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UCA students were given the opportunity to build a stuffed animal during the Build A Bear event in the student center on Tuesday. Students were provided with numerous options for animals and stuffed the bears themselves. They could also personalize their bear with a custom screen printed t-shirt. The event was sponsored by the Student Activities Board.
Given the theme "Theatre of the Absurd" and the medium of "a box", I created a work that explores the link between man's dreams of space travel through the fantasy of Melies' "Voyage to the Moon" and the reality of the Apollo Program and von Braun's rocketry.
The portraits of these two men grace the top of the box and a tiny opening on the front entices you toward interaction with the glowing image of a found photographic slide.
Stars marked with film echo the whimsy of Melies' films while the Saturn V diagram on the back regrounds the piece in scientific reality.
The box opens to mesh the two worlds as a fantastical rocketship soars past a NASA image of the crater Cassini.
There are multiple awards being given out at our 2022 Michigan Municipal League Convention happening Oct. 19-21 in Muskegon. The biggest award is our Community Excellence Award and it will be selected by Convention attendees through a vote during the event.
This year’s winner will be decided by the entire Convention delegation. Our
four nominees will make presentations on Wednesday, October 19, immediately
following the opening general session.
Voting will take place at the Community Excellence Award voting booth in the
Delta Hotel pre-function space from Wednesday, October 19, from 11:30 am to
5:45 pm and again on Thursday, October 20, from 8:00 am to 3:45 pm. Voting
will also be available via the Convention mobile app on-demand.
Our official auditors, Plante Moran PLLC, will oversee the voting booth and
count the ballots. The Community Excellence Award Cup will be presented on
Friday, October 21, at the closing General Session.
The 2022 finalists are:
Cassopolis – Imagine Cass Project Village of Cassopolis:
Small, Rural, and Exceptional
Farmington Hills – City of Farmington Hills Community Center –
The Hawk
Royal Oak – Centennial Commons: Reimagining a Parking Lot
into a Green Gathering Space
Traverse City – Traverse City Boardman Lake Loop Trail
Thank you to everyone who submitted projects!
We also will be recognizing several individual award winners during Convention. Those being honored are:
-Robert La Fave, village manager for the Village of L’Anse in the Upper Peninsula. Bob received our Community Builder Award that goes to individuals whose leadership creates positive community change
-Westland Mayor William Wild. Bill received the Michael A. Guido Leadership and Public Service Award for his professionalism and leadership, and his dedication to the residents in his own community and to people throughout our state.
-Our Jim Sinclair Exceptional Service Award celebrates a person dedicated to public service who has shown passion and commitment to the League, enthusiastically supporting its mission, and promoting its purpose. This year, we have three recipients of the Sinclair Award. They are:
- Huntington Woods Commissioner Jeff Jenks
- Deanna Koski, the longest serving councilperson in Sterling Heights
- And Fenton Mayor Pro Tem Pat Lockwood
-And lastly, the highest individual honor we celebrate is the Honorary Life Membership Award. This year we have two worthy recipients of this award. They are:
- Former East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett
- Former Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly
The Pill Awards honor queer filmmakers and talent in the LGBT community.
Awards given in categories such as
Best Short Film , Documentary Film , Activism , Music Video dance alternative electro , editing , art direction, lighting. The show
ADD-TV Attention Deficit TV was created as an alternative, edgy platform for queer filmmakers and talent.
The Pill Awards 2010 Season 6 Arena Event Space Times Square New York City 01-24-2010
Photo by
Ryan Janek Wolowski
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, Commander, U.S. Army Europe, visits with 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment senior leadership Nov. 24, 2015 to discuss the capability and maintenance of the M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System at their motorpool on Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany. Hodges was given a tour of the vehicles by troopers who operated them and mechanics who maintained them. (Photo by: Staff Sgt. Jennifer Bunn)
Duke Givens is years into and still passionate about an interesting, community-oriented photography project. From what I saw, he gets his subjects to let him into their lives for intimate portraits. (Unfortunately my snapshot was not well-timed and is not too flattering!)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 24: Actress Robin Givens and journalist Parisa Hafezi of Iran attend the "21st Annual IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards honoring women journalists at The Beverly Hills Hotel on October 24, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. The event was sponsored by The International Womens Media Foundation. (Photo by Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)
TRRA H-10-44 700 (L1030 3/47) @Brooklyn IL shops 12-70.
