marbles... glass droplets of goodness

Mass production vs. handmade

How it's made. Brilliant television show... I wish they could do a special series that just featured people in their artistic trades. Each episode would be similar to this, first showing how marbles are made in mass production, then showing the handmade marbles made by the glassblower. Come now, which marble would you wanna buy?

something to aspire to

Did a mini photoshoot at the cottage with two exceptionally talented yoginis. Not sure I'll ever be able to do the splits while being hoisted in the air upsidedown but if i get more chances to take such pictures im game, especially while relaxing out on the water.







This weekend I'll be doing more yoga shoots at Santosha in prep for the 'global mala project' held September 20th.

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night shots

Campfires and sparklers oh my!

If you don't yet know what the 'bulb' feature is on your camera, go seek it out! It's a shutter speed setting on adjustable cameras that keeps the shutter open for as long as the shutter is pressed. It'd have been wiser to have a tripod in most of these pictures but the results were pretty fun all the same.







The bulb feature is often used for Astronomical photography. Note to self: pick a cottage weekend to rent a big ass lens to try and shoot some stars.

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tennis action

Here are a couple recent photos taken from a group tennis match with friends. Oohhh action shots are entertaining.
Photography note of the day: to anyone shooting movement shots like this - rapid shutter speed! Pre anticipate the shot, start shooting before the key moment you wish to capture, and keep shooting until after the entire action is completed. Likelyhood of you catching the perfect shot in one click is bleak, chances greatly increased when shooting right after the other.
This rule generally applies on all fronts but it is especially true in this situation.





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