So I’m still experimenting with my Pentacon Six TL camera and my multitude of five interchangeable lenses. And since there was still fall foliage about in the neighborhood, I wanted to try something. I placed my Zodiak 180-degree fisheye lens on the Pentacon, loaded the camera with some Kodak Portra 400 film, and wanted to…
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Caption Time: The Ugliest Car in the World
If you see that headline, you’ve already imagined which car would fit that description. And you’d be correct. But let’s take this even further. Because someone took the ugliest car in the world, gave it a vinyl wrap, and … well … I saw this yesterday on my way home. Give me a good caption…
Read MoreWhere are the eight great nitro-burning funny cars??
I swear I’m not hallucinating this. As a kid, I used to listen to the local radio Top 40 radio stations in the area – 980 AM WTRY (they had American Top 40 on Sundays, which was a plus) and 1540 AM WPTR (which had a range that could be picked up whether I lived…
Read MoreThe Latch Hook Covered Bridge project as of November 3, 2025
This is crazy. I started this rug project – a recreation of a photo I took of the Middle Covered Bridge in Woodstock, Vermont – last year around this time. I dibbed and dabbed at it, and halfway through the project I put it aside, causing me to miss the deadline for completing it and…
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Saturday morning, November 1, 2025. A crisp chill grips the Adirondack Mountains. And we are all here. The friends and family. The comrades and acquaintances. On this morning, we board the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railroad train for one morning excursion. An excursion to celebrate the passing of a good man. I’m at the depot…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, November 1 2025
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. A quick note before we go through the blogroll recap this week; make sure that before you go to bed tonight, you set your clocks back one hour. So if it’s 3:00, you set it for 2:00. And in America, we set 2025 back to what, 1931 or something?…
Read MoreBUILT 2025 contains two Chuck Miller artworks!
I’ve participated in Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT charitable auction for the past fifteen years. The sales of several of my photos and artworks have helped preserve distressed buildings and architecture in the Albany area, and for that I am happy. This year, two of my artworks – one photograph, one collage – will join the…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Music for a Holiday Train Ride
Yes, it’s that time of year. It’s the time when I take my camera gear and capture the CPKC Holiday Train and all its beautiful lights and majestic trim. Don’t even say a word about Halloween not arriving yet. As far as I’m concerned, I’m on a countdown and I’m not missing anything. And this…
Read MoreIn Tennessee, you can be arrested for driving while sober.
I’m sure you know the classic trope. You’re driving down a Southern country road, when suddenly, out of nowhere, you see flashing lights in your rearview. Local “county mountie” is behind you. You pull over to the side. Policeman lumbers out of the vehicle, asks for your license, your registration and your insurance. You hand…
Read More“Food Insecurity” is a nice way to say “starvation.”
You’ve heard the term “food insecurity.” It’s a phrase that references the inability to purchase quality, healthy foods due to several factors – the unavailability of nearby grocery stores or supermarkets (also creating a “food desert”); the rising cost of nearly everything (ground beef is nearly twice per pound what I paid for it last…
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