I always enjoyed product photography but early on I had never done much of it since the studio I photographed at and helped manage was primarily a portrait studio. A friend that specialized in it for many years had a studio in Erie. Whenever I had the opportunity, I stopped by and hung around, assisting […]

When I closed the antique store I dropped all my social media accounts. I don’t have accounts with Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. I have never had accounts with instagram or Reddit. I have never snapchatted, or Tik Toked. I deleted my google account and don’t (in fact I refuse to) use Gmail. I rarely use YouTube […]

When I was younger, my father dabbled around with photography and I remember his Minolta equipment. I enjoyed going with him to Lynch Camera, the local camera store, owned by his friend Al Lynch. My uncle was there as a salesperson not long after he finished high school. His tenure lasted through the Lynch camera […]

Let me explain. I bought a set of Klipsch computer speakers. They were the best computer speakers I have ever bought. I have heard music like I never have on my computer. I suffer from a large amount of high-end hearing loss due to the chemotherapy and radiation I received to my head and neck […]

The heatwave of summer in Florida has passed and I am hearing reports of colder weather and snow in my former state of residence, Pennsylvania. Winter is here and now that it is a bit cooler, I am hoping I will be able to get out and start shooting more. I have been still working […]

Well in case you haven’t noticed, I have made some serious additions to both the quantity of images to the site and the organization of the galleries. I have had a bit of energy of late and have had the motivation to start scanning my slides and negatives from years ago when I made an […]

Another iconic building in Erie that I grew up being fascinated with along side the Koehler Building was the Union Station located on 14th Street between Peach and Sassafras Streets. It is an Art Deco brick structure that was dedicated in 1927. The building is a combination of brick, and sandstone, with terracotta trim and […]

My father was a hunter in his younger years and was also moderately avid in the hobby of firearms. I remember melting lead with him to cast bullets and I can still see him at the shotgun press reloading shotshells. Dad didn’t have a large collection, but everything in it was of quality. He took […]

I have done many things in my near 60 years on this planet. I have had many different jobs, been involved in many different organizations and owned several different businesses. One of the keys to this for me has always been timing. What I mean is that for me, the easier something came together, the […]

I decided to take a break from writing about antique related items and situations and try something new. When I am not at the store, and have some free time, I read. When I was young, and owned my bookstore, it was science fiction and classics. As I have gotten older, I find that I […]