Sunday morning, 6am. I’m waking up from a comfortable sleep at the Clarendon Hotel in the center of Quebec City. I look at my wristwatch. It’s time to get out of bed – and drive another 7 hours. See, when I schedule PBL games to photograph, I can’t just do one game and spend the…
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First PBL Game of the Season – Buffalo v. Quebec
Saturday morning. Loaded up the Pontiac 6000 with my camera equipment, my laptop computer, and myself. Destination – Quebec City, home of the Quebec Kebs of the Premier Basketball League, who with the demise of the Continental Basketball Association are now one of the only independent minor league hoops circuits. It’s the PBL and the…
Read MoreGetting my camera equipment cleared by Homeland Security
We live in a much different time than years ago. And because of these new times, one can’t just drive up to Canada, show a driver’s license, smile at the border guard and be on my way. Last year, for the first time in my life, I actually applied for and received a passport. I…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons Alumni Report
Anybody who knows me understands that I have an affinity for the Albany Patroons – both the original version (1982-93) and Version 2.0 (2005-2009). The casual sports fan knows that Phil Jackson, who now has an NBA ring for every finger on his hands, earned his first coaching ring by leading the Patroons to the…
Read MoreMy photographs… bigger than life and stuck to a bedroom wall??
Friday afternoon. I get a call from Mike Gilligan, a member of an organization called MPG Sports. He is working with the Premier Basketball League to produce a series of wall-sized photographs, similar to the ones manufactured by Fathead – and have them on display at the 2009 PBL Entry Draft this Thursday in Chicago.…
Read MoreMichael Jordan had thousands of shots… I only had time for one
Thursday evening, September 10, 2009. I’m walking around the Basketball Hall of Fame, as a hired photographer for the memorabilia auction house Grey Flannel Auctions, taking photographs of the returning basketball hall of famers and their families. I was there with several other photographers, all of whom were waiting for THE MOMENT. THE MOMENT was…
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