Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
And Competition Season 2017 begins … today. I’m boxing up my four entries for the Iowa State Fair’s photography competition, and they should be on their way to Des Moines by this afternoon. This will be my third attempt to enter photographs in the Iowa State Fair’s Photography Competition. It’s the largest fair photo show…
Read MoreOf late, I’ve been using my camera gear to capture flowers and flora wherever possible, to strengthen my artistic chops and make myself a better photographer. This is not easy. You can’t just point a camera at a flower and hope it says cheese. Case in point. I recently had an opportunity to photograph a…
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Earlier this week, I captured a very well-received photo of the Washington Park tulips, as shot from inside the tulip bed. After much thought and feedback, I decided to fast-track the photo – officially now known as What The Grasshopper Saw – into Competition Season 2017. And mind you, that was not the only set…
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I love photographing the tulips at TulipFest every year. But last weekend had intermittent rainstorms, and I decided to wait until Monday to get the shots I wanted. And the shots I wanted … included shooting with an old vintage lens attachment. Follow me on this.
Read MoreBeverly Foster Seinberg is currently teaching herself photography. And her teacher has provided Beverly notes through something called EXIF. If you’re not familiar with photography-speak, let me explain. In addition to taking pictures for you, digital cameras and cell phone cameras add a little swig of metadata to the photograph as it is captured. This…
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I shouldn’t be out here this early in the morning. No. I should return to bed and sleep a few more hours. But I can’t. I’m right near the ocean, and I want to photograph an ocean sunrise.
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How strange is this cosmic world of coincidence and happenstance. Let me explain. It’s Monday night, and I’m in Atlantic City waiting for the announcement of the World Tavern Trivia national championships (spoiler alert: my team won). I wanted to get some souvenirs and gifts while I was here, so I’m in the gift shop…
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Do you remember last Monday’s post, when I went to Congress Park in Saratoga Springs for some photography? Yeah, I only took one roll of film (dumb me), and spent the next hour afterward watching the ducks and contemplating life. Not necessarily in that order, mind you… My goal at the time was to take…
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In order to prepare for my summertime super-shot photo in the Adirondacks, I needed a lens that possessed a wider angle than was previously in my arsenal. Right now, my widest camera lens is a Vivitar 19mm f/3.8, which is an amazing workhorse camera lens – but I not only needed a wider lens, I…
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So I took several of my stereo photos … brought back a toy from my childhood – and made my first-ever stereo viewing disc. Want to see it? Sure you do!
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Chuck The Writer 
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