In filmmaking, a “Dutch Angle” occurs when the camera is slightly tilted, giving an appearance of a filmed scene being off-kilter. If you’ve ever watched the 1960’s Batman TV series, you’ve seen plenty of Dutch angles – they’re usually involving the hideouts or lairs of the criminal masterminds. I’m currently working on a photo project…
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“Do you want a bacon egg and cheese, or a bacon egg and cheese?”
On occasion, I will stop at one of the local fast-food breakfast emporiums on the way to work. And yesterday, I felt the itch to order some food at Dunkin’ Donuts. Yes, I still call it Dunkin’ Donuts, as far as I’m concerned, the word “Donuts” is still part of the company’s name. Normally, I…
Read MoreThe Porch Pirate
Last week, in anticipation of an upcoming photo shoot, I ordered a few rolls of expired Kodak Gold 200 Instamatic film, with the plan to respool the film and shoot it in another camera. On Monday, I received an e-mail that the film had arrived at my doorstep. By the time I got home ……
Read MoreGwen Berry gets the “cancel culture” treatment from people who hate “cancel culture.”
Gwen Berry finished in third place at the Olympic trials in her sport, the hammer throw. This little bit of news wouldn’t matter to most people, except for those who follow track and field sports. For example, here’s what the hammer throw looks like. Berry was at one point the national record-holder in the sport.…
Read MoreHBO Max’s upcoming “Jellystone!” TV series – excuse me while I go throw up.
Okay. We need to talk. Seriously, we need to talk. In the 1960’s, Hanna-Barbera created several seminal cartoon characters. You know them. Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Magilla Gorilla, all of them. And they appeared on network and syndicated TV broadcasts for ages. In 1971, the Hanna-Barbera characters appeared in a special…
Read MoreThere’s a Canadian Pacific Calendar photo contest? Shut up and take my photos!!
I’m still hoping and praying that there will be news regarding the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, and whether it will return to the rails in 2021. I had so much fun chasing the train for pictures and photos in 2017, 2018 and 2019 … and was bummed beyond belief when COVID-19 forced the train to…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 26, 2021
Good Saturday morning to you, my wonderful blog readers. As you know, Saturday is the day when I step aside and let the voices on my personal blogroll be heard. And there’s some great materials here this week, so I do hope you enjoy them. Let’s get started. BLOGS FOR TASTE Bill Dowd’s “Notes on…
Read MoreThe Strawberry Supermoon is Made of Green Cheese.
There are several upcoming celestial photography events in my lifetime – including things like Milky Way shots and meteor showers, which happen several times in a year, there is a total lunar eclipse arriving in 2022, an annular solar eclipse in 2023, and a total solar eclipse in 2024. And I need to confirm that…
Read MorePeter Puck: The Pokecheck Professor
Originally published in Animato! in 1997, updated in 2007 The Atlanta Flames hockey game just entered its first intermission period, and the television commentators discussed the early action. Most viewers took that cue to head for the fridge, the bathroom, the wrestling match on another station. A few moments later, the next picture the home…
Read MoreAs Max Scherzer unbuckled his pants in front of the umpires…
Right now, baseball is involved in a strange scandal. There are pitchers who are using a combination of suntan lotion, rosin and something called Spider Tack, which allows them to pitch fastballs and sliders with incredibly high spin rates, pitches that can flummox even the most skilled batters. It hearkens back to the days of…
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