I’ve had my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, nicknamed “The Blackbird,” for at least six months now.ย And now comes its first true test. Road trip to Canada.ย Specifically, Saint John, New Brunswick, home of this week’s National Basketball League of Canada All-Star Classic. Why am I here?ย Trust me.ย It’s an All-Star Game.ย Actually, counting…
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This May, come to “A Dream in the Dash”
I haven’t been able to announce the full details of this just yet – most of what has happened has involved “behind the scenes” negotiations and the like – but today, I definitely want to share some of the good news with all of you. A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Kelly Grimaldi,…
Read MoreChristmas snows at Schuyler Flatts
December 25th.ย Time to wake up.ย Rise and shine. I glimpse out the window.ย Snow.ย First Christmas snow.ย The snow’s loose and powdery – enough to coat my car, but not enough to build a snowman or a snow fort.ย But there’s enough white powder on the ground to convince me to get out of…
Read MoreNYS Fair Photo Contest 2012: Did anything get through?
It’s Thursday night.ย I just want to relax, put my feet up, ride out the upcoming thunderstorm, and watch a whole night of How It’s Made episodes.ย Yeah, it was that kind of day. Cell phone rings.ย I check the Caller ID.ย 315 area code.ย That’s either Hamilton College bugging me for a donation, or…
Read MoreCasting a line on a hot, hot day
These long hot weekends are really taking a toll on me.ย Yes, it’s great to have these scorching, cloud-sparsed days, but man can we mix in at least one summer shower? That being said, I decided to take my camera gear to the Cohoes Falls for a few photos.ย In the summer, one can actually…
Read MoreHer Stolen Heart
I have a good “photographer / model” relationship with my friend Lauren.ย She’s willing to pose for any photos I need, and she gets TFP – “time for prints.”ย And as I started going over my pictures for competition season, I had an idea for a photograph that would make people do a double-take –…
Read MoreA Smoking Filter Without Menthols
I’ve been working with screw-in filters on some of my photography of late – mostly my Prokudin-Gorskii photos, where I have to screw a red – then a green – and then a blue – filter to create color film off black-and-white images. In my camera filter arsenal is a smoke-colored Hoya 52mm ND400 filter.ย …
Read MoreBlack Starlight: A Sun Trails Photo
In Greek mythology, the god Helios drove the chariot of the sun across the sky. I don’t presume to be Helios.ย But I DO have a plan to chronicle the path of the sun across the sky. This took a lot of planning – at least a year.ย Back then, Greg Dahlmann, the “Greg” of…
Read MoreAtlantic Light: The Nova Scotia Sunrise
So I’m up here in beautiful Nova Scotia for the National Basketball League of Canada All-Star Weekend, and during my precious down-time moments from photographing and enjoying all the All-Star festivities, I wanted to capture a harbour sunrise. Yes, “harbour.”ย I’m in Canada, they don’t have “harbors” here. So it’s about 6:30 in the morning…
Read MorePhotographing the St. Patrick’s Day Parade … the big one in New York City.
I had a photo assignment from one of my clients, and it required me to travel to New York City on Saturday.ย As I started to plan my trip, I realized that if I traveled to New York that day, I would be traveling in the middle of traffic for St. Patrick’s Day.ย This meant…
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