Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I’m one of those people who prepare waaaaaaaaaay ahead of time for an event. And with that in mind, I’ve been crafting my dozen artworks for my upcoming gallery show at the Spectrum 8 theater. The show, which still doesn’t have a title as of yet, will feature signed and dated ready-to-display prints of some…
Read MoreNow what, do you ask, inspired this little blog headline? Between 2009 and 2010, I shot with Kodachrome film. I photographed with whatever fresh (or sorta-fresh) Kodachrome I could get my mitts on, and got as much of it developed before Dwayne’s Photo (the last place that could develop the iconic film in color) stopped…
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In July of 1981, I attended a five-week pre-freshman orientation program at Hamilton College. Between that summer and the late spring of 1985, I was a college student at one of the “Little Ivies.” There were days when I felt about as out of place as Willy Loman in a summer stock production of Spamalot;…
Read MoreAs I’ve become more comfortable with my Russian panoramic camera, I’ve decided it’s now time to see if I can properly align my shots to look more natural. And to do that, I wanted to photograph the bridge that spans Washington Park’s lake. I’ve photographed that bridge before, and one of my award-winning photos, The…
Read MoreAnd exhibition season 2015 begins. It took a shot of the heavens, a shot in the cold, and a shot wider than I’ve ever previously achieved, to commit my three entries to the upcoming Thacher Park Nature Art Exhibit. Last year three of my artworks, including The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake and Waterwish 3,…
Read MoreSo here’s the situation. In 2012, I wrote a blog post here – and, since I didn’t have a picture of the item I wanted to use in the blog, I looked on flickr for a photo that could be used for the blog. I posted the picture in the blog, making sure to attribute…
Read MoreI’ve been playing with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 “Raskolnikov” camera for about a month or so, and I’ve enjoyed the results. And in playing with the camera, I’ve tried adding some new variables and disciplines to the 1960’s Soviet panoramic camera. One of the variables I’ve tested out is redscale film. In redscale photoraphy, the film…
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So my original plan was thus. A few years ago, my modeling friend Lauren helped me create an illusion called Her Stolen Heart, in which she would hold a frame and I would photograph in such a way that the frame appeared to show what was behind her. I entered it as one of my…
Read MoreTwo years ago, one of my Dream Window constructs, Dream Window 5: The Thirst Quencher, appeared as part of the Albany Center Gallery’s Northeast Home Show art show at the Times Union Center. After not submitting anything in 2014 – I really didn’t think I had anything hang-worthy that year – I submitted three pictures…
Read MoreAs I continue my tests and excursions with my new Russian panoramic camera, I spent Sunday morning traipsing through some sites along Route 20 – Guilderland, Duanesburg, that kind of thing. I really didn’t find much that caught my eye, except for this New York Central locomotive that was part of some roadside attraction in…
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