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The Phoenix has Risen!
By Silver Blue
Just like that, I am live. I’m open for business. Go visit me at http://silverbluephotography.com . While you’re there, take advantage of my grand opening sale:
The Phoenix Rises Again!
By Silver Blue
This time, courtesy of my friend Lynn, who handcrafted this far, FAR too nifty fob for my camera bag!!!
The silver and blue chain is of a Byzantine style (a/k/a chain mail), the crystals are Swarovski, and the pendant is 100% Phoenix. Created in my colours of silver and blue, it is beautiful, and was a complete surprise. Many thanks to you!!
Whilst I was out and about today, I hit the clearance racks at Kohl’s department store where I found a number of nice items including some frames for the 10″x13″ photos I have (what’s the deal with the odd size??? Standard is 11″x14″. I think Sears Photo is attempting to scam and go cheap. Still, I managed to find two (the only two they had) nice wooden frames for the 10″x13″ photos (one of me, one of the “fearless five” [the five grandchildren on mom’s side of the family]), and for all of $3, this framed item…which spoke such volumes to me it HAD to come home:
I had something like that typewriter growing up…and the case it was mounted in as well (it’s actually SCREWED to the bottom wooden piece that was fabric covered). I wonder, in fact, if it might still be residing in my parents attic, just waiting to be rediscovered….
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/p-l2.mp3]Silver Blue, who asks that you listen to my story, I wanna say I’m sorry…don’t go in such a hurry…listen to me…
It’s here!
By Silver Blue
Better than I could have imagined!
Over at Jodie’s Camera Straps — Jodie made the magic happen. She has many, many styles and colours of straps, can digitize logos, has over 100 different colours of thread, and best of all, this took less than a a week from design to production to mailing. Three days from Texas to Virginia, and … 10 minutes from box to being on my camera. 
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with a stock camera strap except that… well… it’s a stock. If you set your camera down, there’s nothing to identify YOUR camera from the next person’s, especially if they, too are using a stock strap.
But Jodie goes the extra mile with her creations. She doesn’t embroider your name, logo, or combination of both on a piece of material, and then sew that piece on a strap. My particular strap has my logo and name at each end. It’s one continuous strap. Plus, she puts padding between the top strap and the strap that goes over your shoulder/around your neck. The comfort was noticeable immediately.
I look forward to a long, happy relationship with my camera strap (I bought two – one for each of my cameras) and I know that the next time I’m in the market (or if I know of someone who is in the market) — Jodie will be who I turn to.
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/ihe.mp3]Silver Blue, who is ready to make more photographic magic happen!
My identity!
By Silver Blue
As you know, if you’ve followed me (or read the archives), my logo is a series of concentric triangles bisected by a diagonal line, overlaid by a blue phoenix:
Well, my treat to myself was embroidered (monogrammed) camera straps. This way, my equipment is visibly mine, with my logo, and my name. Thanks to Jodie’s Camera Straps I’ve been able to make it a reality. On each end, by the camera, you will see:
Those who know me know that I have a penchant for reversing the colours in Silver and Blue. It’s a personal quirk of mine. Including two hats!
This was the first. Then, when I found a black hat, I had to reverse the knots.
This actually came a couple years after the white hat. Still, notice the Silver and Blue are reversed in colours.
It’s what makes me happy, and isn’t that what life’s about in the long run?
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/r-sbd.mp3]Silver Blue, who is looking with amazement at how the future is unfolding….
My evolution through time
By Silver Blue
In 1988, I created an abstract piece of art on my bedroom wall in my parents’ house. It exists to this day:
The wall was painted Federal Slate (a light blue), and it would still be another year before I took the moniker “Silver Blue”. The width between each triangle, and the diagonal stripe is 2″ — the width of the largest masking tape I had in the house. The top blue line is 2″ wide, the bottom red line is 1″ wide, and the red triangles are 1″ wide as well.
In 2001, I digitized the wall painting, and altered it for a (then) web company called “Polo Blue Web Productions Ltd.”
This served me well, but I disbanded the company in 2007, for numerous reasons. While I still own poloblue.net, it’s closed and probably will not be resurrected. I needed a way to be reborn. Enter the Phoenix. That’s how I see myself, most of the time. In a constant state of rebirth. Old parts of me are destroyed while new parts spring forth of the ashes of my past. Ergo, my new logo (designed by Elise Heath) is:
Take that with the changes in me (from left) in 1988, 2001, and 2011.
Silver Blue, who hopes that as time goes on, I never lose the will and desire to continue evolving into newer and more exciting (to me) versions of myself.
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/wia.mp3]
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