Realistically, I have only one chance to pull this off. And there’s so many factors working against me.ย So freakin’ many. Clouds.ย Light pollution.ย Traffic.ย Location.ย The wrong lens.ย The wrong exposure.ย The wrong camera.ย The wrong photographer.ย Don’t laugh, that’s a pretty important factor, let me tell you. But if I can pull this…
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So I just heard back from the Iowa State Fair …
Background. Last year, for the first time in three tries, I had artwork accepted at the Iowa State Fair.ย Two of my pieces, the infrared graveyard photo Farrell and my perspective piece What the Grasshopper Saw were accepted for display.ย And What the Grasshopper Saw took third place in its category. Yeah, I danced around…
Read MoreBe very quiet … I’m hunting lotus … ha ha ha ha ha
Many, many years ago, I was involved in a North Country photo adventure and took some pictures up at Carp Pond in Corinth.ย During my photo endeavor, I captured the image of a lotus plant peeking through a clove of lily pads. I wanted to get another shot like that. Yesterday, I drove up to…
Read MoreCompeting in a calendar contest
Point of disclosure.ย I enter a TON of photography competitions each year.ย Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but the competition is always there. This year, I’m trying something new. It’s a local photo calendar contest, where the winners will be featured on Sunmark Federal Credit Union’s upcoming calendar.ย If you want to enter the…
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Empire State Plaza fireworks, 2018 Edition
For all the years I’ve owned a camera, I’ve tried to photograph the spectacular fireworks show at the Empire State Plaza.ย I’ve dealt with oppressive heat, poor shooting angles, and people bumping into my gear in the middle of the fireworks show. This year, I wanted to avoid all that. I knew that Price Chopper…
Read MoreThe insults that photographers hear all the time
Here’s the deal.ย You’ve set up a location where you think you can get an amazing photo, one that should win any competition from here to the moon and back. And then you have to deal with the naysayers, the downchatters, the ones who feel that no good parade can commence without them raining on…
Read MoreAluminum illumination
As far as my art prints go, my printer of choice is McGreevy Pro Lab in downtown Albany.ย They can print my photos into stunning artworks, and I can get my works in a variety of formats – glossy print, matte print, gicleรฉ print… But they’re not able to print my artworks on metal. It’s…
Read MoreThe Children’s Bicycle Detention Center
There’s a very curious building on Green Island.ย It looks like a manufacturing complex, and it has a chain link fence surrounding it. And inbetween the building and the chain link fence? Children’s bicycles.ย Lots of them.ย Some are in various stages of repair, others look like they just rolled off the Huffy factory floor.…
Read MoreSubmissions of a single section of scarlets and shades
Many years ago, I tried to submit some of my artworks to a major art event, the annual Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region.ย My images were not accepted.ย And in that unacceptance, I received some comments about WHY my photos were rejected… At the time, I had submitted a mixture of different film techniques…
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A difference between slide and print Infrared film
During my experiments with color infrared film – both medium format slide and print formulae – I wanted to determine the best outputs for both products. What I’ve discovered is – with the color print Infrared film (“CIR 120”) I’ve acquired, I have more flexibility with my shots.ย In sunlight, I can use the photographer’s…
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