Let me explain something right now.ย I’m still working on my photo project from the fireworks from the Empire State Plaza.ย That hasn’t changed.ย But I know that there are readers who still want to see fireworks photos I took from this holiday weekend. So… A quick trip over to Waterford, with my Nikon D700…
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Coloring outside the borders
In 1969, I attended first grade at Clarksville Elementary School (school number two of the “Twelve”).ย At the time, I didn’t understand why I wasn’t in first grade at Slingerlands Elementary School with the rest of my friends and neighbors – and why, for that fact, was I in a classroom with only six other…
Read MoreYou’ll have to wait for my fireworks photos.
I just want to give everyone a head’s-up … if you’re coming to my blog this morning, looking for some fireworks photos from the Empire State Plaza… You’ll have to wait a day or two. But I promise… it’ll be worth the wait. This was my fifth time photographing the fireworks at the Plaza, and…
Read MoreDevelopment over Time: Say Cheese…
Marcie Pry – you might know her as “Short Temper” from the Hellions of Troy Roller Derby team, as well as being one of the Roller Derby bloggers – asked me a question that, for all intents and purposes, I didn’t feel comfortable expanding on in a blog comment.ย Here’s her original question, which was…
Read MoreKowa! Kowa!! KOWA!!! ๅง่จๅ! ๅง่จๅ!! ๅง่จๅ!!!
No, I’m not doing my best John Belushi impersonation, and I’m not mis-reciting the name of a 1970 motion picture epic. Let me explain. Two years ago, I received a very special camera gift from my fellow blogger Teri Conroy.ย It was a Rolleiflex Automat MX twin-lens reflex camera, and using it allowed me to…
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 MoreCan Rocky Hardcore cheat death three times at Lebanon Valley Speedway’s “Eve of Destruction” 2012?
Here’s the deal.ย Last year, I snagged some awesome action shots at Lebanon Valley Speedway’s “Eve of Destruction” race event.ย And the highlight of the night was when daredevil stunt driver Rocky Hardcore jumped a fire truck over a school bus.ย Wow. Last year, Rocky was part of a collective of daredevils and stunt drivers,…
Read MoreOh come ON! Not Ritz Camera, too?
Yesterday I had to make a stop at Crossgates Mall; Ritz Camera gave me a call, two pictures that I designated for entry into competition season – that I had asked Ritz Camera to print in “deep matte” format – were ready for pickup. Okay, here I am at the mall, I’ll pick up the…
Read MoreTwo less Uneeda Biscuit signs in the Capital District
A few months ago, Kevin Baker, he of the “Trivia Nights Live” team, sent me an e-mail.ย Apparently some construction work on Albany’s Lancaster Street revealed an advertisement for a local pharmacy and ice cream shop, and if I wanted to take a picture of it, I should get to Lancaster Street as fast as…
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 –…
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