Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
There are competitions … and there are competitions. And one of the big competitions for me has been the Capital District Photo Regionals, the chance for photographers around the area to showcase their best works and to see how they’re judged against their fellow photographers. First things first.ย If you live within a 125-mile radius…
Read MoreA few months ago, I was fortunate to photograph a rainbow as it stormed through the Capital District. Yeah, I know.ย Rainbow 101.ย Anybody can capture a rainbow. But I caught the rainbow with its bow connected to the Half Moon weather vane atop the SUNY Administration building (the old D&H building) in downtown Albany.…
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It’s Christmas Eve.ย I’m thinking of last-minute shopping, maybe getting a few last-minute projects out of the way … And as I look out the window… I see snowflakes. Is there enough snow on the ground? Yeah. Is there enough time to get there and back? Yeah. Plans change in a second.ย Instead of my…
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It’s Christmas Eve, and I take this time – in-between last minute shopping and the like – to look back on how my photos did this year.ย There were some successes and there were some should-have-been successes – as well as some pictures for Competition Season 2019. But these photos are tones I feel really…
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When I’m satisfied with a business or with a merchant, I will use them again for future projects. Case in point.ย Although my local print lab, McGreevy ProLab, does the lion’s share of my artistic prints, they do not have the facilities available for printing my photos on metal substrates. This is where I call…
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Background. Last year, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train traveled through the Capital Region. The train run combines a mobile concert with a charitable fundraiser – visitors are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the local food banks, and the train provides a half-hour of holiday music and contemporary hits. A good time is had…
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I thought I was done with driving to the hinterlands and photographing the Rexleigh Covered Bridge that spans the Battenkill River. I mean, after my triple-blue-winning Washington County 2:30 a.m. picture, with the Rexleith Bridge in the foreground and the Milky Way in the distance … I thought I had captured my “Rexleigh shot” and…
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Eight years ago, my blogger friend Teriย Conroy (she’s the owner of the peaceful llama farm Wunsapana Farm in Altamont) gifted me a Rolleiflex Automat MX camera, a medium format twin lens reflex gem.ย I’ve shot dozens of rolls of print and slide film through it, and recently it’s been my camera weapon of choice…
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For the eighth consecutive year, my artworks are on display, along with hundreds of other amazing paintings, sculptures and craftspieces from dozens of Capital Region artists, as part of Historic Albany Foundation’s “BUILT: Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes” event. I’m all set.ย I’ve got my suit on, my six stickpins from my first six BUILT appearances…
Read MoreI wasn’t planning on entering any more photography contests this year. My good friend and fellow photographer Melissa Simser-Iovino changed that for me. Melissa – who has a thriving photography business and who also took my head shot that adorns this blog – entered some photos in the upcoming LensCulture Black and White Photography Awards…
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