Sculpting with Gel in the Studio!

Gels, i.e. intense colors, are quite a popular place to explore nowadays in photography. I’m going down. That is fun. A playground of the photographer’s imagination, written in bold and splashy colours. Example here, explosion there. I did a gel band in Vegas recently, working with the insanely talented Will Styles. Gifted and physically superior, he became part of the creative human architecture in the studio as I spooned color into his physique.

Running pictures from this session last week on our Instagram, and came up with a few questions about light control, number of lights, etc. So here we …

Wedding bus crashes in Australia, killing 10 and injuring 25; the country’s deadliest since 1994

A bus carrying wedding guests in Australia’s wine country rolled over Sunday night, killing 10 people and injuring the other 25 passengers, police said.

The guests attended a wedding at the Wandin Estate Winery and were traveling to the town of Singleton when the crash took place at a roundabout in Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, just after 11:30 pm, according to Assistant Commissioner Tracey Chapman.

Bus driver Brett Button was placed in custody and was subsequently charged Monday. He will appear in court on Tuesday on multiple charges, including dangerous and negligent driving, the police said in a statement.

The Magic of Marble • The Streets of Nuremberg • Travel Photography

Outside view of Pisa Baptism with tourists looking at it in awe
Baptism | Pisa | 2023

The last few weeks have been very busy, mainly due to bill paying work. There isn’t much time to rotate the camera, and no time to write about it on this page. But with things slowly getting back to normal, let me share the results of a few successful recent photography trips that I’ve been on. Like some black and white pictures from a day trip to Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa we did last week while spending time at our “southern” home in Genoa. Continuing after the jump for some history and photos of

It’s Wedding Season! Here’s How to Caption Photos of the Big Day on Instagram

The big day has come and gone. “I do” was said. Tears were shed. The dance floor was happening. The cake was cut. The bride looked real pretty. Oh so many photos were taken. Now time to keep relishing those wedding memories and the high on life they brought! So pull up those photos you snapped, or gather images from your photographer, and get them ready to post. We’ve got just the right wedding Instagram captions for you to choose from.

Scroll down to find wedding captions for the newly married couple and for the bride, plus love quotes that

ServiceNow added as a new long idea at Hedgeye (NYSE:NOW)

ServiceNow office building in Silicon Valley

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ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) was added as a long idea at Hedgeeye with the potential for 25% upside from current levels.

“After a choppy period in 2022, and through 1Q23, featuring several quarters of under-performance in backlog growth, the setup now features easy comps,” Hedgeye analyst

Family vacation | Northern Ireland

This is a long-awaited trip, for sure! I’ve wanted to take Matt to Ireland ever since I visited in 2014- we thought about going before Felix was born for a babymoon, but we were set up with his real mom so quickly (two weeks after the live broadcast) that we gladly never did. get a chance!

Then we are planning a trip for summer 2020 🤣, then we are trying again for summer 2021 but quarantine requirements mean we will be spending between 5-14 days in a hotel room. We were thinking about summer 2022, and then our sweet Teddy

New store, Serendipity, brings bright energy, fresh smells to Commercial Street

Glass vessels full of balloons representing each color of the rainbow carefully sit behind the front counter as the smell of freshly cut, vibrant flowers fill the air. This is Commercial Street’s newest business, Serendipity, opening its doors for the first time this weekend.

Sandwiched between Hakaar’s Bazaar and Randy Bacon Photography, Serendipity is located at 215 W. Commercial St. The one-stop-shop for event decorations is a collaboration between Cherrelle Hitchcock, owner of Flora & Forge Farm, and Sydnie Meyers, owner of Dreamy & Darling Creations.

Serendipity’s open house is Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm After this weekend,

How to Capture More Creative Street Photography

Street photography is a dynamic and exciting genre that allows photographers to capture exciting moments in a busy city street setting. To stand out in this genre and capture more creative street photography, it is important to develop unique perspectives and approaches.


Learn to shoot with the camera you have is one of the KEYS to building a great collection of urban and street imagery. This week Urban iPhone Photography course by IPS will give you skills for constantly interesting shots. And it 80% discount. PLUS we will send our notes for the course so you don’t have to