Last year, my model friend Muse posed in front of a distressed sign on North Lake Avenue in Albany.ย The picture, Ladies Make Their Own Entrances, later found its way to the Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT charitable auction. The other day, as I’m testing out some redscale film in my Leica M3 camera (“Leica Green”),…
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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 29, 2019
Good morning everybody.ย It’s going to be a great sunny weekend, so don’t miss a single bit of sunshine. Well, maybe a few bits of sunshine.ย You should at least take some time and read this week’s batch of great blogs from this week’s batch of great bloggers, writers, photographers and podcasters. Shall we get…
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“Don’t mind the weeds, the car’s still driveable…”
As we approach the deadline for many of my Competition Season entries, I’m still looking for an awesome infrared picture to get into the mix. Now with color infrared film, you definitely want some mixture of organic and non-organic subjects in the picture.ย You know … something with a little creeping ivy, or a bit…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Ah-one, and ah-four, and ah-three, and ah-two…
YouTuber Adam Emond has carved out a precise little niche for himself on the channel.ย He takes popular songs and re-edits the track – so that the second and fourth beats in each song are swapped. You may need to go to your medicine cabinet and break out the Excedrin.ย This may hurt. In doing…
Read MoreLife in the Doghouse on Netflix – watch it or don’t?
Yesterday, one of my Facebook friends posted a trailer for a documentary on her FB wall.ย It looked intriguing.ย So last night, I decided it would be worth watching. The documentary, Life in he Doghouse, follows the life of Danny Robertshaw and Ron Danta, two experts in equestrian dressage training who developed a passion for…
Read More“Hurry up! Get in here for the picture!!”
Of late, I’ve had lots of fun at the harness track.ย I might not win lots of money at the harness track, but it’s still a nice day outside and worth a couple of hours of my time. Plus, on Sundays, my horse Mugshots Bro – a 7-year-old trotter with plenty of power – seems…
Read MoreOh come on … Not the Banana Splits, too …
As a child of the 1970’s, I feasted on Saturday morning programming.ย And I had a serious feast for the Saturday morning creations of Sid and Marty Krofft.ย Their puppet / live action series were inventive and creative and fun.ย I’ve already written in the past about how Joy the Bugaloo was one of my…
Read MoreFragments of finality
I received the death certificate last Thursday.ย It should have arrived a day earlier, but there was a mix-up at UPS. Well, my father died four months ago, what’s another day to wait? Backstory. Last week, I discovered – right around Father’s Day Weekend – that my biological father, Robert Miller, had passed away in…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 22, 2019
Good morning, loyal blog readers.ย As you know, on Saturdays I step away from writing my blog, and allow the bloggers on my personal blogroll to shine.ย I provide links to their writings and photos, and I encourage you to visit and comment on their work. So here’s this week’s crop, and I hope you…
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One frame in the mystery roll … do not EIR with these shots …
So I was cleaning up around my apartment and I found this one canister of Kodak EIR 35mm infrared film. Woah. Do you know what this is?ย It’s Kodak’s ultra-rare color infrared film.ย This stuff is like finding a Black Lotus card in a Magic: The Gathering pack. But here’s the problem.ย I don’t know…
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