It’s Labor Day weekend, and I’m running around trying to take care of things that I normally can’t do during the working week. Drop off this, pick up that, purchase these, pay for those… And as I drove from Latham to Watervliet, I caught a glimpse of an old, abandoned car wash. Now the Blackbird…
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162 Clinton Avenue
I know the neighborhood. Heck, my high school – Street Academy of Albany – was across the street from what’s left of this house. And when I heard that the house at 162 Clinton Avenue had collapsed, leaving only the front of the building standing … I had to capture it on my camera. I…
Read More“Art Saves Animals” and L-Ken’s
As my “competition season” for my photographs winds down, my “charity season” – where my artworks are donated to various charities and fundraisers – ramps up. In the past, I’ve donated framed photos and artworks to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, as part of their “Art Saves Animals” annual charity fundraiser and auction. If anything…
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My 2014 Vermont State Fair entries are…
Resolved. We are NOT going to have what happened last year happen again. Last year, two of my pictures were initially disqualified from the Vermont State Fair’s photography competition because the dimensions were too narrow on one side (the pictures needed to be a minimum of 8×10, and two of them had widths of about…
Read More“Do you know the way to Puyallup?”
This year, in addition to entering my photos in the usual locations – Altamont, the New York State Fair, and the upcoming Vermont State Fair and Big E – I tried to send some of my images to new and different fairs and photo competitions. Sometimes it worked – I did get a silver award…
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Santa’s in drydock: an Instamatic project
I’ve been trying to restore my photo-mojo of late, doing whatever it takes to get my photographic eye back in alignment. And in doing so, I decided to return to some of my earlier photo projects, experiments and excursions. Sometimes the experiments worked well; but there were other photo-attempts that I started, got frustrated with,…
Read MoreRetrieval from failure
It’s Monday morning, and I’m getting on the highway as early as possible. 6 in the morning is as good a time as any to get on the highway, don’tcha think? I have to pick up my six photos from the New York State Fair. Since none of my entries were accepted for display this…
Read MoreSaratoga, Nipper and the Moon
In photography parlance, a “teleconverter” is an attachment that can increase the distance of your shot. A 2x teleconverter can increase your 50mm lens to a 100mm powerhouse. The drawback? It can double your size, but it can also double camera shake and vignetting. So you have to use it sparingly. Which is why I’ve…
Read MoreThe Stitches: Cork Center
Clark Henry was an outfielder for the Albany Senators minor league baseball team. He played on the Senators squad from 1945 to 1951, and surpassed a .300 batting average in the 1950 and 1951 seasons. I have his signature on a team-signed 1949 Albany Senators Eastern League baseball. The ball has turned an orange-amber hue…
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Six little white postcards from Syracuse…
I’ve checked the mailbox for days. Hoping they will arrive. Every time Mike the Mailman visits my street in the Town and Village, I’ve checked my mailbox to see if he dropped them in my mailbox. Yes. I am waiting for six little white postcards from Syracuse. Today, they arrived. Six little white postcards, each…
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