I was hoping I would be able to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 heading south today – with the cloudy and foggy weather, I was aiming for a somewhat moody shot up at Mill Cove in Ledyard, CT. Unfortunatley, the fog had lifted, and the clouds started to thin […]
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Well, I guess everything does happen for a reason. I couldn’t get out this morning to catch NR-2 heading south along the Norwich branch, so I figured I’d head out over lunch and try to catch them somewhere on the Northeast Corridor between New London and Old Saybrook. By the […]
As a huge fan of indie original music (not cover band crap), I was pleased to find out that there was a great benefit show going on just up the road at The Annex in Willimantic on March 24th featuring some old friends. The lineup was Hugh Bluemfeld (I only […]
Here’s the info on the Windham Photography Club’s annual Photographic Gallery Exhibition at ArtSpace Windham in Willimantic, CT. Click for a larger version. Specific hours are: At ArtSpace Windham April 4-22, 2007 Wednesdays and Fridays 6-8PM Saturdays 4-8PM Sundays 1-5PM
I had originally wrote this piece for the railroad photography magazine CTC Board – Railroads Illustrated at the request of then editor Paul Schneider (CTC Board had since been sold to White River Productions, where it’s now called simply Railroads Illustrated ). It appeared soon after I wrote it in […]
I took a half day from work to watch the kids (my wife had an appointment), so on the way home I ran into Providence & Worcester train NR-2 heading north through Norwich, CT.
The timing was on today aparently because I was able to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 twice – once in the morning and once over lunch – with only a few moment’s notice. This morning was on the Ledyard/Preston town line at Poquetanuck Cove, and this afternoon was at […]
I was able to get out and catch two Providence & Worcester jobs today – NR-2 and NH-1. Caught NR-2 rolling past the USS Nautilus in Groton, CT, and later I got ’em swapping cars and power with NH-1 in Old Saybrook, CT at the Amtrak station.
If you’re interested, I’m putting together a couple how-to type of articles. The subjects are: Digital photo post processing tips Ambient light Night Photography, including how to remove color casts from overhead lighting (sodium vapor, flourescent, etc.) If you’ve got any other ideas you’d like me to babble on about, […]
I had to bring my truck’s brake drums to the machine shop today to get turned, so I swung through downtown Willimantic to check out what was going on. New England Central train 608 was working the Willimantic Waste/CC Lonsbury area – well out of easy photo range. So I […]