This photo was taken by a friend of mine, Dennis Mueller, who lived then in Belleville IL and accompanied me on this trip. It was given to me to replace my own photos of this unit which were ruined when the roll of film I took it on broke in two inside my camera. I was furious because I not only had shots of these FM's but AL&S RS-2's and even a SP&S FA on that roll.
Given that the man on the left can be recognised: he had a walking disability. But he was still going strong in the neighbourhood.
Well, I was afraid this day would come. Not the day that I missed a photo of the day for Project365, because I've done that before. But today is the day that I bow my head in shame of admission that I am throwing in the towel for Project365 for year 2010. Too much and too little has been going on. Hey, at least I got one year in. And what a year last year was.
The jigsaw was given to the owner by an old lady who didn't want to throw the jigsaw away as her family had instructed her to. The jigsaw was painted with watercolour and had a full size linen guide picture - used to make the two replacement pieces. Linda Hammas dated it as c1840, by the artist JR Barfoot, who was rather secretive about his side-line in jigsaw manufacture. It is a relatively early non-map jigsaw.
Its dark but fascinating wooden box can be seen in another photo. 'The Farm Yard' has about 35-40pc and is cut with a simple 'interlocking' frame and push-fit centre.
The image shows a very crowded farm yard, full of incident surrounded by thatched buildings with a landscape beyond. Labourers work on a hay wain and feed cattle, women fill a pail and feed chickens, there are bee hives, poultry and birds of all kinds, pigs cattle, horses and cows, and most surprisingly a peacock on the open shed roof.
"Canesadooharie" was the Native American name given to the Black River. This 111-mile river drains 467 square miles and consists of two major branches that meet in Elyria. Where the east and the west branches form the Black River mainstem, waterfalls celebrate the joining which will carry the water another 16 miles to Lake Erie. Local historian William G. Wickens said, "There's no doubt that it was the Black River that brought the steel mill." The river provided transportation, but the steel industry impacted the river's health.
Twin waterfalls mark the union of the east and west branches of the Black River. Remarkably preserved within the center of a busy city, these waterfalls are perhaps older than Lake Erie itself, as the waterfalls were being sculpted when an ancient forerunner to Lake Erie had its shore just north of where Cascade Park is located today. Like many of Lake Erie's waterfalls, Berea Sandstone forms the basis for creation. This stone was a popular building material because of its durability. If you look closely, you can see waves embedded into the sandstone before the sediments deposited 320 to 345 million years ago turned completely to stone.
Shale cliffs formed when water undercut layers of red-tinted Bedford Shale that lies beneath the sandstone. Older than sandstone, shale is quicker to erode. As the water weakened the shale, layers of rock collapsed, creating dramatic cliffs. Cascade Park is also a place to witness the heavy layer of glacial till that formed following the retreat of the Wisconsin glacier approximately 12,000 years ago. A 50-foot layer of till is exposed, revealing an even more recent glimpse at geological history.
A band of Wyandots were thought to have inhabitated a settlement near this area. In 1754, James Smith encountered the Wyandots and was taken captive. He lived with the tribe for four years until he was exchanged for Indian captives.
The City of Elyria got its start, in part, because of the economic power of the waterfalls. Herman Ely, a Massachusetts native who purchased this land as part of a Western Reserve transaction, established a small settlement in 1816. Eventually a mill produced meal and flour for nearby settlements. A flood destroyed the Red Mill in 1832. Foundation remains can be seen today near the West Falls. Ruins of a hydroelectric plant from the early 1900s can be seen near the East Falls.
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We have been given an assignment / challenge by Jonathan when we arrived (at the Mon Tribe/Village) in Sangklaburi, Thailand..
