Yesterday, I drove the 2ยฝ hour trip to Syracuse to drop off my three entries for the 2011 New York State Fair Photography Contest.ย In the car with me are the two entries that the Fair did want to see – Lodge’s in Polaroid PolaBlue and The Agfa Bridge Over Ansco Lake.ย The third entry?ย …
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Competition #6 – The Troy Photo Center 5th Annual Members Show
I joined the PhotoCenter of the Capital District (also known as the Troy PhotoCenter) earlier this year.ย If you want to learn more about photography, Nick Argryos and Jacqueline Lynch are definitely the people you should contact.ย The Photo Center holds workshops and seminars, they have salon nights where you can bring in your work…
Read MoreThe “Faces of Dudley” Mural
It’s a striking artwork in Dudley Square, just across the street from the newly-built police station.ย The artwork, “Faces of Dudley,” shows the scope and breadth and vibrancy of the residents of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood.ย The mural, painted in 1995 by lead artist Mike Womble as part of the Roxbury Defenders Youth Advocacy Project, features…
Read MoreThe 2011 Louis Saunders Memorial Basketball Tournament
Have I got everything? Yes.ย Nikon D700 with plenty of camera chips and two fully loaded lithium-ion camera batteries.ย Laptop computer.ย All the necessary lenses.ย Full tank of gasoline.ย GPS with the proper addresses. Let’s Go, Cardachrome – next stop, Madison Park High School in Roxbury, Massachusetts. For the past four years, James Hall has…
Read MoreSo I got the word from the New York State Fair… and the pictures that passed the first round are…
I just heard from the organizers of the New York State Fair.ย And they think that two of my six submissions have passed the first round of judging. It’s not six – but it’s two.ย Two have passed through, and have a good shot of picking up some display space in the Harriet May Mills…
Read MoreWant to bid on a Chuck Miller artwork and help animals in the process? Sure you do!!
Yesterday I stopped at the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society with something to drop off. No, it wasn’t a stray puppy. No, it wasn’t a litter of kittens. No, it wasn’t a sackful of bottles to provide the Society with bottle redemption money. Although yeah, I should start gathering up all my diet cola…
Read More“You’re really not generating enough traffic and click-throughs for us, Chuck… unfortunately, we have to make a decision regarding your working with us.”
It’s Tuesday afternoon.ย A rainstorm outside my door has just subsided, and hopefully the flood that fell out of the skies will coat our thermometers and give our skins repose. Then I received a call on my cell phone. “Hello?” “Hi, is this Chuck Miller?” “Yes, this is he.” I didn’t initially recognize the caller’s…
Read MoreCompetition #4 – The 2011 New York State Fair Photography Contest
This is the tough part for me.ย Waiting.ย Just waiting.ย It wasn’t this hard when Tom Petty sang about it. The Photography Competition at the New York State Fair changed their submission rules a smidge, and whether it’s a benefit or a detriment to my entries – I just don’t know. In previous years, I…
Read MoreA reunion with Jamario Moon
I heard the rumor that he was in town.ย And the only way to confirm it was a phone call to an old friend. A quick call – and Derrick Rowland, the player and coach who was as much a part of the Albany Patroons as its gold and kelly green color scheme – was…
Read MoreAt Brimfield, one must be fluent in “haggle”
“Haggle” is a difficult communication skill to master.ย You want the item. You don’t want to pay the price on the sticker.ย You ask if the dealer can do better than the sticker. Sometimes the dealer will help you out.ย Other times the price is firm.ย But if you can negotiate with the seller –…
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