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t-tomuras · 26 days

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Honestly a little gift for the sweetest person I’ve ever met @pastelle-rabbit

photographer Keigo Takami x Artist!reader. Fluff tbh, first meeting. 1.1k

It was easy for Keigo to find the beauty in everything, to capture it in stills nearly wherever he went. Oftentimes pausing mid stride while glancing about regardless of bodies around him on a bustling street just to capture the exact angle of whatever had caught his eye in the moment.

Sometimes it’s life in the strangest of places, like a bird's nest quaintly made in the sign of a fast food restaurant. Other times it was just the way the light of something had struck him or an object in his view. Camera roll, SD card, a full terabyte drive at his dorm on campus brimming with new locations or familiar areas shot differently.

Even strings of twine now extend from one side of his dorm wall to the other and cork boards begin to fill with Polaroid photos to capture feelings of nostalgia for the city he’s grown up in.

He favors that new camera now, uses it for his more personal photos rather than for class submissions.

But everything was beautiful to Keigo, taking life slowly and demonstrating it with life’s little joys.

Capturing his hardly nutritious breakfast of a canned black coffee and a cinnamon streusel muffin on a rainy day. Shaking the freshly printed photo from his Fujifilm Instax Mini out of habit alone while he sips at his drink.

Later, for lunch, a warm panini in his hand while it lounges next to the fountain in the middle of the quarry because he’d hoped the afternoon sun would glisten off the rippling water enchantingly.

Instead he gets a new sort of beauty, one unrivaled by anything he’d ever seen before.

A beauty like you, that sits in the shade of the biggest tree on the common ground, decorated in scattering sun beams that slip through the leaves. It paints you better than any of the art majors that practice with live models could ever dream of. It leaves him overtly awestruck and you’re merely enthralled with your sketchpad, bringing your knees higher to give yourself a bit more leverage to draw with ease.

Keigo assumes so, anyway, after watching your elbow move as your hand swipes across the page before you curl a bit closer to yourself. Involuntarily swallowing thickly, amber hues darting down to the purse of your lips as you blow away the eraser shavings followed by expertly flipping your pencil around to try again.

He has to manually shake his head to pull him from his stupor, gaze flitting about to see if anyone else had noticed what he had but of course they hadn’t.

Nobody ever notices as much as Keigo or the things he found captivating, but this time he’s a little grateful for it. Pulling up his camera and holding it up to his right eye while he closes the other. Pausing long enough for the lens to focus before it shutters as he clicks the button to capture your moment permanently.

The camera whirs then spits out the picture a moment later, colors slowly bleeding to the appropriate ones as the photo develops itself.

It pales in comparison, something Keigo rarely thinks whenever he’s chosen to capture a moment but he doubted anything could truly do your beauty justice.

He debates for a moment after, looking for the photo to you and back again before deciding he should give it to you instead of keeping it. Folding the paper wrapping back over his panini and tucking it into his cross shoulder bag before making his way to you. Crossing the distance easily and comping to a stop just a few feet in front of you so as not to be opposing.

“Hey,” he greets breezily, combing his fingers through sandy blond locks to pin them backwards, away from his face as he leans a bit forward. Bringing his hand from behind his back with the polaroid to hold out in front of him now, offering it to you as the other rubs sheepishly at the nape of his neck, “hope you don’t mind but, the light caught you perfectly so I took a picture.”

Even on a campus full of art majors of all different sorts, that statement still sounded creepy from a complete stranger. He coughs into his closed fist, crouching down to your level so maybe it feels a little less awkward but still he holds the photo out to you.

You look from the photo to his eyes and back again, setting your pencil down and carefully pinching the white segment of the picture to take it.

“It’s the only one,” Keigo adds for your comfort, lifting his instant printer camera with the strap slung around his shoulder.

“Thank you,” you finally speak and Keigo’s shoulders slacken. Thick brows furrowing appreciatively as the beginnings of a smile tug at the corners of his lips. Of course you sounded as lovely as you looked. “Are you sure I can keep it? This isn’t for an assignment?”

He chuckles at that, leans back on his haunches as he scratches gingerly at his stubbled chin, “no it’s not for an assignment. Wouldn’t be fair to turn in a masterpiece like that, I’ve gotta give everyone else a fighting chance.”

The sound of your giggle bids his heart to race, lips parting a bit and his eyes widen. He really doesn’t think he’s heard anything quite so whimsical in his life and Keigo loved to sit in town squares to listen to street performers.

A silence falls for a bit, nothing but the partially inaudible conversations of passersby or others that linger in the square and the sounds of you turning pages in your sketchbook before you close it. It looks like you’re getting ready to leave, packing away your supplies and gently tucking the picture he’d gifted into a fold safely before you stand.

