Month: June 2011

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day!

Oh behalf of our entire CRAFT team, Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, stepdads and father figures out there. I was on Wikipedia researching when this holiday is celebrated in other parts of the world, and found this poignant story of the first U.S. Father’s Day: The first observance of Father’s Day actually took […]

How-To: Cinemagraphs

How-To: Cinemagraphs

While animated GIFs have been around for a while, they’ve recently been adopted by photographers to add small amounts of looping motion to otherwise still images. It’s no wonder they’ve been seen all over the web lately, as the result is often a quite entrancing moving photograph. If you’re interested in making your own, Photojojo […]

Dad Greets the Bus Each Morning in Costume

Dad Greets the Bus Each Morning in Costume

This silly business makes me really happy and is a great way to celebrate the dads who go out of their way to have fun with their kids, make a creative environment for them, and demonstrate that you don’t always have to paint inside the lines. OK, so this dad, who greets his 16 year old son’s school bus every morning in a different kooky costume, might be a bit over-the-top for many dads, but the amount of effort he puts into it and the anticipation and yucks it must generate on the bus each morning, is definitely inspiring.