This might be the most avant-garde attempt at a photographic discipline that I’ve ever tried. EVER. I’m using a Russian panoramic camera and 25-year-old expired film. And a whole lot of prayer. And it all comes down to a little discovery I made regarding my photographic projects. Recently, I acquired a Krasnogorsk ФT-2 panoramic camera,…
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Best of our TU Community Bloggers, January 15, 2015: Ten for Thursday
Hey there. It’s Thursday. And you know what that means, right? Is it one day past Hump Day and more colloquially known as Friday Eve? Yeah, technically… But it’s also time to find ten stalwart postings by ten quality Times Union community bloggers. These are the people who write without compromise. They write what is…
Read MoreRecomposing my “Mail Pouch Tobacco” photo
God, how long ago did I take this picture? I think I was still writing for my old blogspot.com blog. Well, in any case… I’m always fascinated by vintage advertisements on the sides of buildings. “Ghost signs,” faded brickart, that kind of thing. It’s kinda cool to see an advertisement that has outlived its product.…
Read MoreWhat the Marvel Super-Heroes looked like on Saturday mornings
Every Marvel Comics fan is probably salivating like Pavlov’s dogs at the upcoming May release of the new Avengers movie, as well as some standalone films that will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yeah, and I’m also waiting for the new Fantastic Four reboot and hoping it’ll be better than the last two…
Read MoreRestarting a failed relationship, one more chance.
I got involved in this relationship a few years ago. It might have been around a time when I was looking for something more than what I currently had. And for a while, that relationship was exciting and intriguing. But then that relationship evolved into a level of undependability. Serious undependability. I say, “Let’s do…
Read MoreI did a bad thing at Denny’s yesterday…
And I’m kinda ashamed of myself right now. I promised I would never do this. At least not for a few more years. But I did it. And at the time, I really didn’t consider what I did to be wrong. Nobody stopped me. Nobody questioned my motives. I mean, there’s rules. And those rules…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Call me…
Once upon a time, there was a device called a telephone. It allowed people to communicate with each other over long distances. You know, similar to a cell phone today. The telephone was often wired directly to the walls of a house; some public telephones required the user to drop quarters into a slot for…
Read MoreMore adventures with “Raskolnikov”
It’s December 26 – the day after Christmas – and I’m at CameraWorks in Latham. My Krasnogorsk FT-2 panoramic camera “Raskolnikov” is undergoing a CLA – the camera equivalent of a automobile’s tune-up. My camera tech Allen sealed up some of the camera’s light leaks (yep, one of those light leaks came through the camera’s…
Read MoreBig Brothers Big Sisters “Big Brains Trivia” 2015
Every year, the charity organization Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region host a four-week trivia tournament to raise money for their charitable work. And it’s time once again for another round of “Big Brains Trivia,” sponsored this year by Berkshire Bank. How does it work? Get your trivia team together (four players maximum…
Read More“And here comes Harass!”
If you’re a fan of equestrian sports – whether thoroughbred racing or harness racing or steeplechase or dressage – you know that there are certain rules regarding a horse’s registered name. All names must be submitted to the Jockey Club for approval; and the rules are simple. You cannot have a horse’s name exceed eighteen…
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