Keigo follows with ease, hand reaching to grab your bag for you like a gentleman and you thank him again.

“Do you wanna get a cup of coffee with me? When you’re free.” He doesn’t think he’s ever sounded awkward in his life, an extrovert since his early years but maybe now he actually worries about fumbling something truly special.

But you give him a dazzling smile, one larger than the first that accompanied your gratitude. Your fingers wrap around the strap of your bag just above his and Keigo feels the warmth of it seep into his own skin.

You lift the weight from his hand, rummaging through it quickly before procuring a pen. Uncapping it as you reach out for him, delicate digits wrapping around his to pull Keigo's hand forward.

“I’d love to,” a hum of a response as your scrawl digits against the back of Keigo’s hand. Stepping away when you’re finished and giving him a wave, telling him you’ve got to get to your next class. Holding your thumb and pinky up to your face with a mouthed ‘call me’ before turning completely.

Maybe soon the cork boards, hanging twine, camera rolls and external hard drives will be filled with beautiful moments of you together before long.

If all goes well, and god did Keigo hope it did as he turns in the opposite direction of you; fishing his phone from his pocket to punch in the number you’d temporarily inked into his skin.

#vixen drabbles #keigo takami x reader #keigo x reader #keigo x you #hawks x reader #hawks x you #hawks x y/n

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mannequinreligi0n · 5 months

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Plaything

request: bratty, submissive reboot!Dante

PAIRING: reboot!Dante x reader

WORD COUNT: 850

WARNINGS: NSFW, dom/sub dynamics, use of toys, bratty sub (male)

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“Oh, c’mon, Dante - quit whining.” You roll your eyes, fastening the second handcuff around his wrist. You sit straddling his lap, latching him to the bedpost in your shared bedroom on a Saturday evening.

“Well, as much as I appreciate being manhandled by a beautiful girl, these-“, he pauses, rattling the cuffs against the metal posts, “-are a little much.” Dante half-smiles at you, a wary look in his eye, but the way his exposed length twitched at your responsive laugh told you everything you needed to know. Your hearty chuckle echoed through the candlelit room as you pulled out the vibrating wand from the “box of trouble and toil”, as Dante called it. You sat up and met his eyes, turning on the wand to the lowest setting with a grin; a chill of anticipation running down his spine at the sight of you before him.

“Are you going to behave?” You ask, cocking an eyebrow at him.

“Just go easy on me, sweetheart. The goods are sacred.” Dante laughed back, gesturing down to his pelvis as best as he can with his limited mobility.

“Easy? Yeah, I can do that.” You shrug, nodding understandingly. Dante sighs in relief, head thumping back against the bedpost, but his nerves are quickly shot as soon as he hears the wand kick up to a higher speed and your shit-eating giggle accompanying it.

“W-w-wait, wait, wait! That’s not - fuuuuuck!” Dante’s protests are cut off by his unforeseen moan blurting out of his mouth. You run the vibrator along the underside of his shaft, purposely avoiding the leaking head. With slow, fluid motions, the wand journeys down his shaft to his balls that are cupped firmly in your free hand. A single curse followed by a hollow exhale leaves Dante in response to your descending hands. You’re careful to not press the wand too firmly against him, knowing from past experience that he’s prone to premature release. Your eyes ping pong back and forth between your hands and his exasperated face, relishing the sight of your boyfriend. Dante’s chest heaves and shutters, a soft blush covering his whole body.

“You’re being an awfully good boy, Dante, I’m surprised.” You coo to him, words sounding like a church choir to Dante’s ears. The praise elicits a whimper from him, cock twitching in an attempt to garner your attention. Despite his subtle squirming and heavy breathing, Dante lays still for you - not that he really has much choice, considering the handcuffs. You lean forward and kiss the head of his cock, a small show of affection. Pulling the wand away from him for a moment, you press the speed button on the vibrator twice more. Dante’s ears catch the higher frequency over his own sounds and shifts his head up, staring down at you with wide eyes.

“What’re you up to down there?” Dante slurs out, head spinning from the teasing. A fanged grin appears on his face, sweat dripping down his brow.

“I don’t recall playthings having the right to speak.” You retort, reapplying the vibrator against his shaft with more pressure. The sudden attack on him makes a choked groan come out, cutting off any coherent back-talk he had prepared. Dante’s back arches off the bed, thighs straining to stay spread for you. A proclamation or warning of some sort tries to form on Dante’s tongue but he’s so focused on breathing manually, that it’s impossible to make any sound other than a high-pitched moan. And just as soon as it started, he orgasms suddenly - his own release painting his chest and the bedsheets beside him. You yank the wand away from him, shaking your head with disapproval.

