It’s what, 8pm and I’m here at the Thruway rest stop at Sloatsburg – the first rest area after you get off of I-287 from New Jersey. It was a long road trip and I needed to take a break, a chance to upload some photos to my flickr site and decompress for a bit.…
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Helping out the Papergirl
While perusing one of my favorite “wrap up all the news and culture in the Capital District” websites, All Over Albany, I saw a report about a special art project that is currently taking place in the Capital District. And it involves the region’s designated Papergirl. No, not the person who drives by my house…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Return to Storytown U.S.A.
A long time ago, I acquired a vintage View-Master reel of some attractions at Storytown, U.S.A. I bought the reel with the intentions of producing an article on the history of View-Master product, but that project fell through. Still, as part of the project, I attempted to scan in the original images off the View-Master…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Testing out my Kenko 180
Among my arsenal of camera lenses that I’ve acquired over the years is this Kenko 180° screw-on fisheye lens. From the looks of it, I should be able to shine a red light through it and pretend it’s the HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Although I already have a dedicated fisheye lens (my…
Read MoreSignboards, Thunderstorms, and the results of my photograph at the NYS Fair
7 in the morning. My wife Vicki and I finally get of Albany and head to the New York State Fair in Syracuse. Rule #1 about traveling to the NYS Fair – bring comfortable shoes. You will be walking. A LOT. Rule #2 – Bring some sort of rain gear, like an umbrella. The skies…
Read MoreHow hanging from a ceiling by your toenails can get an award-winning photo
Some background. One of the companies for which I do freelance work is the Premier Basketball League. This minor league hoops circuit has teams spread throughout the eastern United States and Canada, and it just finished its second year of operation. Essentially my weekends while the PBL was in session required my driving to some…
Read MoreMy Nikon camera: Weapons of Choice
An overview of how Chuck Miller went from a simple point-and-shoot camera to a powerhouse camera with a gallery of lenses.
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