The Town and Village of Green Island still enjoys several community and municipal benefits – band concerts in the summer, parades on Memorial Day, a monthly newsletter with a hand-typed letter from the mayor. One of those town and village traditions is the annual visit for Santa Claus. Santa and his wife travel through the…
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Drop-Off Day for A Shooting Star
Back in the summer, I had a photo shoot up at the Corinth Reservoir, one of the darkest skies in the Capital District. I captured the Milky Way during a meteor shower … and one of the meteors photo-bombed my Milky Way image. Specifically … this little capture. I had several prints produced by my…
Read MoreMy Fort Edward panoramic attempt
If I told you I planned a photo composition for the past six years, would you believe me? Well … it’s true. Let me explain. In 2019, I photographed the CPKC Holiday Train as it arrived in Fort Edward, New York. Way back in the day. I even blogged about the experience. And it gave…
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The CO Railfan’s Dream
Here I am, once again, parked on the banks of the Sacandaga River. Here I am, poised and ready for one of the few times when the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railroad journeys from Corinth to Hadley – and, in doing so, crosses the Sacandaga. Yeah, I know I blogged about taking photos at the…
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Operation Toy Train and the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railway 2025
I think I’ve developed a new “season” in my photographic life. There’s “Competition Season,” where I enter my photos in various shows. There’s “Charity Season,” where the sale of some of my works help charitable endeavors. And I think I’ve organically developed “Railfan Season,” where I spend wintertime chasing various railroads around the Northeast, and…
Read MoreThe Results of BUILT 2025
I’ve entered Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT charitable auction for the past fifteen years. The artwork sales help preserve local Albany architecture and history, as part of the mission statement from Historic Albany Foundation. And this year, I entered two artworks. One photograph and one mixed-media collage. Time to check out how things look. This year’s…
Read MoreGold and Blue
So I’m still experimenting with my Pentacon Six TL camera and my multitude of five interchangeable lenses. And since there was still fall foliage about in the neighborhood, I wanted to try something. I placed my Zodiak 180-degree fisheye lens on the Pentacon, loaded the camera with some Kodak Portra 400 film, and wanted to…
Read MoreA Better View of the Shooting Star
Last July, as I spent the night in the Corinth Reservoir with my infrared camera pointed at the skies, I captured a brilliant image of part of the Perseids meteor shower. I assembled the photo capture and created a lenticular print that is definitely geared for Competition Season 2026. I even blogged about the experience.…
Read MoreThe Petzval Petzvar Lens for my Pentacon Six TL
God almighty, I really want a stellar Petzval-style swirly, dreamy vignetted bokeh photo with my medium format Pentacon Six TL film camera. And so far, I have had absolutely NO SUCCESS with this endeavor. Now I could find a 19th century original Petzval lens, and then try to integrate it with some sort of Rube…
Read MoreA trim is what I need
Last month, I created a super-ultra-wide composition photo by shooting a roll of B&W film in my Pentacon Six TL at the harness track, then switching to color film to photograph one of the races from start – to finish – to winner’s circle photo. And I blogged about it … because, yeah, I did.…
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