Sumida Aquarium, Sky Tree tower Tokyo Japan
RIP Takashi Amano of ADA (Aqua Design Amano). A man who has single handedly changed aquarium aquascaping, design and culture forever.
I feel that the word “inspired” doesn’t even come close to how this master designer has influenced me over the years. Every time I’m in nature I see things the way he’s inspired me to see things.
I put in a big order for frags from Fragalicious and luckily I could acclimatise them all at the same time in my massive salt water drum (which is heated to the same temp as the tank).
The last time I bought frags off these guys the zoas took weeks to open, this time around they started opening straight away, which suggests my water quality is awesome now!
Hammer island! I have 9 hammer coral pieces all up now! Crazy!
I impulse bought this duncan (it’s still opening up). Different colours to the usual. I had placed him on the left, and he looked perfect there, but the torch started stinging him so I’ve had to move him over to the right for now.
I’ve got a fair few frags on the sand bed for now until I find a better place to put them. Note the leather is coming back too now that it’s not touching the aggressive torch corals.
Top down shot.
Snapped a few photos at Miles’ 4th Birthday party today! Richie and Jamie went all out with a car theme (rad!), but pretty sure he’s going through more of a Star Wars phase right now (also rad!).
Oyster Bay; Always a reliable drop! Spanish slow cooked dish (I forget the name!).
And a pork adobo which gave me a ratatouille moment as my Grandma used to make a dish exactly like it when I was growing up.
Lemon cake.
So tangy! Amazing!
Yesterday I was fed by a woman who’s loved cooking ever since she was 10. I can finally say I’ve had a traditional Philippine Adobo! So delicious!
Last night Toyo hosted a tech night for the NSW 86/BRZ Car Club. I dropped in to check it out and I was pretty damn impressed with the huge turnout of 86’s and BRZ’s, all of which were modified (a stock one would have stood out!) and modified differently to each other too which was cool.
I’m always nervous shooting without natural light, but with some encouragement from my main man Ved I felt confident and ended up with a few decent shots!
View the full feature on Zen: http://www.zengarage.com.au/2015/07/nsw-86brz-car-club-toyo-tech-night/
Sometimes, for no good reason at all, shit happens and life gets pretty fucked up.
Yesterday I hung out with Maya, who’s been through the wars lately. She’s such a beautiful soul, and deserves nothing but the best, but heart break and losing her job all at the same time has sent her into a downward spiral.
Nothing quite like a good hike to reset your head. We spent the day in the sun talking about the big stuff. Maya’s bouncing back. Saturn Return. I’m just happy she’s smiling.
I have an amazing Elegance Coral from Adam at Aquarium Excellence and 2 new pieces which I bought from Reef Secrets, online. The bi-colour torch is such a sweet piece, but the purple and green hammer is HUGE! It’s way too big for my tank. I’ve put it on the sand bed for now, but I might at some stage have to either break it up so I can arrange it on my rock work, or pass it on.
I also have a new Tunze algae scraper. Expensive but it does a much better job than the Two Little Fishies one, getting into the sand bed and also the corners of the tank. The Two Little Fishies one is perfect for pushing air bubbles from the top of the tank though (which gives me that Fluval Edge top down view).
Finally got to shoot with Danie Kara yesterday. I’ve bumped into Danie more than a few times in the past few years. She drives a modified EVO, she’s into Kicks, she’s addicted to ink and hangs out with Ian Baker a bit, so a shoot was inevitable?!
The shoot was awesome. I knew she was going to be a mad girl to talk to and shoot with. I’m now in a situation where I’ve got lots of similar images, and I’m having a hard time choosing which ones to edit!
Had a great catch up with model, lover and friend Kimmy, which ended up with a little shoot as well (we couldn’t help ourselves!). Full Set in my folio: http://www.justinfoxphoto.com/girls#/kimmy-2/
