Category Archives: On Exploring Photography

Scenes from Downtown Buffalo and Canalside

Posted on January 7, 2024 by ksedinger

For a long time I’ve wanted to go down to Canalside, a sort-of public commons area on the Inner Waterfront in downtown Buffalo, to take photos of the people ice-skating on the rink there. I finally did just that last … Continue reading →

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Misty morning at Knox Farm

Posted on December 27, 2023 by ksedinger

December has not been a good month for photography. The weather has been incredibly reliable this month: on any day when I have time to get outside someplace and walk about and take photos, the weather has been absolute garbage. And unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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To the eternal flame

Posted on November 20, 2023 by ksedinger

Erie County’s Chestnut Ridge park is one of my favorite places and has been for years. This park, larger than New York City’s Central Park, is set on the side of one of the higher hills to the south of … Continue reading →

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Whoops.

Posted on November 15, 2023 by ksedinger

This is what happens when you go to take a long-exposure photo but you forgot to tuck your filter wallet in your pocket, so you have no ND filter to put on your lens. (My camera does not have a … Continue reading →

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Behold the Hunter!

Posted on October 23, 2023 by ksedinger

I took Hobbes outside this morning to do his business (he’s still hobbled up, so we can’t just let him out to do his thing in the backyard, we have to actually leash him up and walk him over to … Continue reading →

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When the Light is Low….

Posted on October 22, 2023 by ksedinger

One area of photography I need to work on–well, I need to work on all of them, but especially this one–is low-light photography. I’ve done some experimenting here and there, and my results haven’t been super-encouraging yet, at least, not until … Continue reading →

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Be open to your mistakes!

Posted on October 16, 2023 by ksedinger

What might this be? That’s a mistake, is what it was. I was trying to take a photo of something and I screwed up the focus. What was I trying to capture? This, but close up: Better luck next time…but … Continue reading →

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“In spider’s web a truth discerning”

Posted on October 6, 2023 by ksedinger

Enlargeable version here. I took this photo last Sunday while walking around the Charles Burchfield Art and Nature Center in West Seneca, one of this region’s underknown gems. It was a stunning morning, because the fog had not yet lifted … Continue reading →

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Look at your photos, photographers!

Posted on September 29, 2023 by ksedinger

A nifty lesson I just learned, all by myself! I’ve been using the Vero social media app (mobile only, as far as I know, but my user name is @kellysedinger) as a sort of showcase for what I consider to … Continue reading →

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Street Photography: East Aurora, 9/17/2023

Posted on September 23, 2023 by ksedinger

I’m finding myself more and more interested in street photography, or “streetscape”, as I prefer to call it. Here are a few examples from a walk I took last week around the village of East Aurora. I do hope someone … Continue reading →

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