The Pennsylvania trip yesterday was a lot of fun. I did get a chance to drive through some beautiful, bucolic, pastoral locations, and on the recommendation of one of my closest friends, I was directed to look for a certain barn. “This would be a great barn for your photo competitions,” she said to me. …
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A little scrapple in the morning
Yesterday I did a road trip to south central Pennsylvania – it was a combination “photo day” and “getaway day” and “pickup day” (I acquired a super-swank Dream Window frame that was too delicate to ship). Before I left the region, I stopped at a local grocery store and purchased a few regional foods –…
Read MoreWatery waterfowl: or, “A Pair o’ Dux”
Sunday morning. I should be sleeping right now. I should be rolling over and slapping the alarm clock for daring to wake me up on a day of rest. And yet, I’m driving over to Washington Park. For some reason, this warm weather has drawn several waterfowl to the lake at Washington Park – ducks…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Melodysheep Stories
This is a mixture of K-Chuck Radio and Public Broadcasting Service mash-up clips, as crafted by PBS Digital Studios. And in watching them, I’m reminded of ancient times… in the years of B.C. (Before Cable), when our children’s programming involved watching WMHT and being entertained and educated at the same time. So when you click…
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Capturing Blue Ridge Falls
I love photographing waterfalls. Whether they’re slow little cascade trickles, or mighty power-generating behemoths, I enjoy capturing them on film and in digital. Yesterday, I was in the Adirondacks, looking for some photography subjects for an upcoming “5/15/15” gallery show for the PhotoCenter of Troy (all photos must be taken in the palindromic date of…
Read More“What a lovely day!!”
It was the spring of 1985, and a few friends and I left our Hamilton College dormitories to travel to Riverside Mall in Utica … for the sole purpose of watching the next installment of the Mad Max film series. That film was Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, and it was a credible follow-up to the…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, May 14, 2015: Ten for Thursday
As we completely skip over springtime and go straight into the summer, it’s time this week for another set of blog posts from the Times Union’s community blogging team. Yep, these are the bloggers that consistently put out great posts for you to read, so let’s go through the vaults and see what blog posts…
Read MoreAnd in the end…
Sometimes I just want to put up a photo and let things go from there. So that’s what I’m going to do.
Read MoreA couple of Coca-Colas
The Coca-Cola “ghost sign” in Schenectady has been one of my photographic “go-to” test subjects, probably all the way back to my initial splitfilm experiments. And because one of those shots, Coca-Cola Relieves Fatigue Sold Everywhere 5c, won a ribbon five years ago at the New York State Fair, I’ve basically “retired” any of my…
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Caption Time: A camera in stealth mode
After receiving an Argus C3 “Brick” camera as a gift, I ran a few test rolls through it. The shots turned out okay, so I decided that if the camera was going to be mine, it needed to be “Chuck-i-fied.” Yep, the old camera leather was starting to peel anyway… so I opted for a…
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