“Tsk tsk tsk, bad boy…”, you scold him, tossing the vibrator, now turned off, to the other side of the bed and crawling up to him. You shove your defiled hand to his mouth.

“Lick it clean.”

Your voice so close to him wakes his mind from the post-orgasm trance. Dante’s eyes lazily fall to the hand poking at his mouth and he opens obediently. Sucking your fingers free of his own cum, he closes his eyes and moans lewdly before reopening them to stare directly at you with blown pupils. You slide your fingers out of his mouth, a trail of spit following from his bottom lip. As a reward, you replace the absence of your fingers with your own lips. You can taste the mix of saliva and cum on his tongue as he pushes it into your mouth eagerly. The rattle of his handcuffs interrupts the moment, causing you to laugh against his lips.

“You uh-, you planning on letting me out of these any time soon? I’m losing circulation here.” Dante looks at you with pleading eyes, giving you his million dollar smile in hopes of wooing his way out. Tilting your head, you pretend to contemplate his plea. A moment of silence passes before a giggle comes out of you.

“Not a chance.” You whisper, planting a kiss on his nose before slithering back down to resume your little game.

#dante dmc reboot #dante DmC #dmc #dmc reboot #reboot dante #dante reboot #dante sparda #dmc smut #devil may cry #devil may cry smut #fanfic #smut #writing #oneshot

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theworstofallpossibleworlds · 5 days

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Can you please ask Brian what camera, lens and film he uses to shoot the eclipse?

This is a characteristically late response, but I'd love to get into it. I got into film photography by picking my dad's childhood brownie hawkeye off of a shelf and ever since then i've stayed pretty cheap with the hobby. I got a really good deal on a Kiev-80 a couple years ago. For those who don't know, its a 50 year old soviet camera made as an imitation of a Hasselblad (the camera we took to the moon). It's a medium format camera, so focal lengths work a little different than they do in 35mm

Medium format cameras like this take pictures that are 60mm by 60mm. Your typical 35mm camera takes 36mm by 24mm frames, so the added film sixe here means generally everything has to get bigger. The lenses i've gotten for this camera all have massive cases and can be carried with their own separate strap. The lens used for the eclipse is just... so big. oh my god. it's a mess. It's a Tair-33, with a minimum f stop of 4.5 and a focal length of 300mm (equivalent to 165mm on 35)

This model of the lens has very fun, characteristic stripes, the aperture control is all the way at the front, and easy to use. Focusing, however is slow, as the weight of everything creates quite a bit of friction. You can get one of these for about $80 bucks. Now 300mm here is not a great magnifier, so I also got a (faulty) accessory to extend the focus, bringing the lens to 600mm (330mm equivalent in 35). It also makes this camera, all put together, into The Largest Object of All Time.

squash and butter for scale

To see the difference between 300mm and 600mm, check out these photos of the regular, non-eclipsed sun at both lengths

You're probably wondering why these pictures look so weird. these lenses are don't have very effective coatings. you wouldn't believe the processes that go into coating your glasses, your camera lenses, your phone lenses. The easiest kind of picture to take is one where your subject is lit by a souce that is behind the photographer. things get complicated with backlight, creating ghosting and glare as seen above. the light bounces between the glass elements (and the dark filter used to photograph the sun is also glass, complicating it further). taking a direct photo of a light (especially the fucking SUN) leads to some pretty crazy unpredictable variables.

My camera has recently taken on a new malady too, where at low speeds, the shutter (which in this camera is a huge metal curtain sticks at the edge without totally closing. It causes these stripes at the edge of the picture. This can be frustrating if i forget, but I like having the issue. If i want a picture to look normal, to plan it out, to totally control it, I have a digital camera for that. I got into this film stuff for the eccentricities.

For the regular sun photos, I think I was shooting on Ilford FP4, which i think i stand developed in rodinal. At the eclipse, I only got through one roll of film, becasue the cloud cover was brutal, but i took those pictures on Kodak Tri-x 400 (developed normally in D-76). I did it all in Black and white because, in general, b&w negatives are pretty generous with mistakes. All the guides i could fine for solar photography were understandably written with digital cameras in mind, so I couldn't be totally sure about my math (as the camera is totally manual) or even my eye safety (as I'm using a viewfinder; my vision seems fine a month later)

the actual iris on this lens is right up in front. Tightening the aperture, especially when the extender is attached, leads to a vignetting issue, turning your pictures into a circle

once totality hits, the light changes dramatically. you can stare straght at it without glasses and not have to worry about damaging your eyes for those short minutes. so i didn't even bother with film at that stage. I just pulled out my DSLR with a cheap 500mm Samyang mirror lens made for pentax. It's very compact and very, VERY shitty. Shallow focus, really dark, ugly out-of-focus elements, focuses past inifinity, i love it. only got a couple pictures that way, and then put the camera down and enjoyed the experience

#film photography #medium format #120 film #soviet cameras #black and white #solar eclipse #solar photography #ilford

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doggiewoggiez · 7 months

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One of my favorite cameras in my collection is this counterfeit Canon I got at a Goodwill a few months back. There's a number of these cameras on the market under various names, usually close-but-not-illegal names like Canomatic or Olympia or some shit but mine says straight up CANON on it with the stylized text and everything.

