I love to steal good ideas, and make them into better ideas...
Here's a recent Nasty Clamps video that features a really good idea (stolen from David Hobby's Strobist site), which I then turn around into a much better idea.
Let me be blunt – I'm a truly shameless self-promoter. So much so, in fact, that I actually hired a poet the other day (technically, a poetess) to compose an ode to everyone's favorite mildly obscene-looking photography accessory.
Now, poetry might seem like an odd medium to use for promoting a somewhat phallus-shaped photography tool, but the simple fact that poetry is an odd medium for promoting such a product makes the promotion (and the product) stand out. And – what the hell – I've been wondering just what a "Nasty Poem" might look/sound like.
The whole process of hiring and having the poem created took just a few days, and words alone cannot express just how pleased I am with the poem – truly, truly inspired. Also, I absolutely love the dramatic reading that "Miss Optimistic" (the poetess) posted up on YouTube. Here 'Tis:
Wow! Absolutely perfect! So good, if fact, that I'll soon have Miss Optimistic wax poetically about the Nasty Flag. Watch for that post within the next few weeks.
Also, if you'd like to hire Miss Optimistic to write a short poem or rap for you, be sure to check out her "for hire" page here.
Sooooo nice (as a matter of fact) that he writes, designs, edits, and publishes a wonderful online magazine entitled: "Nice Photography Magazine."
Zeke has been kind enough to feature Nasty Clamps in his magazine, on his Facebook page, and -- just this past week -- over on his YouTube channel site.
Earlier this month, while we were both attending the huge Consumer Electronics Show (C.E.S.) in Las Vegas, Zeke asked if I'd be willing to give a videotaped "elevator pitch" about Nasty Clamps -- a brief lil' 30 to 60 second outline of the clamps and their capabilities.
I said, "No."
I then said that -- rather than doing an elevator pitch -- that I'd be "more than happy to give an escalator pitch."
Here's the result of that...
Obviously, I'd been drinking a LOT of coffee before riffing about the clamps.
There's a new Nasty Clamps video for you to check out, and it's entitled: "Cold, Wet, and Nasty."
Yes... That's what it's called.
The original title for the video was going to be "Wet and Nasty," but that just sounded horribly, horribly wrong. Also, neither the Nasty Wife nor the Nasty Children approved of that particular wording.
Despite the somewhat questionable title, the video is completely work safe, and is actually quite informative -- as it highlights the fact that a Nasty Clamp can be used in the water.
Here's the video:
Also, for those who watched and are now wondering... No! This was not shot in December or January. Filming took place during a sunny (though still quite cold) day in September. Hypothermia started to kick in right around the third and final take.
