Ouch a 4am arrival of his elf on a shelf got him up and out of bed at 4am December 1st. It was super fun to say the least. Here is a day before clip of him finding the book at the front door. This is what set him off! Enjoy.
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A collapsible Still Life booth For a full-size person and other don’t needs but must haves!
Impact Photo Booth. This collapsible booth is a full-size person! You can set this up and take it apart very quickly, and its wholly broken down into a small carrying case. It is lite by LEDs, so if you want to light beyond that, you will have to supply your own, but for many jobs, this is the whole kit for a quick down and dirty portraits or fashion work. It is getting easier and easier to do this!
It is a printer, yet it does not print but cuts. And what it cuts is very intricate cuts. Think T shirt printing and Stickers. The machine is a super precise Exacto controlled by scanning and the imagination. At first, it appeared to be nothing more than another NEW printer on the market, bringing the total to a million. How many inks cartridges does it take? Where do they go? I was shocked when I watched a video of this thing in action. It can cut so precise and so quickly the ability to create strong imagery to be used in so many manners of marketing or fun. To be creative with this little machine looks like joy.
Betta Fish Tank. The kit is for the new breed of fish that are day glow! This is not a joke people! They have the technology to do this now! With the black light that comes with it, the fish, through a special diet, will glow bright like the back of a spencer’s gift store! Being so incredible Kid friendly, it will take you back to your unique childhood whimsy.
And of course, if you have read my previous posts, you know I am all hopped up on this fun little gadget. How many hours could I just waste playing detailed games that are lovingly put together by one of the greatest game makers!? Again, Kid-friendly, Win-Win!
This thing seems like the least fun on the list, but it can do cool stuff like print on a hat or a plate! What?! If this is a new job pursuit: a career in T-shirt and coffee mug printing with my brother hot cutter, I might as well go the whole way and get this unit. Heat Presses are not generally kid-friendly primarily because it gets up to 400 degrees! Now that I think about it, these are things I would like to have during all this downtime to brighter mine and others day! Anyway, its fun to think about it.
A toddler locked his father's iPad for 48 years, here's what to do if that happens to you
I found this CNBC Story that used one of my beautiful images for this humorous Story. Aside from my thrill of image usage, I must say the Story is a tad entertaining. And guess what, something that could very well happen to us, or does daily? Maybe for not this extent of time, but none the less. My image popped the Story. I couldn't be happier. By the way, I don't know how I stumbled upon it either. As a photographer, I'm sure my images are all over the place; I only know about a quarter of where they land. If you see any with my name on it, drop me a note and a link. I will certainly appreciate you!
Family heirloom Bibles. What's the catch?
I have been working on and photography a series of family Bibles. Mainly Well made but affordable Bibles from the era of what looks like the 50s and 60s. Fragile parchment paper and a solid but well-worn cover and back. Do you have a family bible that requires documentation? To preserve it and also for a beautiful art piece to hang In your home for modern spirituality? Have family members signed it, or were they a gift? These sorts of details would make a fantastic 16x20 or even 20x24 inch metallic pro-printed piece to hang somewhere in your home. I can photograph yours; all you would need to do is USPS mail it to me for about $4.95. I will shoot it three different ways to send you sample images that you can give me feedback on, and then I will complete your gift image. I will then mail you back your book and print. Ask me about rates for this, but I can assure you even on the more affordable end I could photography your bible for roughly: 1. Shipping to and return-$12.00 2. Photography, shot, edit and share-Free 3. Prints-lowest rate for print 5x6 metallic pro print for $5.00 plus shipping (very well preserved shipping in a superbly safe box shipped privately to your address 4. There are many other rates, options, and sizes to print on as well. See gallery for one example of a PROFESSIONALLY PRINTED ANTIQUE FAMILY SIGNED BIBLE
Did I tell you about the time I created a Disney Mickey Mouse Out of Revlon Nail Polish?
I had been working, as a commercial photographer does, with nail polish. Well, let us say a raw material that just happens to be nail polish. I was considering: painting, high gloss, Revlon products and well, a well known graphic.
My challenge was to come up with that well known graphic and do it with those materials and have it read quickly and without a doubt. It came around quite quickly. Spilling nail polish in various sized circle shapes next to one another was how I began. High Gloss Enamel pours nice and smooth. The spilled colors do not blend so quickly when touched against another color. I wanted to avoid for that for the time being as, again, this was color shapes in hopes of a recognizable silhouette. I guess what I came up with maybe in the top 10 of the world's most instantly identifiable profiles in all honesty. I should look that up. Top Ten Most Recognizable Silhouettes In The World: So I poured and poured and cleaned and looked and tried to see something. What time frame do you think this took me? 5hours? More? Not really. It came down to 2 hours of pouring cleaning up with cleaner and then doing it again a few more times. It was during this spill/clean period that I started to see the colors next to one another. Can we all agree Walt Disney in most of its incarnations is well-loved if not adored by many people? With that said, I was not headed or inspired in any direction. As I said, I was about to do some spills and chills to get some thrills, and oh well, you get the point. Color and silhouette make or break this particular image down into its key components—especially the big yellow shoes and, of course, ears. I think this is when I nailed it with the vision and then smoothed some pieces out in photoshop. I also positioned in photoshop and dropped in the buttons on his pants. There you have it. A fun-loving nail polished created silhouette of one of the world's most recognizable cartoon animals. Revlon Make-up And A Very Recognizable Disney Mickey Mouse Profile Made out of Nail-Polish. How I achieved the Impossible and how you can as well. https://www.shutterstock.com/g/donaldbowers71