Peaceful winter photography Sunday morning in Vermont

It’s 8am Sunday morning.ย  Before I head on my journey home, I wanted to photograph some beautiful winter scenery in central Vermont.ย  I mean, I’m here in Vermont, I have my Nikon D700 with me, not a good idea to waste an opportunity like this. There’s a river that runs along the Barre main road,…

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Prayers for a Tragedy in Tucson

It’s Saturday afternoon. I’m in Vermont, having lunch at the Soup ‘n Greens in Barre, talking the minor league life with the guys from the Saint John (N.B.) Mill Rats before their game that evening against the Frost Heaves.ย  I went back to the hotel room to gather my gear and catch up on the…

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“Can I ask you a couple of crazy questions?”

The other day, I related a story about how I was almost sucked into a multi-level marketing scheme.ย  There were several reasons why I didn’t want to get involved in that kind of stuff. Not the least of which was – a few years earlier, I actually participated in one of those programs. Background. It…

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Teaching and Inspiration: Remembering Bonnie Diefendorf

There were several teachers at my high school, teachers who inspired and challenged me to never settle for “just good enough.”ย  Eileen Kawola. George Mastrangelo. Peter Balint.ย  Bill Neumann.ย  Ahmad Naqi.ย  Beverly Eisenstadt.ย  Dorinda Davis.ย  Vince Pennisi.ย  Principal Lillian Tillman.ย  Even Big Dave Williams, the toughest hall monitor around. But if I had to select…

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So what is this izoca.com that you speak of, sir?

Those of you who are my friends on Facebook know that I limit my friends list to a maximum of 150 people.ย  That way, I know who you are and you’re not just a picture and a name and a recurring invitation to join Mafia Wars or Farmville. But there are other social media sites…

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Memories of L-Ken’s…

L-Ken’s has been shuttered for years.ย  The serving area is strewn with graffiti tags; the parking lot is starting to buckle. But I wanted to capture the memories of the iconic neon sign that drew people into the family eatery.ย  I wanted to recall the picnic tables that people sat at as they noshed on…

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And she went into the bedroom…

Let’s be frank about this.ย  My blog may be many things, but it’s not a dating / relationships blog.ย  It’s neither a foodie blog nor a political blog, which means that I don’t draw three-fourths of the Times Union blog traffic, but I digress. That being said – this is an observational blog.ย  And I’ve…

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Look whose photo got picked up on Twitter!

Background. Last year, I shot the vintage Coca-Cola advertisement in Schenectady – the one painted on the side of an old building on Broadway – as part of an experiment.ย  The idea was to cram two rolls of 35mm film into a medium format camera – and at the time, I was playing around with…

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