Spring Planting on an Amish Farm
It's spring, and the farmers are beginning the planting process. Many of the farms in our area were shutting down. Family farms where the kids are going off to college, then getting jobs other than farming, so when the owners retired, the farm just shut down. But...
NYSW Railroad
Driving home today on Route 8, passing along beside the NYS&W tracks, I was just thinking I hadn't seen any traffic there in months. No sooner had the thought crossed my mind then I saw an engine north bound with a couple of cars in tow. Coincidentally the week 16...
Keeping Your Camera Dry in Bad Weather
Successful outdoor photography requires getting shots that are unique, and unusual. Getting the shot that hasn't already been done before means getting a different view point, or different lighting. One way to get different lighting, is to go out and shoot in the...
Why I still use Flickr for photos
There's a lot of buzz about whether Flickr is still cool. I can't speak for cool, but I still use it. And I still think it's the best at what it does. Here's why. Flickr, much like Google+, lets me upload photos and tag them. And Google+ has communities, much like...
Old Barn in Black and White
I went out driving today looking for something old, rusty, and abandoned. The Photochallenge.org theme this week (week 10) is black and white. This is a good time of year for Monochrome photos in the Northeastern US. The snow is leaving, but the trees don't have...
Downtown Cooperstown at Night
On a rainy winter evening, you can actually see the street and the buildings on Main Street in Cooperstown. In another one to two months, it will be hard to get photos with this little traffic in them. The village of Cooperstown has many old and interesting...
Doubleday Field at night
Doubleday Field, Cooperstown NY. Where baseball is played in the Home of Baseball. Spring training is starting farther south. In Upstate NY, the fields, stadiums, and parks where the sport is played still have snow covering the base paths. Waiting for warmer...
Bridge in the Woods
Spent Presidents Day outdoors, taking a short hike with my family at The Rogers Conservation Center in Sherburne, NY. Not too much snow left, but there is still some so we could see a few tracks from some of the other inhabitants of the center. As always, we enjoyed...
Five new companies joining the Micro 4/3 community.
The 4/3 standard is gaining ground with some new companies coming on board. What new product features might this bring to the table? http://www.photographyblog.com/news/five_new_companies_join_micro_four_thirds/
Cooperstown in the Off Season – Part 7
The steeple of the Christ Episcopal Church against a January sky. The cemetery by this church is one of the stops on the Cooperstown Ghost Tours. With this cold sky as a backdrop, it does look a little spooky. It's a beautiful old church, though, and this view is not...
Cooperstown in the Off Season – Part 6
I found this hat in a shop window in Cooperstown, NY. Many of the shops on main street are closed in January. With barely any people on the streets, there are probably not many sales to be made. But when spring comes, and people start thinking about baseball, I'm sure...
Cooperstown in the Off Season – Part 5
Some seasons there may be ice fishing. This year, however, the lake is not yet frozen over. It looks pretty cold, though. But with no boats, and no ice, there is not much activity around the water.