Bubbles in the sink at my old school, when everyone was washing their leftover paints away.

Bubbles of light surround Tokyo Tower.

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bubble, bubbles, colour spectrum, rainbow of colours, sphere, spheres

Olympus E-510 macro using a macro extension tube and 40-150mm 3.5-4.5 zoom.

First proper bubble bath I think. It smelled of strawberries.

Snorkling/swimming with manatees in Florida, we rented an underwater camera. Chris took most of the pictures that morning (which turned out great) and then it was my turn. I think someone kicked their flipper creating all these bubbles. I was tickled that it turned out!

Living in a Bubble is an awkward attempt to describe that attitude that I realized I had for many years of my life- like I was untouchable in a way. I didn't think the dangers and disasters in life would seriously effect my world. I just floated above reality (in my own mind) without giving it much thought. I really wasn't aware of how devastating and harsh life in the real world could be.

Of course my bubble hit a snag and I was dropped and impaled suddenly and inescapably. Now I'm learning to heal and navigate through the perils of life. I'm finding that it's not all bad and what I've learned is helping me to become a more understanding and compassionate person.

I know, I know, I got all into it with this theme. That is one of the joys for me though, that I can use my art to articulate and communicate my ideas and experiences.

Now that I've done this little drawing with the bubble concept I have all kinds of ideas about how I can illustrate the idea better, Woo Hoo!

Bubble the helpful house brownie.

This most recent set of bubble photos were taken using a studio flash and plain old washing up liquid and water. The bubble doesn't last very long at all, between 30 and 60 secdonds, but the colours are great! The powerful studio flash allows me to use F/32 and ISO 100 which ensures the sharpest image.

Sawyer and his bubble gun.

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A bottle of honey all shook up

Strobist info;

Camera;

Nikon D90 16-85mm VR @85mm 1/100th sec f9 ISO 1000

Triggering;

Youngo RF-602

Flash;

2x Youngo YN-460 @ 1/4 power firing into 24in softboxes.

Setup;

camera aiming acros stream of bubbles. First softbox camera left 45 degrees aiming into bubbles. second softbox camera left aimed 135 degrees into stream (backlighting the bubbles)

Post;

Noise adjustment in Lightroom 3, Spotting for dust in Photoshop CS5

Location;

My dining room, with the kids toys all over the floor as usual!

Fun with water

Bubbles

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Dendrites | Soap Bubble Freezing

Today’s subzero temperature (-10°C), calm wind and bright blue clear skies amounted to an irresistible invitation to photograph freezing soap bubbles. Herewith are a series of still images along with a relevant short video I produced 6 years ago showing the growth of dendrites in soap bubbles.

SERIES: FUN AROUND THE HOUSE

I found these drops amusing, together with the textures they have and the surreal tunnel they generate in my mind.

Best seen BIG.

Olha a bolha de vinho

Vanilla cake, chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream. Vanilla buttercream.

Decorated in fondant, gumpaste, figures in modeling chocolate. Blown sugar bubbles.

I'm dreaming dreams,

I'm scheming schemes,

I'm building castles high.

They're born anew,

Their days are few,

Just like a sweet butterfly.

And as the daylight is dawning,

They come again in the morning.

I'm forever blowing bubbles - lyrics by James Kendis, James Brockman and Nat Vincent

My son and I were playing with the bubbles. I was having a hard time getting any in focus. We'll be trying again as soon as the clouds clear.

Trying to catch a bubble mid pop.

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