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  • About Me
  • Galleries
    • Product Shots
      • Industrial Product Shots
      • Commercial/Retail Product Shots
    • Abandoned Gallery
    • Bridges Gallery
    • Graffiti-signs-wall art
  • Journeys
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  • Churches
  • Museums
  • Abandoned
  • Photo Walks
  • Graffiti-Signs-Wall Art
  • Photography Topics
    • Instruction
  • Featured Pictures
  • macro,  Macro Photography

    Macro Photography – Whisk

    February 1, 2023 / No Comments

    This image was created by using a whisk I found in my kitchen cabinet. Initially photographed without colored lights and it didn’t work so I added blue and red gels. I tried different positions and found the most interesting to be a close up shot of the very end of the whisk. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61MP mirrorless camera…

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    Macro Photography – Potato Masher

    February 1, 2023 / No Comments

    Used a simple potato masher I got out of the kitchen cabinet. The shot didn’t work without lighting. So I added blue light coming in from the back, a red light from the left and a blue light from the right. The shot then had some depth and character. I also placed the camera in APS-C mode which gave me…

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    The Famous “Blackies Hot Dog Stand”, Cheshire CT

    November 27, 2022 / No Comments

    Blackies Restaurant (est. 1928) 2200 Waterbury Rd., Cheshire CT 06410 Blackies neon lights shine bright against the dark backdrop of this fall evening. It was 7:45 PM on Saturday when I was setting up my tripod in the parking lot. The restaurant would be closing in fifteen minutes and right now all the customers had all the hot dogs they…

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  • Featured Pictures,  Table Top
    November 17, 2022 / No Comments

    I put this poster together as an ode to a hobby that has given me so much through the years. It’s like the poster says although I’m getting old with every passing year when I pick up a camera I get rejuvenated. It’s a gift. Those of us that feel that way know what I mean. Those of us that…

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  • Featured Pictures,  Journey's,  Lighthouses

    Epic Sun Rise – Nubble Lighthouse, York ME

    November 12, 2022 / No Comments

    This was the most dramatic sun rise either Cheryl or myself have ever seen in our lives. We were staying at a roadside motel right on the main strip at York Beach ME. We had a 2nd story, corner room, which was closest to the beach and had a wrap around porch. I had only gotten about 4-1/2 hours sleep…

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  • Featured Pictures,  Journey's,  Lighthouses

    The Sun Rising on Nubble Lighthouse………..ME

    November 12, 2022 / No Comments

    The Cape Neddick Nubble Lighthouse, York Beach, ME photographed from about two miles accross the ocean at York Beach during sunrise. We had been staying for a short time in York Beach at a motel on the strip by the beach. Cheryl woke me up at the crack of dawn saying “You’ve got to see this sunrise”! Sure enough it…

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