Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Let me share something cool about the Big E’s photo competition.ย It’s the only competition I regularly enter in which all photos are judged on their own merits, and all photos receive their own individual scores.ย In other words, there can be several “first prize” winners in one category, so you’re really not competing with…
Read MoreI know, I know, I should not be doing this.ย I have plenty of photo contests in the United States in which I can enter. That being said, I figured it was time to see what I could achieve in entering a photo or three at the Saint John Ex.ย That’s Saint John, New Brunswick,…
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Okay, do I have everything? Gotta go through the checklist. Six photos for the New York State Fair Photography Competition.ย Check. The Cathedral of St. Philco for the dollhouse crafts competition at the State Fair.ย Check. Seven postcards, one for each artwork.ย Check. Seven postcard stamps.ย Check. The signed authorization from my model friend Lauren,…
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So here’s the deal.ย I’ve been puttering around with cracked-open 126 Kodak Instamatic film for a few years.ย And so far, the results have been good enough.ย Yes, I’ve entered some shots in competition, but still… My problem is that I have to find a way to make the film’s limitations – the green framing…
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Backstory.ย After a one-year hiatus, I chose to enter my pictures in the Iowa State Fair Photography Competition.ย I selected a mixture of recent and heritage images, with each one fitting in specific themed categories.ย Four images printed off, matted, mounted, foam-boarded, postaged, and shipped. Now I wait.ย And wait.ย And wait.ย And wait. While…
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When I get new camera equipment, whether it be a camera, a lens, or some film, I want to take it out and experiment with it.ย I go to one of my photographic “honey hole” locations – somewhere in the North Country, somewhere in the Warehouse District, places where I feel that I can get…
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Two years ago, I entered some pictures in the Washington State Fair’s Northwest International Exhibition of Photography competition.ย One of the photos I entered, The Three-Two Pitch, earned honorable mention status.ย That’s nice. We now move forward to 2016.ย And I thought about entering some more pictures in that competition. Now here’s the cool thing.ย …
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Last week, after photographing the nighttime sky up in the Adirondack Mountains, I came home, popped the SD card into my computer, and – the card crashed.ย I couldn’t pull any files from the disc.ย In fact, the only files I was able to retrieve were a few scattered images that my computer automatically uploaded…
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One rule of photography.ย Always have backup plans. Let me explain. I had an idea to photograph the 2016 Empire State Plaza fireworks show from a faraway distance – perhaps over the bridge in Rensselaer, with high-powered lenses and such.ย That way, I could get the entire fireworks show, with the backdrop of the ESP’s…
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Last night, I went to the Adirondacks for a little bit of self-reflection and night photography.ย My goal – capture the Milky Way as it spanned the cloudless, moonless night. It was an honorable goal, shall I say. And I’m still trying to capture it. Let me explain. On Sunday afternoon, I made sure all…
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