Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Back in November 2023, I had one of my Nikon Df cameras (my older black one) modified for infrared shooting. The company who modified the camera also sold me two special filters – a chrome filter (for replicating the Kodak EIR / Aerochrome look) and a second filter that blocks light up to 720nm (for…
Read MoreSeveral months ago, I blogged about the art company Retrospekt’s tribute to the Peanuts cartoon’s “Beagle Scouts” plotline (Snoopy as the leader of a troop of young woodsy birds). Retrospekt manufactured several “Beagle Scouts”-themed cameras and cassette recorders, designed to make you smile and willingly take your money. Now at the time, I thought it…
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I put together a macro photo of the insides of a Longines lady’s wristwatch. At the time, I thought it was good enough for Competition Season. Yeah, it’s good enough. But long-time readers of my blog will know right away that I can’t settle for “just good enough.” I just can’t.…
Read MoreLong-time readers of my blog will instinctively know that the warm weather brings the beginning of what I call “Competition Season.” Competition Season, for me, means that I look over all the photos I’ve recently taken, and determine which ones will appear in any one of five different events – the photography shows at the…
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Full disclosure – I never passed the level of Tenderfoot during my years as a Boy Scout. In fact, I quit the Scouts after a bullying incident at a Jamboree where, after several of my fellow Scouts received achievement awards, merit badges and the coveted rise in rankings, I received a hand-carved wooden stick. The…
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It wasn’t seconds after I posted my photo collage of the 2024 Great American Eclipse as an infinity symbol, now titled How God Sees an Eclipse, that I received the ultimate praise for the artwork. People wanted to buy it. Right now. Well, I’m not going to be one to deny anyone. I need to…
Read MoreAfter seven hours of driving what would have been a 4 1/2 hour road trip back from Newport, Vermont, I got home, put the SD card from my camera into my computer terminal to save my eclipse photos, then went to sleep. Woke up Tuesday morning, banged out a quick blog post, and then went…
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I’ve had several successes in capturing eclipses, both solar and lunar. In 2022, I traveled to Baldwinsville, New York and captured my best-ever lunar eclipse sequence. The photo collage eventually won several awards, along with a cumulative number of oohs and aahs from everyone who saw it. In 2017, I drove to South Carolina for…
Read MoreFor nearly two hundred years, watches from the Swiss company Longines has graced the wrists of the world’s most admired and respected people. Albert Einstein owned a Longines watch, so did Audrey Hepburn. Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes were Longines aficionados, as are tennis legend Andre Agassi and actress Jennifer Lawrence. I say this because…
Read MoreBackground. I recently acquired a Nikkor Medical 120mm f/4 lens for my Nikon gear. The lens pairs well with my Nikon Df digital camera, now let’s see how well it works with my Nikon F2S shooter (“Nikon Athena”). I hooked the lens up to Nikon Athena, slapped a roll of expired Fuji Superia 400 into…
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