You always keep your eyes open for a photo opportunity. Because, in all honesty, you might not get a second chance. Background. Over the weekend, I busted out one of my old lenses, my Helios 81-H 50mm f/2 “commie” lens that integrates with my Nikon gear, and took the lens for a little photo walk…
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Results from the Vermont State Fair, 2014
This year’s Vermont State Fair photos featured winners, and a pair of sold pictures… so why am I choosing to not enter the Fair’s photo competition in 2015?
Read MoreBullying with the “ice bucket challenge”
So far, the ice bucket challenge – where people film themselves as they dump buckets of ice water over themselves, all to help raise money and awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and a cure for same – has raised millions upon millions of dollars. Which is a good thing. Sadly, the challenge has also been…
Read MoreThat was a dirty trick, FedEx
Yesterday, I had to send several of my 16×20 foam-boarded pictures to a charity event in Massachusetts. Yes, the sale of my artworks will help a humane society in Boston. But that’s not why I’m writing this post. Artworks of this size are kinda bulky and difficult to pack; I don’t want my prized artworks…
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The rooster potholders and corn on the cob
Last spring, I was on an early-morning photography trip through Schoharie County. Got a few pictures here and there, and then my tummy started rumbling. And when you’ve got a rumbly in your tummy, you know what that means. No, it doesn’t mean I’m going to get stuck in a hunnytree… I went instead to…
Read MoreThe EX
It’s Labor Day weekend, and I’m running around trying to take care of things that I normally can’t do during the working week. Drop off this, pick up that, purchase these, pay for those… And as I drove from Latham to Watervliet, I caught a glimpse of an old, abandoned car wash. Now the Blackbird…
Read More162 Clinton Avenue
I know the neighborhood. Heck, my high school – Street Academy of Albany – was across the street from what’s left of this house. And when I heard that the house at 162 Clinton Avenue had collapsed, leaving only the front of the building standing … I had to capture it on my camera. I…
Read MoreEverything’s better with a lightsaber
It was mentioned by name only once in the Star Wars movies, and it was the first time we saw this elegant weapon. The “lightsaber” was identified when Obi-Wan Kenobi gave Luke Skywalker the glowing sword of energy, as seen in this clip from Star Wars IV: A New Hope. Over the years, technology has…
Read More“Art Saves Animals” and L-Ken’s
As my “competition season” for my photographs winds down, my “charity season” – where my artworks are donated to various charities and fundraisers – ramps up. In the past, I’ve donated framed photos and artworks to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, as part of their “Art Saves Animals” annual charity fundraiser and auction. If anything…
Read MoreSha Na Na and “Grease for Peace”
What if I told you that the retro 1950’s movement – that occurred in the 1970’s – was started by a bunch of Columbia University graduates in the 1960’s? Yes, Chuck knows what time it is. And he also remembers the classic doo-wop tribute revival band Sha Na Na. The band we know as Sha…
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