As I’ve become more comfortable with my Russian panoramic camera, I’ve decided it’s now time to see if I can properly align my shots to look more natural. And to do that, I wanted to photograph the bridge that spans Washington Park’s lake. I’ve photographed that bridge before, and one of my award-winning photos, The…
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Best of our TU Community Bloggers, February 12, 2015: Ten for Thursday
I know, I know, we’ve been shoveling our walks and driving through the slush and trying to get through this winter. With that in mind, let’s read some Times Union community blog posts and enjoy the warmth of good writing, provocative subject matter and well-researched concepts. And this week’s batch of TU community blog goodness…
Read MoreAmish Mafia episode review: The Return
Crank up the crazy violins, show us the slow-motion Amish buggies traipising through Lancaster County, Pa., it’s time once again for the trashiest reality TV series that doesn’t involve 7-year-old beauty pageant contestants, 15-year-old pregnant teens, backwoods alcohol / marijuana producers, girls from Poughkeepsie who wear enough bronzer to confuse pigeons looking for a place…
Read MoreAllan Sherman’s “My Son, the Folk Singer” is an Album I Want to Be Buried With
I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I think there’s room in the casket for this classic LP. I believe it was back in 1978, when I was living in the Chestnut Prison (the colloquial name for the four-month period when I lived with my father and stepmother in Massachusetts) that I…
Read MoreThe 12th annual Thacher Park Nature Art Exhibit
And exhibition season 2015 begins. It took a shot of the heavens, a shot in the cold, and a shot wider than I’ve ever previously achieved, to commit my three entries to the upcoming Thacher Park Nature Art Exhibit. Last year three of my artworks, including The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake and Waterwish 3,…
Read MoreThe results of Trivia Bowl XI…
I want to take you back a decade, before we start this year’s Trivia Bowl recap. A decade ago, the “Trivia Nights Live” game was called “Team Trivia,” and was played every Tuesday night at the Hooters in Crossgates Mall. Thirty to forty teams participated each week, including one team who showed up, got hammered,…
Read MoreCan you get in trouble for using other people’s photos in your blog? You could…
So here’s the situation. In 2012, I wrote a blog post here – and, since I didn’t have a picture of the item I wanted to use in the blog, I looked on flickr for a photo that could be used for the blog. I posted the picture in the blog, making sure to attribute…
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Taking care of 20 “shafted gifties.”
It’s no secret that I have a love-hate relationship with the social media site reddit. That being said, I participated – for my third consecutive year – in reddit’s online “Secret Santa” gift exchange program. I had a lot of fun with it, I enjoyed the gift I received and I know my “giftie” enjoyed…
Read MoreFound memories in a six-minute short movie
This is kind of a quick blog post, so I hope you understand. I saw this clip on one of my photoblogging sites – it’s an animated movie about a woman who finds a Polaroid camera – and the camera still has film in it. You need to watch this film. And I should warn…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Bloggers, February 5, 2015: Ten for Thursday
Up and at ’em, rise and shine, revilee, revilee, get that coffee in your system and open those baby blues… And once again, I bring you some of the best blog posts that the Times Union’s community bloggers can craft. Please enjoy the following, which includes some new members of the blogfarm: Jason Purvis’ blog,…
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