The assignment was to create a story focusing on the daily activities of the Mon village people, wherein the starting point of the story should be the bridge, which connects the Mon Village to the township of Sangklaburi..
We only have to choose five photos.. And those five photos should have a travel magazine 'quality'..
It was a cool assignment, but I had a hard time creating a story line.. So I thought 'what the heck, I could document whatever things that I see along this bridge'..
I took a couple of shots of the Mon people passing and walking along the bridge.. strangely, most of my shots were only their feet and it made me excited.. i think i already have a strange story!!
This photo was taken at the Mon Village, Sangklaburi, Thailand
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To anyone who's interested of his photography styles, tips, techniques and his photojournalism/journalism stories, book a workshop with him.. It's worthwhile!! Trust me! I've learned a lot from his workshop! Do visit Jonathan's Photography School Asia..
Bangor bounce back against Ballymoney
by Roger Corbett
Putting the disappointment of last week’s defeat at Instonians behind them, Bangor produced a solid performance at home to beat Ballymoney by 20-13.
This was going to be an interesting and important fixture given the nature of Bangor’s defeat against Instonians and Ballymoney’s win at Portadown last weekend. Although at different ends of the league, the earlier meeting at Kilraughts Road was a dogged affair, with Bangor only managing to get on top within the closing stages of the game. Starting as favourites for this fixture, Bangor started brightly, but after 23 minutes of missed opportunities by Bangor, it was Ballymoney who started the scoring with a penalty. This was the spur the home side needed, and just 5 minutes later Mike Aspley, making a welcome return from injury, made a great run through the centre before passing to Mark Widdowson on the left wing. Mark’s clever chip over the advancing defence was caught cleanly and then carried over for an unconverted try, and putting Bangor ahead by 5-3.
Ballymoney returned to the attack and pushed Bangor back into their own twenty two. Although on the back foot, Bangor secured their scrum and quickly broke out of defence. It was Aspley again who made the decisive break before passing to Davy Charles on the right wing. Although chased down by the Ballymoney winger, Charles shrugged off the tackle to score under the posts, which Widdowson subsequently converted, for a half time lead of 12-3.
Bangor looked good for their two tries so far, but if their off-loads when tackled and handling in general had been more controlled, there is every chance they could have secured a 4-try bonus point by half this stage. Hopes were therefore high that they would settle quickly in the second half and steadily work towards this.
Unfortunately, from the opening kick-off by Ballymoney, Bangor knocked the ball on, giving the visitors an attacking scrum inside Bangor’s twenty two. However, the forwards had proved strong so far, and were causing problems for their opponents. On this occasion, a concerted push overpowered the Ballymoney pack, and Bangor were able to turn the ball over, winning a penalty in the process. With this initial panic over, Bangor built good attacking platforms but, just like in the first half, their passing and handling fell short at crucial moments and more scoring chances went begging. Bangor’s frustration was compounded after just 8 minutes when a Ballymoney penalty was kicked to touch, deep inside their opponent’s twenty two. From the resulting line-out, the Ballymoney forwards produced a driving maul that Bangor were unable to stop, resulting in a try, which was also converted, narrowing the score to 12-10.
Once again, it looked like Ballymoney weren’t going to lie down. The touchline spectators may have been getting a little nervous, but the Bangor men stuck to the task and after a further 13 minutes were rewarded with another good score. From another secure Bangor scrum in their own half, Curtis Stewart picked up at number eight and barged his way through the immediate Ballymoney defence. Having broken through the line, he passed to Charles on his right. Once again Charles sprinted off down the touchline, and again was pursued by his opposite number. This time the tackle was more effective, but Charles’ pace was enough to see him squeeze over in the corner for his second try. Widdowson’s conversion wide, but the lead was now a little more comfortable at 17-10.
By now, Bangor’s forwards were dominating the scrums and, having won a penalty inside Ballymoney’s twenty two, and in front of the posts, it may have crossed captain Jamie Clegg’s mind to go for another scrum which would hopefully build a good platform to go for their bonus point try. However at this stage in the game, and with only a converted try between the two sides, Clegg wisely opted for the kick at goal, which Widdowson successfully converted, stretching the lead to 20-10 and denying the visitors a losing bonus point.
