juliefactor.bsky.social
@juliefactor.bsky.social
Visual artist & photographer. Film, digital, wildlife, slow travel. Writing about seeing slowly on Substack. Dharawal Country, NSW.
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Look at the eye. That pale film sweeping front to back is a third eyelid- translucent, the one birds do most of their blinking with. It closes and the lyrebird keeps watching you straight through it. #addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Birdwatching
July 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Look at the eye. That pale film sweeping front to back is a third eyelid- translucent, the one birds do most of their blinking with. It closes and the lyrebird keeps watching you straight through it. #addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Birdwatching
The treecreeper only moves in one direction: up.
Spiral the trunk, probe the bark, drop to the base, repeat. Forever.
Filmed on Dharawal Country, Illawarra. 🌿
#BirdsOfBluesky #birdphotography #birding #australianbirds #wildlife #naturephotography
Spiral the trunk, probe the bark, drop to the base, repeat. Forever.
Filmed on Dharawal Country, Illawarra. 🌿
#BirdsOfBluesky #birdphotography #birding #australianbirds #wildlife #naturephotography
June 28, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The treecreeper only moves in one direction: up.
Spiral the trunk, probe the bark, drop to the base, repeat. Forever.
Filmed on Dharawal Country, Illawarra. 🌿
#BirdsOfBluesky #birdphotography #birding #australianbirds #wildlife #naturephotography
Spiral the trunk, probe the bark, drop to the base, repeat. Forever.
Filmed on Dharawal Country, Illawarra. 🌿
#BirdsOfBluesky #birdphotography #birding #australianbirds #wildlife #naturephotography
He sings to his eggs before they hatch- so the chicks know his voice the moment they're born. Then 76% of them turn out not to be his.
Superb fairy-wren, NSW #addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
Superb fairy-wren, NSW #addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
June 27, 2026 at 8:57 AM
He sings to his eggs before they hatch- so the chicks know his voice the moment they're born. Then 76% of them turn out not to be his.
Superb fairy-wren, NSW #addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
Superb fairy-wren, NSW #addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
Our local swimming pool closed months ago.
While half the internet is trying to maximise daylight, we’re watching the frost settle on the grass, and leaning into the deep, necessary quiet of midwinter. 🎞️ #believeinfilm #wintersolstice #summersolstice #filmphotography #summer #illawarra #travel
While half the internet is trying to maximise daylight, we’re watching the frost settle on the grass, and leaning into the deep, necessary quiet of midwinter. 🎞️ #believeinfilm #wintersolstice #summersolstice #filmphotography #summer #illawarra #travel
June 22, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Our local swimming pool closed months ago.
While half the internet is trying to maximise daylight, we’re watching the frost settle on the grass, and leaning into the deep, necessary quiet of midwinter. 🎞️ #believeinfilm #wintersolstice #summersolstice #filmphotography #summer #illawarra #travel
While half the internet is trying to maximise daylight, we’re watching the frost settle on the grass, and leaning into the deep, necessary quiet of midwinter. 🎞️ #believeinfilm #wintersolstice #summersolstice #filmphotography #summer #illawarra #travel
HORSES NOT TO BE TIED TO FENCE.
But the fence is bolted to the tree.
And the gum answers the only way it can: sap and tannin bleeding down over the enamel, slowly staining the instruction that pretends it isn't there.
🎞️ Ektar100 #believeinfilm #mamiya #filmphotography #horses #mediumformat
But the fence is bolted to the tree.
And the gum answers the only way it can: sap and tannin bleeding down over the enamel, slowly staining the instruction that pretends it isn't there.
🎞️ Ektar100 #believeinfilm #mamiya #filmphotography #horses #mediumformat
June 19, 2026 at 9:46 AM
HORSES NOT TO BE TIED TO FENCE.
But the fence is bolted to the tree.
And the gum answers the only way it can: sap and tannin bleeding down over the enamel, slowly staining the instruction that pretends it isn't there.
🎞️ Ektar100 #believeinfilm #mamiya #filmphotography #horses #mediumformat
But the fence is bolted to the tree.
