Blue hour over the Albany-Rensselaer Train Station with the #AlbanyNY skyline in the distance.

Empire State Plaza Sunrise // #AlbanyNY

Nipper // #AlbanyNY

Sunrise in #AlbanyNY.

State Street Rain // #AlbanyNY

Compton’s Street Scene // Saratoga Springs #Leica

Sunrise in Schagticoke, New York

Nipper // #AlbanyNY

Dawn in Washington Park, #AlbanyNY.

Good morning, #Schenectady

Gus’s Hot Dogs Watervliet, NY Leica

Nipper Sunrise | #AlbanyNY

Woman in the White Dress NYS Capitol Portico | Street Photography #Leica

Signs of spring in the Collar City. #TroyNY

Dawn Over the Collar City // #TroyNY

Canyons of Shadow // Late-day Sun on the Rice Building, #TroyNY.

Stairway // Port of Albany

Pooling Sunlight // Tomhannock

Sunrise // Tomhannock

The Memory of Daylight // Tomhannock

Erie Boulevard and the General Electric Marquee, #Schenectady, New York

Blue // Tomhannock

Parting Ice // Tomhannock

Late Day Sun // Grafton, New York

Blue Hour // Grafton, New York

Sunset // Tomhannock

Another winter blue hour along Geyser Creek in Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs.

Fresh snow at blue hour in Rensselaer County, New York.

Winter in Congress Park, #SaratogaSprings.

Thank you to all those I connected with this year. I truly appreciate the connections. I wish you all the best in 2026. Happy New Year!

Moonlight over the Tomhannock Reservoir in Melrose, New York.

The Twin Bridges // Black and Silver

Sunrise in Grafton Lakes State Park.

The Lights of Lake George Village.

Winter Glass // Grafton Lakes State Park

The fireplace of an abandoned homestead under a winter sky in Grafton, New York.

December Farm Sunrise // Saratoga County, New York

Moon Giant // Grafton Lakes State Park

Cascade Lake // #Adirondacks

Sunrise on Mill Pond | Grafton, New York.

#AlbanyNY Lights

Nipper Sunrise Series // #AlbanyNY

Winter Nocturne // Grafton Lakes State Park

A cold sunrise over the 19th-century ruins of a brick and stone outbuilding along a former Erie Canal alignment in Waterford. Buildings like this once served the locks, towpaths, and work yards that kept the canal moving through the upper Hudson corridor.

Washington Park Snow // #AlbanyNY

Portal // Grafton Lakes State Park

Happy Thanksgiving Thank you for supporting John Bulmer Photography, Restoration Obscura, and the book this year. I appreciate everyone who follows the work and shares the stories. Wishing you a warm and meaningful holiday. — John

State Street Rain // #AlbanyNY Rain isn’t the absence of color; it’s the paintbrush that draws with existing light.

First Light in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, #AlbanyNY

The sky is beginning to feel winter clear. Andromeda and the North America Nebula were bright tonight, set against that cold, steady clarity that comes with the first hints of the season. #DarkSky