So I do this every year around this time … I go through all my photos from the past year, some that have won awards, some that didn’t but I still think they’re awesome, and I recap them in this year-end blog special. Hopefully I’ve captured your favorites from the past year as well. That…
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Test Shots at the Big E
Last week, I took a new-to-me Nikon EM film camera to the Eastern States Exposition (the Big E) for some camera-test shots. I wanted to see what this little guy would do – whether everything in the camera worked appropriately, and if I could feel confident in using this camera for upcoming projects. The Nikon…
Read MoreThe Invasion (or: one more Corinth Reservoir starry night shot)
So last Thursday night, instead of photographing the fireworks downtown, I chose to go uptown – uptown in the Adirondacks – and photograph a clear starry night. I captured a Milky Way cluster, and I also caught a sweet reflection of the Big Dipper in the Corinth Reservoir water. I had one other experiment, and…
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Instead of stars and stripes – how about a stripe made of stars?
To be honest, I thought about going to the Empire State Plaza and photographing the fantastic fireworks show. I really did. And then I remembered it would be a freakin’ furnace there. 100 degrees in the shade. And the Empire State Plaza HAS NO SHADE. I then thought about an auxiliary shooting spot, and after…
Read MoreThe hidden kitten
Yesterday, I had to run several errands – some doctor’s appointments (Chuck is okay), dropping off my Bob & Ron’s Fish Fry artwork to Arlene’s Artist Materials to get it framed up (it’ll be two weeks, plenty of time for Competition Season 2019), and a few other things. And in the afternoon, I had a…
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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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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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Another name for a waterfall
There is a part of me that, when my emotions are low, I try to find a way to combat the lowness. And although I haven’t done it as much of late … it’s time to break out the camera and take a walk. And for me, the walk yesterday was in the Adirondacks. Just…
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My 2018 Photos in the Altamont Fair are …
Has it really been ten years? Yeah. Ten long years. Ten years ago, I entered my first four pictures into the Altamont Fair’s photography competition. Two years later, I claimed my first silks, when Midnight at the Palace Theater took second place in the black and white category; two other pictures, The AGFA Bridge Over…
Read MoreMy entries for the Big E 2018 Photo and Art Exhibition are…
So this is a different avenue for me. Instead of printing and bringing my entries to the Big E and having them judged right then and there, I now must submit my photography entries – limit of two pictures – online. With limited space in the New England Center this year, all entrants are now…
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