A couple of weeks ago, my blog buddy Kevin Marshall tweeted that his friend Eric was having a yard sale. It was late afternoon when I received the tweet, and having apprenticed under my sainted Grandma Betty about the ins and outs of yard sales and flea markets, I knew that the early birds would…
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The Smooth Saturday Sunshine
Last week, I took the Rolleiflex to Washington Park. It was a beautiful day, probably the first sunny day in a long time. And I wanted to get some pictures of the park – maybe some tulips, if they were still there. I packed a roll of Kodak Portra 160 VC into the Rollei, and…
Read MoreFirst round results of my entries into the Albany Institute of History and Art’s Mohawk-Hudson Regionals
Waiting for the e-mail can be a brain-numbing experience. It’s not like going to your mailbox at home – if the mailman has arrived and all you see in the mailbox are bills and Valpak coupons, and nothing from the judges, then you grit your teeth and say to yourself, “Maybe I’ll hear tomorrow.” But…
Read MoreCompetition #2 – the Albany Institute of History and Art Mohawk-Hudson Regionals
So I went 0-for-5 with the Albany Center Gallery’s Photo Regionals. That sucks. At the same time that I submitted entries for the Albany Center Gallery’s 33rd annual Photo Regional, I submitted five other images to the Albany Institute of History and Art’s Mohawk-Hudson Regionals competition. I didn’t want to duplicate any entries between the…
Read MoreA little prayer to St. Teresa of Avila for a splitfilm photo…
Last Sunday, I tried to take some pictures in St. Agnes Cemetery. Unfortunately, mother Nature was busy unloading gallons and gallons of water from the sky, which meant that I couldn’t get the beautiful, sunny day I had hoped to achieve. I had two “prepared” cameras – my Holga 120N and my Agfa Chief –…
Read MoreWhen I say I’m going “shooting,” it does mean with a camera…
Last weekend, I posted on Facebook that no matter what the weather was, rain or shine, I would go out shooting. Now “shooting” for me does mean with a camera. It does not mean that I’m shooting with a rifle or a shotgun or a slingshot or a bow and arrow. Now back in the…
Read MoreSo whatever happened to my Kodachrome gallery artworks?
Last winter, as I wound down my year-long excursion into the world of Kodachrome film, I learned that a gallery in London was planning an exhibition of images created with the iconic slide film. I submitted five different pictures, and two of them – “The Railsplitter” and “Toll Gate Ice Cream” – were accepted. The…
Read MoreAlbany Center Gallery Regionals – did my photos get in??
I’ve participated in photography contests for the past two years, mostly involving state fair photo contests and the occasional themed photo event – i.e., St. Agnes Cemetery’s photo contest. This is the first year in which I will have entered my photographs in two different gallery regionals – the Albany Center Gallery’s Photo Regionals, and…
Read MoreThe “Swiss Roll” photo project, courtesy of a rusty old box camera
First I tried cramming two rolls of 35mm film into a medium-format camera. And yes, the results were impressive. Then I tried shooting with vintage 50-year old film. And yes, the results were astounding. Now comes my next magic trick. And whether or not this works might be the reason I enter or don’t enter…
Read MoreCompetition #1 – The Albany Center Gallery Photo Regional
It’s competition time, two thousand eleven. No, I’m not talking about trivia. I’m talking about photography competitions – essentially getting my photos and my artworks into various shows and galleries and competitive judging events. Granted, there are competitions I will enter without question – the New York State Fair, for example, as well as the…
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