Many years ago, I tried to submit some of my artworks to a major art event, the annual Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region. My images were not accepted. And in that unacceptance, I received some comments about WHY my photos were rejected… At the time, I had submitted a mixture of different film techniques…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, June 23, 2018
I’m a little busy right now, gotta make sure that my kid made it all the way from Washington State to New York for a couple of weeks. And while all that’s going on … I still need to find time to take care of the 7 and 7. I don’t want to leave all…
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A difference between slide and print Infrared film
During my experiments with color infrared film – both medium format slide and print formulae – I wanted to determine the best outputs for both products. What I’ve discovered is – with the color print Infrared film (“CIR 120”) I’ve acquired, I have more flexibility with my shots. In sunlight, I can use the photographer’s…
Read More“In moral crisis” or “immoral crisis”? Oh you wacky cell phone, you…
I was driving through Greene County yesterday, and out of the corner of my eye, I spotted something. It was a very distinctive artistic spraypainted tag. Someone had makred up a steel girder with an American flag. Not just any American flag, mind you … an upside-down flag. As you know from flag etiquette, an…
Read MoreNBC’s “Cliff Hangers!” 1979 failed genre TV show!
It’s 1979, and the National Broadcasting Company – who for many decades was the predominant force in primetime television dramas and comedies – was sputtering. The network, mired in third place behind ABC and CBS, tried everything they could to draw an audience. Put McLean Stevenson in a sitcom about a radio talk show host? …
Read MoreThe last time children were taken away…
I am normally a very open-minded person when it comes to Facebook. My friends have differing opinions and ideologies, and they post them on their Facebook walls. I don’t have to agree with what they say, and they don’t have to agree with me. Yesterday, I unfriended a longtime Facebook friend. The comment made? “If…
Read MoreWhitney Avalon sings again!
Actress Whitney Avalon has done whatever it takes to break through in the entertainment industry. She’s appeared in several TV shows and commercials (she’s the mother in the blended family Cheerios commercials), she’s produced a series of wildly popular “Princess Rap Battle” videos (the one between Snow White and Elsa from Frozen has maybe 70…
Read MoreFather’s Day for children of abusive fathers
I remember the moment clearly. It was the spring of 2014. I was visiting the Albany Center Gallery; my photo The Jumbuck, a profile shot of an Icelandic sheep, was my first-ever acceptance into the Capital District Photo Regionals. Man, what a great moment. What an accomplishment. Then I received the text. “Dad died. Don’t…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, June 16, 2018
Hi everybody, and welcome to another Saturday recp of the great writing and photography from the bloggers and photographers that make up my personal blogroll. While I have a steady habit of blogging at least once every day (and have done so for nearly ten years), I take one day each week to step aside…
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Entering a contest that I’m ineligible to enter …
Nothing like trying to enter my photos in a competition in which I already know I have no chance of succeeding. That has to be the epitome of cojones, right? Let me explain. The United States Government has an image competition every year for their national Federal Duck Stamp. Painters and illustrators around the nation…
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