There’s a big snowstorm on its way. My home area is looking at anywhere from three to six inches of snow. Which means that when I walk outside, my neighborhood will look like an igloo dealership. In situations like this, I could either do like everybody else – get the shovel, try to find the…
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The new test shots from my new Pentacon Six TL shooter.
Well, this was fun. I basically Frankenstein’ed a new-to-me Pentacon Six TL medium format camera by grabbing parts from various eBay auctions, along with reusing the lens from my previous did-not-like-to-work-on-any-day-ending-in-a-Y Pentacon Six. The chassis for the Six TL came from Ontario; the new waist-level prism was from Washington State, and the 80mm f/2.8 Carl…
Read MoreIt’s chuckthewriter@pixelfed.social and don’t you forget it.
I’m still on the fence with Instagram. At one point I had an Instagram account, and somehow it got hacked. I cleaned up all the hacking, and a year or so later, the account was shut down for some unspecified claim of nebulous origin (I suspect some MAGA chud had a problem with me and…
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Soaring on a Manhattan Morning
“Manhattanhenge” is a combination of astronomy and architecture. Because New York City’s streets have a nearly perfect east-west pathway, there are several times during the year when the sun sets RIGHT in the pathway of traffic, or rises RIGHT in the pathway of traffic. To capture a “Manhattanhenge” photo is an accomplishment in and of…
Read MoreThe KeyBank Cauldron
It’s cold in this area. Cue audience response – “How cold is it?” Well, it’s so cold, that the KeyBank office building on South Pearl Street in Albany has enough smoke / steam / cloud vapor over its roof, that it now looks like an Olympic torch. Or maybe a cauldron. Don’t believe me? Take…
Read MoreChuck’s 10 best photos of 2024
We’ve got macro photos this year. We’ve got Holiday Train photos this year. We’ve got a photo that took 93,000,000 miles to get to here. So … let’s share, shall we? What we have in today’s blog post are the ten photos that either won awards in Competition Season for me, or that I feel…
Read MoreGoing back to the Pentacon Six in 2025.
In 2022, I was gifted a Pentacon Six medium-format SLR camera. It was a beast and it worked like a beast. Well, I should say, “when it worked.” See, the Pentacon Six is an amazing medium-format camera. But its internals are as delicate as mouse whispers. I’ve worked with medium-format cameras in the past –…
Read MorePsalms 3:16: The Photo
Sometimes the best photos taken are the ones you capture at the quickest instance. Such is the case here. I caught this photo a couple of days ago; it was a dreary afternoon day in Albany, and I just happened to glance out the window and saw – with the spires of the Cathedral of…
Read MoreWait, when did I buy a Rollieflex 126 shooter??
It’s a chilly Sunday morning, and I really need to clean my living space. I’ve got boxes of old things here and there, and I really should neaten up. Projects that I started and never finished … into the trash you go. Old clothes I never wear – there’s the Goodwill bag. Old cameras I…
Read MoreRevolog Kosmos at the New York State Fair
I’ve used Revolog’s boutique textured film in the past. It’s a fun film to work with, as you can combine your photography skills with a little chance and a little luck – to get incredible images. Revolog pre-treats their film with everything from little spots to electrical fractals to textures, and those get transferred onto…
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