Here I am, sitting on the side of Route 9N in Corinth, waiting for a diesel-powered tourist train to arrive. Yesterday was the opening journey of the brand new Saratoga, Corinth and Hudson Railroad, a four-mile tourist stretch that encompasses a portion of the old Saratoga and North Creek Railroad from years past. I’ve photographed…
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Kaฬtshaโ nu: weso (where are you all going?)
I’ve renamed my photos several times. It takes a while before I’m happy with the final result. Such was the case with my December 2021 photograph of the COVID-19 memorial along the New York State Thruway. Background. In December 2021, the Oneida Indian Nation erected several illuminated tipis on Oneida land adjacent to the Thruway.…
Read MoreA lunar eclipse in Onondaga County.
May 15, 2022. 9:00 a.m. Camera battery is charging. Backup camera battery is already charged and tight. SD card is clean and ready for hundreds of pictures. Nikon Df camera with different super-ultra-wide lenses – my Irix 15mm and my Vivitar 19mm – packed. Double-check to make sure the manual shutter release is in the…
Read MoreKodak Red with the backup shot
in my last blog, I mentioned how I tried to use my Krasnogorsk FT-2 “Raskolnikov” camera to create a patterned film weave with the Hamilton College Chapel. I did create that, here’s the blog that proves same. But here’s the secret. I didn’t just bring Raskolnikov to campus. I also took Kodak Red for the…
Read MoreThree Times for the Hamilton College Chapel Weave
I wouldn’t mind this project … if I didn’t have to attempt it THREE FREAKIN’ TIMES to even get a workable image. I shall explain. Off and on, I’ve been trying to create a “weave” of film strips to create a unified image. My plan was to use my super-ultra-wide Krasnogorsk FT-2 camera (“Raskolnikov”), along…
Read MoreWhat’s so special about this photo?
Yesterday, I put a couple of cameras in my car and drove to Vermont to take a picture of a covered bridge. My Pentacon Six had a roll of Fuji Velvia inside, while my Kodak Medalist II (“Kodak Red”) held a pack of Kodak Tri-X 400 film that was re-rolled for 620 spools. The plan…
Read MoreReturn of the Solarcan
A few years ago, I invested in a Kickstarter for a Solarcan – a homemade camera that captured the movement of the sun over a period of months. I bought five Solarcans in the process, and one of them actually produced a photo that eventually appeared at the New York State Fair. Oh yeah. I…
Read MoreAnd there goes AGFA Scala processing, forever …
I’ve used AGFA Scala 200X black-and-white slide film off and on for a while. I think I still have two rolls of 120 film and a 35mm cartridge in my freezer. Looks like I’d better use it now. Even if it’s to just burn off the rolls. Apparently only one company still exists that can…
Read MoreThe reclaimed dunk: or, Edosomwan Admires His Handiwork.
One of the shots I posted online during my NBL Canada / TBL All-Star Game weekend was a photo of Sudbury Five 6’9″ power forward Zena Edosomwan. You know … this one. I liked it … I really did … but the more I looked at it, the less “liked” I liked about it. The…
Read MoreTest of the Nikon F2s: The Capital District Home and Garden Show
A couple of weeks ago, it was Date Night at the Capital District Home and Garden Show, and I brought along my new-to-me Nikon F2s, slapped on a 55mm f/1.2 manual focus non-AI’d lens, and packed a roll of expired Kodak Ektachrome Dyna film in the chassis. The goal – see if the camera can…
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