Last week, when I returned from my excursion to photograph the steam locomotives at Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road, I went through the shots captured and pulled out two nice-looking images. They’re here. I liked both of them, I really did. But there was something on each one that, well, I could have submitted them as…
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And the Big E’s photo competition is open for 2021.
Well now, look what’s back. After offering a COVID-limited online photo competition (for which I snagged a best in show, yeah baby), the Eastern States Exposition, also known as the Big E, is opening up their Call for Art for the 2021 season. And that means their photo competition is active again. Holy crap, there…
Read MoreAfter ten years … do I dare enter it again?
Background. About ten years ago, I tried my luck at entering my photos at the Mohawk Hudson Regionals, one of the top art exhibitions in the area. The photos were rejected faster than a Trump supporter on a Bumble date. And when I posted a blog about the rejection, several other members of the art…
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Silos, Parking and Foamers: Chuck’s taking pictures again.
6:00 a.m. Saturday morning. I’ve already loaded my car with four cameras, the tank is full of gasoline, and I’ve been studying Google Earth to the level of treasure-hunting. Well, technically, I am hunting for treasure. I want to photograph a train today. Not just any train, mind you. There is a heritage railroad in…
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Preparation
A quick scan of Google Maps. Maybe this spot will work for the photo. Change to satellite imagery. There’s trees on one side, if I frame the shot with the trees, it will work. A quick check of the PhotoPills app on my cell phone. Angle of the sun. Time of sunset. If this lines…
Read MoreAn alternate take on the Ocular 6
Last month, I took some dream-inspired photos of my eyeglasses against the image of my living room Venetian blinds. And the best of the pictures was this image, which I called “The Ocular 6.” I still like this photo, don’t get me wrong. But I wanted to try something with it. Right now, all I…
Read MoreYou mean there WILL be a Competition Season 2021? For reals???
It’s one of the signs that our world is returning to some semblance of post-COVID normalcy. I just received word that the Iowa State Fair, one of my locales for my annual “Competition Season” of photography, WILL indeed operate in 2021, and they’ve already sent out a call for entries for images. And I immediately…
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Perception and the Ocular 6
This morning, I woke up – watched last night’s episode of Snowpiercer on demand – and looked out my living room window. Daylight percolated through my window shades. Glasses are a little cloudy. I should clean them. And as I washed the lenses with a cleaning chemical, I could see what appeared to be an…
Read MoreI’m not letting Louis DeJoy ruin my Competition Season 2021.
Background. Whenever I need to make a lenticular “magic motion” print for Competition Season, my go-to source is Peter Sinclair of Snap3D.com. I send him the images, he crafts me a spectacular lenticular print, and it arrives safe and well in my mailbox. In fact, Snap3D was the company that made my print The Long,…
Read MoreBreaking my snowflake maiden
Two years ago, I tried my hand at snowflake macro photography, eventually scoring the photo Mittsu No Yuki for my efforts. That was two years ago. After purchasing some focus stack bellows, I planned on improving my photo sharpness in the 2019-20 wintertime. But in January 2020, I shattered my ankle. By the time I…
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