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bookmark_borderUpdate concerning future and ongoing projects

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I tend to always have multiple things going on creatively, with as many as five or six projects in progress at one time in various stages of completeness. As a result, new material on this site tends to go up in spurts, with large amounts of content being added all at once as a project is completed. Even this blog is usually updated in spurts, which several entries being edited simultaneously and ultimately posted in groups of two or three, all of them post-dated to go live at a later date. This entry here is no exception. But there's a lot of other work going on in the background for which these semi-regular blog posts are biding time.

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bookmark_borderAn illustrated camera chronology

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This is an illustrated chronology of all the cameras I have used over the years from the very beginning up until the present day, with the exception of cell phones and one-offs taken using other people's equipment. I still have most of these in my possession.

1995

Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608

Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608 camera
The camera I started with in late spring 1995. My original unit was my mother's old camera, which I used for a few months until light leakage problems became too serious to ignore. This was not a great photographic tool by any stretch, but we all have to start somewhere.
Scott Frederick, taken June 1995
Taken in June 1995 using the Tele-Instamatic
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bookmark_borderAutographed albums

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I've acquired a good number of autographed albums over the years, many from having purchased directly from the artist and having them signed, and some as incredibly lucky finds while shopping secondhand. These are some of the more notable ones.

The Best of LaVern Baker

Bought at Half Price Books in 2021 I bought the disc for the music, casual fan that I am. I paid no attention to the writing scribbled across the front until a day later when I actually took a good look at it, realizing to my surprise that it appeared to be an autograph. After researching and comparing my specimen with examples of her signature found online, it does appear that this one is legit. Continue reading "Autographed albums"

bookmark_borderRemembering the Live at Lost Art Open Mic CD

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In November 2010, I put out a CD. Well, kind of - it wasn't exactly a commercial release, and the sound quality wasn't anything to write home about... and it wasn't even of my own work. A twenty track compilation of eighteen open mic performances bookended by introductory and closing remarks by my creative partner Alex Pogosov, it was put out to promote the open mic we had been running together since May of that year. Live Lost Art Open Mic CD, front Continue reading "Remembering the Live at Lost Art Open Mic CD"