(above: example of the same camera under the Canomatic name)

These things are made by the Ouyama Corporation in Taiwan, and needless to say they are a load of cheap dogshit. The lens looks removable, even has a button for it, but the button is fake and the lens doesn't come off. In fact, the large lens itself is fake, there's a tiny glass lens in the base of the lens. To distract from the all-plastic construction there are heavy lead weights inside to give it a professional feel. The flash it comes with is weighted too but if it wasn't it'd actually be a really solid flash. The camera takes AA batteries which is weird.

A couple observations:

Shoots 35mm even though some other branding markets them as digital cameras.

Rather than auto-rewinding the film at the end of the roll, you have to manually turn the dial (which on a real SLR would be for shutter speed) to a rewind option and press the shutter button.

The aperture is a square which I hear results in weird triangular bokeh.

Has an adjustable aperture and at least some light sensing capabilities, as if you cover the light sensor or it's dark and you don't have the flash on it actually switches to bulb mode, though without anywhere to attach a shutter release cable to, it's not very useful.

For some reason there's two viewfinders, a second lens top-down one like a TLR would have, and a rangefinder on the left. The top-down view, I assume, tries to replicate the focus of the lens, since it's blurry until about five feet out.

The timer does work but it counts down with this insanely loud annoying beeping like a smoke alarm.

There is no ISO setting and no pins to detect ISO from your film roll (I use plastic self-rolled cassettes anyway so it doesn't matter).

You CAN in fact actually take pictures with it. It is despite everything a real camera.

(Photos from this JCH article by Joe Aguirre, 2012)

There's not much info on these cameras but there's a Camera Wiki page and an article on Japan Camera Hunter about various forms of this thing if you want to know more. I'm excited to shoot a roll on this and see if anything at all turns out!

#photography #cameras

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mirith · 2 months

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Y'all!!

I got a film camera! And a Helios 44-2!

Kalimar SR200 cameras are just Zenit E cameras, rebadged for sale in the US.

I just wanted the Helios 44 58mm lens so I could adapt it to my Fujifilm XT4 and get swirly bokeh. I was kind of on the fence about spending $120 plus shipping (was looking on ebay). But then I found a listing for a camera and three lenses. One of which was listed as a 44mm lens.

The Helios 44 is a 58mm lens, but this seller missed that, and didn't know they had a $120-170 lens. I bought everything for $99.

The lenses are beautiful.

One is a zoom and one is a telephoto. (The visible dust is on the outside of the lenses).

All three lenses are pretty sharp! Coatings are in good condition, everything works, no oil on aperture blades, glass is clean and undamaged, barely any dust inside the lenses themselves. It's incredible.

The camera works, mechanically, and I just shot a roll of test shots using all three lenses to check for light leaks and shutter misfires.

I love that it's fully manual. There's a light meter that doesn't take batteries to work. Everything else is mechanical. I kept thinking I needed to power it down to save on battery life between shots. Nope! Kinda crazy.

Anyway -- now I just have to wait a couple weeks to get the negatives and scans back to see if the camera works.

#film photography #helios 44 2 #zenit #mirith

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amayasnep · 6 months

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Well this thing got my neurons activated

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A retrospective

During the winter of 2017, my path in college was underground a profound shift. In the midst of this shift I decided to take an intro to photography class. I always had an interest in photography so this became my first serious foray into the arts.

At the time I was quite new to photography, having only recently received my first ever interchangeable lens camera the past Christmas. I leveraged this new reality to help propel myself into the world of professional photography.

While enrolled in the class I had the opportunity to use a Nikon FG, a 35mm (full frame) film camera dating to the mid 1980s. The camera was one of two film cameras I used during my time in college, the other being a Pentax K1000. The camera came with a Micro-NIKKOR 55mm F2.8 lens (which apparently Nikon still makes???) and our choice of a couple rolls of Ilford 100 or 400 black and white film. I went with ISO 400 for the added low light performance.

Whenever I had the opportunity to check out one of the film cameras I always went for the Nikon because of its more pleasant and intuitive interface (to me at least). I would end up shooting At least four rolls of black and white film. It was pretty cool using such an old camera. Even the screw-in manual shutter cable had a vintage look and feel to it. I never had any issues with it.

