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Back in October 2010, I took an assortment of my best photographs, added inspirational quotes and Scripture verse – and produced a coffee table art book called Motivations, Vol. 1. It had a decent print run, and you can still order a copy or three for a holiday gift. But as you might have noticed,…

So my final “competition season” event – the photo contest at the Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival – turned out to be a bust. I entered five pictures, including Poestenkill Cascade and Butterfly and Citrus, and none of them picked up silk.  Or wool.  Other than that, I did have a good time at…

Last Saturday, inbetween running errands in the morning and getting ready for the Damien Center auction, I saw that there was still an opportunity to capture some fall foliage colors – and this time, it was in my home locale, the Town and Village. Got this at about 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. As all of…

So here it is. Wednesday afternoon, October 17, and I’m at the Colonie Town Hall with dozens of other photographers, all waiting for the big news – who among all of us have taken the pictures that will win this year’s St. Agnes Cemetery Photo Contest? The rules of the competition were simple. Photographers are…

Last year, my three entries for the Eastern States Exposition “Big E” photography competition were nearly bounced from the show on a technicality.  Apparently my pictures were SUPPOSED to have been matted and mounted, and I thought matting was optional rather than mandatory.  The pictures were still entered, and I did pick up a second…

The other day, I received a nice little paycheck from Getty Images for some of my photos.  Not enough for a steak dinner, but enough to buy some 120 film at my favorite little camera store, B&H in New York City. I checked online.  B&H is closed on all Jewish holidays and on Shabbot, but…