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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
  • Barns
  • Churches
  • Museums
  • Abandoned
  • Photo Walks
  • Graffiti-Signs-Wall Art
  • Photography Topics
    • Instruction
  • Featured Pictures
  • Journey's,  Schoolhouses

    First District Schoolhouse, Harwinton CT

    April 17, 2025 / No Comments

    Cheryl, myself and Molly headed out to Harwinton to add this beautiful old schoolhouse to our collection. They watched from my truck.   I put a rain cover on my cameras to protect it from the light rain that was falling that day (although not really visible in the pictures). The First District Schoolhouse in Harwinton, Connecticut, has quite a history!…

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  • Commercial/Retail Product Shots,  Product Shots,  Table Top

    Product Shot – Bottle of Wine

    February 25, 2024 / No Comments

    An image of a Colorfast, vintage 2021, bottle of wine and glass. The image was photographed in a studio setting using (3) lights, some with red/blue colored output. This background was created from 8.5 x 11.00″ white paper sheets which were folded into the shapes you see and attached together. They were lit from one side with a red/blue LED…

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    Reflections of a Slinky

    January 24, 2024 / No Comments

    This was a plastic slinky I purchased at the local Dollar General store for about $1.00. This proves even senior citizens can enjoy a slinky. Perhaps in a different way than a five year old but I got my dollars worth out of it. (smile) Photographed with a Sony A7RII, 42.3 MP mirrorless camera and a Sony 90 mm MACRO…

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  • Featured Pictures,  Journey's

    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,  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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