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Now that I’m returning to some semblance of normalcy, I want to revisit my attempts to get ultra-wide panoramic shots out of my Rolleiflex Automat MX medium format camera. I was not satisfied with my previous attempt, even though it did turn into a halfway decent blog post. That being said, I really want to…

Two years ago, I blogged about donating some cash to my local town and village’s Little League, so that their organizers can install a brand new outfield scoreboard. Yesterday, as I drove home, I saw two teams of kids playing youth baseball at the Little League field. And it dawned on me. I can see…

I recently posted a blog in which I captured a distressed Eagle Scout badge, along with the necessary tools to repair it. Here’s the post. It’s one thing to photograph this wrecked badge. But it’s another to actually take a moment and fix it. And the big issue now for this medal … is the…

I swear, Donald Trump keeps running that swindle. He thinks that his name alone adds some sort of value or panache to everyday items. Which, of course, explains the popularity of Trump Steaks and Trump Ice Water and Trump Trading Cards and … oh, yeah. “Popularity.” Pfft. Yesterday, Donald Trump introduced his new scam. And…

Good morning, blog fans. At the moment, I’m still recovering from my recent vascular surgery, so I apologize – I’ll put the blog recap out tomorrow. I hope everyone understands. As for me, I’m 24 hours out of surgery and it’s been a heck of a 24 hours. Please understand that I’m going to need some rest today,…

So after the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory over the Buffalo Bills in last weekend’s playoffs, someone generated this AI image that purports to be Chiefs coach Andy Reid and future ex-wife of Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift – in a bit of a liplock. Awww … how sweet. I’m sure that will get everybody triggered. Especially all those…

Back in 2019, I traveled to New York City and put together a photo collage where I mixed two expired films to capture this stirring image, 88 Minutes in Chinatown. The photo did reasonably well for itself during Competition Season 2019, getting on the walls of the New York State Fair Art Center. But that was…

Last Saturday, the Town and Village of Green Island was plunged into darkness as a power outage struck the area. And while the neighboring towns of Cohoes and Waterford had their power restored reasonably soon, it wasn’t until nearly 4:00 in the morning when Green Islanders received their repaired electricity.  GIPA had a planned Town Board…

In 2020, after several years of serializing my fictional pets-in-the-afterlife series Collarworld, I converted the episodes into a bound volume and offered it for purchase on Amazon. The reviews were positive. Very positive, in fact.  Except for one. And let me explain. This was in 2020, and the country was in the midst of a heated political…

For the first time in history, the Soviet National Basketball Team played a game against a squad of American professionals. It all started when Jim Coyne, the Albany County Executive who doubled as president of the Patroons, proposed to the CBA’s Board of Directors that an all-star team compete against the Soviet National Team. The…