Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
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…
Read MoreThis is going to be fun. In 1962, Nikon manufactured a series of “medical” lenses for 35mm cameras. These lenses were attached to SLR cameras, and technicians could take photos of surgeries without the cameraperson getting in the way of the surgeon. The lens could take pictures in sizes from 1:11 to 1:1 (life-size) –…
Read MoreThe rotting carcass of Central Warehouse, a former cold-storage facility in Albany’s downtown district, has put the “sore” in eyesore for ages. And every company that purchased it has promised they would do something to revitalize it … and the edifice just stands there, oblivious to time and oblivious to renovation. So … now comes news…
Read MoreI have a small collection of Civil War tokens and storefronts. Nothing major – a few of the local “Straight’s Elephantine Shoe Store” tokens that feature a booted elephant on the obverse; some Benjamin & Herrick Fruit Dealer tokens, including a few “cracked die” examples; and some patriotic “Shoot Him on the Spot” tokens – including…
Read MoreSunday morning. I’m looking out the window. Fluffy snowflakes falling in the neighborhood. Okay. Let’s get some snowflake macro shots. I’ve been trying to capture the perfect snowflake macro shot for ages. It usually involves focus-stacking several images together and hoping I can bring the image in crisply. And I have to be careful. Snowflakes are delicate. You can’t move them…
Read MoreI wasn’t sure if I would do it in 2024. But after seeing the same advert pop up in my Facebook feed … I had to give it at least one try. There’s an upcoming art gallery show in Fort Collins, Colorado – the theme for the art show is “Wonder,” and they’re calling for entries. …
Read MoreI got experimental, I got traditional, I traveled great distances and I shot photos in my neighborhood. Some of the photos picked up awards, some of them are scheduled for next year, and some are just award-winners in my heart. So here are ten of my best photos that were captured in this calendar year. I…
Read MoreOn a cloudy Saturday in May 2009, I took my new-to-me Nikon D700 camera for a little photo walk around the Capital District. And the photo walk included a few shots at an old building that no longer exists today. Recognize this structure? Yep, that is the old First Prize slaughterhouse and meat packing plant on…
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