flash

I Go Fast!

September 7, 2015 — 2 Comments

Flash

F/ 18.0, 6.0, ISO 100.

Day 250 / 365

What is the Flash’s favorite movie?
Fast & Furious!

Interesting Fact: The Flash first appeared in the Golden Age Flash Comics #1 (Jan. 1940), from All-American Publications, one of three companies that would eventually merge to form DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, this Flash was Jay Garrick, a college student who gained his speed through the inhalation of hard water vapors. When re-introduced in the 1960s Garrick’s origin was modified slightly, gaining his powers through exposure to heavy water. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_(comics)#Publication_history )

You’re As Sharp As A Marble.

June 23, 2015 — 20 Comments

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F/ 9.0, 1/60, ISO 250.

Day 174 / 365

I didn’t lose all my marbles, but i definitely spill them.       🙂

Interesting Fact: Marbles were first mass-produced in Akron, Ohio in 1884 when the Akron Toy Company began producing clay marbles. The man behind the marbles, Samuel C. Dyke, founded The American Marble & Toy Manufacturing Company in 1891, which became the biggest American toy company of the 19th century. For the first time, marbles became cheap enough for children to buy them with their own money.  ( http://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/03/neatolicious-fun-facts-marbles/ )

Sometimes, It’s The Simple Things That Matter

June 15, 2015 — 8 Comments

candlelight

F/5.0, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 166 / 365

What is the only time a man thinks about a candlelight dinner?

When the power goes off.

Interesting Fact: A form of private street lighting began in Dublin as early as 1616 when the Candlelight Law was passed, “compelling every fifth house to display a light within prescribed hours of the night for the guidance of street-users”. ( http://www.connemaracandles.ie/trivia.htm )

 

This Is Where The Magic Happens.

May 22, 2015 — 22 Comments

book

F/5.0, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 142 / 365

Between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be.

Interesting Fact: The most expensive printed book in the world is the 1640 Bay Psalm book from America. It sold in November 2013 for $14.2 million. ( http://interestingliterature.com/2015/03/05/30-interesting-facts-about-books/ )

Now Imagine Yourself Being Creepy!

February 12, 2015 — 6 Comments

creppy

F/22.0, 32.0, ISO 100.

Day 43 / 365

And for my next trick I’ll make another photo appear tomorrow.

Interesting Fact: Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1956, when their design was a revolutionary break from the metal eyewear of the past. Wayfarers enjoyed early popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the sunglasses had faded from the limelight by the 1970s, a lucrative 1982 product placement deal brought Wayfarers to their height of popularity. Since the mid-2000s, the sunglasses have been enjoying a revival. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray-Ban_Wayfarer )

I Think I’m Loosing My Marbles!

January 29, 2015 — 17 Comments

Marbles

F/18.0, 1/60, ISO 160.

Day 29 / 365

You may not have lost all your marbles, but there’s definitely a hole in the bag.   🙂

Interesting Fact: The glass maker Elias Greiner Vetters Sohn worked for Farbglashuette Lauscha, a German glass company founded in the 1500s. In 1846 he invented the marbelschere, or marble scissors, with which a glassmaker could cut a rope of glass and forms balls with the soft pieces. Greiner received a patent in 1849 for the invention of “artificial semi-precious and precious stone balls”, or as we call them, glass marbles. To produce enough of these hand-made marbles, the company gave Greiner his own factory.  ( http://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/03/neatolicious-fun-facts-marbles/ )