Deep in the heart of Albany’s farmland, on a stretch of highway that can take you from Greene County to Schoharie County without even a single sniff of the New York State Thruway, there’s an old dilapidated upright organ.ย It looks like it’s seen better days.ย No, it looked like it had seen better lifetimes.ย …
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Durham Fair: Yes, it was made by a “man” …
The Durham Fair in Connecticut is my last fair of Competition Season 2019.ย And when I discovered that their photographic entry requirements were reduced from four entries to three per person, I was kinda okay with it … but it made me more interested in entering another category. You know … one of the stitchery…
Read MoreThe farther away you travel…
Yesterday was a beautiful, partly sunny day.ย And I wanted to go and take some pictures. My plan – I had some infrared film in the Rolleiflex, and I wanted to use it. So I drove to a spot I’ve visited before – a Mail Pouch Barn “ghost sign” in Dutchess County. Honestly, it had…
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Romance on Gondola #23
So last Sunday, while I was waiting to find out how my entries did at the New York State Fair, I decided I would take my Nikon Df and just shoot around the Fairgrounds.ย That’s the thing, you need to find inspiration wherever you can get it. And for the paltry sum of $8, I…
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Three Goats and a Key Light
While killing time at the New York State Fair earlier this week, I decided to spend some time visiting the animal pens.ย Look, it’s either walk around the Fairgrounds until my feet fall off … or take some pictures of farm animals. Photos of farm animals wins out. Now I’ve had some good success with…
Read MoreResults from the 2018 New York State Fair
So let’s recap. After getting shut out in 2017 – and in 2016 – and in 2014 – one of my pictures broke through and made it to the walls of the second floor of the Harriet May Mills Art Center at the New York State Fair, effectively stopping the #syracurse streak.ย For now.ย Whether…
Read MoreNews from the Big E Photography Competition…
Competition Season 2018 is in full swing.ย And over in Springfield, Massachusetts, home of the Eastern States Exposition – the large, six-state late summer fair – I’ve received news about my photo submissions. Update. The Big E has made some changes in their photo competition.ย Due to the limitations in available wall space at the…
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The Results from Altamont, 2018 Edition
“You have to park over here, sir.” “Over here” was about a mile and a half away from the Altamont Fairgrounds campus. “How come?” I asked. “The main lot is too muddy, cars are getting stuck.ย You need to park over here in the overflow lot.” Just then, a pickup truck zipped by me on…
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My 2018 Photos in the Altamont Fair are …
Has it really been ten years? Yeah.ย Ten long years. Ten years ago, I entered my first four pictures into the Altamont Fair’s photography competition.ย Two years later, I claimed my first silks, when Midnight at the Palace Theater took second place in the black and white category; two other pictures, The AGFA Bridge Over…
Read MoreThe postcards finally arrived from Syracuse … and …
So six postcards arrived in my mailbox Saturday evening.ย Three from the photo discipline, three from arts and crafts. Let’s check the arts and crafts section first, shall we? The first card I checked was my Saratoga Vichy Table, a piece of furniture that was crafted from two Saratoga Vichy crates. And the piece was…
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