Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Last week, Huck Finn’s Playland had its “soft” opening – the kind where everybody gets to go on the rides and have a great time, while the ride operators and organizers double-check everything and make final tweaks before the big super “official” opening. And since I had just received my fully restored Leica M3 back…
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I was recently “gifted” a Leica M3 camera. Yeah, I still can’t believe it. I’ve run a few rolls through the camera and it’s been totally amazing. So I need to do two things with this camera before I ever use it again. (1) The camera will need a full mechanical overhaul, essentially known as…
Read MoreMy Kodak Medalist II camera, affectionately nicknamed “Kodak Red” due to its replacement red leather casing, just finished its run in the year-long “Vivaldi’s Pond” photo project. Shooting with Kodak Red in this project has made it difficult for me to employ the camera in any other film or photo project, in that I don’t…
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Thought I’d share this picture I recently took on my cell phone. It was early Monday morning, and as I climbed into my car, I flipped open the sunroof and – Oh, look. I gotta get a picture of this. BlackBerry Q10 camera phone at the ready… and… Damn frost. Damn cold. Wish the cold…
Read MoreHe was hiding in the wild overgrowth. He most likely never expected to see another human in his world. And if I hadn’t noticed him in the first place, I might never have caught this picture. Background. Last Saturday, I took three of my cameras – my Nikon Df, my Kodak Medalist (“Kodak Red”) and…
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And for me, my first time was last night. The lightning and thunder cascaded with violent force throughout the Town and Village, and I was mentally bouncing back and forth as to whether I wanted to capture a photo of lightning or not. At some point in time, I should capture a lightning strike. I…
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Here I am at the Canfield Casino in Saratoga Springs. It’s Thursday night, and three of my artworks – my first printed infrared piece, a five-year-old Kodachrome shot, and a picture I took two years ago and completely forgot about – are all on display, along with the artworks of nearly eighty other talented Capital…
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The semi-gauzy illumination of the morning fills the cloudy, chilly sky. And deep along the wooden walkways of a small arboretum on the campus of a Central New York private college, I’m hoping that the photos I take this early morning will soothe my troubled, fractured soul. I’m here on the campus of Hamilton College,…
Read MoreLast year, I participated in the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation’s Spirit of Life and Spencer Trask Memorial Restoration Campaign, as one of my Dream Windows appeared at the 2014 TRASK Art Show and Sale. This year, I decided to go in a different direction. No Dream Window this time; instead, since the theme of the…
Read MoreI almost threw these away, because I wasn’t satisfied with what came out. And then, at the last moment, I fished the film out of the garbage and scanned the negatives anyway. This is a testament to never giving up, and trying to get something out of nothing. Background. What you see on the left…
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Chuck The Writer 
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