I took this picture last November, in a place called Partridge Run. It’s somewhere in Berne – I can’t remember if it’s East Berne or West Berne or slightly Berne – would that make it the town of Singe? At the time, I was messing around with depth of field exposures – putting some objects…
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“They dare call me MADI…”
Saturday afternoon. Many errands to run. And as I drove from one place to the next… I passed by the Madison Theater in Albany’s Pine Hills neighborhood. A few things you should know. I’ve been watching the progress of the Madison Theater as it undergoes yet another renovation in its long history. Now it’s getting…
Read MoreWrapping film at 3:30 in the morning
How do I explain this without sounding like a complete kookybird? I just woke up. Yawn. Stretch. And I had an idea for a photography shoot. Truly the best ideas germinate when the subconscious and the dream world collaborate. And for me to make this dream a reality… I need to wrap some splitfilm. My…
Read MoreThe Flying Light Project
A couple of years ago, I tried a photography experiment where I composed one shot in two cameras. My “Single Shot: Half Shot” photograph, if you will, was designed so that the film was be exposed in one camera, then re-exposed in a second camera. I got it to work – at least reasonably so…
Read MoreThe Results of BUILT 2013
“BUILT: Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes” is the final stop on my photography “charity season.” The three artworks I submitted, which encompass Capital District architecture and iconography, were displayed – along with hundreds of works from other amazing local painters, photographers, sculptors and inkers – in the soon-to-be-fully-restored 60 State Place, the former KeyBank building on…
Read MoreMy entries for BUILT 2013
It’s one of my favorite charitable organizations, and it’s a cause that’s dear to my heart – Historic Albany Foundation’s “BUILT” charitable fundraiser. I believe in the program’s goals – to save and restore as many of Albany’s century-old structures before they get clobbered by the wrecking ball. And with that in mind, I decided…
Read More2013 Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Photo Contest results
Where was I last year at this time? My life at that moment was more sour than a lemon grove. My car was showing signs of electrical wire damage, my cell phone couldn’t carry a charge if I soldered a stack of Ray-o-Vacs to it, and my relationships – the less said about it, the…
Read MoreThe Photo Center of Troy’s Members Show
I don’t consider the Photo Center of Troy’s Members Show part of my “competition season.” Rather than being “competition,” this show is more of a celebration. The Photo Center of Troy hosts a Members Show so that we can present our best works, our most stirring and inventive and inviting works, images that we are…
Read MoreTen minutes after the wolf arrived
If you asked me to find this wooded area again, I couldn’t do it. I didn’t write down any coordinates, and my Boy Scout tracking skills are 40 years old and were never polished past Tenderfoot status. So as far as I was concerned, I was walking around in circles, having wandered away from my…
Read MoreAn HDR try for Whitehurst Printing & Binding
A few days ago, I tried to photograph the Whitehurst Printing & Binding ghost sign near Troy’s waterfront. It was a cloudy day, and I’m still experimenting with this vintage GAF aerographic film. The picture came out dark, and I had to use flickr’s highlight adjustment tools to get something more aesthetically pleasing. And this…
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