Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
There’s a section of Interstate 787 – just before you reach Exit 6 – where, if you look over to the side of the road, you can see what looks like a rotting white tree next to a stream. I’ve pulled over on occasion and photographed that tree, but I’ve never felt that I’ve captured…
Read MoreBackground. I’ve dabbled off and on with infrared film, mostly black and white film (Kodak HIE) and color film (Kodak EIR, Aerochrome). I’ve had some success with the products, including the photos Backstretch and Aerochrome Falls. Then I received some news. My infrared film connection – the one who got his mitts on the last…
Read MoreI can plan for a photography experience … or I could just shoot from the hip and get a photo. I’m not saying that it will work every time … But last Tuesday, it worked out rather well. Rainy days are not the greatest for photography, and last Tuesday afternoon most of Albany was drenched…
Read MoreAbout five years ago, I was fortunate enough to photograph an abandoned waterwheel in a rural part of Saratoga County. Getting this photograph involved asking the property owners for permission to access the site – and then climbing down a steep slope to get to the creekbed. Thankfully, I was able to get some decent…
Read MoreSo today’s my final day. At midnight tonight, the ten entries I submitted for the San Francisco Bay Month of Photography art show will be locked. After tomorrow, my photos are in the hands of he judges. If any of my pictures are selected, I will be happy. Background. I entered the San Francisco Bay…
Read MoreIt’s coming and it’s coming quickly. The 2018 Altamont Fair – the tri-county agricultural and cultural gathering – is approaching fast. And here’s your chance to submit your photographs and paintings for consideration in the Altamont Fair’s Fine Arts Building. The Altamont Fair will accept up to four of your photographs, paintings, drawings, watercolors and…
Read MoreRemember how I said that I acquired FIVE Solarcan passive photography cameras? Yes. I installed four of them in one location in Menands. Last December, I installed the fifth one in downtown Albany. And here’s the installation. Right on the Hudson and Green parking garage, with a clear view of downtown Albany. Well, at least…
Read MoreYesterday, I posted my thoughts about competing in the brand new San Francisco Bay International Photo Show. And I received some great suggestions from you, my blog readers – about what I should enter and what I might want to save for other competitions. And just for the record, I paid for ten entries into…
Read MoreFour years ago, I added a new photography competition to my “Competition Season,” as I entered several of my images in the San Francisco International Photography Competition. And one of my images – a slitscan photo called The Three-Two Pitch – earned a silver medal in competition. Yep, that was my best effort in…
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Remember these guys? Last year, I installed five “Solarcans” – a Kickstarter-funded aluminum beverage can / photography paper pinhole photo project, piercing a particularly precise puncture, for a pleasantly powerful passive panorama. With only the light of the traveling sun in the sky illuminating the project, I set these cans at various locations in Albany,…
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