Due to the fact I only had 36 shots per roll and couldn’t zoom, I had to choose and compose my shots carefully, and hope that everything was in focus and properly exposed when I hit the shutter button. I think for a beginner interested in photography it’s a good experience to have. The whole dynamic changes when you can zoom as you please, take as many shots as you want, and get immediate results on a screen.

Side note: Apparently film camera connoisseurs have a lot of gripes with this camera and I’m just like “yeah it gets the job done and looks and feels pretty”. I bet these same people would have a heart attack I chose it over the Pentax.

Back to the camera

The Nikon ZF camera is such a neat blending of an old Nikon film camera with cutting-edge mirrorless camera technology. You get the nostalgia of a metal camera body and brass dials with a digital flip-out screen, a full frame sensor with great high ISO performance, in-body image stabilization, 4K video at 30 fps, and advanced subject identification software driven by AI.

Is it practical? Depends who you ask… Cameras have come a long way and I don’t imagine the new Nikon ZF is any more pleasant to hold for long periods of time than the Nikon FG was (though they do make special add-on hand grips for them). The camera has no “auto” setting on the shutter speed dial, which funny enough the much older Nikon FG had. There’s no “auto” on any of the dials actually, making this logistically a pain to use. On my camera I have an ISO button that makes setting auto ISO quick and easy, so having to dig through the menu to do the same on this camera is a hard sell personally.

But it does look pretty…

A bit about my own setup

I’m quite content with my own cameras. I have two: an older APS-C camera and a newer full frame camera. They’re the best cameras I’ve ever handled, each with lenses that are the best I’ve ever shot with.

That being said, I do have two vintage lenses I picked up from a vintage goods store for a great price. One is a prime lens and the other is a pump-action zoom lens. I can’t wait to try them out on my newest camera one of these days. To get an idea of how they really perform. There is a certain nostalgic charm in that. A compromise between the digital age and the analogue age, for regularly shooting in film is just too heckin’ expensive!

#Nikon #Nikon FG #Nikon ZF #camera #lenses #photography #film photography

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wicked-secretsanta · 6 months

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Merry Christmas @vinkunwildflowerqueen!

Read it on Ao3

Glinda squealed as she tore the wrapping paper from the package. Her birthday gift from her parents had arrived three days early, and the blonde, not known for her patience, couldn’t wait a single tick-tock. The only thing that stopped her from opening it as she walked from the campus post office back to her room was that she had other bags to balance.

She opened the card and skimmed over it, just to be able to say she read the card first, and tore the tissue paper that protected the box. Her squeals intensified (if that’s even possible), as she discovered what was in the box.

“Ooh! A camera!” she grinned, carefully removing the new device from its box and pulling the bubble wrap off. It fit perfectly in her hands.

She had always loved photography, mostly as the subject. She loved having her biggest smiles and most iconic poses captured forever, as well as the attention.

She exhaled softly, carefully examining the sleek black and silver finish. She carefully put it beside her on the bed and fished out the accessories that came with it.

She took out the instruction manual, a neck strap, three rolls of film, and a coupon to buy more. She diligently read the instruction manual, consulting the pictures at each step, and was able to successfully secure the neck strap and properly insert the first roll of film.

She turned the tiny dial with her thumb, stopping when she heard a soft click. She could take thirty-six photos per roll. She squinted into the viewfinder. “What shall I photograph first?”

Her fingers hovered over the shutter button as she scanned her room through the viewfinder. She wanted to make sure her first photo was a perfect one. She could take a photo of her beautiful, color-coordinated shoe rack, or her perfectly-made bed, or –

Keys jingling in the door pulled her focus and she grinned. Her roommate would be the perfect test subject. She stepped closer to the door and positioned herself, her finger ready to capture the perfect photo as soon as she saw Elphaba through the viewfinder.

The second the door opened, Glinda captured the moment.

“Ack!” Elphaba yelped, dropping the bags she was carrying as her hands flew to shield her eyes from the sudden flash. Her shoulder collided with the doorframe, and she winced, but didn’t move her hands. “My eyes!”

“Elphie!” Glinda removed the camera from around her neck and placed it on her bed before rushing to her roommate's side. “Are you alright?”

Elphaba had slid down and was kneeling on the floor amongst her bag’s scattered contents. Her glasses had flown off her face and Glinda picked them up and carefully pressed them into her hands. “I…” She slowly opened her eyes, but all she saw were large, dark spots covering most of her visual field.

“Here. Let me help you.” She handed Elphaba a few of her books, but realized what happened when she didn’t look at her or take them. “Oh, sorry. Here.” She helped her roommate to her feet and led her over to her bed.

Elphaba carefully placed her glasses on her pillow, since she couldn’t use them at the moment. “Oz, Glinda. What are you doing? What was that?” Elphaba groaned, squeezing her eyes shut and pressing her palms against her eyelids.

