I need a seriously solid smile right now.ย This political campaign has essentially created a large sucking sound, and it just does not seem to end. Thankfully, last night I saw a true beacon of hope in this morass of political sludge. Let me introduce you to the Gregory Brothers. The Gregory Brothers have “songified”…
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Best of our TU Independent Blogs, October 20, 2016: Ten for Thursday
There’s some fantastic blog posts this week from the Times Union’s collection of independent and community bloggers, and I really think that you’ll enjoy what you see here.ย Besides, after what turned into a very nasty Presidential debate, we could all use a little eyebleach.ย Yes? Here we go.ย Let’s start. This week’s blog goodness…
Read MoreWeek 3 of the 2016 Graney’s Stout Fall Trivia League
Let’s fix a couple of things. First off, I mis-labeled one of the teams, who just changed their name to “New Phone Who Dis?”ย Apparently it’s a reference to a sketch from the FXX comedy series You’re The Worst, which I tried to watch for a few episodes and just gave up.ย Wasn’t as funny…
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Flora
One of my goals for 2017’s Competition Season is to create a three-dimensional lenticular print with my camera gear.ย I’ve come up with several ideas and concepts, and depending on how things go, I hope to have something that will dazzle.ย And although I have had some successful lenticular “magic motion” prints have done well…
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Caption Time: St. Agnes Cemetery in autumn
Yesterday I caught this photo of a monument at St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands, as the fall foliage burst through in the background. For the photography nerds, there’s some seriously sweet donut-shaped bokeh in the autumn shades, but I’d definitely like to hear if any of my blog readers can come up with a decent…
Read MoreMasterMinds – the Capital District high school quiz show
Those of you who read my blog with any sort of regularity know that in 1981, my high school (Street Academy of Albany) demolished three other schools on WRGB’s Answers Please high school quiz show.ย Greatest. Moment. Ever. Answers Please aired on WRGB for many decades, until it aired its last episode in 1989. About…
Read MoreCanada thinks we’re pretty cool …
So you’re still sloughing through this political malaise.ย You’re feeling down and low, you’re feeling blue. And you need a pep talk to make you feel better. Trust me.ย We just got a pep talk. From our neighbors to the North. And it’s not the first time they’ve picked us up when we’ve been on…
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St. Joseph’s Church as a foliage fortress
It’s Sunday morning.ย And I have an idea. One of the most impressive parts of the Albany skyline is St. Joseph’s Church on Ten Broeck Street.ย But if you try to photograph St. Joseph’s Church FROM Ten Broeck Street, you run into problems with photographing tall structures from the street itself – the building looks…
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The Half Moon on a Full Moon
So here I am at the top of a parking garage in downtown Albany on a Saturday night. Sounds like the beginning of a pop song, doesn’t it? No it doesn’t.ย ๐ I wanted to try something with my new Soviet mirror lens, the MC MTO-11, which is an 1100mm f/16 cadiatropic piece of glass.ย …
Read MoreBye-bye, Orlando Predators
During the years when Albany had a top-level Arena Football team, the Firebirds had several “rival” opponents.ย There were the Tampa Bay Storm, who never seemed to lose when they came to our building.ย There was the Detroit Drive, with quarterback Art Schlichter, who would take bets on everything and anything. But mostly, the biggest…
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