One of my hobbies is go fast outboard boats. I have a vintage 1983 Shadow 21 with a Yamaha 250 outboard that runs in the mid 70s. There is an annual go fast gathering on Great Sacandaga Lake each June, […]
One of my hobbies is go fast outboard boats. I have a vintage 1983 Shadow 21 with a Yamaha 250 outboard that runs in the mid 70s. There is an annual go fast gathering on Great Sacandaga Lake each June, […]
My first exposure to aerial photography was at an antique boat gathering. A friend of the organizer had a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ drone. He launched it off a large center console fiberglass boat and produced some nice footage of […]
The Abandoned Power Plant A good photo friend messaged me one day. He was bored and wanted to go shooting with someone. I’m always up for that! I asked Jon what he wanted to shoot. He didn’t seem to have […]
How I Got the Shot #3 Motion blur can be really cool when used creatively. This shot was inspired by photographer / author Bryan Peterson. In his shot, he and a friend drove through a tunnel at night wearing skull […]
Something has always attracted me to the night. Maybe it’s because I’m not a morning person. Maybe it’s because I was born at night. Whatever the reason, photographs taken at night are intriguing because we see things in a different […]
This winter, we took a little vacation to southwest Florida. I wanted to try some birding photography so I researched online the best places to go near where we’d be. But I quickly learned that for most good birding, you […]
“Clouds of the Apocalypse” Just before Christmas, I decided to order the new Tamron super telephoto zoom. It boasts a 150-600mm range with Tamron’s form of image stabilization called “Vibration Compensation.” The longest lens I’d used to date was the […]
On a recent vacation to Southwest Florida, I had the opportunity to race in the Marco Island Winter Cup. A friend has a custom 42′ sloop he keeps down there. I hadn’t raced in years, but was eager to go. […]
For the new year, I’m starting a new series of short posts featuring a photo and the story behind it. “Frozen in Time” It’s been a brutal winter in upstate New York with well below average temperatures and well above […]
The town of Lake Placid, NY is known for being host to winter Olympic games. Just a few miles out of town is Whiteface Mountain, the fifth largest mountain in New York State with an elevation of 4,865 feet. On […]