Tag: sony a7RV

Old Barn, Avon CT

  While photographing a one room schoolhouse with Cheryl we were fortunate enough to find this old barn across the street in Avon CT. Both still image and video photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61mp mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-70 f2.8 GMII lens. IMAGE: 1/160th, f11, ISO 100, 70mm, […]

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Product Review – ProMaster RL100 LED Ringlight

ProMaster RL100 LED Ring Light https://promaster.com/Product/1888 Disclaimer:  ProMaster did not ask me to do this review and I am not affiliated with them. After several years of use for macro or tabletop photography I loved this product so much that I felt the need to write a review for it. […]

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Product shot – Chic Watch

This “Chic” watch came from my wife’s Grandmother who passed many years ago so we’re not sure when she purchased the watch.  However, based on her ownership of it and the fact that she lived 93 years the watch was manufactured anywhere from 50-100 years ago.  I cannot find anything […]

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Vintage Books – Shakespeares Complete Works, c.1915

Shakespeares Complete Works, 10 volume, published by McKay c. 1915 This volume of books was published about 109 years ago and, in my opinion, was worthy of a photograph.  Because the covers and bindings were fraying so badly with considerable signs of deterioration I wanted to make sure that I […]

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Product Shot – Bottle of Wine

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. […]

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Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. – 28 year retirement watch

I’ve been photographing jewelry recently because all the reflections make it quite difficult so I wanted the challenge. As I was searching for some jewelry to photograph I came upon Dad’s retirement watch from the Wallingford Steel Mill, later to become Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation. It’s about 30 years old […]

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Trap Fall Schoolhouse, Shelton CT

This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”).  If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as […]

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A walk in the park.

If you’re a reader of my blog you know that I love Hubbard Park. I grew up in Meriden and Wallingford and have come here 1000 times. This was a Thursday afternoon at lunch time in early February. I decided to leave work for an hour and get a little […]

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