Posted in Photography, Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on November 27, 2009 | 29 Comments »
Lockheed C-121 Constellation aka “Connie” on the rain soaked ramp at King Salmon Air Force Station, Alaska sometime in 1964.
I’m finding reflections everywhere these days. Last week, I decided it was about time I sorted and scanned the slides I shot in Alaska during my 1963-1964 tour of duty. When I spotted this image I [...]
Posted in Photography, Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on November 25, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The leaves are gone now. The trees are bare and winter will be here soon. It’s another cloudy, gray “where has the sun gone?” day here in NJ. We could all use a bit of color, so…
I’d like to share this photo I took last month during the peak of the fall season. The view [...]
Posted in Photography, Reflections, tagged publisher, Reflections on November 20, 2009 | 32 Comments »
Often our dreams are bubbles dancing just out of reach, drifting, iridescent, tantalizing, fragile. Just as often our dreams compel us to reach out and touch them.
Share in Sara’s delight and reach out to your dreams. I took these photos back in the summer of 2001 when Sara was coming up on her second birthday. [...]
Posted in Photography, Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on November 13, 2009 | 42 Comments »
You wonder if you’re the only person alive as you hurry along empty early morning rain slick sidewalks. And it’s cold — in your bones winter rain cold.
I was lucky that morning. Like a gunslinger of the old west, I ducked into the shelter of a doorway, drew and fired. Well, part luck anyway. If [...]
Posted in Photography, Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on November 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Last night I wrote a Veteran’s Day article for My Knowledge Network that stirred up some emotional stew. Today, I want to share another, happier face of the Vietnam of 1966 — the kids that I photographed while I was there.
A group of Vietnamese ladies would come to our barracks each day to do our [...]
Posted in Photography, Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on November 6, 2009 | 33 Comments »
More reflections and Saigon street life this week. I took the easy way out because I was having a hard time deciding. So, instead of choosing one image, I’ll share both scenes.
This shot was taken a few feet away from the corner where I photographed the two kids on the corner (last week’s reflections). Lots [...]
Posted in Photography, Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on October 30, 2009 | 31 Comments »
When I could, I wandered the streets of Saigon in the afternoon. You never know what you’ll find with street photography. I was fortunate to discover these kids. Kids are the best because they aren’t usually shy (well, the little boy was a bit shy that day).
I wonder if I was thinking about reflections when [...]
Posted in Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on October 23, 2009 | 33 Comments »
Sometimes I reflect back on 1966. Not often, but this was a peaceful scene taken in a dim Saigon bar, out of the heat. I found my old Ektachrome slides and worked… and worked to get the colors back. The slides are faded and have a very blue color cast.
43 years is a long time [...]
Posted in Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on October 17, 2009 | 14 Comments »
There I was busy photographing the hosta blooms when I noticed him just sitting there watching me. Yes, it’s a him bee. I wondered why the bee just sat there looking — neither flying away nor buzzing me. Later, after I processed my film and scanned it, I did some research and this guy looks [...]
Posted in Reflections, tagged Photography, Reflections on October 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »
How do you get a good frontal shot of someone sitting beside you? Why in the mirror of course.
We all piled into the cool diner on a hot summer day for dinner — Parents, grandparents and the twins. Naturally I had my camera with me. I have to live up to the pop-poparazzi moniker my [...]
