Friday Apollo Says Aflaaaaac!

My mom sent a stuffed toy for Apollo to play with.
It has a little voice box that says "Aflac!" At first Apollo wouldn't play with it because it didn't squeak like his other stuffed toys. That didn't last long.
Here he is mocking me with the toy. Daring me to take it away. The very tippy tip of his tail was wagging ever so gently while he growled softly at me.
That poor ducky. For the next 30 minutes I let him play with it, all I heard was the croaking of Af-Af-Af-Aflac! while Apollo tossed the sucker around.
Think we could get him in an Anti-Aflac commercial?

P.S. Please ignore the mess in the background. Apollo has a sock fetish and we typically have one or two socks laying around in the living room.

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Light Painting

A couple weeks ago, I read about this technique called light painting. It's when you photograph in "B" mode (bulb) which, basically, lets you hold the shutter down as long as you like. Ideally whatever you're shooting will be dark, and you illuminate certain areas with a flashlight, strobe, or whatever. A source of light.

I was intrigued and wanted to try it out.

Here's a practice try.

Cut-glass pitcher

Martini glass - one of my all-time favorite drinks.
I admit, it's James Bond's influence.

Old drinking glass

Apollo's beloved ducky

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