It’s Monday morning, and I’m still trying to get a few extra seconds of snooze. I roll over, grab my cell phone and eyeball my Facebook feed.ย Woah.ย Lots of people talking about first snowfalls in the Capital District.ย A coating here, a dusting there… I wonder if we received snow in the Town and…
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So how did my Washington State film cameras do?
In addition to bringing my Nikon Df camera (as well as my BlackBerry PRIV camera phone) with me on my Washington State trip, I brought three film cameras with me as well – my Leica M3 35mm shooter (“Leica Green”), my Krasnogorsk ะคT-2 super-ultra-wide panoramic shooter (“Raskolnikov”), and, just for the heck of it, my…
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The Results of BUILT 2017…
Am I ready?ย You bet your sweet life I’m ready. I’ve been ready since last year, when … well … Let me explain. In 2016, my three entries for the 2016 edition of BUILT – Albany Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes – achieved successful bids and attention at the yearly charity fundraising auction for Historic Albany…
Read MoreLeica Green … black and white … or both?
I should be so thankful that I have problems like this. Let me explain. During my Washington State vacation, I visited Mt. Rainier National Park and took plenty of pictures, both with my Nikon Df camera, my BlackBerry PRIV camera phone, and three film cameras – my Krasnogorsk ะคT-2 (“Raskolnikov”), my AGFA Clack 120 shooter,…
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The Mahari Stream: How to blur water without an ND filter
I knew it would happen.ย I knew I’d forget something on this trip from Albany to the Pacific Northwest. And as I traveled up the logging roads toward the Sunrise area of Mt. Rainier … I realized I had definitely fogotten one piece of equipment.ย Maybe two. Let me explain.
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A jailbreak, a unicorn, and an ass-shaped pumpkin…
As you may know, I’m on vacation this week – I’m actually in Olympia, Washington visiting my son Kris and his girlfriend Tanya for a few days. Yesterday, we went pumpkin-picking at a local farm stand.ย You know the drill – you can either select the harvested pumpkins from a table, or you can go…
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Caught a morning flight yesterday to travel to Washington State to see my son.ย You know I brought several cameras with me for the trip… But when it came to capturing a moment … I pulled out my BlackBerry PRIV and snagged this one. But I shall explain.
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I have a problem.ย I want to take great photographs, for sure.ย I want to come up with shots that stun the judges and the audience. And I take what I think are fantastic photographs … and I completely forget about them. Argh. Let me explain.
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While on my jaunt through Washington County to find some decent fall foliage, I came across something I wasn’t expecting to see. And yes, I got a photo of it. Let me explain.
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The small world … and the even smaller world…
Among my camera lenses that will successfully integrate with my Nikon Df camera body are two “macro” lenses.ย One lens is a vintage Micro-Nikkor 55mm lens which captures the exact size of the object as you can see in the frame.ย The other lens is a construction from Hong Kong, a Zhong Yi Mitakon 20mm…
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