So a few answers to a few questions – a little housecleaning and updates in case you’re stumbled onto this Thursday wrapup. Why do you say “Ten for Thursday” and you list fifteen or twenty blog posts?ย Can you not count? Yeah, I can count.ย But sometimes there are so many amazing blog posts from…
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The pep talk
There are days when I spend my time thinking about where I’ve come from and how far I’ve traveled.ย All the abuses I took.ย All the damages I survived.ย All the drops of Krazy Glue I used to repair my broken heart. And yet … somehow … I’m still here. It’s almost as if my…
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Dลmo arigatล for the Hariban
For 2016, I promised myself I would try entering some international photography competitions.ย And this one will take plenty of skill. And for this, I need twelve of my best black-and-white images.ย Twelve images that can stand up to a printing process known as collotype. Collotype printing – which involves coating a glass plate with…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons documentary to debut in 2017
Forget all the other pro sports teams that came and went through this area.ย The Albany Patroons were the best and most beloved. From 1982 to 1993, and then from 2005 to 2009, the Patroons won two CBA champions and five regular season titles.ย They sent nearly two dozen players and coaches to the NBA,…
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The High Five Inside
Sunday morning.ย I’m at Washington Park.ย The tulips have just started blooming. In two weeks, every photographer and shutterbug worth his or her salt will be all over these flower beds, looking for that great photo. I didn’t feel like waiting two weeks. Besides, I wanted to test out some extension tubes – metal rings…
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Finally!! Niagara 1970 1995 2016!!
There’s too much of a dreamer in me.ย Too much of trying to pull my concepts and ideas out of my tangled, damaged brain and put them into some sort of cognizant thought. Thus begat my concept of splitfilm.ย In splitfilm, a photographer takes two (or more) rolls of film and rolls them together so…
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“The guys get shirts!!”
In a couple of weeks, I’ll be in Atlantic City as part of the World Tavern Trivia Championships.ย The team that recruited me for their squad, Stir Crazy, is one of the top trivia squads in the Hudson Valley, and they had an open spot on their roster for me. This is good.ย I’m ready…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, April 21, 2016: Ten for Thursday
Up and at ’em.ย Rise and shine.ย Revilee, revilee… Sometimes you need to just get up, open your eyes, grab that cup of coffee from your percolating-timed coffee pot, and have a seat in front of your computer. Because you know it’s Thursday… And with that, comes the recap of the Times Union’s most prolific…
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The Niagara 2016 Excursion, Part 3
As I may have mentioned in a blog post or two, last Saturday I took a trip to Niagara Falls with several of my film cameras.ย I’m hoping that my camera gear can capture – in their own specific and unique way – the beauty and grandeur that is Niagara Falls. And one of the…
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The Niagara 2016 Excursion, Part 2
Last Saturday, I took several of my cameras to Niagara Falls for a little “Chuck needs to take photos and get away from all the stresses” day.ย And while I was initially pleased and surprised at the power of the fifrst photos that came from my BlackBerry PRIV camera phone (have I mentioned how much…
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