Resolved.ย This year, I will achieve a most excellent “star trails” photograph.ย I will achieve this goal with my film cameras only, rather than with my digital gear.ย I will achieve this picture by using every single tactic and technique at my disposal, and I will – you heard me, WILL – achieve this goal.ย …
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The “blog-specific” bracket: it’s down to…
And so the Final matchup has been determined. Most of the other brackets in the NCAA pool were packed with upsets.ย In the Midwest bracket, upon which this “blog-specific” bracket was based, the upsets were few and far between.ย Once again, D357 quickly dispatched Bill W to make it to the finals, where he’ll face…
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Take a breath. That first breath. Let it fill your lungs.ย Let it fill your soul. That first morning breath.ย The air feels different inside your nose, inside your throat.ย Like opening a door to a closed room, you can feel the air as it sleekly slides through your nostrils. Open one eye. That first…
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I was out running errands on Saturday morning, and after pulling into a parking lot and doing some shopping, I returned to my car – and realized the exterior of Chevrolet Cobalt SS wasn’t as clean as I would have liked.ย And I wanted to visit my girlfriend Nicole that afternoon, and there’s no way…
Read MoreA ghost sign for my ghost camera
First off, I want to announce that the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District has, for its art project in 2013, a project to restore and resurrect old brickad art and “ghost signs” in the downtown area.ย If you’re interested in participating in this project, read this document and submit your proposal. Okay?ย Good.ย Now, on…
Read MoreMy red support for equality
Hi.ย Welcome to my blog.ย My name is Chuck Miller, and I’ve been a part of the Times Union family of community bloggers since August of 2009.ย In that timespan, I’ve written more than 1,800 blogs on everything from photography to trivia, from the highs and lows of my life, from every triumph and stumble,…
Read MoreSvema film, HDR and the Jericho Drive-In
Remember that snowstorm that blew through the Capital District last week? Yeah, that one. I remember it well.ย Maybe because I actually got up at the yawn-inducing hour of 5:00 a.m. and readied my cameras for a little photo shoot. See, the Jericho Drive-In currently has their ice cream parlor open – so it says…
Read More“The Big Lebowski” on the “Royale With Cheese Movie Club”
Okay, you blog-readers all voted.ย I gave you several titles a few weeks ago for my next Royale With Cheese Movie Club choice – films that everybody in the world has seen except me – and you chose “The Big Lebowski.” I should say that in watching this film, I was a bit out of…
Read MoreThe “blog-specific” blog bracket, Day 4
And so the Final Four has been determined. With Duke’s 66-50 win over Creighton last night, that means that blog-reader Pat has cruised past J-Mac to make my blog-bracket’s final four.ย She gets to face Jango Davis in the semifinals, while D357 takes on blog-bracket-buster Bill W in the other semifinal round. So here’s the…
Read MoreThe “blog-specific” bracket after Day 3
The first round of the “blog bracket,” in which sixteen readers of this blog are matched up with sixteen teams in the NCAA Division 1’s Midwest bracket, went off pretty well. Only one major upset, and seven of the eight top seeds advanced. Now let’s see how six teams did against each other. While the…
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