D226 - TBT

Sara: "But daddy, we have to make the bubbles, it uses Turbo Bubble Technology (TBT). What is Turbo Bubble Technology?"

Here we go, time to put the years of schooling, that I am still paying for, to good use. Every instant growing up where I dealt with bubbles, days of blowing bubbles as a little one myself without these fancy technology filled devices. To times where I worked at an inventors hall of fame watching a master bubble maker cover a kid in a massive bubble. Also, all my experience in making bubble solution with dish liquid with cold water and crafting a wire hanger into a make shift bubble-maker stick. All of this lead up to this defining moment where I tell Sara "Turbo Bubble Technology means it make a lot of bubbles really fast". Yeah, really could have gave a little more, but I don't think Sara would have appreciated me breaking down the turbo technology further. Moments later she was laughing at her dog being scared by a hula-hoop (silly dog). Hopefully the next time I have to dig deep for an explanation it will be something other than made up bubble machine technology.

Enjoy.

Ja mata, Brian

D195 - Water + Colors

Tonight was the night to break out the water drops of a year on the back burner. Still need to work with different liquids to get more artsy results including the drop collisions. The setup was a little crude using light stands and grips to hold the rod holding the bag of water. When I put a hole in the bag, I wasn't at the lowest point in the bag so the drops moved around a bit. I was able to use colored paper to get the mix of colors on the water surface. This attempt was with one flash, the next I will try with two flashes, gelling the other one with a different color to get some colorful side light. Tomorrow I will experiment with different liquids.

Onward.
Enjoy.

Ja mata, Brian