Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
It’s a chilly Wednesday night. I’m supposed to meet this person at the Schenectady Photographic Society. She has a gift for me. I arrive early. The Photo Society members are setting up the room. And there she is. And she’s carrying a shopping bag. “You made it,” she said. “Yep,” I replied. “Here’s your money. …
Read MoreHe found one. How old was that fried potato sliver – a day, a week, it didn’t matter, it was food and he was hungry. He reached deep into the garbage can, and with his tiny fingers, he finessed the cold, dirty morsel from the bottom of the trash. Did he feel any shame in…
Read MoreI said I would do it, and I wasn’t joking around. Last week, I ordered HBO NOW, the Home Box Office standalone service, through my AppleTV device. Maybe it’s the first step towards my personal a la carte television service, and if that’s the case, then great for me – at least I know that…
Read MoreCaught this image the other day while traipsing through the Adirondacks. The owner of the dog allowed me to photograph the dog and the bicycle (so long as I took a photo of him with the dog and bicycle as well). So here’s the photo of the dog and the bicycle, and I just don’t…
Read MoreNot everybody writes a blog post every day. Some people take time off. Some people take lots of time off. Some people take so much time off, that they end up in Jango Davis’ “Zombie Blogs” feature in the comment section of my blog. And then… when you least expect it… they return. And when…
Read MoreI’ve had success with Revolog’s boutique “Tesla” film, which came pre-printed with electrical strikes. All I do is shoot the film, and hope that the lightning strikes appear in the right places. And thus came the award-winning Jesus Saves photo. With that in mind, I decided to try another Tesla limited-edition boutique film, a compound…
Read MoreThere it is. Right there in an auction hundreds of miles away. You can get it. You have enough money to purchase it. You just have to find a way to place your bids and have them accepted by the auction house. You could call in your bid (like a “phone bid”), and be that…
Read MorePlug it in. Crank it up. It’s time for a K-Chuck Radio show with a lot of nasty guitar work. Hear that guitar snarling and growling and everything. Garage band music, psychedelic stuff, you name it, here it is. And we start with a local band… THE GRAY THINGS Charity You might know this band…
Read MoreOkay, like your basketball bracket survived past the first round this year. Don’t front. The truth is, my National Basketball League of Canada playoff bracket predictions were as perfect as a sunrise. All my first-round teams advanced. And I had the Atlantic Division champion (Halifax Rainmen) correctly picked. And my Central Division pick – the…
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Five years ago, blogger and good friend Teri Conroy gifted me a camera that was in her family’s possession – it was a vintage Rolleiflex Automat MX. I’ve used it for many photographic excursions, and I still use it off and on today. And last Friday… someone else gifted me a camera that had been…
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