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This was the next morning after I took previous low fog image. The low fog happened twice in a row during that Sept. It's rare in the summer. Many photographers in bay area gathered in the ridge that morning. I met Jeff, Tung, Farhan, Srivats, Jason... most of the blue-raspberry members.
Forecasted by #Escaype.
7 of 365 (Year Two): Story People
I spent hours last night, trying to find the right story for FGR to suit my mood...I found so many that I couldn't choose and nearly ditched the idea so I just played with makeup instead...But when I went to upload, I went back to Story People, and found this quote and did a minor edit to my photo inside my eye...
If there was ever a story to fit me from there, it would be the ones used for title of this photo...
I don't think I see what other people do when they look at me...I'm constantly surprised by positive comments, surprised that Anthony looks at me and calls me beautiful, it still chokes me up...I spent the first 23 years of my life thinking the worst of myself...The past 4 years has been a battle indeed, to see what some others do when they look at me and feel the same...
**For FGR's Story People**
328/366,
Green space, park,
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Rubus leucodermis, also called whitebark raspberry, blackcap raspberry, or blue raspberry, is a species of Rubus native to western North America.
It has been a while from the last time I went out and took photos, for the sake of busy work and family affairs. While when #Escaype predicted the LFE, I thought it's the time to set out. My alarm went off at four o'clock in the morning, then I checked the webcam, also made a phone call and listened to the fog horn, just to gave myself more confidence for driving one hour to golden gate bridge. Finally, the scene came to my eyes was what I have been dreaming of for long time.
I just had to do this shot in Orton. It just screamed for this treatment! It looks more like artwork to me now! I love it and I hope it makes you happy! By the way, the blue raspberry, the best!!!!!! Yummy!
Have a great week my friends.
Large: farm3.static.flickr.com/2330/2322198511_d8ffd8c2a6_b.jpg
Inspired by my friend Farhan's extremely successful widish take on twin peaks, I also decided to process my widish shot from the same day. All made possible by #Escaype's awesome prediction of SF fog and weather.
A fiery sunset had been predicted by #Escaype but low-clouds were trolling us. We had set out to shoot at Martin's beach but because of low-clouds we started moving south and ended up in Big Sur :). While Big Sur is full of comps finding a place where you can access the beach becomes a challenge especially if you are short on time. When we saw an opening at the horizon, we looked for the first comp that would face the setting sun. The waves really on steroids at that time plus we were in a rather precarious position. I had decided that if my tripod for some reason took a dive, I would not try to stop it :). Anyways, I am glad it didn't come to that. I hope you like what I have put together.
Another beautiful morning another spot on prediction by #Escaype. I had been to this beach a number of times, but this was the first time I saw it light up like that. The tide was high and the waves were reaching the stones, which presented a great opportunity to get some wave action. The rising sun was an icing on the cake.
A beautiful sunrise at Natural Bridges predicted by our friends at #escaype. The tide was as high as I had ever seen and extremely dangerous. However, the high tide gave rise to reflecting waves which I was able to capture to form the leading lines in the foreground. Hope you like it.
All day I felt like a sexy cocktail drink wearing this makeup :D I even had a stranger (a rather adorable teenage girl) run up to me screaming "OMG I loooove your makeup! Do you do it professionally?!" It made my day even if she did scare the glitter out of me =^_^=
And seriously, if you haven't tried the fantastic pigments from The Mineralista at www.themineralista.com/Welcome.html than you must! She has some amazing makeup at killer low prices. I heart it all <3
**Products used**
Banana Berry
Kiwi Lime
Berry Punch
And the blue liner is Blue Raspberry over Urban Decay's 24/7 liner in Electric.
I saw these at the store and knew I had to buy them. Color porn! I didn't try them so not sure how they taste. I'm on this as little as possible sugar thing - sucks! Fun shooting these :)
EXPLORE: #253
I'm excited...We'll be moving in a few months and I honestly just can't wait! Ugh I so badly want to be in that larger room now...I can't find my floor :D And no it's not just because I'm incredibly messy...Okay it partially is, but it's also because I just need more space! Honest ;) And I can't wait to set up a makeup table rather than just do my makeup on my bed with a tiny mirror in my hand :D
Aside from that I spent the day enjoying a hot day out with my rents without any fighting (always a win!) and playing with my Nintendog "Valeska"...I'm pretty certain my real dogs hate her hehe...
