Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I trimmed a few “competition season” competitions from my 2015 exhibitions. I didn’t enter the Iowa State Fair or the Washington State Fair this year; and after what happened in the Vermont State Fair last year, they’re on my naughty list until further notice. But I did decide to return to one competition this season;…
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This is a nice streak to achieve. In the past three Big E photography competitions, I’ve garnered a ribbon for every photo I’ve entered. That’s a nice breakthrough, I think. Nine for nine in entries, including blue ribbons for Poestenkill Cascade, The Jumbuck and Jesus Saves. Other pictures, including Midnight at the Palace Theater, Beecher…
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It was a beautiful sunny, summer June day. And I was outside, taking pictures of the lakehouse in Washington Park with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 “Raskolnikov” camera. I wanted to test out some Fuji Velvia slide film in the camera, and since I had taped up part of the camera’s interior to reduce its fixed aperture…
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My latest camera promises to bring three dimensions to my photography. Let’s see if I can photograph some waterfoul and get that to work for me.
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Three pictures entered at the State Fair in Syracuse… how did they do? Smiles or disappointment? And will I need a Defibrillator afterwards?
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I knew they existed. I just didn’t know where to find them in this day and age. But find them I did. And I’m glad for it. Background. I’ve blogged in the past about how everybody in my family excelled in bowling. Everybody, that is, except me. But one thing I was fascinated with in…
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One of my blog readers, Dave Stewart, kindly “gifted” me his father’s Argus C3 camera. Other than giving it a new leather body, and doing some fine-tuning to the mechanisms, I haven’t had a chance to take it out for a shoot. But when I checked inside the camera… you know it. Film. And some…
Read MoreLast Saturday, I was at the Saratoga Race Course. No, I didn’t win any money. Trust me, the only thing I won that day was a nasty farmer’s tan. That being said, I was busy testing out some new film techniques along the pathway that connects the track to the paddock. I brought a few…
Read MoreIt’s Monday morning. I’m off to Syracuse to complete the drive of shame – to pick up my four non-accepted artworks from the New York State Fair. Must get up nice and early, and make this a quick “out-and-back” trip. Unlike last year, when I had to remove all six of my non-accepted photo, this…
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Sweltering Sunday. It’s the day when I spend time at the Altamont Fair, the final day for the 2015 Fair run. During this day, I visited the animal barns, I checked out the stunt shows, I even tried to throw little plastic rings onto the necks of beer bottles to win a prize (no such…
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