Germany

Hello from germany!
Wie geht's?! (how are you)
So over the course of the last post to this one, I have moved entirely out of my old life... (Sadface)
Into a brand new one! (Happyface!)
ALSO, I've decided to use this blog alternatively as a life in Germany blog. Hopefully that's okay. ;D

ALSSSSSOOOO I made some new videos! Check my Youtube to take a look at them! Upcoming, some pictures of Germany!

The move

Well, not sure that this is considered part of my flow journey, but it's going to be quite a big part of my life. Readers; I'm moving to Germany. So expect to be seeing quite a few new videos up after I get settled in again. I can't wait to do a proper burn in the snow! (in case you didn't know, it snows quite a bit there) In addition, don't expect to be seeing many new posts until I get settled back in! Until then, Auf Wiedersehen!!

Crystal cases and flowtoy support

Over the past few days I've been doing QUITE a few show for people, and on my last one, I had a little issue. A light setup broke halfway through. It was TRAGIC. The show went fine, but that's not what I'm here to tell you about. I'm telling you about Flowtoys' EXCELLENT customer service. I sent them an email last night detailing the issue, and they immediately sent out a new crystal case and flowcord for me! Thanks flowtoys!

Video!

Not 2-3 days ago, I took another video! Woohoo! Here's MSTRKRFT-Heartbreaker! Make sure to put it in HD. My flowtoys look awfully bright in this one, so I'm not complaining! My new goal is to put up a new video every 1-3 weeks! So enjoy! HERE

FAQ?

Many times I'll be asked, "What goes on the ends of the strings" or, "What are those cords made of?" and "How long does it take to learn this?" So, in short: the next post will be a FAQ, so! Please comment your questions!

Taking pictures of poi

Want to be taking good pictures of your spinning routine?

Like THIS?

Then you're in the right place.

How many times have you tried photographing a quickly moving (or in this case, spinning) object? How did that work out for you?

 If you were lucky, you got something like this

If you weren't, more than likely something like this. Now you may find yourself asking, "What is the PROPER way to photograph poi, Adam?!"

Well, I'm here to tell you. If you want pictures like THIS, then read on.

The first step is to make sure you have a tripod, without one, you'll get unnecessarily blurry pictures, sure, they'll still look COOL, but not as pretty

Picture taken without a tripod.

Now, the second step is find a way to adjust your shutter speed. Shutter speed is how long the camera allows light into the lens for. I reccomend about a 2.5" shutter speed. 

And before you know it, you'll be taking pictures like this!

Happy spinning!

Math in art

Poi is very mathematical, believe it or not! For this post, I'm going to be using flowers for demonstration.(obviously)

take three circles, smash them together, and what do you get?

this. 

Now, take a look at the middle portion.

look familiar?

that's a triquetra!

now take four (crappily drawn) circles

Highlight the middle portion

does THAT look familiar?

you bet it does!

A flower is just a circle folded in on itself, the amount of petals on a flower shows how much it was folded in on itself! For example, a four petal flower has been folded four times, at the tip of each petal. If you took the outside points of a flower, and reversed them, you'd have a proper (rather large) circle!