From the restart, Bangor repeated their earlier mistake by knocking the ball on again. Further mistakes shortly afterwards gave Ballymoney a penalty which they successfully kicked, bring the score back to 20-13, and restoring their losing bonus point.
As the game entered its final minutes, Bangor looked strong and were pressing forward again. However, more knock-ons saw another opportunity go begging and, before they could apply more pressure to the now-tiring Ballymoney scrum, the referee blew for full time. Bangor will be thankful to have returned to winning ways, and without any serious injury concerns. However, the poor display in basic ball-handling skills was costly as it undoubtedly denied them a valuable bonus point.
Next week sees Bangor travel to Armagh to play their 2nds in the Towns Cup. This will certainly be a stern test but will also help to prepare for Bangor’s biggest game in recent years – the final of the All Ireland Junior Cup against Dundalk the following week. With Bangor’s 2nds and 3rds performing well and sitting at or near the top of their respective leagues, and also still in cup competitions, these are exciting times at Upritchard Park.
Bangor side: P Whyte, A Jackson, J Leary, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: O McIlmurray, M Rodgers
Bangor scores: M Widdowson (1T, 1P, 1C), D Charles (2T)
Given the often posh, WASP-like depiction that I usually give of New England, I figured some shoefiti was in order.
Transporting my layout to and from shows has given me insight into how I might better subdivide sections For transport as well as display. Thinking about LGMS requirements for length has also helped with this change. To make the station-creamery section fit in with LGMS guidelines I decided to move Park Row from the A section of the layout to the B section making this section nine 32-stud baseplates long. This way as I expand to the right I can do so in multiples of three 32-stud baseplate lengths as resources and time allow.
I have got this Ladies Viking given to me in the last few days. It is not a nice colour but still nice to own as it was built in the local factory.
Given for Charitybuzz auction. Authenticity from Hutch Parker... These Hugh Jackman & Bryan Singer signed Wolverine Claws of X-Men: Days of Future Past are not screen used, but were on set if needed.
The X symbols on the clamp plates & signatures are fantastic!
Given to Mr. Carlo Zanotta (Gregario of Gastone Nencini) from Aldo Moser, older brother of Francesco. This was in december 84. Bike is nr. 006 with gold / silver palque saying what i just said.
Will be selling the bike on ebay during this december 2011
seller iD
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I was given three rolls of 35mm Kodak Technical Pan (expired 2002). I hunted around for a development scheme and finally settled on this. Mostly because I had Rodinal. I'm only posting in case some of you still have some in the fridge.
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Rodinal 1+150 for thirteen minutes
Agitate with 30 seconds initial inversions, then 3 inversions at 10 minutes,7 minutes,4 minutes, and 1minute counting down. (every 3 minutes)
Regular stop, fix and hypo.
I used 5ml of Rodinal in 750ml of H2O. That gives less than the recommended 10ml of Rodinal but the negatives really look great (full tone scale).
I had to figure out a curve profile as I felt (and still do) that the midtones were not right. Technical Pan is also a dust magnet; lots of healing tool. Even with Rodinal there is virtually no grain.
With this last roll I used a Yellow filter which made life easy to post process.
Given to me on my birthday by a good cyclist friend . i called in.Grubb agood friend ,he has done initial research and thinks its a1930's Raleigh a Sport model, note the radical radial spoken front wheel!!! whats that all about?? i have since stripped it and itsheading to the blaster then to my painter for a drop of maroon 2 pack. With a pair of stainless wheels it'll look good in Chris 531's black bike rides in 2008
9 MAN TOWN LEFT TO RUE MISSED CHANCES
“" We've got to be better than that..."” Manager Lee Ashcroft
Longridge suffered their 2nd League defeat of the season away at Coppull having missed chance after chance, and having given away 3 very poor goals in a 3-2 defeat.
The game finished 10 v 9 as both George Melling and Jordan Tucker were sent off in time added on by the Referee.
