Over the weekend, I decided to try some black-and-white 35mm film in the Nikkormat FTn camera.ย The plan was to start shooting with some new black-and-white film, experiment with some different colored lens filters (a Bower red R2, my Tiffen 85b orange), and see what comes up. I went downtown and shot at a few…
Read MoreMy new camera… God help me… is a…
I’m almost afraid to say the words in public. Remember, for years and years I’ve been (and still am)ย a loyal Nikon man.ย From my Coolpix 800 to my D70 to my current D700, as well as my Nikkormat FTn for my 35mm shots (my Kiev-19 is now resting comfortably on my shelf, enjoying a…
Read MoreThe Checklist for my New Years’ Resolutions 2010
You know how we all make these grandiose New Years’ Resolutions around January 1st – and then by January 4th we’ve pretty much given up on them? Well, I made a batch of NewYears’ Resolutions this year… and I think, after six months, it’s time to see how things turned out.ย The following are my…
Read MoreThe Comet at the Great Escape was once even scarier…
As far as I’m concerned, there are several things I must do upon visiting the Great Escape in Lake George. I must make a donation in the fountain and rub the nose of the Porcelino pig at the entrance to the fair. I must make a trip to Ghost Town and watch Wild Windy Bill…
Read MoreA Dream Comes True … in Paperback
It’s 1982.ย I declared my major in college – creative writing – and immediately immersed myself in the works of William Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Geoffrey Chaucer and every other writer of a long-ago time. I knew what was coming up for me, though… as a creative writing major, I would be required to…
Read MoreAngelina Jolie, the Salt movie, and my Pontiac 6000
Last year, I found a Craigslist ad for a motion picture that was being filmed in Albany.ย They needed cars and drivers for an action scene that would be filmed on the I-787 elevated bridges.ย I took a chance, filled out an application, and next thing I know, I’m getting a call from a Columbia…
Read More“The Armor-Plated Heart” – a playlist of breakup ballads
My iPod has several themed playlists on it, and one of the playlists is called “The Armor-Plated Heart.” It’s a playlist full of ballads and slow songs – not the kind that are romantic and intimate, but the kind that you listen to after you’ve been dumped, or you just feel so emotionally wrecked that…
Read MoreDo not violate photo-use policies… ever…
Here’s the deal.ย Whenever possible, if I post a photograph on this blog, it must either have come from my camera or my archive, or if it didn’t, I must attribute the photo’s location to the best of my ability (i.e., linking to that website and identifying that the picture came from that website).ย If…
Read MoreMusical Multiplication Tables: 20 years before “Schoolhouse Rock”
Note: I wrote this article for the February 2007 edition of the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.ย It is edited from that source. I have a theory about record collecting. It was a theory I once postulated when I wrote for the music collectorโs magazine Goldmine many years ago. It starts when our parents buy…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Ultimate in the UAlbany Campus
Last evening, I decided to visit my Street Academy trivia teammates, Jeremy and Alexis, as they participated in one of their Ultimate leagues.ย You might now “Ultimate” by an earlier name of “Ultimate Frisbee,” but since Frisbee is a registered trademark of Wham-O, the game is currently known as “Ultimate” and does not use a…
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