Freudian...

Hola!

Warning..I'm going to get all Freudian Psychoanalytic on ya....

The theory goes, men have a fascination with building things due to the envy of not having the ability to make babies; as women do... Men build scyscrapers, women make babies, men build battleships, women make babies, men build bridges, space shuttles, dams, women make babies, babies and babies...WTF does this have to do with photography??

I'm my little workshop, I have boxes of tools, a disassembled mower, camping gear, tools, motorcycle gear and more tools. Lastnight, after a brief trip to Home Depot, I built the Holy Grail of photographic accessories. The phenomenal ringlight! AHHH! The sounds of angels and trumpets rang out as the JB weld bonded the stainless steel 8qt salad bowl to my A/C gutter tube! My drill pierced the bowl to make holes for the handles and my mighty Dremel tool shredded the steel to make a hole for my Vivitar 285HV flash. The screams of searing pain, echoed the room as the hot glue bonded my right index finger to the bowl, as I applied the white material to the flash opening. The flesh tearing as I ripped my hand away, only to wipe my brow of sweat, blood and the occasional tear as the "device" took life. Breathing heavy, I lifted the alien contraption to headlevel and stuck my camera lens through the beast to take a really crappy shot because I'm an idiot and forgot to connect my Pocket Wizards...5 minutes later I tried again and this time, I yelled in excitement as the flash fired at the chair in my living room!

Zulu...my poor mutt. Ever the target of my photographic experiments was hiding in his usual spot as I yelled for him. I screamed, I yelled, only to fall back to plan L to bribe him with food to sit infront of a wall... A few really sad shots of him as he hung his head low, did he raise his head to glare at the bribe(hahaha I had originally type "bride"!) I had rested on the top of my head.....I'm diggin' ringlights :)


If your not playing, then you're working and that just ain't natural.
-Mark
p.s I''ll post a pic of my ringlight later...