Once again, it’s time for me to take a back seat from my personal thoughts on my blog, and share with you the voices of ten of my fellow Times Union community bloggers. This is the time when I share with you their ideas, their thoughts, their concerns, their observations, their snarks and their reflections. …
Read More125-year-old Troy record broken
Troy once shared a record that survived since 1882. Today, that record was broken. See, in 1882 the Troy Haymakers, a professional baseball team that later evolved into the San Francisco Giants, played their last game of the season on the road in Worcester, Mass. The total number of fans in attendance? Six. Not six…
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A horse named “Just Vic”
Let me state right now that my original plan changed in minutes. It went from excitement to concern. I wanted to test out whether my Russian ultra-wide Krasnogorsk FT-2 camera “Raskolnikov” could handle some race action. I say that because I had a roll of Revolog Tesla 1 boutique film, with its pre-printed lightning strikes,…
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Five miles to the cliff…
I don’t know if I read the original AllOverAlbany.com news post when it was first published, the article about the Hang Glider Cliff and its mysterious marker – a tribute to a hang glider enthusiast with the words “DAD – Fly Forever” enscribed in metal – but last Sunday, I had an itch to go…
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What’s left of the Kidney Buster
Of all the rides at Hoffman’s Playland that are now making their way to Huck Finn’s Playland… there’s one iconic ride that I’m glad is making the trip. Not the train. Although I will be happy that the train is on its way. Not the carousel. Or the Ferris wheel, although I do understand that…
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The Secrets of the Brick
When one of my blog readers, Dave Stewart, gifted me an Argus C3 camera (the “Brick”), I was very happy to add the camera to my photographic arsenal of gear. I may not use the camera very often, but it’s nice to take it out for a few shots here and there. The Argus C3…
Read MoreTwelve shots in the Rolleiflex
I received a very special roll of 120 film in the mail back in March. It’s my first-ever roll of Kodak EIR infrared film, now known by its secondary-market name as “Aerochrome.” I already have four rolls of color infrared film in 35mm format, but this is my first attempt to use infrared film in…
Read MoreCaption Time: the church and the couch
I captured this image last week in an undisclosed location (okay, it’s the Church of the Holy Innocents in North Albany, it’s not my fault that someone just happened to leave the front doors open). I haven’t decided if I’m going to enter this anywhere, but it definitely needs a caption if I do. So…
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More dreamtime Infrared shots…
From the minute I started playing with infrared film, I was hooked like a kid with his first taste of Pixie Stix. The ability to photograph the unseen, to capture new wavelengths that I didn’t previous have in my arsenal… that’s pretty strong, if you ask me. And since I had a pack of Kodak…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, April 23, 2015: Ten for Thursday
Yawn. Rise and shine. Up and at ’em. Pour a cup of coffee and let’s get this day started. Oh yeah. It’s Thursday. And you all know what that means, don’t you? Well, of course you do. That’s when you sit down in front of your computer, and after you’ve checked the baseball scores (what,…
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