Yesterday afternoon. I’m walking along the lakefront at Washington Park. My plans were to capture photos of the ducks and geese and swans and other waterfowl that call the lake home. I was also testing out my Leica M3 camera, along with a pack of AGFA Scala 200 slide film, so I won’t see the…
Read MoreTelevision’s most dangerous fictional towns
I thought about this the other day. There are so many television dramas that seem to revolve around murders and robberies and crimes that you would think people would have moved out long ago. In droves. Or maybe they can’t. Or maybe they’re just not able to do so. Trust me. For every Mayberry, there’s…
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My first steps into the infrared world
It’s a chilly Wednesday night. I’m supposed to meet this person at the Schenectady Photographic Society. She has a gift for me. I arrive early. The Photo Society members are setting up the room. And there she is. And she’s carrying a shopping bag. “You made it,” she said. “Yep,” I replied. “Here’s your money. …
Read MoreHe dug through the trash for a french fry for breakfast
He found one. How old was that fried potato sliver – a day, a week, it didn’t matter, it was food and he was hungry. He reached deep into the garbage can, and with his tiny fingers, he finessed the cold, dirty morsel from the bottom of the trash. Did he feel any shame in…
Read MoreSo after one week of HBO NOW…
I said I would do it, and I wasn’t joking around. Last week, I ordered HBO NOW, the Home Box Office standalone service, through my AppleTV device. Maybe it’s the first step towards my personal a la carte television service, and if that’s the case, then great for me – at least I know that…
Read MoreCaption Time: a dog and a bicycle…
Caught this image the other day while traipsing through the Adirondacks. The owner of the dog allowed me to photograph the dog and the bicycle (so long as I took a photo of him with the dog and bicycle as well). So here’s the photo of the dog and the bicycle, and I just don’t…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Bloggers, April 16, 2015: Ten for Thursday
Not everybody writes a blog post every day. Some people take time off. Some people take lots of time off. Some people take so much time off, that they end up in Jango Davis’ “Zombie Blogs” feature in the comment section of my blog. And then… when you least expect it… they return. And when…
Read MoreA cold shot of Snovlox
I’ve had success with Revolog’s boutique “Tesla” film, which came pre-printed with electrical strikes. All I do is shoot the film, and hope that the lightning strikes appear in the right places. And thus came the award-winning Jesus Saves photo. With that in mind, I decided to try another Tesla limited-edition boutique film, a compound…
Read MoreOnline auction bidding? There’s an app for that…
There it is. Right there in an auction hundreds of miles away. You can get it. You have enough money to purchase it. You just have to find a way to place your bids and have them accepted by the auction house. You could call in your bid (like a “phone bid”), and be that…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Guitars sound better with fuzz…
Plug it in. Crank it up. It’s time for a K-Chuck Radio show with a lot of nasty guitar work. Hear that guitar snarling and growling and everything. Garage band music, psychedelic stuff, you name it, here it is. And we start with a local band… THE GRAY THINGS Charity You might know this band…
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