Back when I were a nipper, I was given a book, a big book of trains from around the world, and on the cover was a Japanese Bullet Train, and I have always wanted to ride one ever since. There is one at the NRM in York, but that doesn't work, so for me, the real highlight of this trip would be riding on a real bullet train. Several times. I was so excited I was vibrating.
After the usual breakfast at the Gate Hotel, we took the Metro to Ueno then the overground line to Tokyo Station, simply re-tracing our steps of two day's before on the guided walk. Heck, we were experienced Metre travellers now, we knew stuff.
And we did it will little problem and with an hour to spare, with the idea that I could snap the bullet trains to death while we waited.
At the Shinkansen platforms, we validate our pass and are let through; we had reserved seats the day before, so we could relax and wait for our train happy that we would have a seat. Which meant I could go to the end of the platforms to take shots. I could also go to the middle and all point between to snap away, Man, it were proper lush.
At 11:03 we lined up where it said on the platform our carriage would stop, which it did We filed on, slumped into our airmchair-like seats, all of which pointed the direction of travel. And we zoomed off, accelerating wat seemed as fast as a Formula 1 car, but this being an 18 coach train.
We stopped at various stations, picking a few more people up, but our coach was less than half full.
Sadly, outside it rained, and so Mount Fuji was hidden from view, we had even been given tickets on the left side of the train so we would be on the correct side for the view. Maybe on our way back? Who knows?
I was happy enough on the train, looking out the window watching the countryside slip by, changing from the urban landscape of Totyo, to the rolling hills further south and then the endless paddy fields as we neared Kyoto, where we were to get off.
We arrive at 14:00, and right away find somewhere to have lunch; a noodle bar on the station, which again was very good indeed as it was more noodles and tempura prawns.
We find the taxi rank and show him the address to the hotel, so we set off into the drizzly grey weather. and the heavy traffic, in which we crawled to the centre of town and our hotel.
Debbie's Perfect Day in Orange County We'd head out to Laguna Beach for breakfast at friendly local spot White House (they have killer omelets). Then we'd drive up to Top of the World for gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island, and afterward spend the day at Treasure Island
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Given that I was so close to him, I have no idea how he did not know I was taking his picture. So, this is my grandfather. He is one of the greatest men I know. Conversely, he is one of the most insufferable SOBs out there! He is quite a combination.
There is nothing he would not do for you, or anyone you know. He is a genius with anything mechanical. If there is something he does not know about, he will look it up, and figure it out very quickly.
Everyone who knows him loves him and we all roll our eyes when he gets into one of his moods, and we mutter, 'That's just Pa, you know how he is'.
If I can ever amount to be half the man he is, I will consider myself lucky.
The F-86L was the designation given to late-1950s conversions of existing USAF F-86Ds to use the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) datalink system.
The SAGE system was developed during the early 1950s by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. It was based on the use of a large, high-speed ground-based computer to handle and coordinate air surveillance data from various ground radar installations. This information was transmitted in real-time to a special data receiver aboard the interceptor, and an on-board system converted this data into heading, speed, altitude, target bearing, and range information that would be used to guide the pilot in his interception. No voice instructions were used, and the interceptor was automatically positioned for a lead-collision attack with its own E-4 fire control system.
In the mid 1950s, it was decided to adapt the F-86D to the new SAGE system, and in 1956, 2192 conversion kits were ordered for the F-86Ds of the Air Defense Command (ADC). Under a project code-named Project Follow-On, starting in May of 1956, certain low-time F-86D interceptors were withdrawn one-by-one from service and fitted with the upgrade. This work was done at North American plants in Fresno and Inglewood, California. Following the upgrade, they were redesignated F-86L. All F-86L block designations were changed to reflect their original F-86D block numbers. The F-86D-10 to F-86D-45 became F-86L-11 to F-86L-46, but blocks 50, 55, and 60 just changed the type from D to L, that is, the F-86D-50 became F-86L-50.
When F-86Ds were upgraded to the F-86L configuration, an AN/ARR-39 datalink receiver was fitted, which had a blade-like antenna sticking out of the fuselage just forward of and below the starboard wing. The AN/ARC-27 command radio of the F-86D was replaced by an AN/ARC-34 set. An AN/APX-25 identification radar was added, and a new AN/ARN-31 glide slope receiver was provided.
