Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
One of my goals for 2017’s Competition Season is to create a three-dimensional lenticular print with my camera gear. I’ve come up with several ideas and concepts, and depending on how things go, I hope to have something that will dazzle. And although I have had some successful lenticular “magic motion” prints have done well…
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Yesterday I caught this photo of a monument at St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands, as the fall foliage burst through in the background. For the photography nerds, there’s some seriously sweet donut-shaped bokeh in the autumn shades, but I’d definitely like to hear if any of my blog readers can come up with a decent…
Read MoreThose of you who read my blog with any sort of regularity know that in 1981, my high school (Street Academy of Albany) demolished three other schools on WRGB’s Answers Please high school quiz show. Greatest. Moment. Ever. Answers Please aired on WRGB for many decades, until it aired its last episode in 1989. About…
Read MoreSo you’re still sloughing through this political malaise. You’re feeling down and low, you’re feeling blue. And you need a pep talk to make you feel better. Trust me. We just got a pep talk. From our neighbors to the North. And it’s not the first time they’ve picked us up when we’ve been on…
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It’s Sunday morning. And I have an idea. One of the most impressive parts of the Albany skyline is St. Joseph’s Church on Ten Broeck Street. But if you try to photograph St. Joseph’s Church FROM Ten Broeck Street, you run into problems with photographing tall structures from the street itself – the building looks…
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So here I am at the top of a parking garage in downtown Albany on a Saturday night. Sounds like the beginning of a pop song, doesn’t it? No it doesn’t. 😀 I wanted to try something with my new Soviet mirror lens, the MC MTO-11, which is an 1100mm f/16 cadiatropic piece of glass. …
Read MoreDuring the years when Albany had a top-level Arena Football team, the Firebirds had several “rival” opponents. There were the Tampa Bay Storm, who never seemed to lose when they came to our building. There was the Detroit Drive, with quarterback Art Schlichter, who would take bets on everything and anything. But mostly, the biggest…
Read MoreThis year, in addition to my regular trivia runs, I’ve also had fun as a “hired hand” for other teams. Earlier this year, I helped the Stir Crazy trivia team claim second place overall in the World Tavern Trivia Championships, and last night my friend Kat Brown asked if I would return to the Trinity…
Read MoreHey everybody, who wants to see the latest recap of the best Times Union independent and community blog posts? I know you do. That’s why you’re reading today’s post right now. So settle in, grab your coffee or your orange juice, and enjoy these great posts from the TU’s independent and community blogging team. And…
Read MoreNo, you didn’t miss an update. I didn’t think my schedule would allow me to recap the entire twelve-week trivia tournament, so I didn’t bother to recap Game 1. And when I arrived at Graney’s Stout, I had players from at least three different trivia teams say to me, “Where was the blog last week? …
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