Glinda picked up the information manual and flipped through it. “To make sure the flash is turned off, the flash button light should not be lit,” she read. She looked at her camera. The flash button was lit. “Oh. Whoops.”

Elphaba slowly opened her eyes and blinked multiple times. The dark spots slowly gave way to blurry colors, and after a few more frantic blinks, her vision was fully restored, and she slipped her glasses back onto her face. “You never answered my questions.”

“Momsie and Popsicle sent me a camera for my birthday.”

“Your birthday is three days away.”

“The package came early. And I couldn’t wait. Look, it’s one of the newer models! The Kine Exakta!”

She looked at the offending object in her roommate’s hands. “Oh. Well, I hope it was worth temporarily blinding me.”

Glinda giggled and looked at her roommate through the viewfinder. “Smile, Elphie!”

Elphaba quickly turned away.

“I turned the flash off. I promise.”

“I don’t want my picture taken, Glin.”

“Aww. Why not? Photos are black and white, if you’re being self-conscious.”

“You know I’m always self-conscious. And the day Oz gets color photography is the day I leave Oz.”

Glinda rolled her eyes. “Oh, Elphie. You’re so dramatic. Now, smile!”

“Why would you even want to take my picture?”

“Because years from now, I’m gonna want to remember my days at dear old Shiz, and you are a part of those memories, whether you want to be or not. So I can either remember you for your beautiful smile, or your frown that could curdle milk. Pick one.”

Elphaba worked her jaw. She really didn’t want her picture taken, but knew that Glinda wasn’t going to back down, no matter what excuse or threat she used. With a resigned sigh, she gave the blonde a small smile.

“Elphie, you look like you’re being held at gunpoint. Smile like you mean it.”

“You mean like my life depends on it.”

Glinda pouted, and that’s what got Elphaba to give her a genuine-looking smile. She clicked the shutter and bounced. “Perfect!”

Elphaba sagged and flopped back onto her bed. “Thank Oz.”

“Come on! Let’s go find our friends and take more photos! I have three rolls of film to use.”

“You’re not going to use three rolls of film in one night.”

“Just come on!” She grabbed her friend’s arms, pulled her off the bed, and dragged her out of the room.

Classes were ending for the evening, meaning the campus was abuzz with students heading to the cafeteria, dorms, or one of the various cafés. The two expertly maneuvered through the crowds in search of their friends.

“Nessa! Boq!” Glinda waved.

The two Munchkins turned and smiled. “Hi, Glin. What’s that?” Nessa asked.

“My parents got me a camera for my birthday. You two, get together and smile!”

Nessa looked up at Boq, who stepped beside her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. Nessa leaned closer to him and grinned.

“Perfect!” Glinda smiled after snapping the photo.

“I didn’t know you were into photography,” Nessa said as the four headed to the cafeteria.

“I’m normally on the other side of the camera. My room at home is covered wall-to-wall with photos of me. I mentioned that I wanted to try taking photos over Lurlinemas break, and my parents got me the camera.”

“Have you taken any other photos?” Boq asked.

“Elphie’s been helping me test it out,” Glinda smiled.

The green girl nodded. “I’m the reason the flash is now off and will not temporarily blind anyone else.”

“I have three rolls of film to use. But I can’t just take photos of anything. It must be special.”

“I hope you didn’t plan on taking photos of us eating,” Nessa said, giving Glinda a wary look. “I don’t want a photo of me with pasta sauce all over my face floating around.”

“No. I’d hardly consider that ‘special’. Oh, there’s Fiyero! Fiyero, over here!”

The prince looked up and waved, hurrying over to his friends. “Hey!” He eyed the camera around the blonde’s neck. “Ooh, a camera.”

“Birthday gift from her parents,” Elphaba supplied as Glinda assumed a familiar position. “Uh-oh.”

Fiyero was ready and struck his most dashing pose, his hands on his hips. Nessa and Boq laughed, Elphaba rolled her eyes, and Glinda was beyond delighted.

“Ooh! You must take one of me!” She handed Fiyero the camera and smiled so brightly, the flash wasn’t necessary.

Fiyero snapped the photo, which started a mini photoshoot with everyone, except Elphaba, taking turns on both sides of the camera.

“No,” Elphaba frowned after she was asked, for the seventh time, to be in a photo. “You already got two out of me, and one of them was unplanned.”

“Ooh. You got a candid of Elphaba?” Fiyero grinned, and Elphaba glared at him.

“A picture is worth a thousand words, Elphie. You need to make sure each word matters,” Glinda said.

“There are approximately 200,300 words in the Ozian language, but I could never string enough of them together to properly convey how much I hate this,” Elphaba groaned. “You will get nowhere near two hundred photos of me for your ‘thousand words’.”

