The title kind of sounds like James and the Giant Peach right? Perhaps a B-Movie just waiting to be made…. <thinking of the possibilities>
This weeks blog is about the past and the future.
Last week I had the honor of presenting the World in a Bubble project to Olympus’s camera club. The facility was beautiful. A state of the art building with amazing displays and lots of doors I was not allowed to go through. A woman named Kathy, a fellow traveler herself, greeted me in the lobby guided me to the conference room we would be using.
As the room began to fill, I plugged my lappy in and had the pleasure of seeing my bubbles larger than ever before: about 10ft tall. We waited only a few more minutes and then started the presentation.
What a great room.
And what a great audience.
We chatted and bantered about the project and bubble technique. Some people in the room were avid architectural photographers, some were very much into nature and outdoors photography, while others were not photographers at all. One man named Micheal shared with me this link on the macro photography of bubbles in what he calls Chaos Photography. It’s very, very cool. Thanks for sharing that one Micheal.
At one point we had brave volunteers attempt to blow bubbles suitable for photographs. Even in a climate controlled room with no wind, it still took some time to get a proper bubble. A few were able to get in almost right off the bat.
Kudos to all who tried.
I am pretty sure it helped solidify the role of the bubble blowers who are out in the elements helping the project with each new shot. Ladies and Gentleman, they are professionals.
I spoke for about an hour and handed the meeting off Kathy to cover other photo club news.
A great big thanks to Alan and Kathy and Steve (Steve also provided the great pictures of the lecture) for helping make the presentation a possibility and to all who joined us at the presentation at Olympus this past Thursday.
And now to the future.
On the 5th of December the World in a Bubble project will be going to New York once again for a bubble never before attempted: The Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center.
Yes Ladies and Gentleman, the trick that made Ray Charles blind: A bubble in the winter amid the throngs of tourists looking at a large coniferous plant decorated in all it’s electric glory.
I will be bringing along Miss Clover, one of my most trusted and skilled bubble partners, to help with this stunt. We will also have a host of other people along for the ride. At the moment the count is still vacillating but it
looks to be around 10 of us in total.
We want more people!
If you know you will be in New York on the 5th, please come out and support the project. I can only imagine all the tourists that will be there. I’m looking forward to causing a scene. We could use the assistance of more bubble blowers and crowd control as we jostle, bustle, and bump our way to getting this picture and making it a success.
I will post the times we will be attempting said effort the Wednesday before we arrive.
Come out and show your support! It’s going to be a grand time for all.
On another future note.
Along with the organization of a new and more comprehensive website, we are looking to begin donating a percentage of all our profits to worthy humanitarian/preservation organizations in the coming year. Although we are doing research on this end, we would like your input as well. If you have a cause that you feel is worthwhile we would be interested in looking into it for the World in a Bubble project. Comment or email your suggestions and ideas.
Till next week!
…and REMEMBER: “We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of the dreams…” -Charlie and the Chocolate Factory