Back when I was a high school senior and was sending out college applications, the guidance counselors recommended several colleges and universities in New York where they felt I would thrive best, and I dutifully filled out the applications and wrote the essays and gave my best efforts. Essentially, I applied to four colleges. Here’s…
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Results from the Vermont State Fair
On September 2, 2010, I made a road trip to Rutland, Vermont with six foam-boarded entries for the Vermont State Fair. It would be my last entry into any summer fair photographic competition, and my only chance to enter a photographic fair without any preconceived notion of what to expect. As far as I was…
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I took this shot during a Rochester-Halifax PBL basketball game in March of 2010. Photo by me. Caption by you.
Read MoreNew York State Museum’s “Wish You Were Here” exhibit now contains two Chuck Miller photos!
Friday morning, September 3. I’m checking my personal e-mail account for updates on various things. Hmm… someone I wrote an article about for Goldmine years ago is traveling in Europe and lost all his money, and needs to borrow some from me to get back home. Nice try. Oh, I got a response from Film…
Read MoreAnd at the last minute… I’m thinking Vermont State Fair photo contest…
I have to be out of my ever-loving photo-snapping mind. Here’s the deal. My original plan this year was to only enter the photographic fairs that were nearby; that meant the St. Agnes Cemetery photo contest, the Altamont Fair and the New York State Fair, with the possibility of the Massachusetts “Big E” fair. But…
Read MoreVisiting the 2010 New York State Fair (and seeing how my Nipper and Coca-Cola photos did)
Saturday morning. 3:30am. I think the only people up this early are graveyard shifters and those who still haven’t gotten home from Last Call. But this is a big day for me. And I need to get up. Revilee, Revilee, hit the deck, rise and shine… Nikon D700 fully charged, an 8-gig CompactFlash chip stuffed…
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I don’t know if it’s something hardwired in my DNA, but if I own something cool, I have to find a way to cosmetically “modify” it to be distinctively mine. You know the feeling. It starts in grade school, when you put your name on your school books – but instead of pencil, which can…
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Bennett Campbell is an excellent photographer, you can visit his website and see his photographs. He also made a comment on my previous blog post about whether, when it comes to my recent kick for film photography, I’m possibly setting myself up for failure – things like my problem with CVS ruining a roll of…
Read MoreUPDATE: As for the Coca-Cola split-film picture at the NYS Fair…
When I received my six postcards from the State Fair yesterday, five of the cards had some sort of designation / indication of whether or not my photos were accepted or rejected. To sum up – my photos of the lighthouse, the broken backboard, the Quebec City light trail and the Thacher Park star trail…
Read MoreJust heard from the New York State Fair…
The anticipation has been driving me nuts for the last ten days. It began when I drove out to Syracuse with my six entries for the photography competition at the New York State Fair. Got off at Exit 34A on the Thruway, then took I-481 to I-690, and then arrived at the Fairgrounds. Each photo…
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