And I repeat :D "If you seriously haven't tried the fantastic pigments from The Mineralista at www.themineralista.com/Welcome.html than you must! She has some amazing makeup at killer low prices. I heart it all <3" so do it now! :D
**Products used**
Berry Punch
Blue Raspberry
Urban Decay's Glitter Liner in Air Guitar
A simple combination of raspberries, blueberries, reduced apple juice and chia seeds makes for an unusual, yet no less delicious, Toast Topper.
www.yummysmells.ca/2016/07/blue-raspberry-chia-jam-toast-...
From the mad lab comes this 4" wide specimen of Jolly Rancher Cherry, Blue Raspberry and Green Apple candies melted onto scoria.
Note: Melting the candy seems to have reduced its phosphorescence.
Contains Jolly Rancher candy with:
Red dye #40 (FL Red/Orange >UVabc)
Blue dye #1 (FL Blue,Pink >UVa,bc)
Yellow dye #5 (FL Yellow >UVabc)
Shown under UVc light.
Key:
WL = White light (halogen + LED)
FL = Fluoresces
PHOS = Phosphorescent
UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)
'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"
Series best viewed in Light Box mode using Right and Left arrows to navigate.
Photostream best viewed in Lightbox mode (in the dark).
18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps
Quem coleciona esmalte adora adquirir/conservar relÃquias né hehehe e é que eles fazem a alegria da esmaltólatra colecionadora (que nem eu), mas, que seja um item de coleção não impede que a gente passe de vez enquando né ashuahsuahsua, esse lindinho foi fabricado em 1998, quer dizer, para os dias de hoje ele deve ter vencido em 2000 ou 2001, só que ele não tem data de validade escrita no rótulo, imagino que a lei mandou botar validade depois disso né, bom o fato é que esse esmalte está pela metade mas o bixo é tão pigmentado que não deixa ver o vidro ai parece que tivesse cheio kkkkkk ele tá com o cheiro e a textura normal, passei duas camadinhas e secou super rápido! uma delÃcia de esmaltar gente.
As slim lines não ficaram nada slim mas a ideia era essa ahsuahsuhausa espero tenham gostado beijoooooo
1x base para unhas fracas - colorama
2x Blue Raspberry - Sally Hansen
Slim lines: Mari - Rivka
1x tc ideal
www.hitthatjuice.com/store/p102/BLUE_PUCKER_SUGAR_LIPS_.html
Sour Blueberry Razzberry
Blue Pucker is a EXTREME Blueberry Razzberry slushy with a full on sour twist that will have your lips puckering. But no worries, there's no brain freeze with this slushy!
VG/PG Ratio 70/30
​
Available in 100ml
Ingredients: USP Grade Glycerin, USP Grade Propelyne Glycol, Natural & Artificial Flavoring, USP Grade Nicotine.
www.hitthatjuice.com/store/p102/BLUE_PUCKER_SUGAR_LIPS_.html
Sour Blueberry Razzberry
Blue Pucker is a EXTREME Blueberry Razzberry slushy with a full on sour twist that will have your lips puckering. But no worries, there's no brain freeze with this slushy!
VG/PG Ratio 70/30
​
Available in 100ml
Ingredients: USP Grade Glycerin, USP Grade Propelyne Glycol, Natural & Artificial Flavoring, USP Grade Nicotine.
Sample #5a
An unexpected surprise, this "Toostie Frooties" bag was found amidst the continuing snow flurries just a few paces east of Sample #4, on the northwest corner of North Ave. and Maryland at 6:57 pm on Sunday March 1st 2009.
I remember when I first picked it up, I thought the bag said "Footies" instead of "Frooties" and was certainly ready to toss it back to the rats. ick! Footies? Seriously? Gross! Oh, wait... Frooties! Obviously there are some issues here with the decision to purposely misspell 'fruit' and secondly turn it into a cutesy term that isn't even an actual word.
But I'm glad I caught myself, because this is a pretty cool bag. Yet I have to admit there were several flashbacks to my childhood encapsulated in my moment of confusion. It was perhaps those long lost days of my own footie experiences that contributed to my immediate conclusion to read "Footies." I remember scampering around the house as a spritely 3-year-old in my first yellow footie onesie. Then as I grew I graduated to the first of two blue footie onesies before moving onto other pajama formats after the age of six.
So you can see how the blue of the packaging subconsciously reminded me of my blue childhood pajamas, causing me to momentarily neglect my reading abilities, which conveniently brings me to my next point. Perhaps you noticed that this particular bag of Frooties is Blue Raspberry flavor? Rasp – berry? Really that's how you spell it? Did anyone else know this? Well now that my apparent lack of spelling bee experience has been exposed and the legitimacy of my education put into question... I can only think of raspy berries.