Nessa tugged on her sister’s hand. “Just one photo, Fabala. Take one with me.”

Elphaba looked surprised, but it passed as quickly as it arrived. Knowing that her weakness was being unable to deny her sister anything, she stood closer to Nessa’s chair. The younger Thropp took her sister’s hand and lovingly leaned her head against her arm. The sisterly physical contact got Elphaba to melt a little and she tenderly kissed the top of Nessa’s head, which made Nessa’s smile grow just as Glinda took the photo.

“Now that we got that over with, let’s go eat,” Elphaba said, the tenderness immediately dissipating once she heard the shutter click, and trudged to the front of the group.

“Oh, Elphie. We’ll get you to love having your photo taken,” Glinda teased, and Elphaba didn’t dignify that with a response.

(LINE BREAK)

The first roll of film was finished before her birthday, and the first thing Glinda did that Saturday morning after breakfast was run to town to get them developed. She found it hard to contain her excitement, but half an hour later, the darkroom technician came back out with a small envelope of her processed negatives, as well as the actual negatives in case she wanted to make more copies later.

She thanked and paid him before running back to campus, waiting until she was back in the privacy and sanctity of her room to open the envelope.

She sat cross-legged on her bed and carefully removed the photos like they were precious artifacts and sifted through them. The first photo was the one she took of Elphaba as she entered the room. She couldn’t see much of her, due to the flash reflecting off her glasses and filling most of the photo, but she could tell she had captured her roommate’s surprise before the chaos ensued.

The others were much better; there was the good one she took of Elphaba, Boq and Nessa, Fiyero, people sitting on a lawn, Elphaba and –

Wait. People sitting on a lawn? Had someone else’s photo accidentally gotten mixed up in hers?

Glinda stared at the photo. Upon further inspection, she recognized the pattern on their clothes and realized it was the Shiz uniform, and the ‘lawn’ was the quad in front of the founder’s statue. She didn’t remember taking any photos other than the ones of her friends. She studied it closer. No one was looking into the camera, so she figured she must’ve pressed the shutter by accident and never noticed.

While not one of her planned, posed photos, it was still a decent picture. The angle was wide enough to capture three separate groups of students, and she recognized a few, namely Pfannee, ShenShen, and Milla, sitting together on a picnic blanket, with multiple books piled around them. ShenShen was leaning on Pfannee’s shoulder, and Milla was lying on her stomach, her feet in the air. The other two groups held various, similar positions with their study groups. Some were smiling, some were frustrated, and a few had fallen asleep.

She smiled at the candid photo. While her photos of her friends were wonderful, there was something about the unplanned photo that was intrinsically perfect. It felt more lifelike than the others. A little glimpse into their student life.

The lock clicked and Glinda quickly hid the quad photo under her pillow. “Hi, Elphie!”

“Hi. Oh, the photos are ready.” The green girl dropped her bags on her desk and sat on Glinda’s bed next to her.

Glinda handed them over and smiled as Elphaba went through them. “They came out nice.”

“Whose forehead is that?” Elphaba asked, holding up a photo of someone’s forehead, eyebrow, and half an eye.

“I think it’s Fiyero’s,” Glinda giggled. “I let him hold the camera, and I think he tried to take a photo of himself.”

Elphaba rolled her eyes. “Yeah. That sounds like something Fiyero would do.” She continued to go through the photos, pausing on the one with her and her sister.

“You can keep that one. I can get an extra copy for Nessa.”

“This is the first photo of Nessa and me together,” Elphaba whispered, her finger delicately tracing over her sister’s face. “There are tons of photos of Nessa back home, and none of me – for obvious reasons, but she’s never requested one of us together. I didn’t think she’d want one because…”

“You two look very similar. I mean, obviously, because you’re sisters.”

“Nessa has always been a pretty girl. ‘Tragically beautiful’, while the best I could hope for was ‘beautifully tragic’. No one, especially her, would ever try to see any similarities between us.” She studied how Nessa held her hand as she lovingly leaned her head against her arm. She was kissing the top of Nessa’s head, and both girls were smiling. She held the photo up to the mirror and studied Nessa’s face, then her own reflection. “I suppose, if not for the green, we would truly look like sisters.”

Glinda smiled softly. “Then I’ll let this one be extra special, just for you.”

Elphaba’s lips twitched. “Thanks.”

She always considered Nessa to be much more beautiful than her, and this was the first time she carefully studied the similar facial features they shared. She never put much thought behind it before, since Nessa didn’t go around advertising their sisterhood. But looking at this black and white photo, the absence of color got her to see how beautiful she could be.

“Besides, I think she’ll want this one instead.” She grabbed a photo of Nessa, Boq, and Fiyero together, with Nessa giving Fiyero bunny ears.

