Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
This is my last chance.ย My only chance.ย I need to get this blood moon eclipse.ย I have to get this copper-red moon. And a hundred things are working against me.ย Rain.ย Clouds.ย Poor location.ย Equipment failure.ย Wrong lens.ย Wrong camera.ย Wrong photographer. But I can’t give up.ย If I don’t get this blood moon…
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Seven pictures.ย Two locations.ย One day. For the first time in my photographic competition career, I’m going to try to visit two fairs in one day.ย This is how my schedule stacks up; my original plan was to go on Sunday night, but Sunday night is reserved for the lunar eclipse, and I can’t reschedule…
Read MoreOkay.ย The last time I used my animated four-shot Nimslo film camera, I tried taking pictures of ducks in the pond.ย Although I did get some successful shots, I felt that I hadn’t really achieved what I wanted with this camera.ย I needed to experiment.ย I needed to take pictures here and there, and hope…
Read MoreI was in Buffalo over the weekend; the National Basketball League of Canada hosted a free agent player combine in West Seneca, and I drove out to assist them.ย I also spent some time talking with new league commissioner David Magley (former Albany Patroon David Magley) about various things and going forward with the NBL’s…
Read MoreThere’s a spot on Broadway, maybe about half a mile from the Arnoff Building, that has a very special treat after a rainstorm. See, about two months ago, I was testing some high-contrast B&W film in my newly-acquired Leica, and I achieved this picture. Now this is truly nice… but it’s developed into an inspiration…
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I trimmed a few “competition season” competitions from my 2015 exhibitions.ย 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.ย In the past three Big E photography competitions, I’ve garnered a ribbon for every photo I’ve entered.ย That’s a nice breakthrough, I think.ย Nine for nine in entries, including blue ribbons for Poestenkill Cascade, The Jumbuck and Jesus Saves.ย Other pictures, including Midnight at the Palace Theater, Beecher…
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It was a beautiful sunny, summer June day.ย 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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