The Instagramification of Photography

  I recently visited a friend and mentor who mentioned during our visit the Facebook entry above when we touched on Instagram and what I call the “Instagrammification” of photography going on today. I have a real issue with Instagram, not only because Zucky bought it for a BILLION dollars, but also because it is

A Winter Without Snow

This winter has been bereft of snow, unless that is, you consider the snowpocalypse that we had in October to be snow. That storm only lasted a day or so and managed to keep the state out of power for weeks it seems. Nope, no real good snow has come to us this year and

Mansfield Training School & Paranormal Witness… The Fallout

In a post last week I wrote about how a place that I have been shooting for some time had become the subject of a SYFY show called “Paranormal Witness” After watching the show I went to damnedct.com and posted the links to the youtube and my story about my history with the place on their

Mansfield Mansion: Paranormal Witness

Whoa, ok so last nights episode of Paranormal Witness said “The Mansfield Mansion” which from the start kinda made me step back because I live very close to Mansfield CT. I started to watch the show on youtube this morning and the first thing I see is a house that looks a lot like Mansfield

Lack of Will? Lack of Time? Summer Blah’s?

        You are looking at the three.. Count em, THREE images this summer that I really like. Not that I shot all that much this summer though. It seems that I lacked the creative inspiration to even feel like taking the camera out… It’s kinda sad really, and I am wondering why

19th Century “Death Photography”

Well, its that time of year again (Halloween) and one’s thoughts turn to the creepy. Today I was brought to the topic again of death photography in the 1800’s when I saw an article on io9.com about a tintype that purports to show Nic Cage as a young man back then. The photo (above) certainly

Memorial Day and The Birth of Photojournalism

Today is Memorial Day, and having pondered this day over the last decade since 9/11 I have found myself drawn to the Civil War and this holiday’s birth. Of course today, it would seem that the meaning of the memorializing has been lost on the masses as they picnic and go to blowout sales. Of

Ansel Adams Lost Negatives and Avarice

It’s an antique collector’s dream: buying an old box at a garage sale and discovering it contains famous lost works worth a fortune. That’s what Rick Norsigian said happened to him. Ten years ago, the Fresno painter stumbled upon a trove of 65 old glass negatives that he says have been authenticated as the work

Macro Fronds

Canon EOS 70-300mm Macro 4.27.2010

California garage-sale mystery: Junk — or Ansel Adams?

“We’ve looked at them, and they’re not Ansel Adams’ negatives,” Matthew Adams said. “I’ve heard some people build greenhouses out of glass-plate negatives. Maybe that ought to be considered in this case.” Matthew Adams: Ansel Adams grandson   The above quote comes from an article about some alleged Ansel Adams glass plate negatives that were