Odds & Ends

My favourite printing company, MOO.com, is offering up another discount for first-time users only. Use coupon code 99VUFD to get 10% off your order. Expires June 30th! They offer a wide range of unique printed products, like miniature business cards and sticker books. Love.

My first printed book from AsukaBook arrived this week. Yes, they’re expensive. But yes, they’re totally worth it. The best part were the included white cotton gloves (don’t want fingerprints on the shiny new book) and FREE CANDY! Yeah. Free candy. Asuka rocks. It’s a shame they use UPS exclusively for shipping, though, as those idiots screw stuff up time and time again. Case in point: my box arrived with a gigantic hole punched in the top. It looks like another much heavier box fell on mine. Luckily the Asuka peeps packed the book well (bubble wrap and styrofoam peanuts) so nothing got damaged. The shipping from Oregon was extraordinarily fast — I’ll give them that much.

Lastly, I just want to say how much I love my Sima SL-20LX video light which is what I’ve been using lately for additional lighting on the Night Nudes series. It’s a 20-LED super-bright light designed for video, but I’ve been using it handheld like a flashlight during long exposures to paint light where I want it. It’s compact, rechargeable, and awesome. Buy one. Buy seven.