Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I’m currently trying anything and everything to take my mind off my broken foot.ย I have to.ย Because if I can at least focus on other things, then I can get through another day and get one day closer to healing or surgery or repair or whatever. So I’m trying to focus on other projects,…
Read MoreFor the sixth consecutive year, I am fortunate in that my artworks have been accepted to the Capital Region’s premier charity art show, Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT: Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes.ย Three of my artworks – Coca-Cola 2015, The Pew of Holy Innocents, and Dream Window 17: Friday Night Fish Fry – are among the…
Read MoreAs part of Albany’s “First Friday” collection of art shows and entertainment in our fair Capital City, Albany’s First Presbyterian Church will present purchasable artwork that features 200 years of the history of Troy. Definitely cool. And when the church’s organizer, David Hinchen, contacted me and asked if I had some artwork or photos that…
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It’s Saturday morning, and the wet, miserable rain is pouring down around the Capital District. I know only one thing about this moment. Get out there with the cameras and capture those soggy leaves as they fall around the area. So I took a quick road trip down to Greene County, and decided to follow…
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One of my goals for 2017’s Competition Season is to create a three-dimensional lenticular print with my camera gear.ย I’ve come up with several ideas and concepts, and depending on how things go, I hope to have something that will dazzle.ย And although I have had some successful lenticular “magic motion” prints have done well…
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It’s Sunday morning.ย And I have an idea. One of the most impressive parts of the Albany skyline is St. Joseph’s Church on Ten Broeck Street.ย But if you try to photograph St. Joseph’s Church FROM Ten Broeck Street, you run into problems with photographing tall structures from the street itself – the building looks…
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So here I am at the top of a parking garage in downtown Albany on a Saturday night. Sounds like the beginning of a pop song, doesn’t it? No it doesn’t.ย ๐ I wanted to try something with my new Soviet mirror lens, the MC MTO-11, which is an 1100mm f/16 cadiatropic piece of glass.ย …
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So how about some good news? Yeah.ย Good news would certainly be good news. I just heard from Historic Albany Foundation that my three submitted artworks have been accepted into the annual art auction and charity event, BUILT: Albany’s Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes.ย And this year, in partnership with the Breathing Lights art project, BUILT…
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I’m still feeling the tightness in my hamstrings, and maybe it’s because I’m completely out of shape.ย That happens.ย I wasn’t built for speed. And when I traveled to the Boreas Ponds Tract last Monday, I over-estimated how much hiking was necessary to get from the parking lot to the destination – and from the…
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At this stage in my life, I know there’s no way I could successfully hike up any of those Adirondack High Peaks. But with the recent opening of the Boreas Ponds tract in the Adirondacks, I have the opportunity to photograph the High Peaks from a beautiful, secluded spot. And I might even be able…
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