Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
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.ย At some point in time, I should capture a lightning strike.ย I…
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Here I am at the Canfield Casino in Saratoga Springs.ย 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.ย 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…
Read MoreI know, I know, you’re getting sick of these “swimming in the pond” shots.ย But I’m not getting sick of trying to get an image with this infrared Aerochrome film. So last week, I caught this picture in Washington Park – two geese and three little goslings (no, I don’t know if the little ones’…
Read MoreThis was one of my shots that I’m contemplating putting in the “short pile” for competition season.ย This is one of my Aerochrome photos, and it was taken in Lake George at the Magic Forest amusement park.ย I think this is that mold of Paul Bunyan that’s appeared from time to time across the country;…
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It’s Sunday morning.ย Any Sunday morning.ย I look outside my window.ย The weather is cold and miserable.ย It’s windy and it’s snowing.ย It’s overcast and humid.ย It’s rainy and drizzly.ย And I know what that means.ย No matter what the weather, I have to go to that spot and photograph again. I don’t care if…
Read MoreSunday morning.ย I should be sleeping right now.ย I should be rolling over and slapping the alarm clock for daring to wake me up on a day of rest. And yet, I’m driving over to Washington Park. For some reason, this warm weather has drawn several waterfowl to the lake at Washington Park – ducks…
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I love photographing waterfalls.ย Whether they’re slow little cascade trickles, or mighty power-generating behemoths, I enjoy capturing them on film and in digital. Yesterday, I was in the Adirondacks, looking for some photography subjects for an upcoming “5/15/15” gallery show for the PhotoCenter of Troy (all photos must be taken in the palindromic date of…
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