All Follow-On aircraft were brought up to F-86D-45 standards before starting with the electronics upgrades, including the installation of the drag chute in the tail. In the F-86L, two protruding cooling air intakes were added to the fuselage sides just aft of the wing, replacing the older recessed cooling ducts. The same J47-GE-33 or J47-GE-17B engine of the F-86D was retained, but the F-86L was fitted with the F-86F-40 wing, with twelve-inch wingtip extensions and "6-3" leading edge extensions with slats. The wingspan and wing area were 39.1 feet and 313.37 square feet respectively. The new wing improved the handing ability and provided better turning at high altitudes. The reconditioned F-86Ls retained the armament of twenty-four rockets of the F-86D.
The first flight took place on December 27, 1955. That particular aircraft had just the SAGE equipment installed, and the first conversion incorporating all of the Follow-On changes did not fly until May of 1956. A total of 981 F-86Ds were modified to the F-86L configuration. After conversion in 1956-57, F-86Ls were issued to most of the ADC wings that were using the F-86D. First to receive the F-86L was the 317th FIS at McChord AFB, which first received the planes in late November of 1956. The service of the F-86L with the ADC was destined to be quite brief, since by the time the last F-86L conversion was delivered, the type was already being phased out in favor of the Convair F-102A and F-106A delta-winged interceptors. The last F-86Ls left ADC service by 1960.
As F-102A and F-106A interceptors became available to the ADC, the F-86Ls were transferred to Air National Guard units beginning in late 1957. The first ANG squadron to receive the F-86L was the 108th, based at O'Hare Field in Chicago. The following ANG squadrons got F-86Ls: 108, 111, 124, 127, 128, 133, 146, 147, 151, 156, 156, 158, 159, 173, 181, 182, 185, 187, 190, 191, 192, 194, 197, and 199.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, six ANG F-86L squadrons were on alert. The last F-86Ls were withdrawn from ANG service during the summer of 1965.
In 1964, seventeen F-86Ls were supplied to the Royal Thai Air Force. So far as I am aware, Thailand was the only foreign user of the F-86L. They served with No. 12 Squadron at Don Maung Airport until they were finally retired in 1976.
Specification of the F-86L:
Engine: One General Electric J47-GE-33, 5550 lb.st. dry, 7650 lb.st with afterburner. Performance: Maximum speed: 693 mph at sea level, 616 mph at 40,000 feet. Initial climb rate was 12,200 feet per minute, and service ceiling was 49,600 feet. Dimensions: wingspan 39 feet 1 inch, length 40 feet 3 inches, height 15 feet, wing area 313 square feet. Weights: 13,822 pounds empty, 18,484 pounds gross.
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“He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share
His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere”
Pearl Jam
Miniature Novelty clock Was given to me as a gift by my sister in Perth.
Only Time will tell and every clock tells a story....
The problem with clock is, once you got two they start to multiply..
It all started when I acquired my first clock a 1960's jap 7-day wall clock from a colleague of mine by the name of Wong Mun Lai, a clock collector
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It was a non-working clock which I wanted to hang up for display. After a while, I felt something amiss. A clock is not a clock if it does'nt work! So I took it apart and do some fixing, to my surprise I managed to get it ticking again ! I was totally fascinated From there I got my second, third and so on....
My favourite has to be the 400 day clock
Amazing time piece and fun to repair Next in line is those of the electromechanical design type
I love the working principles
At the time of writing, my collection is still growing....but has grind to a halt as my interest is now focus on nature photography
Im working as a set photographer of Jay Kays House staring Robin Givens. When Robin Givens and the other actors graciously came out to do a photo shoot with me in the green room where I had a photo studio set up. Robin Givens is probably the coolest actress I've meet to date. more to come ( TV Show has nothing to do with my studio, just a coincidence)
This was taken on the set of Jay Kay By Jamil Jones for Jay Kay Photography