On the subject of raspberry, (and these particular Frooties) where did "Blue Raspberry" flavor originate? It's certainly a staple flavor of many candy and drink lines, but it leads me to question what was wrong with regular raspberry? Certainly there's the color conflict. Both cherry and strawberry preemptively own the rights to the red coloring options, and I suppose the tame artificial flavor of blueberry lacks the zing and punch found in artificial raspberry flavoring. So does that mean that raspberry just trumped blueberry in the early days of flavor expansion and therefore won the rights to don the colors of its defeated berry brother? Either way I like the notion behind "blue" raspberries, but I have to say, the choice to illustrate them as such on this package definitely contributes to its bizarre style.
Speaking of the bizarre, or at least curious, is the way in which this package was opened. It seems to me that the plastic was punctured and slit with a knife instead of being awkwardly stretched and ripped open as most plastic bags of this kind are. I like to imagine this was the result of a serious, yet comical Baltimore street scene....
"I'll slice you!" (an assailant bearing a knife)
Oh, yeah? Like hell you will sucka! (the soon to be sliced victim)
enter the Tootsie Frooties to the rescue! (the evasive and cunning, soon to be victim evades his apparent fate by whipping out our infamous bag of Frooties to defend himself!) ...obviously the bag got knifed instead, spilling it's bright blue contents all over the sidewalk. This once tubby bag just didn't see it coming!
Honestly though, where can you find a bag of candy containing a whopping 480 pieces? That's insane! I seriously hope that all the missing Frooties were not eaten by one person, because that would be nothing but a recipe for a hard-hitting, blue Chicago-stlye, stomachache! Yup. Who knew that the Tootsie Roll factory was located in Chicago? Matt & Missy why didn't you tell me? All this time I thought there was nothing there but a tower from Sears, a giant bean sculpture, deep dish pizza and the Chicago Bulls. Oh yes, of course that's where Ferris Bueller lives, and Chris Parker had her Adventures in Babysitting. Am I forgetting any other Chicago related goodness? Steve Urkel perhaps? So can someone take me to the Tootsie factory please? Is Dustin Hoffman going to be there?! I certainly hope so... I absolutely adore his work.
Alright, now that you are no doubt confused by my senseless pop-culture banter, let me settle down with a final word on the design of this ridiculous candy bag. First of all, I am now more than ever, wary of any word misspelled, or fabricated in the name of branding. As mentioned previously, the term "Frooties" although fun to say, can be far too easily misread as footies, which for obvious reasons is a problem. I for one wouldn't want people thinking of footies when eating my candy, an image that when conjured only adds to the juvenile nature of the name. Plus Frooties not only sounds silly, but dated (seriously from the 70's), and not in a good way. "Tootsie" ok, the company was named after its founder's daughter in the early 1900's and should be respected, but Frooties? No. Not in any decade that ever was, is, or will be.
Secondly, also in terms of nostalgic weirdness I just have to call out the blue raspberries once more. Ok, I get it. The Cherry Frooties bag probably has cherries on it, the Grape Frooties bag probably has grapes on it, etc. It might make sense to place the fictional blue raspberries on the bag. But what do the fruit punch and pink lemonade bags have illustrations of? All I have to say is there better be a variety of tropical fruits on one, and some fantastical pink lemons on the other to satisfy the requirements of branding consistency. Don't get me wrong. I'm not knocking the blue raspberries, I'm just questioning the logic.
What is perhaps the most delightful design aspect of the Tootsie Roll brand is their use of Cooper Black. While I am now very consciously realizing that their aesthetic is holistically dated, and has probably not been touched since the 70's, at least it was well done at the time. It's nice that the use of Cooper Black for their logo, has been consistently extended to this package on "480 PIECES" and "BLUE RASPBERRY." If you're going to shout by using caps, choosing Cooper Black is a nice way to shout with glee, especially about candy.
In terms of the font used for "Frooties," although my opinion is neither here nor there, I must say I think it works for the most part. It is certainly fun and friendly. Even the jostling of the already oblique "Frooties" letters from their baseline – a required type offense to produce such a playful logo – is a legitimate decision in the name of this candy's apparently jolly target audience. I also find the overlapping of the letters to be a subtlety pleasant.
