A couple of weeks ago, I had my model friend Lauren toss leaves in the air, while I photographed them (and her) with my Nimslo four-lens camera. Here was the best shot of the day, as far as I was concerned. I liked the way this image turned out.ย I really do.ย I actually thought…
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Another Salty Mug
So I’ve been having fun with this “salty mug” concept, to the point where I want to have a mug explode in excreted salt lines.ย Eventually I’ll come up with a great photo concept on this, but for now I’m just having fun destroying drinking mugs. My concept and theory was based on this blog…
Read MoreSomeone’s taking “Beetle Bailey” too literally…
Everybody loves Beetle Bailey, the military comedy comic strip about life at Camp Swampy.ย You know – Beetle Bailey, Sgt. Snorkel, General Halftrack, Ms. Buxley (on Wednesdays), all the fun stuff. In addition to 65 years of newspaper comics, Beetle Bailey was also made into a series of animated cartoons in the early 1960’s. Okay.ย …
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Searching for the bowling signs
I knew they existed.ย I just didn’t know where to find them in this day and age.ย But find them I did.ย And I’m glad for it. Background. I’ve blogged in the past about how everybody in my family excelled in bowling.ย Everybody, that is, except me.ย But one thing I was fascinated with in…
Read MoreI avoided a parking ticket with these four words…
This morning, I was in Schenectady on some personal business.ย There are plenty of parking meters in front of the municipal building in Schenectady, and normally I could put in 25c and get half an hour of parking time, which would have been more than enough for me. Today, I noticed that the City of…
Read More“Is that okay?”
These are true stories – and sometimes truth is harder to believe than fiction.ย And if you hear someone saying to you, “Is that okay?” when they take your order or monitor your purchases, be prepared to scratch your head in disbelief. Case study #1. I was at Home Depot last Saturday morning, purchasing some…
Read MoreWanna go on a TV game show?
So here’s the deal.ย After years of trying out for The Chance, I’ve decided to take a step back and reassess my strategies.ย Or, as I like to put it, my quest to appear on a big money quiz show is “taking a break.”ย That doesn’t mean that I’ve lost my drive; it just means…
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The Adventures of Chargin’ Chuck Miller
When your first name is one of the most common Anglo-Saxon names out there, and your last name is one of the ten most common surnames in America, there’s bound to be a few more Chuck Millers out there than one would expect.ย ย There’s a professional riding lawn mower racer with that name; there’s a…
Read MoreJust outside of Stonersville… no, really…
The Pennsylvania trip yesterday was a lot of fun.ย I did get a chance to drive through some beautiful, bucolic, pastoral locations, and on the recommendation of one of my closest friends, I was directed to look for a certain barn. “This would be a great barn for your photo competitions,” she said to me.ย …
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A little scrapple in the morning
Yesterday I did a road trip to south central Pennsylvania – it was a combination “photo day” and “getaway day” and “pickup day” (I acquired a super-swank Dream Window frame that was too delicate to ship). Before I left the region, I stopped at a local grocery store and purchased a few regional foods –…
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