Thank You and Happy New Year!
I just wanted to thank everyone for such a wonderful Christmas! We honestly could not have asked for anything else! I also want to wish everyone a bright and happy New Year! May 2007 bring you success and happiness!
I just wanted to thank everyone for such a wonderful Christmas! We honestly could not have asked for anything else! I also want to wish everyone a bright and happy New Year! May 2007 bring you success and happiness!
Once upon a time, a couple friends of ours decided to buy a falling down 1800s winery in Hammondsport, NY. They began what turned into an 18 year project of converting it for use as a future B&B and they invited Amanda and I to stay there for a few days last week. Besides visiting…
Here’s two more shots from Small Strobes, Big Results Buffalo. What’s really cool about these is the complete difference between the actual scene and the shot created with artificial light. Here’s a great example. Reality: But here’s the shot we created: This was an “artificial sun” shot, tungsten balanced strobe so the ambient background light…
(Derek’s Note: Amanda won the Buffalo.com/Buffalo News Classifieds Love Poem Contest with this entry. I’m posting it here for her.) What You Are to Me What you are to me is one million Springtimes. A walk in the park hand in hand. Sharing moments no one else will share. Calling just to say ‘Hello’. Saying…
Argh. Ok, I wasn’t going to do it, but Mike seems insistent on passing this little piece of trash around the blogosphere. Here’s a lawyer who thinks that the wire, not the people who create the contents that flow through it, have free speech rights. Even if neutrality mandates made good sense, they should not…
I have a lot of respect for urban explorers that get into places that most others would never attempt to go, just for the sake of documenting the decaying history of a place that would likely be forgotten. As you can imagine, Buffalo has lots of these types of places – grain silos, Bethlehem Steel,…