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Simple Red Barn, Oxford CT

Just a simple red barn with plywood exterior cladding basking in the setting sun of Oxford CT. Photographed with a Sony Nex 7, 24.3mp, mirrorless camera and a Sony 18-55 3.5-5.6 lens @ 39=58mm. 1/40th f11, ISO 100 Aperture Priority

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Old Stone Schoolhouse, Farmington CT

The Old Stone Schoolhouse in Farmington, Connecticut, has quite a history. It was built around 1790 to serve students in Farmington and Unionville CT. It originally served the West District as a schoolhouse. The brownstone used for its construction was sourced from a local quarry and transported by ox-drawn wagons. […]

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Abandoned mill, Woonsocket RI

Molly, (my dog), and I were driving around Woonsocket RI with camera in hand looking for a picture of an abandoned building. We only had about a half an hour of free time before we had to be somewhere so when we stumbled upon this old abandoned factory I took […]

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Beautiful old barn & silo, East Windsor CT

This barn and silo served two functions. The silo held some type of granular food which must have been for the farmers animals or potential storage and sale of whatever was inside. When I zoomed into the image, in hi-resolution, I could see a series of vertical boards in the […]

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Center School, Middlebury CT (circa 1897)

This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”).  If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as […]

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Abandoned Silo in Oxford

I was travelling through Oxford CT with Cheryl and our dog Molloy when we came upon this cool old abandoned Silo. There was an industrial park built all around it which is not really visible from the picture. In fact I was standing on the property of a company while […]

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Diecast Miniature truck in real world farm scene

This 1950 Chevy 3100 pickup is a 6″ diecast replica was photographed with a  Sony A7RV, 61mp, full frame mirrorless camera and a Sony 90 mm F2.8 maco lens on a turntable in my studio with 3 lights and reflectors. The barn had been photographed years earlier in Bethlehem CT […]

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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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