Yeah, this is a weird, weird winter. It’s five degrees above zero this morning, and as I look out the window – I don’t see a single snowflake. It’s like we’re getting set up for what could be the mother of all Nor’easters. So… Last Saturday, when I had to travel to Rochester for a…
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No, this isn’t the Polar Express… but it could be the Midnight Meat Train…
Yesterday I grabbed several different cameras – my Nikon D700 digital, my Nikon F100 35mm shooter, my Rolleiflex Automat MX 120 shooter, and my Agfa Chief 616 shooter – for a day of photography through the North Country. And while my film shots are currently getting dunked and dipped at McGreevy Pro Lab, at least…
Read MoreMy Best Photos of 2011
As the new year begins, I once again look back at the past twelve months of photos and experiments and snapshots and splitfilms, seeing which of my photographs have really stood out for the new year. I said goodbye to some cameras and hello to others. Some of my photos picked up silk – others…
Read MoreThe Christmas Star Trails – and a very special star that just shot by…
I wanted to try this, and this may be the only chance in my lifetime that this will work. Everything has to coordinate. I need as clear and cloudless a sky as possible. I can’t have any artificial lighting sources – streetlights, headlights, anything. A once-in-a-lifetime photograph – capturing a star trail on Christmas Eve.…
Read MoreAt the Top of the Empire State Building, and I’ve only got one choice…
Last Saturday, I took my friend Cindy to New York City for a Christmas sightseeing holiday. We saw the tree at Rockefeller Center (and while we were there, we saw one of those “here’s an engagement ring, will you marry me?” proposals – yes, she accepted); we paid our respects at Ground Zero; we shopped…
Read MoreChristmas Windows
During my recent trip to New York City, I was fortunate to see the magnificent holiday window displays offered by various department store merchants. Both Macy’s and Lord & Taylor had some spectacular animated window displays – apparently Saks Fifth Avenue also had window displays, but I didn’t get a chance to see them. I…
Read MoreA prime lens upgrade
There are many things that I enjoy doing when I travel to New York City at Christmastime. I always walk through Central Park – especially around Strawberry Fields, the park’s “quiet place” of reflection. Of course, that “quiet place of reflection” is mobbed with tourists that get their picture taken with the beautiful IMAGINE mosaic.…
Read MoreHope I don’t get snooped on by KGB …
Because the last thing I need is the Soviet Secret Police coming to visit me in the middle of the night, wondering what I’m doing with their Russian camera film and why I’m shooting it with an American camera. Background. A month ago, I acquired a Revere Eye-Matic EE-127 rangefinder camera. I tested it out…
Read MoreWant to give the holiday gift of high-quality rock music photographs? Sure you do!
In 1962, a young man named Eddie Kramer took a job as an assistant at London’s Advision Studios. That “foot in the door” allowed Kramer to collaborate with some of the top names in rock and roll music. He engineered and produced albums by such artists as Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and…
Read MoreHoliday Photos with the Professor’s Wife – and the Professor’s Wife’s Husband – and a Bottle Service model, too!
It’s Saturday morning, November 12th, there’s a chill in the air, and the leaves are slowly rustling through the grass on the Siena College campus. I’ve packed my Nikon D700 digital, along with my Nikon F100 film camera and a new camera that I’m not ready to tell anyone about just yet. And now I…
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