When I visited the Durham Fair last September, I had my four-lens Nimslo camera handy.ย And yes, I took a few photos while I was there; the Durham Fair actually has a dedicated llama competition, and I wanted to capture some images of these majestic beasts. And I got these.ย Hope you like. View post…
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Collarworld: The Debt that Cannot Be Repaid
“So the color of the sun in the sky has special meaning?” Messer the Newfoundland asked Vincent the tabbycat. “Not the sun,” purred Vincent, “but its rays. ย When the sun passes through the clouds, it produces beautiful sunbeams, and that’s the colors in the sunbeams that you need to see.” “Okay, so which color means…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, October 8, 2015: Ten for Thursday
Columbus Day weekend is fast approaching.ย The fall foliage is exploding with vibrant colors.ย ย And as the holiday weekend arrives, here’s a great way to start things off – by enjoying the writings of the Times Union’s gifted community blogging team. So are you ready to enjoy the best of the blogs this week? Sure…
Read MoreRyan West and the #RyFight
I still remember the first time I played trivia at Brown’s Brewing.ย It was a Wednesday night, and the place was packed tighter than a sardine can.ย The host of the trivia game was a young man named Ryan West.ย And his rapport with the trivia teams was amazing. Ryan had the game well-organized.ย There…
Read MoreThe return of the Starbury?
It was about ten years ago, when the local Steve and Barry’s clothing store in Colonie Center offered a brand new product.ย It was an NBA-quality basketball sneaker line, underwritten and promoted by New York Knicks star Stephon Marbury. The shoes – known as “Starburys” – retailed for about $15/pair.ย Think about that for a…
Read MoreIt passed at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday morning…
And I was there to capture it. See? Background. It’s Sunday morning. The Adirondack Mountains are blooming with the changes in foliage. For the past year or so, I’ve photographed the Hadley Parabolic “Bow” Bridge, and my experiments became the basis for the picture Parabola: From Hadley to Corinth. But even with my efforts in…
Read MoreGoodbye Schenectady’s Coca-Cola ghost sign…
Last August, I drove by a building on 412 Broadway in Schenectady – only to see hazard tape surrounding it.ย Construction crews coming in and out of the facility.ย I really hope it isn’t what I think it could be… but then again, I won’t know if I don’t ask.ย Hey, there’s a hardhat construction…
Read MoreThe Ripple
If you have a few moments today and you have plenty of tissues nearby… You need to watch this short film.ย It’s called “Ripple,” and it just caught me emotionally.ย So I want to share it with you, my loyal blog readers. Enjoy.
Read MoreRaskolnikov and the Falls
For the better part of a year, I’ve shot pictures with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 ultrawide panoramic camera (the camera I’ve nicknamed “Raskolnikov”, which either means the protagonist in Crime and Punishment, or the barnyard expletive uttered by Boris Badenov in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons).ย I’ve had some successes, some non-successes, but I haven’t given…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: I need some sweet Sunshine Pop
There’s something special about “sunshine pop” – the music that just makes you feel good, it has an amazingly catchy melody, and the lyrics can be about anything – childhood games, allusions to history, wry lyrics with a dulcet hint of happiness. So even though this weekend we must deal with rain and storms and…
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