The Standout (or: All Hail the Yellow King!)

Every year, TulipFest comes to the Capital District.  And when I’m able, I take pictures of the beautiful tulips and flower arrangements. Sunday morning.  I’ve already respooled four or five rolls of 120 film onto narrower 620 spools, all ready for shooting with my Kodak Medalist II camera.  Yes, this year I’m going to capture…

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Power and Light à la Свема

This isn’t supposed to happen. I’m not supposed to have second-thoughts or third-thoughts about my pictures.  If I think my photos are winners, then I put them in competition and see how they do.  I’ll turn the photos into Dream Windows and sell them for charity.  I’ll promote the becheebers out of them in this…

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The Wishing Well and the Medalist

I am a creature of habit.  And by “creature of habit,” I mean that when I return to places, I often revisit places that provide me the opportunity to recharge my soul. Example.  While I was on my Canadian vacation this year, I took a few moments to return to the beaches along Sand Cove…

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The Remnants of Icebergs

What is it with me and Canadian sunrises?  What is it with me and photographing at some ungodly morning time to capture the sun as its rays kiss the shores of places like Saint’s Rest Beach or Peggy’s Cove? In the past, my Canadian photos have won some awards – The Lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove…

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