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Not sure how many of you are familiar with my work, but I really enjoy doing nighttime photography, both using ambient light as well as flashes. When I use flashes, however, I tend to shy away from just flooding the scene with light, instead thinking about the shot and strategically placing...
Thanks Bob & Bill! It was a fun day, and a great way to give back supporting rail preservation as well as youth activities at the same time... I myself never made it to a Jamboree as a Scout (late '70s & early '80s), and we sure didn't do cool stuff like railroading... :)
A dozen years ago today, Otto Vondrak asked me to lend a hand and photograph a Boy Scout railroading camporee at the Railroad Museum of New England. As a former Scout, I happily agreed and had a blast documenting a number of troops learning about various aspects of railroading, as well as...
Had my official Marty McFly hoverboard! :) I simply stuck my hand out of the back window frame (no window in it) with the 15mm fisheye lens. Took a few tries to get it framed right, since I wasn't looking through the viewfinder (obviously)
Providence & Worcester is operating 8 coal trains origintating at the Port of Providence, RI and destined for the AES power plant in Johnson City, NY. The train will travel the P&W, NECR, VTR, CP (D&H) and NS to get to it\'s destination. Here the fourth coal train is heading north...
Providence & Worcester train NR-2 pulls over a cove in the Thames River, entering the New England Central yard in New London, CT. Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC
CSX yard job shoves a long cut of autoracks over the hump, and into the classification yard at CSX's Selkirk Classification Yard in Selkirk, NY. In the background you can see the bowl of the yard where the cars are classified for outbound trains. Canon EOS Elan 7, Fuji Provia 100F
The Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum hosted it's 2nd Annual Night Photo Shoot on June 11, 2005 at the museum site in Willimantic, CT. Here museum volunteers Mark G. and Jerry G. pose with the CERM's ex-LIRR GE 44 tonner at the restored Chaplin, CT station. Canon EOS 20D, Canon 70-200mm...
The Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic, CT hosted the New England Blacksmiths for their annual blacksmithing demonstration on Saturday April 16, 2005. The guest blacksmiths fabricated numerous items for the Museum's use in rolling stock restoration. Here, Bill Schafer, a...
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