Lastly, the calming colors used here certainly fit with the creamy-pastel palette of the vintage aesthetic applied across the Frooties brand. I say this only having encountered other flavors as individually wrapped Frooties each in their own appropriately pastel-colored wrapping. Although I doubt any candy released today would go pastel, I am ok with this use of the easy on the eyes blue. That is however aside from the small issue I have with the overwhelming urge to regard these colors as "minty" in the wintergreen sense, as often utilized by chewing gum brands. Perhaps this packaging lacks the jazzy addition of purple and magenta I would be inclined to add to the mix. Nevertheless, I must finally point out that in terms of hierarchy and layout the design elements are pretty decently distributed and balanced. The only awkward moment being on the front where the oblong circle encompassing "480 PIECES" covers a bit too much of the berries causing the leafy green tips of one berry to poke out in a strange way from underneath.
If you recall I started this post by claiming the finding of this bag to be an unexpected surprise, and ultimately that's because this is truly a vintage artifact of fantastical, magical (by virtue of it's longevity), and certainly silly design awesomeness. I can only wonder if this design will survive into the next decade, and if not what the update look like.
So in the end what have we learned? Raspberries has an 's' in it. Don't name your candy "Frooties" because that mistake's already been made. Chicago is awesome. And design in the 70's, thankfully had it going on.
Sample #5b
An unexpected surprise, this "Toostie Frooties" bag was found amidst the continuing snow flurries just a few paces east of Sample #4, on the northwest corner of North Ave. and Maryland at 6:57 pm on Sunday March 1st 2009.
I remember when I first picked it up, I thought the bag said "Footies" instead of "Frooties" and was certainly ready to toss it back to the rats. ick! Footies? Seriously? Gross! Oh, wait... Frooties! Obviously there are some issues here with the decision to purposely misspell 'fruit' and secondly turn it into a cutesy term that isn't even an actual word.
But I'm glad I caught myself, because this is a pretty cool bag. Yet I have to admit there were several flashbacks to my childhood encapsulated in my moment of confusion. It was perhaps those long lost days of my own footie experiences that contributed to my immediate conclusion to read "Footies." I remember scampering around the house as a spritely 3-year-old in my first yellow footie onesie. Then as I grew I graduated to the first of two blue footie onesies before moving onto other pajama formats after the age of six.
So you can see how the blue of the packaging subconsciously reminded me of my blue childhood pajamas, causing me to momentarily neglect my reading abilities, which conveniently brings me to my next point. Perhaps you noticed that this particular bag of Frooties is Blue Raspberry flavor? Rasp – berry? Really that's how you spell it? Did anyone else know this? Well now that my apparent lack of spelling bee experience has been exposed and the legitimacy of my education put into question... I can only think of raspy berries.
On the subject of raspberry, (and these particular Frooties) where did "Blue Raspberry" flavor originate? It's certainly a staple flavor of many candy and drink lines, but it leads me to question what was wrong with regular raspberry? Certainly there's the color conflict. Both cherry and strawberry preemptively own the rights to the red coloring options, and I suppose the tame artificial flavor of blueberry lacks the zing and punch found in artificial raspberry flavoring. So does that mean that raspberry just trumped blueberry in the early days of flavor expansion and therefore won the rights to don the colors of its defeated berry brother? Either way I like the notion behind "blue" raspberries, but I have to say, the choice to illustrate them as such on this package definitely contributes to its bizarre style.
Speaking of the bizarre, or at least curious, is the way in which this package was opened. It seems to me that the plastic was punctured and slit with a knife instead of being awkwardly stretched and ripped open as most plastic bags of this kind are. I like to imagine this was the result of a serious, yet comical Baltimore street scene....
"I'll slice you!" (an assailant bearing a knife)
Oh, yeah? Like hell you will sucka! (the soon to be sliced victim)
enter the Tootsie Frooties to the rescue! (the evasive and cunning, soon to be victim evades his apparent fate by whipping out our infamous bag of Frooties to defend himself!) ...obviously the bag got knifed instead, spilling it's bright blue contents all over the sidewalk. This once tubby bag just didn't see it coming!
Honestly though, where can you find a bag of candy containing a whopping 480 pieces? That's insane! I seriously hope that all the missing Frooties were not eaten by one person, because that would be nothing but a recipe for a hard-hitting, blue Chicago-stlye, stomachache! Yup. Who knew that the Tootsie Roll factory was located in Chicago? Matt & Missy why didn't you tell me? All this time I thought there was nothing there but a tower from Sears, a giant bean sculpture, deep dish pizza and the Chicago Bulls. Oh yes, of course that's where Ferris Bueller lives, and Chris Parker had her Adventures in Babysitting. Am I forgetting any other Chicago related goodness? Steve Urkel perhaps? So can someone take me to the Tootsie factory please? Is Dustin Hoffman going to be there?! I certainly hope so... I absolutely adore his work.
