It’s December 26 – the day after Christmas – and I’m at CameraWorks in Latham. My Krasnogorsk FT-2 panoramic camera “Raskolnikov” is undergoing a CLA – the camera equivalent of a automobile’s tune-up. My camera tech Allen sealed up some of the camera’s light leaks (yep, one of those light leaks came through the camera’s…
Read MoreBest of Our TU Community Bloggers, January 8, 2015: Ten for Thursday
It’s morning again in America … and it’s six degrees below zero. And that’s not even factoring in the wind chill factor. So I have a perfect solution to avoid the cold. Read these blogs. All ten of them. These ten Times Union community bloggers will bring you knowledge and information and provocative thought and…
Read MoreBig Brothers Big Sisters “Big Brains Trivia” 2015
Every year, the charity organization Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region host a four-week trivia tournament to raise money for their charitable work. And it’s time once again for another round of “Big Brains Trivia,” sponsored this year by Berkshire Bank. How does it work? Get your trivia team together (four players maximum…
Read More“And here comes Harass!”
If you’re a fan of equestrian sports – whether thoroughbred racing or harness racing or steeplechase or dressage – you know that there are certain rules regarding a horse’s registered name. All names must be submitted to the Jockey Club for approval; and the rules are simple. You cannot have a horse’s name exceed eighteen…
Read MoreGaston really IS better than you…
I have many friends who visit the various Disney theme parks as often as they can. They really enjoy the experience, and they love interacting with the Disney park employees – er, “cast members,” as they’re properly termed. My friends know all the secrets about having a great time at a Disney park – what…
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Caption Time: Look up…
Yesterday, I took my cameras out for a little photo journey around Albany’s rural areas. And at one point in time, I aimed one of my cameras to the sky… and I got a stunning photo for my efforts. But it needs a real caption. Something that if I do enter it in competition, it…
Read MoreI know that song from the QuickBooks commercial!!
I realize that I’ve come to the age in my life where the songs I played on college radio are now appearing as jingles for commercial products. Yes, I’ve heard Modern English’s “I Melt With You” in a Burger King commercial, and Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me” has shown up in Chips Ahoy! commercials…
Read MoreThe toughest part of handling rejection
So yesterday I found out that a photo contest I entered last year – the Soho Photo “Krappy Kamera” competition – came through with none of my pictures getting accepted into the show. I mean, it shouldn’t bother me. I’ve battled through things like the Altamont Curse in my photographic journey. I’ve challenged what I…
Read More“Huron Motel” or “Huron No’el”?
Yes, I do have this tendency to jump out of my car and take a picture of an oddball or unique road sign. And last Sunday, while I was on my trip to Windsor, Ontario, I did just that. My lodgings were on a stretch of highway called Huron Church Road, a collection of restaurants…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, January 1, 2015: Ten for Thursday
It’s Thursday for sure. New Year’s Day. And as I’ve done for the past I-don’t-know-how-many-weeks, I’ve set aside my blog to showcase the blogs of ten of my fellow Times Union community bloggers. The goal, in case you forgot, was to get the TU to acknowledge the community bloggers when the newspaper does its “Best…
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