A few weeks ago, when I dropped off some rolls of film to McGreevy Pro Lab for developing, the clerk at McGreevy, fellow photographer Joe Putrock, asked if I had considered entering anything into Historic Albany Foundation’s “BUILT” silent auction and art show. “No,” I replied. “I thought the deadline had passed.” “It hasn’t passed,”…
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Julie Benz, from Dexter and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, reads my blog! WOW!!
That headline is not a misprint. And I’m still wondering how it all happened. But trust me… I’m not complaining. Not one iota. It’s Saturday morning – maybe 2 a.m. – and I can’t sleep. When I’m feeling low, my insomnia kicks in, and that’s never a good thing. So after playing a game of…
Read MoreJeremy Mayfield and a River in Egypt
Although I’m not as big a NASCAR fan as I once was, I do enjoy watching the races from time to time – mostly preferring the short-tracks like Bristol and Martinsville and Dover rather than the super-speedways like Talladega or Daytona (although I do have an affinity for Darlington in the superspeedway department, how cool…
Read MoreWeek 9 of the 2011 $2,000 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
When I was a kid, I used to love playing with pinball machines. Over time, I learned how to use each flipper independently, learned how to access high scores without having to shake the machine into TILT-land, and eventually found the best and most satisfying goal of pinball – to be able to set as…
Read More«Pardonnez-moi … Est-ce un Rolleiflex?»
Last Saturday, between my stint photographing basketball games in Quebec City (Kebs won twice, nice), I decided to take my Rolleiflex camera out for an evening stroll through downtown. I had five rolls of 120 film at the ready, and I wanted to relax and take in the sites of Albany’s Canadian sister city. First…
Read MoreThe Fragments
There are those who swear that in the morning, when they wake up, they remember everything about their dreams. They claim to remember every moment, every word, every comment from their slumber. Me… all I can remember is maybe a word, a phrase, a note, a number. And no earthly reason why I would even…
Read MoreThe Sea-Green Bicycle
I don’t know what it was about the bicycle that caught my eye. Whether it was its light nautical sea-green paint job, the multicolored flowers in its white handlebar basket, or its bright, cheery appearance along the gritty, rainy New York City avenue – whatever reason it was, I had to take a picture of…
Read MoreGet on your knees, it’s Caption Time!
Now I’m not sure if the coach told them in mid-game to drop and give him 20 push-ups, or if one of the players dropped a contact lens and everyone’s on the ground looking for it… so how about you faithful readers come up with a decent caption for this photo? As always, photo by…
Read MoreReplacing the Replacements
It’s going to be a good night tonight. I’m watching one of my favorite films, Time After Time. However, it wasn’t until a couple of days ago, that I could have actually seen the film. And therein lies a cautionary tale. When it comes to lending anybody anything from my personal collection, I follow one…
Read MoreCanadian Border Guard #17568
It’s 6:30 on a Saturday morning. I’ve been on the road for nearly three hours, and I’m about to reach the border crossing at the end of Interstate 87, on my way to Quebec City for the National Basketball League of Canada’s opening game. The game is scheduled for the afternoon, and with a snowstorm…
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