Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
For me, as Competition Season 2017 winds down, it’s time for me to gear up for my other favorite “Season” – Charity Season. Charity Season, for me, encompasses many endeavors.ย Part of Charity Season involves artistic donations to various auctions and fundraisers.ย At the same time, it also involves personal charitable endeavors, such as my…
Read MoreAbout seven years ago, I used the iconic slide film Kodachrome in its last year that the film could be developed.ย I photographed bridges and trees and winter scenes and other cool images. Then, in December 2010, the last processing plant in the world – the only one capable of handling the various chemicals used…
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Three months ago, I installed several “Solarcan” pinhole cameras around the Albany area.ย The goal of these pinhole cameras was to capture the sun as it streaks through the sky, capturing it as a long solar blast from solstice to solstice. Three months later … I’m ready to harvest one of the cameras and examine…
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Are you looking for wall art for your home or office?ย Perhaps something that caught your attention during one of my photographic blog posts, and you thought to yourself, “If Chuck ever puts that piece up for sale, I’d be at his front door, waiving dollar bills at him, shouting, ‘Shut up and take my…
Read MoreThe Durham Fair’s photo contest, held in Durham, Connecticut, is my final entry in Competition Season 2017.ย And although I’m still hopeful of more ribbons from the Big E, this year’s submissions to Durham stand as my final chances for silks and coin. In three consecutive Durham submissions, I’ve claimed three blue ribbons – in…
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Do I have everything?ย Nikon Df.ย Fully-clean 32g SD card.ย Fully-charged batteries.ย Intervalometer.ย Filter.ย Two lenses.ย Tripod.ย Folding chair.ย Snacks.ย Cold drinks.ย A car with a full tank of gas. Yeah, I’ve prepared for this like a general prepares for invasion. Last-minute adjustments.ย Last-minute weather examinations.ย And here I am.ย In Clinton, South Carolina. Ready…
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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.ย This is great.ย This is exciting.ย This is … still unknown.ย 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.ย 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.ย An opportunity for me to enter my photography into the Altamont Fair’s photo competition.ย 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.ย My fingers flip through.ย Six … seven … eight … nine of them. The postcards from Syracuse have arrived.ย Six…
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