Work in progress

My Equipment :

Canon EOS 7D

Canon EOS 40D

EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

During the 1970's & 80's , my Dad and I worked (actually played) at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook, NY - just outside the town of Rhinebeck, NY. We were part of the ground crew which was a great experience & real fun!!

The "Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome" is a World Famous vintage air show - a " Museum in the Sky" of Pioneer and World War I airplanes that was founded by the late Cole Palen.

I had noticed many photographs of " Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome " on Flickr so I started a group called

Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome for people to share their photographs.

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome official web site site.

Below is a You tube link of Joni Mitchell performing the song " AMELIA". Great song BTW!

AMELIA

My most viewed photo on Flickr called " Colorful Sunset in Queens NYC"

I took this photograph with a Kodak Easy share 6300 point & shoot which was my first digital camera. I think this photo was taken somewhere near Sedona Arizona.

I found the moon interesting to photograph . .

I took this photograph of the moon on April 8, 2009 , called "Terraforming The Moon".

The link below is a photograph that I took of the Moon .

JMWORKS

This photograph was taken by my dad in the early 1980's. I'm standing next to the Fokker Dr. I triplane at the

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome.

The landing gear collapsed on take off run. This aircraft was built by Cole Palen in 1967. Cole flew this aircraft in the show for twenty years. This Fokker Dr. I can be seen in the museum at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome.

This photograph below of the Fokker Dr. I was taken by Tom Polapink.

Cole Palen and his triplane after the landing gear collapsed during a takeoff run. - Photo Credit: Tom Polapink

Special thanks to Tom for allowing me to use this great photo!!

I also found this photo on

XPLANES

I enjoy photographing live music.

Photograph of guitarist Bob Weir at the RatDog Show - F.M Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre, PA .

My photographs in the

RatDog Group

My RatDog photographs on RatDog org

My Dead and Futhur photographs on Otherones net

Flickr Hive Mind

Flickriver

Fluidr

This photograph was taken by my Dad. I slightly edited the photograph.

Sunrise, In Memory of my Father ( 2/17/36-12/25/2008)

I find it interesting how images can be manipulated using editing software.

INTO THE LENS

Hometown- Bayside, New York City.

Information from Wikipedia

Bayside, NY

Throughout its history, Bayside has been home to several notable people, including:

Rolf Armstrong, painter.

John Barrymore, actor.

Bayside (band), the rock group

Anthony Raneri, frontman of Bayside (band)

Irving Berlin, composer and lyricist

Patti Ann Browne, anchor and reporter

Michael Chang, tennis player

Charlie Chaplin, actor.

Jim Corbett (1866-1933), boxer, lived here from 1902 until his death in 1933.

Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), artist.

Frank Costello (1891-1973), prominent gangster, known as the "prime minister of the underworld."

Marie Dressler (1868-1934), Academy Award winning actress who played "Tugboat Annie."

Howard R. Driggs (1873-1963) historian of the Pony Express and the Oregon Trail.

Perry Farrell, frontman of Jane's Addiction

W.C. Fields, comedian / actor.

John T. Flynn (1882-1964), author, journalist, and leader of the America First Committee.

Charles Ghigna, poet and children's author known as "Father Goose," born in Bayside, 1946.

Alison Leslie Gold, author of books on Anne Frank and others

John Golden (1874-1955), playwright and Broadway producer (John Golden Theatre named for him).

Edward Grazda (1947-), photographer known for his depictions of Afghanistan and of NY Muslim places of worship.

George Grosz (1893-1959), German-American artist.

Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist

Judge Thomas Jones

Scott Ian, musician- Anthrax

Dan Lilker, musician

Ron Jeremy, pornographic actor, director

Buster Keaton, comedian / actor

Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, popular singers.

Patrick Lynch, NYPD PBA President

Tony Marden, Football Player

Paul Newman, actor

David Nolan, historian and author of Fifty Feet in Paradise

Frankie Palmeri, vocalist for deathcore band Emmure

Alma Power-Waters, author of young-adult books and biographer of John Barrymore.

Matthew Robert Silverstein, New York State Young Democrats President

Donald L. Pilling, Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations

Charles Johnson Post (1873-1956), artist and author of The Little War of Private Post.

José Reyes, shortstop for the New York Mets.

Nolan Ryan (1947-), lived here wile playing for the NY Mets.

Tom Seaver (1944-) member of Baseball Hall of Fame

Abe Simon (1913-1969), boxer who twice fought Joe Louis for the heavyweight crown and later appeared in the movie "On The Waterfront" (1954).

Matt Striker, WWE wrestler

Fred Stone (1873-1959), actor

Gloria Swanson (1899-1983), actress.

Norma Talmadge (1893-1957), actress.

Clark Terry, Hall of Fame musician

Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926), actor.

Dave Valle (1960-), MLB player for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Texas Rangers

Edward Villella (1936), ballet dancer

Pearl White (1889-1938), actress, star of "The Perils of Pauline"