There’s a shipment of extension tubes on its way from B&H Photo in New York City to my home at the Town and Village. And tonight, I’m pit-stopping at Jo-Ann Fabrics to find some black velvet or black fleece fabric. Trust me. It’s on. Background. Last week, I captured snowflakes from an early morning snowstorm. …
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The Snowflake
Okay, It’s freezing outside. The temperature is colder than a pawnbroker’s heart. Snow falling all over the ground, God’s holy dandruff coating the neighborhoods. Good. Just what I want to happen today. Let me explain. Earlier this year, I tested out some macro photography to capture snowflakes as they landed on a fence post. I…
Read MoreSnowflakes on a fence post
It’s Thursday morning, and I need to hit the road and reach my day job. I have a few minutes to spare, and I look outside. Snow flurries. Light, fluffy snowflakes drifting in the air like ballet dancers to a Vince Guaraldi soundtrack. I look at my watch. I have a few minutes. Let’s get…
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Call for Entries: The 41st Annual Capital District Photo Regionals
There are competitions … and there are competitions. And one of the big competitions for me has been the Capital District Photo Regionals, the chance for photographers around the area to showcase their best works and to see how they’re judged against their fellow photographers. First things first. If you live within a 125-mile radius…
Read MoreIt does look much better in metallic…
A few months ago, I was fortunate to photograph a rainbow as it stormed through the Capital District. Yeah, I know. Rainbow 101. Anybody can capture a rainbow. But I caught the rainbow with its bow connected to the Half Moon weather vane atop the SUNY Administration building (the old D&H building) in downtown Albany.…
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A Christmas Eve Choice
It’s Christmas Eve. I’m thinking of last-minute shopping, maybe getting a few last-minute projects out of the way … And as I look out the window… I see snowflakes. Is there enough snow on the ground? Yeah. Is there enough time to get there and back? Yeah. Plans change in a second. Instead of my…
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Chuck’s Photos of 2018
It’s Christmas Eve, and I take this time – in-between last minute shopping and the like – to look back on how my photos did this year. There were some successes and there were some should-have-been successes – as well as some pictures for Competition Season 2019. But these photos are tones I feel really…
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An aluminum rainbow
When I’m satisfied with a business or with a merchant, I will use them again for future projects. Case in point. Although my local print lab, McGreevy ProLab, does the lion’s share of my artistic prints, they do not have the facilities available for printing my photos on metal substrates. This is where I call…
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A return to the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train
Background. Last year, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train traveled through the Capital Region. The train run combines a mobile concert with a charitable fundraiser – visitors are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the local food banks, and the train provides a half-hour of holiday music and contemporary hits. A good time is had…
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Returning to Rexleigh
I thought I was done with driving to the hinterlands and photographing the Rexleigh Covered Bridge that spans the Battenkill River. I mean, after my triple-blue-winning Washington County 2:30 a.m. picture, with the Rexleith Bridge in the foreground and the Milky Way in the distance … I thought I had captured my “Rexleigh shot” and…
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