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I’ve been thinking about purchasing studio lights for the longest time now. Relying on natural sunlight and a $20 mini LED light just wasn’t working anymore. Poor lighting shows, and as I approach my start date for full-time employment, I cannot limit myself to only filming on Saturday or Sundays when the sun is at…
I’m thinking about designing 4 original models for Halloween this year, to be published in October. The first one I’m working on is the origami bat. I must have done at least a dozen variations, but I think I’m getting closer and closer to what I’m looking for. Here’s an exclusive sneak peek – available…
Had so much fun at Sean Turi Photography last week! I figured it was time I stopped taking selfies and have something more solid to present on the web. Plus, I was able to use a LivingSocial coupon, which helped to alleviate some of the damage (though only a bit). Yep, that’s me, coupon queen,…
Lately I’ve been working on developing some of my own designs. It’s been great fun, and very rewarding work. Here’s the most recent model I designed. It’s a standing heart with wings. It also holds a small message, too, which I thought was a cute plus. By the way, I realize that it looks like Francis…
In late July, I hosted a contest on 99Designs.com to have a logo designed for this site. I received an overwhelming 196 designs from 40 designers in about a week. Absolutely incredible! Choosing a winner was very difficult, and in the end, it was down to only 2 designs. So, a big congratulations to the winner,…
Went to my favorite crafts store today: Michaels! Of course, nothing in the origami section is ever on sale (I’ve checked time and time again!). They are also not very well stocked as you can see on the lower shelves. Nonetheless, I still very much love shopping for origami paper here. I realize that they’ve been…
One of the greatest challenges of creating video tutorials, I find, is lighting. I live in NYC, in a tall building, surrounded by many other tall buildings. Natural sunlight is rare, and even when it is direct, it’s still not bright enough. As such, most of my videos appear to be grainy, dark, or full…
Challenged myself to fold an origami crane, blind-folded, with hands behind my back! Let’s see how I do…! Every so often, I like to be super silly and do nonsensical videos like this one. It’s just for fun. I was getting a bit of a cramp in my arm by the end, haha. I also…