Hello, I'm Becklo!
I'm a photographer and graphic designer in Detroit, Michigan. I like to take pictures and make stickers.
I do not like advertising myself. But alas, new year, new me. Or something.
Here's some stuff I've done that you can find at becklo.com :
#Art#ArtistsOfBluesky
This week’s video is about the tiny storefronts that make cities like #Hamtramck special. This little building has been a shoe store, music venue, and art gallery. Now, it’s home to Natural Villain Cinema, showing cult classics you won’t find at chain theaters. FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/K9s8_ZtFjfU
One of my favorite murals used to be on the wall where that billboard is. Just a silly little tiger!
Corktown, Detroit, Michigan
June, 2016
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#Photography#DigitalPhotography#Graffiti#Mural#StreetArt#PuchMaxi
Michigan Central Station (b.1913)
Detroit, Wayne County Michigan.
📸 Minolta Maxxum 7000i
🎞️ Kodak Gold
#photography#filmisnotdead#filmphotography#believeinfilm#minolta#35mm#lomography#architecture#beauxarts#oldbuildings#depots#powerlines#railroads#urbangaze#detroit#michigan
It's ok, you are still growing.
Midtown Detroit, Michigan
June 2026
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#DigitalPhotography#PhonePhotography#S24UltraPlus#Midtown#Detroit#StreetArt#MentalHealth#Positivity
Third Man Records
Midtown Detroit, Michigan
June 2026
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#DigitalPhotography#ColorPhotography#Architecture#Detroit#Midtown#JackWhite#WhiteStripes#RecordStore#Retail#Vinyl#Canon#Retropia#OreoLens
Underground Cable (fun fact: this is still the number to call in Michigan but now you can also dial 811 as a shortcut!)
Dearborn, Michigan
June 2026
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#DigitalPhotography#VintageSign#MichiganBell#Michigan#Telephone#MaBell#OldSchool#Nostalgia#Canon#StillLife
Ghostly Burgers & Fries
Little Ghost in Ferndale, Michigan
July 2026
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#DigitalPhotography#CandidPhotography#PortraitPhotography#Canon#SneakShot#ColorPhotography#MetroDetroit
It's ok, you are still growing.
Midtown Detroit, Michigan
June 2026
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#DigitalPhotography#PhonePhotography#S24UltraPlus#Midtown#Detroit#StreetArt#MentalHealth#Positivity
Probably an unpopular opinion within my social circle, but I love the Woodward Dream Cruise. I grew up with it and loved hearing the revving engines from my house.
I also believe it's more fun when you know someone who has classic cars and lets you ride in them!
Allen Park, Michigan
June 2026
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#DigitalPhotography#ColorPhotography#Snapshot#Hooters#RedRoofInn#Retropia#OreoLens#BlueSky#PowerLines#Canon#Affinity#Michigan#Downriver#Signs
I'll be hosting a walking tour of Poletown East on Sunday, June 28th @ 10 AM. It'll go until 11:30, when Mass at St. Hyacinth starts, and that's where the tour will end. All are welcome to join Mass. Even if you aren't religious (I'm not), the interior is worth sitting through service to see, IMO!
I sat down to give my website some much needed organization and I hurt my own feelings in the process.
🙌 Click here for validation: becklo.com/product-cate... 🫶
I'm doing a late night photo dump of pictures I've taken with a lens that was made from an upcycled disposable film camera lens, like what you'd buy at a drug store. The results have been interesting. I went into it with high hopes and I quickly learned I had to calm my expectations.
The real fun in it is how much the photos look like a special kind of 1990s vintage. It reminds me of when I had a 120 pocket film camera in like... 1996. It's hit or miss and if the photos look cool, it's because of composition and luck more than anything.
I am finding that adjusting the lighting and contrast in post creates some very interesting, creative results that I actually do like. I'm working on getting over the frustration of photos not being as crisp as I like because, again, this is a shitty upcycled 35mm point and shoot lens.
The thing about using a fixed lens that you can't focus is that if you shoot from inside your car, your windshield WILL betray you and show how dirty it is.
Allen Park, Michigan
June 2026
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#DigitalPhotography#ColorPhotography#Snapshot#Hooters#RedRoofInn#Retropia#OreoLens#BlueSky#PowerLines#Canon#Affinity#Michigan#Downriver#Signs
I've been having a lot of fun with this oreo lens I got from Aliexpress LOL
It's a plastic disposable camera lens housed onto a cap that fits your own camera, so the pictures ARE gonna be low quality but I think it's such a vibe, the photos spark joy hehe 😌
#photography#oreolens
It made me so happy to see Pinball Pete's represented at Combo Breaker!
Schaumburg, Illinois
May, 2026
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#CB2026#ComboBreaker#CandidPhotography#DigitalPhotography#VideoGames#PinballPetes#AnnArbor#EastLansing#Chicago#Canon#PortraitPhotography#IndoorPhotography
Artie the Donkey at the Detroit Institute of Arts
June, 2018
Detroit, Michigan
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#ArtAdventCalendar#Photography#DigitalPhotography#Statue#FineArt#Museum#DIA#Detroit#B&W#MonochromePhotography#Monochrome#BlackAndWhite#Indoor#ArtShare#DailyPhoto#PhotoOfTheDay#BlueskyArtShow
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
January, 2005
One of the goofiest photos I've ever taken.
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#ArtAdventCalendar#Photography#DigitalPhotography#StillLife#StudioPhotography#CloseUpPhotography#Portrait#Freud#Tampon#Surreal#Indoor#ArtShare#DailyPhoto#PhotoOfTheDay#BlueskyArtShow
One of my favorite photos is of my friend Derek here on Fort St. The Ambassador Bridge is in the background with trucks backed up waiting to cross into Windsor, Ontario, because that's what trucks on the bridge do.
Detroit, Michigan
October, 2008
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#Photography#NightPhotography#Sunset
Art for sale! I put some more of my drawings of TVs from movies up at my store, including these
Ghost World (2001)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
E. T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/category/obj...
We'll have a physical shop set up at the DeVos Center in downtown Grand Rapids next weekend, where @thebearfinessities.bsky.social and I will be selling shirts, prints, buttons, and more!
Come check us out at #JAFAX2026 if you're in town!
I'm extremely proud to announce that my spouse's merchandise sales website is up and running! @thebearfinessities.bsky.social 🐻💖✨
Y'all should check it out! They're high quality, comfortable, come in all sizes, and they look great!
sad-girls-club.printify.me
Marathon bought out a lot of the whiter neighborhood by them and tore it down, but didn’t make the same offer to the majority Black neighborhood directly across the freeway that deals with this same air