And the gum answers the only way it can: sap and tannin bleeding down over the enamel, slowly staining the instruction that pretends it isn't there.
🎞️ Ektar100 #believeinfilm #mamiya #filmphotography #horses #mediumformat
Go for a walk in a gorgeous city overseas and just leave your camera in the hotel. Fuck Moi! >
🎞️ Harmon Phoenix #35mm #believeinfilm #kyoto #filmphotography #japantravel #filmstock #filmisnotdead
🎞️ Harmon Phoenix #35mm #believeinfilm #kyoto #filmphotography #japantravel #filmstock #filmisnotdead
The Dollar You Spend Before You Look
Why I shoot a trip on film- and how it lets you come home present and with the pictures, not one or the other.
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June 18, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Go for a walk in a gorgeous city overseas and just leave your camera in the hotel. Fuck Moi! >
🎞️ Harmon Phoenix #35mm #believeinfilm #kyoto #filmphotography #japantravel #filmstock #filmisnotdead
🎞️ Harmon Phoenix #35mm #believeinfilm #kyoto #filmphotography #japantravel #filmstock #filmisnotdead
Coledale rock pool, medium format. A dozen frames a roll, no do-overs- so you wait for the water to flatten and take the one. Photography you were present for. Half an hour from home, no passport. 🎞️ Harmon Phoenix
#filmphotography #mediumformat #illawarra #mamiya #believeinfilm
#filmphotography #mediumformat #illawarra #mamiya #believeinfilm
June 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Coledale rock pool, medium format. A dozen frames a roll, no do-overs- so you wait for the water to flatten and take the one. Photography you were present for. Half an hour from home, no passport. 🎞️ Harmon Phoenix
#filmphotography #mediumformat #illawarra #mamiya #believeinfilm
#filmphotography #mediumformat #illawarra #mamiya #believeinfilm
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Country music. Digital camera. Me. Three things that don't share a sentence- but yesterday they did. Shot close to gig photography for the first time.
Comment if you've ended up somewhere unexpected, camera in hand.
#GigPhotography #FestivalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LiveMusicPhotography
Comment if you've ended up somewhere unexpected, camera in hand.
#GigPhotography #FestivalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LiveMusicPhotography
June 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Country music. Digital camera. Me. Three things that don't share a sentence- but yesterday they did. Shot close to gig photography for the first time.
Comment if you've ended up somewhere unexpected, camera in hand.
#GigPhotography #FestivalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LiveMusicPhotography
Comment if you've ended up somewhere unexpected, camera in hand.
#GigPhotography #FestivalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LiveMusicPhotography
Doris Goddard left Hollywood to run one Surry Hills pub for 40 years and sing to the room. The new owners changed almost nothing. You don't shoot a place like that on a phone- the medium would lie. So I shot it slow, on 🎞️film. #filmphotography #slowtravel #surryhills #beleiveinfilm #35mm
June 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Doris Goddard left Hollywood to run one Surry Hills pub for 40 years and sing to the room. The new owners changed almost nothing. You don't shoot a place like that on a phone- the medium would lie. So I shot it slow, on 🎞️film. #filmphotography #slowtravel #surryhills #beleiveinfilm #35mm
Country music. Digital camera. Me. Three things that don't share a sentence- but yesterday they did. Shot close to gig photography for the first time.
Comment if you've ended up somewhere unexpected, camera in hand.
#GigPhotography #FestivalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LiveMusicPhotography
Comment if you've ended up somewhere unexpected, camera in hand.
#GigPhotography #FestivalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LiveMusicPhotography
June 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Country music. Digital camera. Me. Three things that don't share a sentence- but yesterday they did. Shot close to gig photography for the first time.
Comment if you've ended up somewhere unexpected, camera in hand.
#GigPhotography #FestivalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LiveMusicPhotography
Comment if you've ended up somewhere unexpected, camera in hand.
#GigPhotography #FestivalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LiveMusicPhotography
The most demanding location I've ever worked is ten metres from my back door. New substack piece on return, repetition, and what staying put actually teaches you.
