Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Here I am, once again, parked on the banks of the Sacandaga River. Here I am, poised and ready for one of the few times when the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railroad journeys from Corinth to Hadley – and, in doing so, crosses the Sacandaga. Yeah, I know I blogged about taking photos at the…
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I think I’ve developed a new “season” in my photographic life. There’s “Competition Season,” where I enter my photos in various shows. There’s “Charity Season,” where the sale of some of my works help charitable endeavors. And I think I’ve organically developed “Railfan Season,” where I spend wintertime chasing various railroads around the Northeast, and…
Read MoreI’ve entered Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT charitable auction for the past fifteen years. The artwork sales help preserve local Albany architecture and history, as part of the mission statement from Historic Albany Foundation. And this year, I entered two artworks. One photograph and one mixed-media collage. Time to check out how things look. This year’s…
Read MoreSo I’m still experimenting with my Pentacon Six TL camera and my multitude of five interchangeable lenses. And since there was still fall foliage about in the neighborhood, I wanted to try something. I placed my Zodiak 180-degree fisheye lens on the Pentacon, loaded the camera with some Kodak Portra 400 film, and wanted to…
Read MoreLast July, as I spent the night in the Corinth Reservoir with my infrared camera pointed at the skies, I captured a brilliant image of part of the Perseids meteor shower. I assembled the photo capture and created a lenticular print that is definitely geared for Competition Season 2026. I even blogged about the experience.…
Read MoreGod almighty, I really want a stellar Petzval-style swirly, dreamy vignetted bokeh photo with my medium format Pentacon Six TL film camera. And so far, I have had absolutely NO SUCCESS with this endeavor. Now I could find a 19th century original Petzval lens, and then try to integrate it with some sort of Rube…
Read MoreLast month, I created a super-ultra-wide composition photo by shooting a roll of B&W film in my Pentacon Six TL at the harness track, then switching to color film to photograph one of the races from start – to finish – to winner’s circle photo. And I blogged about it … because, yeah, I did.…
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For the past three weeks, I’ve hoped to get a swank shot of the covered bridge in Arlington, Vermont – a bridge that spans the Battenkill River and also leads into an access road to a beautiful white-wooden church. It’s one of those quintessential Vermont images. Right up there with pennies in a stream and…
Read MoreI’ve learned that if you get to fairs early in the morning, you can achieve some semi-unobstructed views of rides and attractions – which work well if you wantto photograph them. Such was the case at the Big E last month. By arriving early enough to snag good parking, I also benefited in photographing some…
Read MoreIn the past, I’ve tried to recreate the swirly bokeh created by a vintage Petzval lens. With that in mind, I’ve acquired a modded HELIOS 44-2 Russian piece of glass for my Nikon shooters. Which is all well and good. But I want to add that swirly, dreamy bokeh to my medium format gear. And…
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