Dover Stone Church ~ Dover Plains, NY
Located just about as far east as you can go in upstate New York without falling into Connecticut is the small hamlet
Chicago Illinois ~ Part I ~ The Obligatory Bean
As part of my inadvertent obligation to visit all three coasts within a years time, Chicago finally made my list. I had been to NYC, Philly, DC, and SF so it was well overdue. I had a friend who had been keeping track of my
Kinzua Bridge ~ A Look Back
After a friends recent trip to Kinzua Bridge I decided to dig back in my archives and post a story about my first travel photo trip outside of my own state. This was not only my first trip outside my state, but I was still a
Sony a7rII Review ~ First Impressions
Well Hello there!
Better late than never, I guess. While the rest of the world was out shooting with their Sony a7rII cameras, I was sitting home waiting on the delivery man. I finally
Facing Fears, Reaping Rewards – Luray Caverns, VA
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge C.1798
Paradise Lost
I have lived in the Southern Tier of New York state for over 5 decades. There pretty much isn’t anything here that I haven’t seen or photographed. Or, so I thought.
As most of you know, I am forever
Smouldering Embers : Abandoned Allegany County Home
“The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Steampunked ~ Steamtown Revisited
A couple of years ago I reluctantly joined a family trip to the Steamtown National Historic Site and ended up having a great time. I have always loved trains and steamtown has plenty to not only
Camelot Has Fallen ~ NYS Inebriate Asylum
History
The New York State Inebriate Asylum, which later became the Binghamton State Hospital, was the first institution designed and constructed to treat alcoholism as a mental disorder. Located in
