Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
While working on my “salty mug” photo experiments – pouring a mixture of boiling water and Kosher salt into unglazed mugs, and watching the salt extrude through the clay cup walls – I came across an exquisite unglazed teacup. Oh man, this would look so awesome to have the salt ooze through the carved characters…
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Last spring, I drove down North Pearl Street, minding my own business, when I passed the old abandoned Church of Holy Innocents. You know, the church at the corner of North Pearl and Colonie, the church that’s covered in creeping ivy and creeping ennui… I did a blog post about the building’s tenuous state… But…
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Some time ago, I found an article on PetaPixel about a photographer who used a landscape beach shot to create a waycool mind-trippy photo image. Ocean air salty hair A photo posted by Jati Putra Pratama (@jatiputra) on Aug 5, 2015 at 12:41am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js That’s waycool and mind-trippy. And you know I want…
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“Mr. Miller, we need to take X-rays of your teeth this morning.” Great. Put a lead apron on my chest, place some weird metal chew-device in my mouth, aim a long plastic tube-gun at my face, and then BEEP. Repeat times 17. Yep, I’m at the dental practice of Mohler and Choo, D.D.S., getting my…
Read MoreFive years ago I submitted a print of The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake and it ended up in a bidding war at BUILT, the charitable auction / fundraiser to help preserve Albany’s architecture. In the past five years, I’ve submitted three Dream Windows to BUILT, and they’ve all found new homes. Several of my…
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I had my model friend Lauren toss leaves in the air, while I photographed them (and her) with my Nimslo four-lens camera. Here was the best shot of the day, as far as I was concerned. I liked the way this image turned out. I really do. I actually thought…
Read MoreI know the snow is coming. I know the temperatures are dropping. But before the colorful leaves fall from the tree branches… I had to get a few more shots before autumn faded away. With that, I recruited my gifted Leica M3 camera (“Leica Green”) and snapped a few remaining autumnal shots with Kodak Gold…
Read MoreWhen I come up with a photographic concept, most times I can make it work simply because I’m the only person involved in the project. If I want to photograph a building, I will stand in front of it; I won’t ask the building to move to the other side of the street where the…
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I thought I had a decent photo of the Saratoga and North Creek Railroad. But could I do better – either with a new photo, or an enhancement of the old one?
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BUILT is Historic Albany Foundation’s charitable auction, where the Capital Region’s top painters and sculptors and photographers and artisans create breathtaking artwork with an Albany-based theme. I’ve participated in BUILT for several years, and some of my most iconic pieces – including The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake, The Beat of Officer Harris and a…
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