Many years ago, I used vintage color infrared slide film (branded “Aerochrome”) for some photos in the Adirondacks. One of the best shots I pulled from that excursion was a shot of a waterfall near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Hudson, a photo I christened Aerochrome Falls. Man. I pulled that shot NINE YEARS…
Read MoreAutumn in Northfield
Several years ago, my girlfriend and I went on a road trip to Vermont and visited several different covered bridges in the Northfield area. We visited them in July, so although the bridges were absolutely breathtaking, they were summertime visits, rather than autumn visits – when the Vermont fall foliage beckons for visits. I wanted…
Read MoreCAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?!?!?
Yesterday, I took the cameras up to Essex County in the Adirondacks for a little photo shoot. Nothing completely out of the ordinary, I just wanted to see if I could get some foliage shots and some other natural phenomena. And lo and behold … the Adirondacks were open. Well, at least as open as…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 5 2024
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers, nice to have you here today. I hope you have a great weekend planned; I’m actually considering a few things this weekend, nothing totally out of the ordinary, but you never know. But before I get to the “out of the ordinary,” I need to get to the “totally…
Read MoreI knew the plantation before I knew the college.
Tougaloo College, known as an HBCU (Historically Black College / University), sits in the heart of Jackson, Mississippi. Tougaloo College is also the learning institution where in 1961, nine of its students participated in a “read-in” protest at Jackson’s “whites-only” municipal public library. The students, later known as the “Tougaloo Nine,” were arrested for simply…
Read MoreReturning to Bachelor Laundry.
A long time ago, I joked about doing “bachelor laundry,” a concept where I would joke about jamming everything in the washer, pouring a whole bottle of whatever cleaners I deemed necessary, and running through the most clothes-damaging steps to scare someone else into saying, “Don’t do your clothes that way, here, let me do…
Read MorePete Rose does NOT belong in the Hall of Fame. Ever.
Pete Rose, the most prolific hitter in Major League Baseball history, passed away earlier this week. He was 83. The man nicknamed “Charlie Hustle” played the game with an unmatched intensity. He would sprint to first base after drawing a walk at the plate. He once ran full-speed around the bases in an All-Star Game…
Read MoreWhy did none of you tell me about Colin From Accounts?
Maybe it’s because I have a high bar for televised situation comedies. The characters work best in a presumably believable relationship, and the situations for each episode must make some sort of logical sense. All In The Family worked for me, so did M*A*S*H* and Cheers and The Big Bang Theory. And I also have…
Read MorePro tip – Infrared photography does not work on doggos.
Yesterday, I took a walk around the Town and Village. It’s another test of my infrared-modified Nikon Df camera, and I figured I’d try to get a few more choice shots in that might be worth submitting for that Kolari Vision infrared competition. And as I turned the corner – looking for various trees and…
Read MoreSo what’s this deal with YouTube and SESAC?
Yesterday evening, I received a message regarding one of the blogs I feature on my weekly blogroll. In J. Eric Smith’s review of his favorite Cure songs, apparently several of them were suddenly blocked due to this message. And this block isn’t just limited to songs by The Cure. In fact, much of Green Day’s…
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