Alright, now that you are no doubt confused by my senseless pop-culture banter, let me settle down with a final word on the design of this ridiculous candy bag. First of all, I am now more than ever, wary of any word misspelled, or fabricated in the name of branding. As mentioned previously, the term "Frooties" although fun to say, can be far too easily misread as footies, which for obvious reasons is a problem. I for one wouldn't want people thinking of footies when eating my candy, an image that when conjured only adds to the juvenile nature of the name. Plus Frooties not only sounds silly, but dated (seriously from the 70's), and not in a good way. "Tootsie" ok, the company was named after its founder's daughter in the early 1900's and should be respected, but Frooties? No. Not in any decade that ever was, is, or will be.
Secondly, also in terms of nostalgic weirdness I just have to call out the blue raspberries once more. Ok, I get it. The Cherry Frooties bag probably has cherries on it, the Grape Frooties bag probably has grapes on it, etc. It might make sense to place the fictional blue raspberries on the bag. But what do the fruit punch and pink lemonade bags have illustrations of? All I have to say is there better be a variety of tropical fruits on one, and some fantastical pink lemons on the other to satisfy the requirements of branding consistency. Don't get me wrong. I'm not knocking the blue raspberries, I'm just questioning the logic.
What is perhaps the most delightful design aspect of the Tootsie Roll brand is their use of Cooper Black. While I am now very consciously realizing that their aesthetic is holistically dated, and has probably not been touched since the 70's, at least it was well done at the time. It's nice that the use of Cooper Black for their logo, has been consistently extended to this package on "480 PIECES" and "BLUE RASPBERRY." If you're going to shout by using caps, choosing Cooper Black is a nice way to shout with glee, especially about candy.
In terms of the font used for "Frooties," although my opinion is neither here nor there, I must say I think it works for the most part. It is certainly fun and friendly. Even the jostling of the already oblique "Frooties" letters from their baseline – a required type offense to produce such a playful logo – is a legitimate decision in the name of this candy's apparently jolly target audience. I also find the overlapping of the letters to be a subtlety pleasant.
Lastly, the calming colors used here certainly fit with the creamy-pastel palette of the vintage aesthetic applied across the Frooties brand. I say this only having encountered other flavors as individually wrapped Frooties each in their own appropriately pastel-colored wrapping. Although I doubt any candy released today would go pastel, I am ok with this use of the easy on the eyes blue. That is however aside from the small issue I have with the overwhelming urge to regard these colors as "minty" in the wintergreen sense, as often utilized by chewing gum brands. Perhaps this packaging lacks the jazzy addition of purple and magenta I would be inclined to add to the mix. Nevertheless, I must finally point out that in terms of hierarchy and layout the design elements are pretty decently distributed and balanced. The only awkward moment being on the front where the oblong circle encompassing "480 PIECES" covers a bit too much of the berries causing the leafy green tips of one berry to poke out in a strange way from underneath.
If you recall I started this post by claiming the finding of this bag to be an unexpected surprise, and ultimately that's because this is truly a vintage artifact of fantastical, magical (by virtue of it's longevity), and certainly silly design awesomeness. I can only wonder if this design will survive into the next decade, and if not what the update look like.
So in the end what have we learned? Raspberries has an 's' in it. Don't name your candy "Frooties" because that mistake's already been made. Chicago is awesome. And design in the 70's, thankfully had it going on.
Jolly Rancher hard candies under different light.
Shown under UVabc light.
Key:
WL = White light (halogen + LED)
FL = Fluoresces
PHOS = Phosphorescent
Blue = 450nm, UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)
'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"
Series best viewed in Light Box mode using Right and Left arrows to navigate.
Photostream best viewed in Lightbox mode (in the dark).
18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps
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I don't have an exciting picture for today, because all I did was lay on the couch and try not to melt. When Jonathan got home from work, we saw The Dark Knight again. It was that good. And that hot.
49/365
One of my favorite, local gems in St. Paul, Conny's Creamy Cone. This is one of those little ice cream shops that's isnt widely known, but probably should be. They have over nearly 30 flavors of soft serve in addition to dipped cones (blue raspberry was the dip of the week) and excellent food options. The mini corn dogs are particularly tasty.
Conny's Creamy Cone. St. Paul, Minnesota.