Let’s see. It was 90 degrees in the shade on Tuesday night. The Empire State Plaza was packed with thousands of celebratory Capital District residents, all of whom were enjoying food and drink, and getting ready for Sheila E. and the fireworks show. Or the fireworks show with Sheila E., depending on your perspective. Mother…
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The Empire State Plaza fireworks, 2023 edition (in 3D)
Every year I try to find a new way to photograph the Empire State Plaza’s 4th of July fireworks celebration. I’ve shot it from the parking garage on Eagle Street, I’ve captured images from the roof of the Kenmore Hotel. North side of the Plaza? Got it South side of the Plaza? Got it. I’ve…
Read MoreA covered bridge shot at Powerscourt
I’m planning on making a set of covered bridge View-Master reels, just for the hell of it. I already have one image of the seven I’ll need for this project (the Paper Mill Covered Bridge in Vermont), and I’d like to add six more to this set. On Monday, I took my Nikon Df dual…
Read MoreExcelsior Pass: 2021-2023
In 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I added an app to my cell phone that would automatically provide my vaccination status if needed or requested. For example, if you want to attend a concert and need to show your vaccination status, all you do is whip out your cell phone, press the…
Read MoreNo, I have NEVER put corporations on blast …
One of my friends recently dealt with a contact lens company – and not in a good way. He complained that the contact lens company took over two months to finally tell him they couldn’t make his contact lenses. And he wrote on social media, “Should I blog about this?” Oh, I don’t know ……
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 1, 2023
Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian readers out there. Let us all celebrate the heritage of Canada by eating a bowl of poutine, buying something with Canadian Tire money (the real stable currency of Canada), and breathing in that exported Canadian wildfire smoke. Damn, I woke up this morning and it felt like the…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for June 30, 2023
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Today’s mix includes the brand new release from one of my favorite rock bands, the group Goanna with a new track called…
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5 > 8 = 2
A week ago, I took my three-dimensional photography setup to the Washington Avenue Armory to capture some Albany Patroons action shots. I did this earlier in the season, and one of my shots, Rejection By Williams, actually received entrance into the International 3D Photography Salon in Vienna, Austria. Look, I don’t know about you, but…
Read MoreA chance to celebrate the flowers with an old high school friend
Pernell Michael was a good friend of mine from high school. We took several of the same classes together, hung out after school, just two kids having a great time. And then, in the middle of our senior year, Pernell joined the Army and left school. And that was the last time the two of…
Read MoreMy TV fantasy wedding bells would be for …
This recent Twitter post caught my attention. Okay. I’ll play along. For this question, I’m going to limit my choices to television characters, not the actresses who played them on TV. I’ll also mention why, even if it were a one-in-a-zillion possibility of ever happening, why it would never work out. So let’s start with…
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