Introducing... *drum roll please*

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I'm delighted to announce that my brand new line of all occasion photo greeting cards is now available in my etsy shop - with both single cards and sets of four cards of your choosing on offer they're a fantastic and original way to show you care.

Visit Around the Island Photography today to see the full line of photo greeting cards and new photo bookmarks too! I combine shipping to make it easy to grab a few to keep on hand or give as gifts.

For my fellow Israelis - please feel free to contact me directly for shekel pricing and domestic postage rates, and stop by the AMIT Mid-Winter Fair in Beit Shemesh on Monday night, 7-10pm, to see them up close and personal :).

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Visit RT2 for more ruby red images from around the world.

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Photo Bookmarks are here!

Whew! I've just finished uploading a brand new line of professionally printed photo bookmarks to my etsy shop - I'm so pleased with how they turned out, click through and have a look for yourself :).

Here's a hint:
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Brand new photo bookmarks from Around the Island Photography

Now to get the greeting cards uploaded! (Have you gotten your sneak peak yet - my Facebook fans are getting a little something extra - like Around the Island Photography on Facebook to find out what!)
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Pssst...

If you're not already a Facebook fan this would be a great time to become one.

Sneak Peak

Be sure to read the caption on the main page ;).

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Flower by a Window

Wow, it feels like forever since I've posted, I think it's been years since I went this long. Sorry to disappear on everyone like that. I'm about to launch a brand new line of greeting cards and bookmarks and sort of fell into a black hole of graphics and production and print runs for a week or so. The good news is that everything has now gone to print and should be here within the next two days, ready to launch both online and at a crafts fair I'm participating in the first week in February! Squeeeee!!

While I finish running around like a chicken with its head cut off getting ready (not to mention spending many many MANY hours fighting with the cable/internet/phone company over the fact that their infrastructure is collapsing and I've been losing connectivity for literally hours multiple days each week all freaking month long. As we speak the internet is finally back after most of the day gone but the tv is now out. Best case scenario is two more hours... I'm ready to scream and am either going to receive substantial compensation or I'm jumping ship to the competition at the end of this week. I have HAD it with them...) I hope you'll all enjoy this one from the archives. Luckily for me it can do double-duty for both Whimsical Windows and Ruby Tuesday 2, since they seem to be back on the same day again...

Oh, and if you'd like to be among the first to see the new cards and bookmarks be sure to like Around the Island on Facebook - I'll be offering a special introductory discount for all of my Facebook fans :).

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When Pigeons Plan...

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Click here to purchase this image from my Society6 shop.
(Go ahead, click through and check it out - it makes a fabulous iPhone case...)

Visity Skywatch Friday for more skies from around the world.

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Edited to add a link to Camera Critters too. Thanks for the suggestion Dina, and welcome back from blogland exile!

Sunset at the Beach

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Visit Wordless Wednesday to see what other people aren't saying this week, and Wordful Wednesday to see what they are.

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My photography is available for purchase - visit Around the Island Photography on Etsy and Society6 and bring home something beautiful today!

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If the photo you're wishing for is something you've seen here on the blog which isn't in one of my shops yet just let me know and I'll happily list it for you.

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Jerusalem Courtyard

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Click here to purchase this print on etsy, or here for an iPhone case or large-size stretched canvas or print.

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I'm playing slightly fast and loose with the "windows and doors" concept of Toby's wonderful meme this week (now on Mondays - yay!), but hey, a doorway is a kind of door, isn't it? Works for me :).

This particular doorway is into a small courtyard in the Old City of Jerusalem. I love the way the light falls golden on the walls and paving stones. When the light hits just right Jerusalem  truly is the Jerusalem of Gold of song and story.

I'm going to cheat a little bit more while I'm at it (in for a penny, in for a pound) and use this as my RT2 shot for this week as well, since that one went up so early. If you squint carefully you can almost see that the branches on the potted plants are in fact red, and there's a reddish brown paint splotch on the wall too. (Hey, I never said I was very good at conforming...)

Flying South at Sunset

It's been a while since I've participated in Skywatch. It's good to be back.

Flock of birds heading south as the sun set over the Tel Aviv beach.

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My photography is available for purchase - visit Around the Island Photography on Etsy and Society6 and bring home something beautiful today!

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If the photo you're wishing for is something you've seen here on the blog which isn't in one of my shops yet just let me know and I'll happily list it for you.

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Woman with Shawl

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Woman in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem (tweaked a bit for more of a painted effect - it's very dark inside the church and in the original image you could barely make out the woman at all.)

Visit Wordless Wednesday to see what other people aren't saying this week, and Wordful Wednesday to see what they are. More images from my Christmas Eve photowalk in Jerusalem's Christian Quarter can be found here and here. 

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My photography is available for purchase - visit Around the Island Photography on Etsy and Society6 and bring home something beautiful today!

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If the photo you're wishing for is something you've seen here on the blog which isn't in one of my shops yet just let me know and I'll happily list it for you.

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The daring young man on the... tightrope?

You really never know quite what you're going to find in Tel Aviv. Over Hannukah, it was Hagay, a self-taught tightrope walker. Silly me, I never even knew there was a tightrope on the beach, let alone anyone who knew how to use it. When I first spotted Hagay I was careful to stay quite far back, afraid to break his concentration, but the moment he was there he beckoned me closer - and started instructing me on what camera settings I should be using to capture the distortion of the "windmill" effect that you see on his arms as he quickly rocked back and forth. It was rapidly getting dark so I had to go pretty low but all in all I think they turned out pretty well. (I'm not sure what if anything Hagay thinks. I e-mailed him a few photos but never heard back...)

 

 

I haven't seen a Ruby Tuesday post for this week yet, but if there is one I'm all set, since Hagay was oh so thoughtfully wearing this bright red shirt ;).

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My photography is available for purchase - visit Around the Island Photography on Etsy and Society6 and bring home something beautiful today!

.

If the photo you're wishing for is something you've seen here on the blog which isn't in one of my shops yet just let me know and I'll happily list it for you.

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