Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I do not drink alcohol. That being said, I do enjoy the fantastic and creative advertising signs and lights and clocks that used to decorate bars and taverns. You know – the ones where there’s a glistening backlit waterfall juxtaposed with a beer logo. Or the ones with a color-changing clock made from the outline…
Read MoreGood morning, everybody. Hope your day goes well, I’ve got a few things planned, but it looks like we’re in for some sunny weather in the Capital District. Let’s get outside and enjoy it. But before you go outside … let’s check out the posts from this week’s blogroll, shall we? Have a great weekend,…
Read MoreI’ve developed a routine with my vintage super-ultra-wide film camera, the Ukrainian-crafted Krasnogorsk FT-2 35mm shooter that I’ve colloquially nicknamed “Raskolnikov” – partially because it’s a reference to the main protagonist in a Dostoyevsky novel, and partially because it’s the barnyard expletive Boris Badenov mutters whenever moose and squirrel escape him. When this camera works,…
Read MoreAfter giving myself plenty of time to recover from failing at the Iowa State Fair’s photography salon for the second consecutive year (ugh), I received a “Call for Art” message in my Facebook feed. Specifically, this message. The Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts has an upcoming juried photography show that hopes to showcase the…
Read MoreMitch McConnell, the firebrand ultra-conservative Senate leader from Kentucky, probably died a few days ago. And the Republican leadership does NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW HE’S DEAD. Right now, the body of Mitch McConnell lies in state at an undisclosed hospital. He was found unconscious in June 2026, and hasn’t been heard from since. Well,…
Read MoreWay back in 2014, at the suggestion of one of my blog readers, I submitted entries for the Iowa State Fair’s photography competition. All my entries were rejected. Tried again in 2015. More rejections. I skipped 2016 – I didn’t feel like risking three rejections in a row. Then, in 2017, I tried again. And…
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After a couple of weeks of tossing names into a hat – and then tossing the contents of that hat into the trash – I came up with a name for my new-to-me 2017 Chevrolet Malibu. Specifically … this guy. And trust me, naming your car is more important than naming your firstborn. The name…
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I’ve photographed the amazing pyrotechnics performance at the Empire State Plaza for nearly 15 years. I’ve shot from various angles, I’ve tried various techniques. But my problem with capturing the fireworks is always the same. Either I’ve got the camera in such an angle that the Empire State Plaza towers bend inwards, or there’s so…
Read MoreIt is said that 250 years ago, Thomas Jefferson woke from a late sleep, and his first words were, “Oh, crap, that thing’s gotta be finalized TODAY?!?” Yep, today is the 250th birthday of the founding of this nation. A nation now run by a megalomaniac and his billionaire cronies and sycophants. You know, the…
Read MoreTo understand this photograph … you have to know my bedroom / office. Not “know” in the Biblical sense. Get your mind out of the gutter. My desktop computer is in my bedroom, and I have a window that greets the rising sun behind me as I type the morning’s blog post. Sometimes the early…
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