So here’s what happened. As the pandemic began last year, I realized that people were searching high and low for bathroom tissue. Toilet paper. Butt-wipe. Whatever you call it in your home. Now here’s the thing. There’s two different types of toilet paper – there’s the soft, squeezable stuff you can buy in the grocery…
Read MoreThe judges’ decisions from the 2021 Big E Photography Salon
So my Big E photos (and their subsequent ribbons) should be on their way back to me any day now. But with that in mind, the Big E was also kind enough to email me the judges’ results for my two photos, Strasburg Number 90 and Five Tickets To Ride Day and Night. Now, mind…
Read MoreHow have I never known about this TMax film?
Some time ago, when I was preparing my Kodak Medalist II camera (“Kodak Red”) for usage, I purchased some pre-rolled 620 film (respooled from 120 film) from the Film Photography Podcast store. In the batch was a roll of Kodak TMax film, which, for some reason, I don’t remember ever using. While I was at…
Read MoreFeeding the Nation and the Snowflake Ride
My batch of Fuji Velvia 100 film – the shots I took last August at the New York State Fair – have come back, and man are they swank. Case in point. Early in the day, while many fairgoers were enjoying the carnival rides, I had a pack of Fuji Velvia 100 crammed into my…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 2, 2021
Before we start today’s Saturday blog recap, please allow me to share some good news from one of the blogroll residents. J. Eric Smith and his family just celebrated the wedding of family member Katelin to her long-time partner John. Congratulations, and if you want to read all the wonderful details, they’re right here in…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 1, 2021
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Got a lot of 1960’s garage and psychedelic rarities on tonight’s show, so I really hope you enjoy it. Time Artist Song…
Read MorePrior to Opening Day
The New York State Fair’s photography competition has a category for photos that were taken at the Fair itself. It allows photographers to enter photos that contain images of people WITHOUT requiring those same people to sign model releases, since being on the fairgrounds automatically means you’ve given consent to be photographed (it’s on your…
Read More100,000 miles and a new warranty
Last Sunday evening, as I was returning from my two-state, two-fair road trip, while driving through a location between Exits 12 and 11, just off the Berkshire Spur where I-90 goes from Columbia County to Albany, the odometer on my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze “Dracourage” hit six figures. Yeah, I chronicled it. Of course I did.…
Read MoreI need this game show in America. Someone make it so.
Game shows can be fun. They can be challenging, like Jeopardy! or Millionaire. They can be exciting, like Press Your Luck or The Price is RIght. And they can be downright hilarious, like Match Game or The Gong Show. Then there are the game shows that are just straight up silly. This Japanese game show…
Read MoreWaiting for the train is driving me off the rails.
I keep refreshing every browser link that might have a clue as to the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train’s 2021 schedule – is it running, will there be two trains, will it be a single concert in Calgary like last year due to COVID … but no news, no puff of smoke (shall we say) from…
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