Time Warner Cable’s new lineup o’ torture

They’ve sent mesages to me in my mailbox.  They’ve robo-called me.  And all the time, I thought they were just kidding, that they were just threatening, that this was an April Fool’s Day joke that was a victim of poor scheduling. Then I woke up this morning, and turned on the television.  Hmm.  Maybe I’ll…

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Motivations Volume 3

Three years ago, in October 2010, I published my first true art book. Motivations, Volume 1. Here’s a preview of it.  You can also order a copy directly through the link below on blurb.com. http://www.blurb.com/assets/embed.swf Motivations, Volume 1 by Photographs by Chuck Miller | Make Your Own Book Two years later, in October 2012, I…

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The collections

We all have collections.  Sometimes they’re displayed on a shelf, proudly dusted and angled and shown off to visiting guests.  Sometimes they’re stored in safe deposit boxes, carefully curated and covered in that their eventual resale could figuratively break the bank that holds them.  Sometimes they’re stored in loose-leaf binders and notebooks. In my life,…

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Entries for the Sheep and Wool Festival are…

And with a Priority Mail USPS package I placed in the mail yesterday, I have reached the final photo competition of the 2013 “competition season.” While the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck is more dedicated to Sheep and Wool products, there’s always a wistfulness for me when I enter this competition. …

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Another Uneeda Biscuit sign bites the dust

There are several Uneeda Biscuit “ghost signs” in the Capital District.  Ghost signs are vintage brickface advertisements that have survived for decades – even after the products they sold were no longer manufactured.  They’re also a great photography subject.  You never know when you’ll find one – and when you do, you should photograph it…

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Best of our TU Community Blogs, October 3 2012: Ten for Thursday

Up and at ’em, rise and shine, fire up that web browser and check out these ten Times Union community blog posts, they’re definitely worth your attention. Don Rittner’s blog, “You better run for you life.“ Teri Conroy’s “Farmlife” blog, “Farm.  Why I Look This Way Now.“ Gina Peca’s blog, “Life goes on.“ Christine Benedict…

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