Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
One of my blog readers, Dave Stewart, kindly “gifted” me his father’s Argus C3 camera. Other than giving it a new leather body, and doing some fine-tuning to the mechanisms, I haven’t had a chance to take it out for a shoot. But when I checked inside the camera… you know it. Film. And some…
Read MoreLast Saturday, I was at the Saratoga Race Course. No, I didn’t win any money. Trust me, the only thing I won that day was a nasty farmer’s tan. That being said, I was busy testing out some new film techniques along the pathway that connects the track to the paddock. I brought a few…
Read MoreMy son Kris just turned 30 today. And at this point in time, I want to wish him the happiest of birthdays and all the best in this world. 30 is a good benchmark for age; it’s a time to look back at what you’ve learned and accomplished, reflect on things, and work forward toward…
Read MoreYawn. Can’t sleep. Insomnia kicking in. Do not like. Must find a way to go back to sleep and get my zzzzz’s… I could sit and read several blogs by several community bloggers, but that wouldn’t put me to sleep. Honestly, that would in fact keep me awake, because I’d want to read more community…
Read More
On September 26th, the largest and most important 75th-year retrospective exhibition of original comic art from Will Eisner’s The Spirit will go on display at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum at Camden Yards, Baltimore. More than 50 pieces of Eisner’s rare original art have been curated for the event, which runs through March 7, 2016. Some of…
Read MoreIt’s Monday morning. I’m off to Syracuse to complete the drive of shame – to pick up my four non-accepted artworks from the New York State Fair. Must get up nice and early, and make this a quick “out-and-back” trip. Unlike last year, when I had to remove all six of my non-accepted photo, this…
Read More
Sweltering Sunday. It’s the day when I spend time at the Altamont Fair, the final day for the 2015 Fair run. During this day, I visited the animal barns, I checked out the stunt shows, I even tried to throw little plastic rings onto the necks of beer bottles to win a prize (no such…
Read More
I was at the Altamont Fair last Tuesday… and just for the heck of it, I took a selfie photo. And maybe I should have looked behind me before I took said selfie photo. Background, Chuck, always check your background. But I’ll let you, my loyal blog readers, have fun with this one. Give me…
Read MoreSometimes I get frustrated when I listen to popular music. It’s 95% junk. It’s 97% fluff. And I say to myself, “The music I enjoyed in the 197o’s wasn’t this painful, was it?” And then I realize… there were a few chunks of pyrite and feldspar in the gold that was part of my musical…
Read More
I knew they were coming. And they’re in my mailbox right now. Six little white postcards from Syracuse. I went through this dance last year. Each one of those postcards has a single checkmark in one of two boxes. If the checkmark is on the box marked “NOT ACCEPTED,” then my foam-boarded artwork associated with…
Read More
Chuck The Writer 
You must be logged in to post a comment.