Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Back when I blogged for the Albany Times Union years and years ago, one of my fellow bloggers, Teri Conroy, gifted a camera from her attic to me. The camera was a Rolleiflex Automat MX twin-lens-reflex camera, and damn it was a workhorse. I acquired some swank photos from it over the years, and with…
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Background. Once upon a time, many many years ago, when I first put film in a camera and tried to take a picture with it … I thought my shots were good. Worthy. Definitely deserved some art-wall exposure. Then my daydreams crashed into reality. And not only were my artworks rejected in competition and in…
Read MoreToday, Nikon released the news. They are introducing a true retro full-frame mirrorless camera. And as they did when they produced the Nikon Df camera (of which I own two), their new shooter is called the Zf. Here’s a link to Nikon’s advertising page and all the camera’s specs. So let me see what this…
Read MoreLast Saturday, I went to Washington Park with the express plan of testing out some new film in one of my old cameras. No, those pictures haven’t been developed yet. But as I finished my film photo shoot and was putting away my camera gear, I noticed some people at the Washington Park lake. They…
Read MoreThere’s an old joke among car aficionados that a car’s brand name isn’t a true name, but is actually an acronym that could be equated to a sick burn. For example, “FORD” could stand for either “Found On Road Dead,” “Fix Or Repair Daily,” or “Found Outside Rotting Dump.” “FIAT” could stand for “Fix It…
Read MoreSometimes the best moments in photography occur when you look up … and you grab the first camera your hands can grasp. I took some shots of the elevated gondola ride at the New York State Fair earlier this year. Some of the shots were captured with my Nikon F2S pink-skinned camera (“Nikon Athena”). But…
Read MoreMy final run at Competition Season 2023 take place at the Durham Fair in Connecticut. So far this year, 2023 hasn’t gone as strongly as I would have liked, and maybe I can end the season with a good showing at Durham. Because the Durham Fair takes place so late in the year, I usually…
Read MoreAll right. Let’s get in the car, drive 2 1/2 hours to Syracuse, and see how my photos and latched hook rug did in this year’s competitions. Now last year, all six of my photos made the walls of the Harriet May Mills Art Center, with five of them claiming silks. This year, only four…
Read MoreThere are moments when I have to decide how long to keep a camera in my camera family. Sometimes, I’ll find a fellow photographer and gift them a camera that was gifted to me – which is why someone else now possesses my Leica M3 double-stroke. But there are times when I don’t want to…
Read MoreI have ABSOLUTELY no idea why I’m doing this. Yes, I do. I want to improve my craft. And if I can get at least one of these images accepted in a railroad magazine … then I’m going to try. Railfan & Railroad Magazine has an upcoming Center Spread contest, in which one well-chosen photo…
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