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Author Archives: ksedinger
On the wing
I doubt I’ll ever have the patience to really embrace wildlife photography as my genre of choice, but I have to say that I’m very happy with how these two shots turned out. One nice thing about photography I’m discovering is … Continue reading
Posted in On Exploring Photography, On Nature, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Nature, Photo Posts, Photography (the subect)
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Tone Poem Tuesday
“Well, he must be too busy for a real post today, since he’s sharing something by Franz von Suppe!” And that, Dearest Reader, is where you’re wrong! Because even though I am posting something by Franz von Suppe, it is not because … Continue reading
My City
Last Sunday morning, after leaving the Outer Harbor on a photography walk, I grabbed my camera as I was cresting the Skyway heading into downtown Buffalo. (Relax, there wasn’t anybody behind me for about half a mile…it was a really … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Buffalo, Photo Posts, WNY Love Letter
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A newsletter!
I’ve shared a new edition of my Substack for the first time in…well, quite a while! This one is a tip of the hat to a collection of photographers whose work I have found particularly helpful and inspiring in my … Continue reading
Posted in Newsletter Announcements, On Exploring Photography
Tagged Dispatches from the Forgotten Stars, Photography (the subect)
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Something for Thursday (July 4 edition)
Two hundred forty-eight years, and all I can really think of is, what’s it going to look like on the two hundred forty ninth? I continue to be dismayed at the degree to which Americans are capable of being awful, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, On Music
Tagged Events of the Day, Something For Thursday
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2024 in Books (January through June)
As with the 2024 in Movies post, I’m starting this on December 31, 2023 and will fill it in as I go throughout the year. [And as with the Movies post, I’m changing my mind and posting this halfway through the … Continue reading
2024 in movies, 5 sentences each (January through June)
OK, I’m going to try this! I’m starting this post on December 31, 2023, and if all goes according to plan, I’ll publish at the very end of 2024. [UPDATE! You can see right now that this is dawning six months … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
This is a kind of roundabout way to arrive at a work: a comic ballet called Pineapple Poll was created in the mid-20th century, using music from the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Later, the music from the ballet was itself … Continue reading
Getting a Leg Up!
Been a while since I updated the progress on our greyhound Hobbes and his leg injury (see here and here for earlier developments). After his procedure in January he spent a number of weeks getting driven to Pittsburgh weekly for … Continue reading
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Just so I have a place I can point to if anyone asks: I don’t know if he should withdraw or stay in. I do know that whatever happens, there is still a choice to be made between one party … Continue reading →