BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ I have two settings on my alarm clock. If I need to get up at a normal civilized time of the morning – 5:30 a.m., for example – my alarm clock will automatically activate at that moment so the first thing to wake me out of my slumber is 810 AM WGY’s…
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From 2007 to 2012, I worked for the Premier Basketball League as their stat man and photographer.
Photo Essay: Manchester Millrats free agent camp
Last Saturday I got up at about 3am, loaded my laptop and my Nikon D700 into my Pontiac 6000, and drove all night (and early morning) to southern New Hampshire. As much as I would have loved to take a moment and photograph the fall foliage, I was thwarted by pouring rain throughout the road…
Read MoreMy Donation to the Basketball Hall of Fame
It’s Sunday morning, and I’ve just packed my Pontiac 6000 with the last box it can hold. It took a lot of emotional effort on my part, but in my heart of hearts, I knew it was time. Two hours later, I was at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, where two employees…
Read MoreRoad Trip: Photographing the Premier Basketball League Combine
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.…
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…
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