Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
It’s midnight, maybe half past midnight, and I just drove up to Saratoga County on what was essentially a lark. Or, as I like to call it, a dress rehearsal. Follow me on this. At some point in time this summer, I’m planning on returning to the Boreas Ponds and capturing the photograph of my…
Read MoreA few months ago, I backed a Kickstarter campaign for the Solarcan, a mass-produced pinhole camera that will capture a very long exposure – instead of minutes or hours, this camera is designed to capture an image over a period of months. The Solarcan was created by Sam Cornwell, who initiated the Kickstarter campaign to…
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Photography has the ability to not only capture a moment in time, it also has the ability to soothe the soul.ย There were countless times when I was in a dark place in my life, where I thought that things would never get better.ย In those moments, I would grab a camera or three, jump…
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I’ve wrangled and battled and searched through my images. And for me, trying to find six worthy candidates for the New York State Fair photography competition is like trying to find my six best ears of corn in a thirty-acre cornfield. It ain’t easy. The procedures and processes for picking my six entries for the…
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The photo you see here was taken with the most powerful marco lens I’ve ever owned, a Zhong Yi Mitakon super-macro lens.ย Its most powerful setting – four and a half times normal size. I am not kidding. Four and a half freakin’ times normal size.ย Holy John C. Holmes, Batman… Anyways, Zhong Yi Optics,…
Read MoreOf late, I’ve really enjoyed my new Irix 15mm f/2.4 super-ultrawide rectilinear camera lens.ย ย I used it last month to capture my Stone, Saltwater, Surf and Seagulls picture, which is already aimed for Competition Season 2017. But one picture does not a lens purchase make.ย I need to see what else this lens can create.…
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And Competition Season 2017 begins … today.ย 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.ย 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.ย You can’t just point a camera at a flower and hope it says cheese. Case in point.ย 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.ย 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.ย 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.
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