400 #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #halfframeclub #spring #flowers #sun #field #model

Earlier today, I already introduced the family birthday queen :
https://pixelfed.social/p/LievenSymaeys/963312387403860662

But there’s someone else celebrating their birthday too!
Esli has appeared in my photo archive before.
https://pixelfed.social/p/LievenSymaeys/951828651283705083
She used to pop in front of the camera every now and then. But she now leads a busy life as a film director. It’s hard to catch up with her these days, as she’s usually in Japan. I hope she’s doing well, happy birthday !

I took a moment to scroll through the archive. #onfilm made with an #Olympus #Pen #halfframe. And back then, definitely with #Fujifilm 400 #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #halfframeclub #model #freedom

Broken development

#abstract #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #broken #filmdeveloping #35mm #photoart #onfilm

fb is now asking me to repost this message from two years ago. No way – I’m not posting anything on fb anymore ( just my old dog’s birthday, tomorrow ;) Other than that, they’re not going to make any more money on my content.

And now for the photo... a diptych taken with an Olympus Pen that I’d bought and had repaired at the time. It didn’t stay in working order for long, having been let down by two people. (That was more about the camera.) The photo didn’t receive much attention from my work, nor from the theatre festival organisers.

Everyone has their own schedule and friends, of course

recently I had an exhibition featuring these analogue diptychs, and to be honest, most people don’t really understand the process involved in making them. When you explain it to them, they appreciate it more.

A photo made with one of my all-time favourites, the Olympus Pen EES-2 half-frame!

A collection :
https://pixelfed.social/c/807685723968359497

I took a moment to scroll through the archive. A #diptych #onfilm made with an #Olympus #Pen #halfframe. #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #halfframeclub #brussels #belgium #Ilford #ilfordxp2 #festivaldesarts #streetphotography #theaterfestival

It was a bit busy lately... a photo exhibition about and in my village, held as
a side event during an art trail day...
Someone congratulated me on your first exhibition at Afsnee.
- How wrong can they be... Since no one’s actually here on Pixelfed anyway. Perhaps years ago, people did see it as vandalism rather than art, but I did once have my own art trail.

A guerrilla exhibitions seemed an interesting idea to me.
The small photograph was displayed where it had been taken a few months earlier...


I took a moment to scroll through the archive. #onfilm made with an #Olympus #Pen #halfframe. And back then, definitely with #Fujifilm 400 #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #halfframeclub #ghent #Afsnee

DJ 6AM Los Angeles , From last ConquerLA photowalk

#DJ #electronicmusic #LosAngeles #LA

#analog #35mmfilm #35mm #filmisnotdead #analoguepeople #shootfilm #analogblog #onfilm #wearefilmfolks #analogpeople #35mmfilmphotography #filmphotography #filmfeed #analogphotography #believeinfilm #filmphotomag #filmphoto #filmforever #keepfilmalive #aesthetic #filmlife #photography #35mmfilm #photography #photographyart #art

Barnard Castle - a market town in County Durham, England.
📷 Olympus µ[MJU:]-II
🎞️ ADOX Color Mission 200

2025.11.
#barnardcastle #durham #northumberland #england #adox #adoxcolormission #analoguepeople #olympus #mjuii #mju2 #mju #olympusmjuii #olympusmju2 #lomo #Ломо #analog #analogue #filmphotography #35mm #onfilm #staybrokeshootfilm #filmphotography #filmphoto #filmcommunity #filmisnotdead

Hohenloher Freilandmuseum, Wackershofen - 22. November 2025
📷 Lomo LC-A
🎞️ FOMAPAN 200 135-36 RETRO edition

https://www.wackershofen.de/

#Analogue #Analog #35mm #film #onfilm #staybrokeshootfilm #filmphotography #filmcommunity #lomo #lomolca #ЛомоЛКА #Ломо #ЛКА #fomapan #foma #Hohenlohe #Museum #Wackershofen #hohenloherfreilandmuseum

Beware of the #toad
A brief interlude ... ( We jump from the Trip to the Pen )
Here we had thoughts about expositions :
https://pixelfed.social/p/LievenSymaeys/928985008482583582

And this was the picture in the picture...

And the item for :
A guerrilla exhibitions seemed an interesting idea to me.
The small photograph was displayed where it had been taken a few months earlier...


I took a moment to scroll through the archive. #onfilm made with an #Olympus #Pen #halfframe. And back then, definitely with #Fujifilm 400 #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #halfframeclub #ghent #Afsnee #warning