Last month, I submitted two of my legacy pieces – the lenticular color-changing Grateful Dead Super Beetle car The Long, Strange Trip, and my film collage of the Hamilton College Chapel, The Congregation of Carissima, to the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts for consideration in their regional juried photography show. I’m not expecting anything…
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Responses from the 2026 Big E photography competition
Well, at first I received acceptance notices from the Eastern States Exposition (the “Big E”)’s photography competition. Specifically, of the seven photos I entered, the Big E wants these two for the walls of the New England Center. Then I received a different response. The two pictures were NOT accepted. In fact, none of my…
Read MoreThe “Infinite Palette” call for art at Art Square New York
Earlier this year, my black and white photo Herbie Jr :v) Was Here was accepted into the digital show at Art Square New York’s black and white photography exhibition. Which, of course, made me very happy. So happy, in fact, that when Art Square New York announced a new call for art, with the title…
Read MoreThe Lomography Spinner 360 – I like it and I don’t like it
I currently have an ultra-wide film panoramic film camera, my Krasnogorsk FT-2 35mm Soviet camera that I’ve colloquially nicknamed “Raskolnikov.” It’s a hit-and-miss camera; sometimes the photos are incredible, sometimes they’re just meh. I want more than meh. With that in mind, there are three options for the type of super-ultra-wide camera I desire. There’s…
Read MoreResults from the Saratoga County Fair Photography Competition, 2026
Tuesday night. Finished up all my things at the day job, jumped into my Chevrolet and drove up I-87. On a Tuesday night. Why not? Well, the plan is to see how my nine artworks did at the Saratoga County Fair’s Photography Competition. This is my first year entering this show, so this is a…
Read MoreReturn of the Raskolnikov Bowtie
I’ve developed a routine with my vintage super-ultra-wide film camera, the Ukrainian-crafted Krasnogorsk FT-2 35mm shooter that I’ve colloquially nicknamed “Raskolnikov” – partially because it’s a reference to the main protagonist in a Dostoyevsky novel, and partially because it’s the barnyard expletive Boris Badenov mutters whenever moose and squirrel escape him. When this camera works,…
Read MorePicking myself up and dusting myself off
After giving myself plenty of time to recover from failing at the Iowa State Fair’s photography salon for the second consecutive year (ugh), I received a “Call for Art” message in my Facebook feed. Specifically, this message. The Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts has an upcoming juried photography show that hopes to showcase the…
Read MoreThe postcard from Iowa, 2026 edition
Way back in 2014, at the suggestion of one of my blog readers, I submitted entries for the Iowa State Fair’s photography competition. All my entries were rejected. Tried again in 2015. More rejections. I skipped 2016 – I didn’t feel like risking three rejections in a row. Then, in 2017, I tried again. And…
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The Empire State Plaza Fireworks show for 2026
I’ve photographed the amazing pyrotechnics performance at the Empire State Plaza for nearly 15 years. I’ve shot from various angles, I’ve tried various techniques. But my problem with capturing the fireworks is always the same. Either I’ve got the camera in such an angle that the Empire State Plaza towers bend inwards, or there’s so…
Read MoreSelf-Portrait at 6:00 a.m.
To understand this photograph … you have to know my bedroom / office. Not “know” in the Biblical sense. Get your mind out of the gutter. My desktop computer is in my bedroom, and I have a window that greets the rising sun behind me as I type the morning’s blog post. Sometimes the early…
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