Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
The Photo Regionals is the be-all and end-all of the local photography community. Photographers within a 100-mile radius of Albany can submit their best works for the show, but only a few winners get their completed artworks on the gallery wall. Not every Capital District Photo Regionals show is the same; sometimes the Photo Regionals…
Read MoreMy routine for the New York State Fair is simple. Drive up on the first Saturday or Sunday that the Fair opens, find a good parking spot, enter the Fairgrounds as early as possible, get a selfie at the I ❤ N Y sign, walk around, take some pictures here and there, check out the…
Read MoreThe Capital District Photo Regionals is the “cream of the crop” for the local photography community. This is where you submit your best works for that overall appearance and glory. I’ve had six of my entries declared as “Photo Regionals” accepted pieces, and each one of them was a personal photographic success story for me.…
Read MoreThe Altamont Fair’s photography competition is hella tough. You get four entries, and you’re competing against everybody else’s four entries. And you have to hope that whatever you come up with is creative enough to wow the judges and wow the audience. I dropped off my four photos (and one latch hook rug to the…
Read MoreTuesday night. Finished up all my things at the day job, jumped into my Chevrolet and drove up I-87. On a Tuesday night. Why not? Well, the plan is to see how my nine artworks did at the Saratoga County Fair’s Photography Competition. This is my first year entering this show, so this is a…
Read MoreCompetition Season is upon me. It has arrived. And I’m nervous as hell with my entries. Last year wasn’t the best Competition Season … I stiffed at Iowa, I stiffed at Altamont, I stiffed in Syracuse, and it took the Big E to actually help me win something. I do not like Competition Season moments…
Read MoreLast January, I made two “master prints” of A CO Railfan’s Dream, my film-meets-digital collage of the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railroad crossing over the Sacandaga River. These 11×17 framed prints were originally designated for a future competition or gallery show. But I’m not 100% sure they fit in those shows. At least not yet.…
Read MoreI never settle for “just good enough.” If I make something, I’ll try the next time to make it better. It’s evolution and creation as a co-existence. Such is the case with A CO Railfan’s Dream, one of my entries for Competition Season 2026. I truly love this image and its surreal mixture of film…
Read MoreThere’s something about my mixture of film and digital photography, A CO Railfan’s Dream, that keeps bringing me back to new versions and creations. I originally printed one gigantic artwork with a mirrored background … and it turned out nicely. For sure. But I wanted to improve on the image. I’m one of those people…
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Chuck The Writer 