photography
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Rushing to Meet the Blue Hour
Before….. And after….. I tried shooting these as JPG files and they just didn’t have the same density, gradations and flexibility as the RAW files. So I used RAW for the editing, having shot the scenes in both JPG and RAW. Images taken with Sigma Bf and Sigma 35mm F2.0 DG DN lens. Location: Waterfront…
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An Elegant Lazy River
The pavilions within Grace Farms River Building, beautifully nest themselves under the roof of this sensitively designed and inhabited sculpture that flows across the landscape of New Canaan, CT. The building, designed by SANAA, is an elegant exploration of building siting and design. Its shape is sensitive to sunlight and shade, its interiors and exteriors…
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Therapy
The past two months have been a difficult time for our family. We tragically lost a loved one and the rebound has been difficult. This person embraced their family with all their heart. They made me, in particular, feel a part of the immediate family, as if I had known their family for years. In…
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What Makes a Good Photographer?
Is the good photographer the person that can discover a unique perspective or scene in any environment? That can create a piece of art in an instant? Or go out on a jaunt and come back with something inspiring? Or easily delete or discard any photos they determine as unsuccessful in a quick glance (be…
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The mental stumbling block. The creative impasse.
Down By the Hudson, 2026 Sigma BF Monochrome Mode, Sigma 35 DG DN, edited Under the Bridge, Kingston, NY 2026 Sigma Bf, Panasonic 85mm Years ago, while in college and trying to design a high rise building (or was that the redevelopment project along the Monongahela?) I was given great advice by a professor: Stefanie…
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Protected: Is photography political?
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Radiators
Once a main form of energy transfer between steam and air (convection and infrared), the simplicity of the radiator (originally called a “hot box” by the inventor) was, at one time, embellished to be something of an art form (and create more surface area for effectiveness). For those exposed in the grand Victorian home, the…
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Faith in Color
Fresh Language Warning: In college, I had a friend/classmate studying architecture. The project, or “charrette” as we sometimes called them (always a French word to make us feel adult, intellectual and important), was an exercise in the exploration, use and recognition of color. Our task was to best recreate a color picture with a collage…
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In Three Acts
Yesterday, I recently participated in a UNICO trip to see Madame Butterfly, an Opera by Puccini in three acts which tells the story of an American sailor, Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, whom marries a Geisha wife in Japan before leaving her to return to America and…marry again. He returns 3 years later only to find Madame…
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Ocean Grove
Ocean Grove is a community in Neptune, New Jersey originally formed in the mid-late 1800s by Methodist ministers as a religious retreat location for parishioners…or as they called it then…a camp meeting community. It is the one of the longest active communities of its type in the United States. What is a “camp meeting community,”…