#mamiya #photography #filmphotography #slowphotography #believeinfilm 🎞️ #illawarra #mediumformat #35mm
#mamiya #photography #filmphotography #slowphotography #believeinfilm 🎞️ #illawarra #mediumformat #35mm
The Same Tree, Every Morning: The Variable Is Always You
What Returning to One Place Taught Me About Seeing
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June 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The most demanding location I've ever worked is ten metres from my back door. New substack piece on return, repetition, and what staying put actually teaches you.
#mamiya #photography #filmphotography #slowphotography #believeinfilm 🎞️ #illawarra #mediumformat #35mm
#mamiya #photography #filmphotography #slowphotography #believeinfilm 🎞️ #illawarra #mediumformat #35mm
There is no anxiety quite like picking up a mechanical camera the night before an event and hearing a mystery rattle.
Heart-wrenching timing, given my love for this camera.
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #TLR #believeinfilm #eventphotography #twinlensreflex
🎞️ #kentmerepan200
Heart-wrenching timing, given my love for this camera.
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #TLR #believeinfilm #eventphotography #twinlensreflex
🎞️ #kentmerepan200
June 12, 2026 at 7:27 AM
There is no anxiety quite like picking up a mechanical camera the night before an event and hearing a mystery rattle.
Heart-wrenching timing, given my love for this camera.
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #TLR #believeinfilm #eventphotography #twinlensreflex
🎞️ #kentmerepan200
Heart-wrenching timing, given my love for this camera.
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #TLR #believeinfilm #eventphotography #twinlensreflex
🎞️ #kentmerepan200
The constant baseline. This dam and tree are my quiet testing ground for new film- a scene that holds stillness so often, allowing the subtle shifts in light and chemistry to actually show up.
🎞️ Ektar 100
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmsnotdead #analoguephotography #landscape
🎞️ Ektar 100
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmsnotdead #analoguephotography #landscape
June 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The constant baseline. This dam and tree are my quiet testing ground for new film- a scene that holds stillness so often, allowing the subtle shifts in light and chemistry to actually show up.
🎞️ Ektar 100
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmsnotdead #analoguephotography #landscape
🎞️ Ektar 100
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmsnotdead #analoguephotography #landscape
You came home with 500 photos and a vague anxiety that you didn't really get it. You didn't. Here's why.
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#photography #filmphotography #travel #slowtravel
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#photography #filmphotography #travel #slowtravel
The Cost of the Snapshot: Why We’re Forgetting the Places We Visit
There’s a particular kind of suffering involved in shooting with a heavy camera in bad weather.
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June 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
You came home with 500 photos and a vague anxiety that you didn't really get it. You didn't. Here's why.
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#photography #filmphotography #travel #slowtravel
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#photography #filmphotography #travel #slowtravel
I've been following the Lyrebirds for around 8 months now. It is coming in to breeding season and this female was foraging in Dharawal Country.
#addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Lyrebird #SuperbLyrebird #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
#addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Lyrebird #SuperbLyrebird #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
June 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I've been following the Lyrebirds for around 8 months now. It is coming in to breeding season and this female was foraging in Dharawal Country.
#addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Lyrebird #SuperbLyrebird #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
#addBirder #Birding #BirdPhotography #AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Lyrebird #SuperbLyrebird #Birdwatching #NaturePhotography
When the fog of the morning just starts to lift and the sun starts burning its way through- the herd starts to disperse and one or two always get curious about the camera.
📷 MamiyaC33
🎞️Ilford Delta 100
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmsnotdead #analoguephotography #horses
📷 MamiyaC33
🎞️Ilford Delta 100
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmsnotdead #analoguephotography #horses
June 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
When the fog of the morning just starts to lift and the sun starts burning its way through- the herd starts to disperse and one or two always get curious about the camera.
📷 MamiyaC33
🎞️Ilford Delta 100
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmsnotdead #analoguephotography #horses
📷 MamiyaC33
🎞️Ilford Delta 100
#mamiya #mamiyac33 #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmsnotdead #analoguephotography #horses