View from Kayak Point, WA, USA. Mid-May 2025. Pentax 645N with Ektachrome E100 film. #pnw #pentax645n #ektachrome #madewithkodak #filmisnotdead

Where I live, there aren't that many brightly colored subjects. But when they appear, it's a welcome opportunity to shoot Ektachrome.
Rhododendron flowers, Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens, Whidbey Island, WA, USA. 4 May 2025. Pentax 645N with Ektachrome E100 film. #pnw #pentax645n #ektachrome #madewithkodak #filmisnotdead

I went to the No Kings event in Monroe, Washington, USA today. The event was planned for the street corner on the main drag (not so likely in Monroe, but you know what I mean) where political sign-waving is normally done.
I don't know that I've ever seen something this big there. It stretched for one block on the southern side of the road and four blocks on the northern side. And that's just Monroe.
Public reaction was at least 80% positive. The remaining 20% included four middle fingers that I saw (two men, two women); a guy holding his red MAGA hat out of his car window (at which point my White Dudes for Harris hat came in handy); and two black-smoke diesel pickups, which organizers reported to the police.
Guidance for the event suggested leaving one's smartphone at home, and the other cameras I have would have been cumbersome under the circumstances. So I took a Polaroid camera instead. I have tried to frame the pictures so that as few people as possible can be identified in them, which limits my composition somewhat. I've also been a bit casual about shielding between removing the frog tongue and getting the prints into my camera case, and I'm suspending my normal rule about letting the prints finish cooking for 24 hours before I scan them.
All photos taken today (14 June) with a Polaroid I-2 and Paul Giambarba Edition SX-70 film. Faces that seemed identifiable have been blurred in post.
#nokings #wa #pnw #polraroid #polaroidi2 #filmisnotdead

I almost forgot to post these!
Mt. Si and clearing, WA, USA. February (?) 2025. Pentax 645N with 45-85 mm f/4.5, circular polarizer, and Ilford Ortho Plus film. #pnw #mtsi #ilfordorthoplus #pentax645n #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #butdontshootbernice

King Street Station, Seattle, January 2025. I'd come to attend a @seattlefilmclub function and thoroughly messed up the time. I was meeting up with my family later, so I couldn't hang around, unfortunately. So I took some pictures and moved on. Pentax 645N with 45mm f/4.5, circular polarizer, and Ilford Ortho Plus film. #pnw #seattle #kingstreetstation #pentax645n #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #butdontshootbernice

Antique filling station, Issaquah, WA, USA. April 2025. Polaroid i-2. #polaroidweek2025 #roidweek2025 #polaroidweek #roidweek #pnw #polaroidi2

Red Brick Road, Bothell, WA, USA. March 2025. Polaroid i-2. #polaroidweek2025 #roidweek2025 #polaroidweek #roidweek #pnw #polaroidi2

Suncatcher at work, spring 2025. Polaroid i-2. (Suncatcher designed by the photographer.) #polaroidweek2025 #polaroidweek #roidweek2025 #roidweek #polaroidi2

Goodness gracious, it's Roid Week and I completely forgot about cross-posting to Pixelfed!
Dead of winter, Skykomish River and Stevens Pass. Sultan, WA, USA. January 2025. #polaroidi2 #polaroidweek2025 #roidweek2025 #polaroidweek #roidweek #pnw #sultanwa

Holiday lights at Waterfront Place, Everett, WA, USA. New Year's weekend 2024. #pentax645n #kodak #kodakportra400 #filmisnotdead #pnw