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…
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The 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,…
Read More“Red”-skolnikov?
I’ve been playing with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 “Raskolnikov” camera for about a month or so, and I’ve enjoyed the results. And in playing with the camera, I’ve tried adding some new variables and disciplines to the 1960’s Soviet panoramic camera. One of the variables I’ve tested out is redscale film. In redscale photoraphy, the film…
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Simple versus elaborate: The “Picture Frame” sessions
So my original plan was thus. A few years ago, my modeling friend Lauren helped me create an illusion called Her Stolen Heart, in which she would hold a frame and I would photograph in such a way that the frame appeared to show what was behind her. I entered it as one of my…
Read MoreThe only moment of Super Bowl XLIX worth watching was…
I’m sorry. As a football fan, I could not wrap myself around enjoying last night’s Super Bowl matchup. As a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, I could not watch the New England Patriots (and former Steeler locker room cancer LaGarrette Blount) hoist the Lombardi Trophy. And I couldn’t root for the Seattle Seahawks either, especially after they…
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