And also for those that love Bert and Ernie:

(Credit goes to Emerson who actually showed this to me a few weeks ago, and to Paul for reminding how funny this actually was)

For those that want to try out macro photography but don’t have a dedicated lens, here’s a great tip to enable you to try it out with lens you probably already own:

Having tack sharp photos is even more important in macro photography because it’s much more obvious when something is in focus.  This means that both the subject and the camera have to remain completely still.   So if the trick shown in the video is something you want to pursue more seriously, but still want to save coin on buying a dedicated macro lens, you should really invest in the “reverse adapter” that is mentioned in the video.

Here’s a link to B&H Photo where you can find the perfect reverse adapter for your needs:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=search&A=search&Q=&ci=0&sb=ps&sq=desc&sortDrop=Relevance&ac=&bsi=&bhs=t&ci=3065&basicSubmit=Submit+Query

Last friday at the Sandpoint Naval Base in Magnuson part, me and Danny took some time to pose for a whack of shots with us stretching, jumping, doing the splits and doing headstands.  Danny stitched together the shots into a video:

I was a little surprised how easy the headstands came to me.. perhaps I will really start 365 one of these days and this can be a recurring theme

Radiohead’s In Rainbows was one of the top albums of the year for me and House of Cards was one of my favorite tracks on the album.  Here’s their music video and short description:

In Radiohead’s new video for "House of Cards", no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data.   Directed by James Frost.

Video about the making:

Great 2 part video series about what’s in professional fashion photographer’s bag. This pro in particular is the well known Katy Winn of Getty Images.