The nice thing about participating in the Elbo Room tournament is that, sooner or later, you’re going to move up the standings ladder and lock yourself in. Right now, though, nobody’s really “locked” in, but realistically the top three teams – Team Schooled, Woo Hoo a Go Go and Street Academy – have a better-than-average…
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The “Single Shot Half Shot” Photography Experiment: Two Cameras With One Film
Remember my splitfilm experiments, where I crammed two rolls of film into one camera and shot away, then re-assembled the developed films – like a jigsaw puzzle – into award-winning photos? Sure you do. Two films in one camera. Great idea. But what if I tried two cameras with one film? You heard me… two…
Read MoreArt Clokey would have turned 90 today…
Today, I’d like to step back and reflect on a pioneer of children’s television, Art Clokey. Clokey was the creator of the legendary stop-motion animated series Gumby, and was also famous for his work with the show Davey and Goliath. He passed away in January 2010, but his clay creations, memories of our pop culture…
Read MoreRemembering Port Black
You don’t know Port Black. In fact, if you saw the headline of this blog, you might have thought that “Port Black” was some nautical destination, some seaside retreat. You might try to find Port Black on Facebook, but he doesn’t exist there either. In fact, he never existed as a flesh-and-blood person. He wasn’t…
Read MoreWhat does the NBA lockout mean for minor league hoops?
Point of disclosure. I’ve worked for the past several years in minor league basketball, both with the CBA, the Premier Basketball League and the National Basketball League of Canada. These opinions are mine and mine alone, and do not reflect my employment or association with any sports league. The last time the NBA locked players…
Read MoreThe Robot that Took Over Harriet Gibbons High School
Flash back to 2007. I was working for Toy Collector Magazine, an online publication that focused on the rarest and most popular toys, games, dolls and trains. The publication lasted for about two years; it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed working there. Especially when it allowed me to give something back to…
Read MoreThe “Royale With Cheese” Movie Club: “The Sixth Sense”
Wait – Chuck, you’ve never seen The Sixth Sense? With Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment? How could you have never seen The Sixth Sense? Did you know that there’s a twist in the end of the film, where – No. no. Don’t tell me. I know this film’s been around for over a decade,…
Read MoreKodachrome film could become “Kodachrome: The Movie.”
Remember last year when I – along with thousands of other shutterbugs – took the last photos with Kodachrome film and sent them off to Dwayne’s Photo? You would have thought that Parsons, Kansas was the greatest tourist attraction in the Midwest; people were driving from all over the nation to get their film to…
Read MoreI love cameras as much as the next person … but … um…
Andy Gregory, one of the many authors of the Times Union’s CRUMBS blog, sent me this little video clip. It’s a time-lapse shot of a person getting a tattoo. So I’m watching it, and frame by frame, step by step, I see the person getting a standard twin-lens reflex camera tattooed on their forearm… then…
Read MoreTV Cliche #43: Your new neighbors are…
Ah, you’re living in the TV suburbs. You’ve got a mom, a dad, a couple of siblings and a pet dog. And suddenly, in the first episode, you discover that your next door neighbor – or the person who’s renting a room over your garage – or the cute couple across the street… are… It’s…
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