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    Today’s Photo from Ted Grussing Photography: of strangers

    February 13, 2020No Comments
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    By Ted Grussing

    … on New Years day I took this shot of a beautiful German Sheppard that was walking along the cart path whilst One and I were out on the deck. I do not remember the name or who the owner is, so if it is your dog please let me know and his/her name. A beautiful creature and I’m certain that whether or not I know or ever know its name, it is having a good life and is part of a loving family.

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    Call it street photography on a golf course 🙂

    An amazing day and I finally solved the design and engineering issues I have been having on a black jade/18kyg/opal man’s ring project I have been working on for some time. The unfortunate news is that I have wasted more black jade than I would have liked to destroy, but the good news is I figured out how to get some pretty unusual angles and shapes accomplished. Black jade is a favorite material of mine as it takes a very soft appearing polish compared to black onyx (chalcedony) which takes a hard and brilliant polish. Jade is a sodium aluminosilicate and its structure is a fibrous interlocking matrix or as George Owens, my primary mentor back in the 1970’s and 80’s was wont to describe it … fish hooks jumbled and all mixed up. The result is that it can be a challenging material to get a good polish on and if you are not careful it can look like an orange peel. The black jade I use is from Wyoming and it is absolutely gorgeous material … it is not really black, but rather an extraordinarily saturated green … so much so that it looks black … soft black not hard and glaring.

    Photo’s will follow soon now that I have figured out the procedures and order of them. It is going to be amazing.

    And yes I do design and cut all gemstones except for diamond … been doing it for 43 years. It is a delightful world when you are doing this work, immersed in a micro world, faceting gems where tolerances are held to a ten thousandth of an inch or the more free wheeling work with cabochons on the diamond wheels or carving with a flex shaft. It creates a wonderful balance in my life with the more expansive world of photography and aviation.

    Life is such a gift!

    Raptor shoot early tomorrow morning so likely another email going out Friday AM and then Friday my new Canon 1DX MK III arrives so also a good possibility of one Saturday morning from the new gear.

    I appreciate everyone allowing me to share the beauty I find with you … have a wondrous day, filled with joy … smile and share it with others … good things happen every day and everywhere on this tiny planet we call home.

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    Cheers

    Ted

    I saw a sunset last evening that was a gross imposition upon my modesty;
    And no artist would have the hardihood to paint that western sea of flame as
    it was there painted on the curtain of the coming night.
    — Max Ehrmann

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    The easiest way to reach Mr. Grussing is by email: ted@tedgrussing.com

    In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.

    Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses.  By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.

    More about Ted Grussing …

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    The Symbolism of Jan. 6

    By Tommy Acosta
    Don’t mess with symbols. Just ask author Dan Brown’s character Robert Landon. The worth of symbols cannot be measured. Symbols make the world-go-round. Symbols carry the weight of a thousand words and meanings. Symbols represent reality boiled down to the bone. Symbols evoke profound emotions and memories—at a very primal level of our being—often without our making rational or conscious connections. They fuel our imagination. Symbols enable us to access aspects of our existence that cannot be accessed in any other way. Symbols are used in all facets of human endeavor. One can only feel sorry for those who cannot comprehend the government’s response to the breech of the capital on January 6, with many, even pundits, claiming it was only a peaceful occupation. Regardless if one sees January 6 as a full-scale riot/insurrection or simply patriotic Americans demonstrating as is their right, the fact is the individuals involved went against a symbol, and this could not be allowed or go unpunished. Read more→
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