Wine and Cheese Social

It's standard practice to have refreshments, something like wine and cheese, for guests at an art opening or studio tour. For my Tiny Lab exhibit at the Hoboken Studio Tour, I chose to forego edible refreshments, and instead gave out small cards printed with macro images of wine and cheese. I had hoped these would be memorable and unique for my guests.

I did get some positive feedback, some visitors did seem delighted. And at least one blogger mentioned my refreshments in his blog. So I suppose it worked.

Above and below are two microphoto images of port. This came from the bottom of the bottle, so the sediment (composed primarily of shredded grape skins I guess) has collected in these drops I used in the setup. I love the color and luminance of these photos.

Below are two microphotos of cheese. The one directly below here is cheddar, and the one at the bottom of this post is gruyere. In both cases, I had simply sliced a thin sliver of cheese, and then torn the edge to get an interesting subject for the photo. Some visitors to Tiny Lab were a bit skeptical that this was cheese. I assure it you it was.

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Press: Viewing the world a little different this week - Louise Gale Blog

"...Studio Saynuk takes extreme close up photos of small everyday objects and when I stopped by the exhibit at the Open Studio day I couldn’t resist but to offer my favourite star earrings for them to experiment with and I love the results!"

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Hoboken Studio Tour/Tiny Lab: Edible, Not Edible

The image above is a microphoto of a Twizzler candy which I shot for some kids at my show. I didn't know these were full of bubbles!

Below is the edge of a Tootsie Roll wrapper, made of aluminum foil and a plastic coating. In blue at the bottom are silica gel pellets, also shot for a kid visiting show. DO NOT EAT!

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Hoboken Studio Tour/Tiny Lab: Watch Closely

The watch hands above were on the watch of a visitor to my Tiny Lab exhibit in the Hoboken Studio Tour. I like the dreamy quality of the light and the way the scratches and dust create haloed sparkles throughout the image.

The two photos below are other parts of the watch which have obviously been much loved. The texture of scuffs is great, and I love the little flecks of gold peeking through the layer of silver.

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Hoboken Studio Tour/Tiny Lab: Diamonds, Tough as Nails

The diamond above was on the ring of a visitor to my Tiny Lab exhibit in the Hoboken Studio Tour. It is an antique and supposedly some kind of special cut. Being that I'm not a gemologist (if that's a word) I have no way of knowing just how special the cut is.

I do, however, find the diamond very beautiful, and am fascinated by the facets and patterns created by them. Amazing.

Below is a square nailhead in the floor. It's been ground down by floor refinishing. Lucky for us, that makes an interesting pattern of scuffs that refract and scatter light into little prismatic rainbows.

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Press: A Gigantic Cough Drop – Part Deux - Andrew Mikhael Blog

"...Adam from tiny lab sent me two photos of my dusty old cough drop, that, after staying year in my coat pocket, managed to disappear before I could take a regular photo of it for comparison. But you’ve seen cough drops before, you know what they look like."

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Hoboken Studio Tour/Tiny Lab: Tiny Jewels

Another visitor to my Tiny Lab exhibit for the Hoboken Studio Tour asked me to shoot her earring {I think this was an earring}. The gems were very small, and the blue was enamel, I think.

The photo above was shot in beautiful, soft, white ambient daylight by a huge studio window. The photo below shot with a flash. You can see the difference in depth of field between a small aperture {below} and a large aperture {above} setting on my camera.

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Hoboken Studio Tour/Tiny Lab: Does Anybody Have a Lozenge?

A visitor to my Tiny Lab exhibit for the Hoboken Studio Tour asked me to shoot his cough drop. Apparently it's been in his pocket for a while, Andrew Mikhael confessed on his blog.

The photo above is the surface of the lozenge, and the photo below is a piece of the torn wrapper that had bonded with a part of the cough drop, and been peeled away. You can see how the plastic had stretched and snapped as the wrapper was torn off.

Thanks to everyone who came out and visited my exhibit. And thank you to friends and family for your constant support and encouragement.

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Press: A gigantic cough drop - Andrew Mikhael Blog

"... Even blown up to 30″x40″, its amazing to see how much detail and variation exist on things like tiny coriander seeds and thyme leaves. Many of the artists had wine, cheese and snacks out, these guys put out little cards with their macro images of wine and cheeses. I took the port."

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Press: Hoboken Artists Open Studio Tour - Louise Gale Blog

"...got to check out some inspiring and fun art along the way. One of which was a photographer who was in his studio shooting small objects upclose. The result being a wondrous design which got his visitors guessing. He had huge prints of his work and it was fascinating stuff. He took a photo of my favourite star earrings so will see how that comes out and post it here, when he emails me back!"

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Press: Ready To Show Off - The Jersey Journal

"... The Monroe Center will have a lab where Adam Saynuk will display his work and show how zooming in on an object can completely change its look. His photography takes an object under high magnification and creates an abstract image.

You can bring an item about the size of a quarter or smaller and Saynuk will shoot a photo of it under a macro/micro lense for free. The resulting photo will be emailed to the visitor at a later time."

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100th Post! Hoboken Studio Tour, a Slideshow, and Bubbles?

So here we are at my 100th photo post at Morning Macro.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all three of my fans—and Mom—for visiting my photo posts so consistently. I have really enjoyed building this site, and if I could make a career of shooting tiny stuff right about now, I absolutely would.

Which brings up my next bit of news! I will be exhibiting in the Hoboken Studio Tour on Sunday, October 18, from noon to 6pm. I will show some large prints of macro photos (approx 30x45"), and I will setup two macro-lens cameras for visitors to try hands-on.

Additionally, I encourage anyone stopping by to bring an tiny intriguing item the size of a nickel or smaller. I will shoot a macro/micro photo of it on the spot and email the photo to its owner free of charge!

I will have more details about my (borrowed) studio location soon. So, make the trip to Hoboken later this month, swing by and say hi!

Last time I mentioned my impending 100th post, I said I was going to switch up the goal of the site. I wanted to look forward and bring Morning Macro to more people in more ways. Since then, we've seen a first attempt at what can be done with macro video, and I will be exhibiting at the upcoming event mentioned above. Plus, the Tiny Lab I'll setup for the Hoboken Studio Tour will bring the macro and micro world to more people. So, here's another cool thing...

I've setup a slideshow of all the Morning Macro photos, and a few that have never been posted (easter eggs!). I will try to keep this up to date, but that may not always happen. For instance, today's new post below is not in the slideshow. Oops! Also, the photos are not in the order that they had been posted to the site. So go take a look! What are you waiting for?

Now, I again ask that my three loyal fans—and Mom—send my Morning Macro site around to anyone you know who would appreciate it. And keep sending your suggestions for something tiny you'd like to see big!

Now, on to some celebratory bubbles! These bubbles below were roughly the size of this "o". I used a bit of a frozen raspberry, and squirted some cleaning solution from a spray bottle on it. The resulting shimmery bubbles against the deep raspberry color were really beautiful to me.

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