Photography – Page 24 – The Bald Heretic – Short, bald dude with a goofy beard

Arc Attack

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The main thing I wanted to see at the Gloworama event was one of the performances by Arc Attack. Imagine two custom engineered hand built Tesla Coils that throw out electrical arcs up to twelve feet long, each one acting as an instrument with a sound reminiscent of the early days of the synthesizer. Each “arc” of electricity carries the sound of the music. During the show, the MC engages both the crowd and the Tesla Coils by walking through ½ Million Volt sparks wearing a chainmail Faraday suit. Spectacular!

Arc Attack

And if that’s not enough, after the MC does his thing a guy in another Farady suit comes out with a modified electric guitar that plays through the singing Tesla Coils

Arc Attack

This was a challenge to photograph. I used my vintage Minolta 35/2 lens to capture the action and I am pretty pleased with the results.

Gloworama 2010

New Year’s Eve 2010 in Houston texas was the inaugural Gloworama celebration featuring images projected on the George R. Brown Convention center and an illuminated Art Car Parade. It was really something to see!

Gloworama 2010

Christmas Elf

I HAZ A XMAS ELF

Williams Water Wall

Trippy Christmas

The last few years we’ve traveled to Europe for the Christmas holidays. Last year we traveled to Copenhagen and the year before that we went to Brussels.

This year we needed to spend some money on some much needed home repairs and upgrades so there was not enough in the kitty to be able to go anywhere for the holidays. And based on the severe winter weather in the US and in Europe, it was probably for the best anyway.

So rather than having any Christmas trip pictures, I offer you these trippy Christmas photos. Shot using a tripod and setting the exposure so the shutter would stay open while I zoomed out. It is called photo zooming and the effects are, well….trippy.

Trippy Tree

JPMorgan Chase Tower Observation Deck

On the 60th floor of the JP Morgan Chase Tower is an observation deck which is open to the public. It offers a very unique view of Houston and was a good excuse to break out the fisheye lens.