Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I have had a tremendous amount of fun with finding old postcards from the Town and Village of Green Island, and then trying to superimpose those old images onto the way the area looks today. Last year, my shot of the old McGowan Fire Hose building – now an apartment complex – took an Honorable…
Read MoreI swear … inspiration for photographic concepts comes from the weirdest of places. And in this case … it involved 2:00 a.m. insomnia scrolling on social media. It’s where I saw what appeared to be an advertisement for a very cool kaleidoscope. To be more precise … it’s a Pyramidion Kaleidosphere. This device. Gaze and…
Read MoreWith tomorrow being a WHCL “Nightowl Radio Show” playlist, and Saturday designated as a “What’s Up in the Neighborhood” blogroll recap, this is essentially the last day of 2022 for me to share my personal recap of ten Chuck Miller-captured photos and my feelings about capturing them. So if you’ll indulge me on this wee…
Read MoreSo yesterday, I took some pictures up in the North Country – apparently my goal must be to capture the Saratoga, Corinth and Hudson Railway train as it travels through the Adirondacks. I wanted to try an infrared shot of the train, and thankfully I had a pack of Kodak HIE infrared B&W film in…
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I recently created an art image by superimposing a vintage postcard of St. Joseph’s Church in Green Island into a current photo at that same location. I liked it. Liked it a lot. I thought it was good enough to enter into competition. As I said … it’s good enough. But the more I look…
Read MoreSo my Big E photos (and their subsequent ribbons) should be on their way back to me any day now. But with that in mind, the Big E was also kind enough to email me the judges’ results for my two photos, Strasburg Number 90 and Five Tickets To Ride Day and Night. Now, mind…
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I only get one shot at this. Well, eight shots, maximum. Two little things came in the mail recently. I had ordered some drop-in lens filters for my Kodak Medalist II camera (“Kodak Red”), and one of the filters in the collection was a vintage Wratten R78 filter. Perfect for shooting infrared film. Also in…
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I’ve participated in BUILT, Historic Albany Foundation’s annual charity auction and art show, for the past 11 years. I have seven of the commemorative “artist” pins (I lost the 2013 pin last year, grr), and I also have the 2021 commemorative COVID face mask. But I also have wonderful memories of participating in the event.…
Read MoreOver the years, I’ve acquired various film stocks that, for one reason or another, I just don’t use. To the point where if I ever wanted to employ them in standard photography, well, the stock just doesn’t stand up to the efforts. Such was the case when I acquired a pack of Kodak Vericolor 120…
Read MoreHere we go again. Chuck’s trying something funky with his film cameras. It’s a sunny Sunday, and I’m up at the Saratoga thoroughbred track. The goal is to expand on the photographic technique I employed in my photo Pride of the Palace. You know, the kind of stuff I do that makes pictures like the…
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