• Instruction,  Photography Topics

    7 Flaming Bacardi’s.

    I belong to an online photo community called Digital Photography Challenge.  A recent challenge was to photograph 7 of any object as long as they are all the same.  My wife Cheryl and I came up with the idea of photographing 7 flaming shot glasses.  Sounded cool to me because I had never photographed fire before. We set this shot…

  • Instruction,  Interviews

    Interview with Photographer Ron DiCostanzo

    [wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] This is the first of what I hope will be many interviews with photographers to follow.  I came to know Ron DiCostanzo through a business relationship.  I would see Ron setting up product shots as well as beautiful fishing pictures that were blown up and in their conference room.  We quickly realized that we both share a…

  • Abandoned,  Bridges

    Shelton, CT – Bridges & more.

    [wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]As you look through the slide show you’ll see a photo of a dam. This is known as Ousatonic Dam. No I didn’t forget the “H”. It was planned and it’s construction overseen by Edward Shelton, in 1891, for the Ousatonic Water Co. The dam, constructed from 1867-1870 right after the Civil War, is 637 ft. long…

  • Bridges,  Journey's

    Bridges – Seymour, CT

    [wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]Seymour, CT is located along the Naugatuck River in what as known as the “valley” to locals.  It is situated about 20 miles south of Waterbury, CT. For those of you that visit this site you know by now that I enjoy chronically  unique bridges in CT and adjacent areas.  I found the foot bridge in the attached…