The world woke up on Friday morning, and heard tragedy from the beautiful city of Dallas, Texas. During what started as a peaceful protest against the recent murders of black men at the hands of police officers, something that night went horribly wrong. And by the time Friday morning arrived, five Dallas police officers were…
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Recovery of the Milky Way files
Last week, after photographing the nighttime sky up in the Adirondack Mountains, I came home, popped the SD card into my computer, and – the card crashed. I couldn’t pull any files from the disc. In fact, the only files I was able to retrieve were a few scattered images that my computer automatically uploaded…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, July 7, 2016: Ten for Thursday
How are you dealing with the summer heat? Are you cranking up the air conditioner to Spinal Tap levels? Are you bathing in blocks of melted ice? Are you taking cold showers for no specific ulterior motive? Well, hopefully you will enjoy these cool blog posts from the Times Union’s best community and independent bloggers. …
Read MoreWeek 1 of the 2016 Summer Trivia League at Graney’s Stout
No, your eyes do not deceive you. The trivia recaps are back. Years ago, in the early days of this weblog, I recapped the success of my bar trivia team, Street Academy, at the Elbo Room multi-week big money trivia tournaments. My team won two of those tournaments back in the day, and after each…
Read MoreStop sharing the “shoplifted item explodes in woman’s vagina” stories!
Be warned. What I’m about to share this morning is both disgusting and offensive and racist and stupid. And I’m only doing this because I’m sick and tired of stories like these populating my Facebook feed. Last year, the website Now8News.com reported that a Greenville, North Carolina woman had allegedly stolen a canister of holiday…
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Empire State Plaza Fireworks, 2016 Edition
One rule of photography. Always have backup plans. Let me explain. I had an idea to photograph the 2016 Empire State Plaza fireworks show from a faraway distance – perhaps over the bridge in Rensselaer, with high-powered lenses and such. That way, I could get the entire fireworks show, with the backdrop of the ESP’s…
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The Salvaged shot of the Milky Way
Last night, I went to the Adirondacks for a little bit of self-reflection and night photography. My goal – capture the Milky Way as it spanned the cloudless, moonless night. It was an honorable goal, shall I say. And I’m still trying to capture it. Let me explain. On Sunday afternoon, I made sure all…
Read MoreTen iconic TV opening theme songs
It’s almost a lost art, as many current TV shows either start with a stinger note (Lost, Once Upon a Time) or they’ll just start off cold – opening credits, here they are. But there are plenty of shows – dramas, comedies, anime, action, reality – that act like an alarm system to viewers, notifying…
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Caption Time: The Carrot’s got a…
In an effort to eat healthy food, I stopped yesterday at one of my local farmer’s markets. Purchased some strawberries and mushrooms and carrots – two bunches of carrots, to be precise. But as I separated the bunches of carrots and looked through my haul of veggies to see which ones were “snack” carrots and…
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Competition Season 2016: My New York State Fair photo entries are…
It is the summer of 2016, and for the eighth consecutive year, I’ve entered photos in the New York State Fair’s Photography Competition in Syracuse. Whether you’ve read my blog for a day or for years, you know that I treat the NYS Fair’s photo competition as one of my “photo majors.” And essentially, I…
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