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I love photographing the tulips at TulipFest every year.  But last weekend had intermittent rainstorms, and I decided to wait until Monday to get the shots I wanted. And the shots I wanted … included shooting with an old vintage lens attachment. Follow me on this.

Do you remember last Monday’s post, when I went to Congress Park in Saratoga Springs for some photography?  Yeah, I only took one roll of film (dumb me), and spent the next hour afterward watching the ducks and contemplating life.  Not necessarily in that order, mind you… My goal at the time was to take…

So I took several of my stereo photos … brought back a toy from my childhood – and made my first-ever stereo viewing disc. Want to see it? Sure you do!

As I gather my photos for Competition Season 2017, I know that there are several images that I’ve placed in the “short pile” for this year’s shows.  And in doing so, I hope that my photography skills have improved with time.  It’s a challenge each year to come up with the best images – ideas…

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I drove up to the Adirondacks and retook a picture of a broken bridge in Warrensburg and called it Troubled Bridge Over Water?  Of course you do. At the time, I mentioned that I had captured the photo with both my digital and film cameras … but at…

There’s something about a winter scene that really captures my imagination.  And of late, I’ve been having fun with this restored Kodak Stereo film camera, including packing it with various films and seeing what I can achieve. Last Saturday, as I drove to Thacher Park to attend the opening day of the annual Nature Show,…

I’ve been testing out my new-to-me Kodak Stereo camera for a few days now, and over the weekend I had an itch to photograph the snowy, chilly Washington Park area. That’s right.  Most people go to church on Sunday morning … for me, “church” is a camera and a location. Besides, I’ve been testing out…

So the other day, I blogged about taking an old Kodak Stereo camera, shooting some pictures of the Toll Gate Ice Cream parlor in Slingerlands, and turning the resulting photos into a three-dimensional cinemagraph.  You know… and got this picture for my efforts. And after reading some of the blog comments about the project, I…

The Toll Gate Ice Cream restaurant in Slingerlands has always been, for me, a mental recharging station.  I’ve enjoyed their burgers and fries on my trips to Thacher Park; I’ve noshed on their grilled cheese sandwiches when I’m trying to think of a new photographic concept. And with that in mind … I tested out…

This is my one chance to try this. My one and only chance, in this one and only location. And if I screw this up… for sure, I’ll never get another opportunity.  Never.  Because the location will disappear as soon as the bulldozers and the demolition crews arrive. I must prepare and I must persevere.…