Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
You may have heard that I’m trying something new with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 ultrawide camera “Raskolnikov.” I had previously tried to craft a “weave” by crossing two strips of 35mm film into an intersectional photograph. Liked it, but wanted more. So last Sunday I went back to that bendy road near Route 157, just off…
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Off and on, I’ve tried to create a “weave” photo, which would entail warping-and-wefting two different types of film together into one cohesive image. But none of my cameras had enough wide-angle ability to do it either properly or productively. At least nothing that would work as well as I preferred. So right now it’s…
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Look, I know I’ve been going on and on about my Florida vacation. But I need to focus on it so that I’m not focusing on other things. If you know what I mean. And that includes the remainder of the photos from my cameras. I spent Memorial Day at Flagler Beach, along Florida’s Central…
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No, that’s not the opening line of a confusing joke. By the time you get up and read this blog post, though, I’ll most likely be out the door, dropping off photo images at McGreevy Pro Lab on my way to the day job. One of my famous blog slogans is, “It’s not Monday unless…
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As I may have mentioned in a blog post or two, last Saturday I took a trip to Niagara Falls with several of my film cameras. I’m hoping that my camera gear can capture – in their own specific and unique way – the beauty and grandeur that is Niagara Falls. And one of the…
Read MoreFor the better part of a year, I’ve shot pictures with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 ultrawide panoramic camera (the camera I’ve nicknamed “Raskolnikov”, which either means the protagonist in Crime and Punishment, or the barnyard expletive uttered by Boris Badenov in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons). I’ve had some successes, some non-successes, but I haven’t given…
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It was a beautiful sunny, summer June day. And I was outside, taking pictures of the lakehouse in Washington Park with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 “Raskolnikov” camera. I wanted to test out some Fuji Velvia slide film in the camera, and since I had taped up part of the camera’s interior to reduce its fixed aperture…
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Let me state right now that my original plan changed in minutes. It went from excitement to concern. I wanted to test out whether my Russian ultra-wide Krasnogorsk FT-2 camera “Raskolnikov” could handle some race action. I say that because I had a roll of Revolog Tesla 1 boutique film, with its pre-printed lightning strikes,…
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A few weeks ago, I attended the All Over Albany birthday bash at the Takk House in Troy. The Takk House is a banquet hall / entertainment center / reception facility in the heart of downtown Troy, and is built from what used to be a Knights of Columbus facility. As I was hanging up…
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So although I’ve been able to knock things out of the park with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 ultrawide camera “Raskolnikov,” not every experimental shot that camera has produced has proved successful. I suppose that’s the nature of the beast; you fail until you succeed. It’s part of the learning process. One thing I definitely learned regarding…
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