Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
When last we checked in, two of my four entries for the Iowa State Fair’s 2017 Photography Salon were accepted, and will hang on the walls of the Patty and Jim Cownie Cultural Center in Des Moines. This is great. This is exciting. This is … still unknown. Which two of my four entries got…
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What a reversal of results for me. Many years ago – 2009, 2010, 2012 to be more precise – my pictures couldn’t get a ribbon at the Altamont Fair. It was emotionally rough. At the same time, my artworks were appearing at the New York State Fair’s photography competition with regularity. It’s certainly a reversal…
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It’s that time again. An opportunity for me to enter my photography into the Altamont Fair’s photo competition. Each year I bring what I think are the photos that will stand out, the ones that have the best chance of claiming silks, the photos that will impress the judges. I’m entering three different competitions this…
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It’s Saturday afternoon and I just came back from a little trip. Oh, looks like the mailman has arrived. Time to reach in the mailbox and … I can feel them. Little cardstocks with postage. My fingers flip through. Six … seven … eight … nine of them. The postcards from Syracuse have arrived. Six…
Read MoreLast week, I offered up a question to you, my many blog readers. If I were to put my photos and other artworks up for purchase through my own personal site or through an online store, would you purchase them? The overwhelming response was “Yes.” Okay, you responded, so I’m building a store. And the…
Read MoreWith only two weeks left before my planned trip to photograph the 2017 Great American Eclipse, the first advance weather forecasts have appeared on various online weather websites. I’ve been worried about my trip – only because if I’m traveling twelve hours to capture an eclipse, the last thing I need is overcast skies or…
Read More“That’s the photo I want.” He wanted one of my nocturnal astronomy photos. Specifically, he read my blog from a month ago – this one in particular – and wanted a print of this specific photo. I hadn’t initially thought of selling the artwork, it was simply a test for a future Milky Way shot…
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I’ve had a pretty respectable run with the Big E’s photo competition. In my last five years of entering photos in this show, I’ve pulled a ribbon with every photo entered. And four of my photos – The Jumbuck, Jesus Saves, Poestenkill Falls and The Heavens Above, The Forest Below – have claimed first place…
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With three weeks to go until the 2017 total solar eclipse, I’m preparing and testing all my equipment for the day. I was gifted a 62mm solar filter for my camera, and I have a camera with a 62mm focal length – my 19mm f/3.8 Vivitar lens. So yesterday, I tested out my equipment. Went…
Read MoreWhat you see here are two postcards from my previous Iowa State Fair submissions. Five entries sent in 2014 … four entries sent in 2016. All nine entries were rejected like Chuck Miller on date night. And yet, I’m trying one more time. Such is the masochist in me.
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