Jay

Photographer

Welcome to my blog! Thank you for stopping by. Always enjoy hearing from my viewers. For years my focus was on old barns however I'm starting to run out of them in CT. These days you'll see a variety of images from wildlife, to abandoned buildings, flowers, macro and a lot of stuff in between.

Latest Posts

Miniature Car in a Big City

  This is not a real scene. It is a composite photo from (5) different images. The only thing that is from an actual image is the setting itself consisting of the three buildings and parking lot. The signs, person and car were added. The car was a 1/24th scale […]

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Miniature Truck in a Big World

For this shot I photographed a 6″ metal diecast model of a 1940 Ford Pickup truck that I bought new for $23.00 at a flea market. I video taped it on a 360 deg. turnstile and also shot still photography images. I then inserted the tabletop shot of the truck […]

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Old Mill Pond Village Shops, Granby CT

Old Mill Pond Village Shops 383 Salmon Brook St. Granby, CT 06035 (860) 653-3433 I stumbled upon this place by accident while in the neighborhood photographing the Old New-Gate Prison. This particular day it had been closed so I had the entire grounds to myself to take some photographs. The […]

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Little Red Schoolhouse & Hat Shop

Smack in the center of Danbury CT sits the Danbury Historical Society. Their are (2) small buildings on their grounds: a one room schoolhouse and the John Dodd Hat Shop. Well, as it turns out, the one room schoolhouse isn’t original at all. I had to admit that first impressions […]

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Wylie One Room Schoolhouse, Voluntown CT

This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”.  Wylie School Corner of Ekonk Hill Rd & Wylie School Rd. Voluntown CT The Wylie Schoolhouse is currently owned by the Town of Voluntown and has been beautifully restored by the Voluntown Schoolhouse Restoration Committee. […]

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Old New-Gate Prison, Granby CT

Old New-Gate Prison Museum 115 Newgate Rd. East Granby, CT 06026 P.O. Box 230 East Granby, CT 06026 Admission Adult (18-64) $10 Senior (65 +) $8 Youth (6-17) $5 Child (0-5) FREE FREE admission to active military and their families. The Old New-Gate prison was in operation from 1773 to […]

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Horses Grazing at The Butterfly Farm, Lincoln RI

The Butterfly Farm 667 Great Rd., (Rte. 123) Lincoln, RI 02865 While in Lincoln RI I spotted this beautiful farm scene that I had photographed years ago. However, this time it had two horses grazing in the field. In addition the sky was warm and the fence in the foreground […]

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Pullen Schoolhouse – Lincoln RI

I visited the Pullen Schoolhouse in Lincoln RI on June 9th. Upon my arrival I was welcomed by a lovely lady by the name of Linda Robertson Jennings. Ms.Jennings serves as the Education Director for the Great Road Heritage Campus. She, along with (3) other volunteers, were adorned in 1800’s […]

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