Ubik Photography
@ubikphotography
Mostly retired “World’s Best Asexual Art Nude Photographer” | Pay your models | Any variation of NFT, AI, generative, or crypto gets you blocked | I don’t debate grifters
The pink glass tentacle dong is a cool toy, but it does not read well either on film or digital. Live and learn!
Mr. Bubble produces comical levels of bubbles, and for that I am eternally grateful.
When it comes to bubbles, saying that Jo "understands the assignment" is an understatement. These mountains o' suds are courtesy of Mr. Bubble Calm & Sleep Bubble Bath Body Wash & Shampoo.
This triptych from yesterday brings me so much joy. We were experimenting with a new technique for maximizing bubbles, and while the practice run was smooth it went completely sideways when it came time to take the shot. With the delightful and sudsy Jo Rose.
Portraiture with @ivysublime.bsky.social and Tri-X 400. I love everything about it, including the grain, and now I’m wondering what I’m going to do with the six rolls of 100 speed film in my refrigerator. Lit with a gridded beauty dish. 
More fun with Delta 3200 and soft window light. I am leaving the imperfections in this one, because they suit the casualness of a Chris and Claire photos session.
Strange things are afoot at the Dog House. Film is a harsh mistress and sometimes things go sideways in the development process…like having what appears to be a big blob of ectoplasm descending upon a local culinary landmark.
She’s baaaaaaack! Youxin Ye does amazing work and I can’t wait to put a few rolls through her (I’m kicking myself for not taking them out of the fridge until now). The viewfinder work alone is worth the $. It’s like someone removed the glass, yet kept the framelines. It’s THAT clear.
Living the concrete stairwell cliche, in glorious Tri-X 400. Absent from this photo: any amount of handwringing about whether the sky is the ”right” shade of blue given the film stock.
The Mercantile Center (home of the Hillsborough Galley of Arts) during golden hour. Taken on Kodak Gold 200. I’m still feeling very “meh” about color film. It’s too malleable and eager to please. You can’t trust it. B&W is steadfast, reliable. You know where you stand with B&W.
Kodak Gold 200 + Leica M6. Unlike b&w film, I’m finding it shockingly easy to deviate from what you get out of the native emulsion when working with color. I have early edits where the tones here are more realistic, but that erases what Gold brings to the table.
Summer is here and it is time to lean into my North Carolina Summer Heat Mitigation strategy: a shaved head. My M6 is out for a CLA and I miss her so much 😢
When I was studying photography in college (it was my first major) I had a professor whose kink was dynamic range. For every assignment, they said our submission must have a white, a black, and something like 14 shades of grey. They would be extremely proud of this image. Taken in Tri-X.
“Stone Lion Study (2026)” What can I say: I like photographing cats. With the amazing @ivysublime.bsky.social
Dappled sunlight is my new oeuvre. The last several photos look like throw-aways, but they were test shots with my new Leica M6 classic and I’m happy to say the meter checked out. Taken on Tri-X, natch.
The arrow led to nowhere. 1/10. Would not follow again. Contrasty goodness courtesy of Tri-X.
To paraphrase Capt. Tony, “All you need in this life is a sliver of window light and Tri-X 400–Brains don’t mean a shit.” My next collab with @ivysublime.bsky.social will feature Kodak T-Max 100, but honestly I can’t see finer grain films dethroning the legend. I’m sure I’ll eat those words.
@ivysublime.bsky.social + Tri-X. Name a more iconic duo. I’ll wait 🤪
I am the Jan Huss of short lighting, here to tell you you’re living your life wrong. @ivysublime.bsky.social + Leica Monopan 50.
32 Ivy Sublimes, courtesy of Capture One’s recently added contact sheet feature. I even printed one and dug my loupe out of storage. That was a real 1980s nostalgia blast.
Print day, vol 2. This stunner of @ivysublime.bsky.social was captured on Leica Monopan 50 and holy frak - the grain is so fine and subtle that even at 8x12 it is only distantly apparent. It’s a damn shame the emulsion is a PITA to work with, because the results are stunning.
Print day! Technically, a quick print to test an old paper stock and to see how my film scans look at 8” x 12”. I must say they look smashing, but then again @ivysublime.bsky.social does elevate every medium.
I call this one, "Green is the Stupidest Color, Gah! (2026)." I think green is hella overrated on the best of days, but in black & white it's just this flat mass of blech. #PhotographyHotTakes Maybe there's a reason why landscape photography never really clicked for me.
Chiaroscuro, Tri-X style (oh, and a Leica M6 + Voigtlander 35mm Nokton 1.4 II).
Today was a really good day to be an Arsenal fan. Leica M6 + Kodak Tri-X 400.
Another image from The Who Needs C-41 Processing When You Have DD-X files.
Adventures in Home Development, part 236: Last night I accidentally developed Kodak Ultramax 400 alongside my Tri-X. And yet I got perfectly usable scans! Thanks, Universe! I was feeling like an idiot while they dried.
We’ll get back to the nudes and lewds momentarily, but first: a derelict race car at Occaneechee Speedway.