Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I knew they would be in the mailbox. The postcards o’ doom. All with postmarks from Syracuse. Nine entries – six photographs, three artworks.ย Nine little postcards, each one representing nine acceptances or nine rejections, or any combination of the same. Over the past few years, the postcards o’ doom have been a veritable albatross…
Read MoreSo last year, I entered two pictures at the Big E – along with one of my yarn-embroidered burlap sacks.ย And as much as I wanted to enter another burlap sack project – I figured this year I would just keep things simple. I’m allowed to keep things simple.ย It’s my blog and I can…
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It’s Saturday morning and I’m on a scouting spree. Let me explain. In 2006, the Catskill Game Farm closed operations, and all the animals inside went to new homes.ย A new ownership group is currently offering tours of the old grounds, and is in the midst of renovating the property into a camp site. On…
Read MoreTen years ago, I entered my first pictures in the New York State Fair’s photography competition – and one of my pictures, a basketball shot called Action Under the Basket, took an Honorable Mention ribbon. Since then, I’ve claimed three second place ribbons and a first place silk, as well as several honorable mentions for…
Read MoreNo.ย Yes.ย No.ย Yes.ย That yes became a no. Such is my concern this year with entering my pictures in the New York State Fair’s 2019 Photography Competition. Background. My last photography ribbon at the New York State Fair occurred in 2015.ย Since then, only one image has appeared on the walls of the Harriet…
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I know, I know, the 4th of July was last week.ย I get it. But understand this.ย On the 3rd of July, I brought some rolls of Fuji Velvia and Kodak Ektachrome slide film up to Saratoga Harness (yeah, yeah, I know it’s Saratoga Casino Hotel, but I know it as Saratoga Harness so that’s…
Read MoreI had given up hope. Last year, I submitted five of my black-and-white images – Washington County 2:30 a.m., The Jumbuck, Farrell, The Walkway and Lane 2 to an online competition.ย The competition, organized by a photography company called LensCulture, promised that if I paid an additional fee, I would receive a professionally-written review of…
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The oblong canary yellow postcard is in my mailbox right now. That card contains information on whether any of my pictures made it through to the walls of the Iowa State Fair’s 2019 Photography Salon. I can’t take any chances here. This is my fifth attempt to earn silk in Iowa.ย In 2017, two of…
Read MoreSo last Thursday night, instead of photographing the fireworks downtown, I chose to go uptown – uptown in the Adirondacks – and photograph a clear starry night. I captured a Milky Way cluster, and I also caught a sweet reflection of the Big Dipper in the Corinth Reservoir water. I had one other experiment, and…
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To be honest, I thought about going to the Empire State Plaza and photographing the fantastic fireworks show.ย I really did. And then I remembered it would be a freakin’ furnace there.ย 100 degrees in the shade.ย And the Empire State Plaza HAS NO SHADE. I then thought about an auxiliary shooting spot, and after…
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