(LINE BREAK)

Glinda sighed melodramatically as she took down another string of photos from the wall and carefully placed them in a shoebox. She was taking down the photos that had spilled over onto Elphaba’s side of the room, and she had promised her roommate that she’d have them down by the time she returned from her final exam.

She had purposefully hung up the self-portraits she and Elphaba had taken together in their full-length mirror (she had gleefully called them ‘Elphie Selfies’, and only stopped when Elphaba threatened to hide her camera where she’d never find it). She smiled at all the fun poses she made Elphaba do, and placed the one where the two of them formed a heart with their hands on the green girl’s pillow. She was going to take it home, whether she wanted to or not.

She looked at the clock. She still had half an hour before Elphaba’s exam finished, so she quickly finished taking down the photos and pulled a shoebox from under her bed.

She had gone around campus, and even to the town, with her camera around her neck, taking as many pictures as she could. She brought extra rolls of film with her each time, and never left an outing with less than a roll filled. She spent more money on film than she did on clothes the past year, and surprisingly, she had no regrets.

She had captured photos of people studying, walking, socializing, sharing food, dancing to music only they heard, reading, and doing other slice-of-life activities. The indistinct conversations and bustling atmospheres provided a good cover for the camera’s click, which wasn’t very loud to begin with, and even though the photos were taken at chest level, without her looking in the viewfinder, they still came out good.

She realized that some of the best photos came from people who didn’t realize their photo was being taken. It sounded stockerish at face value, but she didn’t plan on sharing the photos anywhere, so she didn’t see the harm in taking them just for herself. She found that she really liked taking candid shots, and made quite a collection for herself over the last two years.

She knew it wouldn’t make a difference if she left the shoebox in plain sight, since there was nothing out of the ordinary about her multitude of shoeboxes, but since these were her extra special secret photos, she took extra care of them.

She had created a sub-section of photos specifically dedicated to candids of Elphaba and Fiyero’s outings. Her best friend and ex-boyfriend began dating shortly after she got the camera, and she got the idea for their subsection once she realized how good she was at taking these secret shots. Most of the photos were of them walking hand-in-hand, of Fiyero carrying her books, or of them sitting under their favorite oak tree near Suicide Canal. Lots were taken mid-conversation, which led to lots of unplanned, silly facial expressions. She even managed to catch a moment when Fiyero tripped over a large sidewalk crack, and Elphaba had to reach out to steady him.

Unbeknownst to her roommate, she was toying with the idea of giving them these photos. Assuming they stayed together (and she had bet money that they would), she could give Elphaba and Fiyero these photos as a wedding present. It was cute enough, and she knew them well enough for it not to be as weird. She had worked so hard on these, and even harder at staying hidden and not letting them know she was documenting their relationship.

She went through the photos one more time before slipping them back into their designated box and taping it shut. She just hoped those two wouldn’t break up and waste all her hard work.

(LINE BREAK)

A few years later…

Glinda was supposed to be focusing on the flower arrangements on the tables. That was her job. That was the job she gave herself. So why was she in the bridal suite instead of doing her job?

“Glin, I think we have enough photos of my face being caked in blush,” Elphaba said, looking up at her friend’s reflection in the mirror.

The blonde looked up from her camera’s viewfinder. “How would you know how many photos I took?”

“She’s counting clicks,” Nessa chuckled and lifted her head so the hairstylist could pin her hair in place.

“Elphie, it’s my job to document every moment of your wedding. It’s for posterity,” Glinda insisted.

“It’s not your job. We hired an official wedding photographer,” she said, gesturing to the young woman with a professional-looking camera. “For posterity.”

The photographer, whom the blonde had banished to the doorway, gave Glinda a small smile and wave.

“Yes, but she doesn’t have as much experience photographing you as I do. I know how to get your good side.” She snapped a photo of Elphaba scowling at her. “So cute!”

“Glinda, you’ve taken enough photos. Give it a rest.”

Glinda let out an annoyed grunt and placed the camera back in her bag, safely tucked away in the corner. “Fine. I’ll be nice and listen to you. But only because it’s your wedding day.”

Elphaba smiled and motioned for the photographer to take her place. The three girls laughed and talked, letting the camera clicks fade into the background. After almost forty-five minutes of primping and preparing, Elphaba was in her full wedding attire, complete with makeup and accessories.

Her hair was in a braided updo, wrapped around her head, and adorned with tiny flower clips and a tiara with a veil attached. Her wedding dress was an ivory, princess-style ballgown, befitting her new role, with delicate floral lace adorning the corset and long sleeves of the lace-embellished bodice. It had a closed back, secured with multiple buttons, a high neckline, and a voluminous, shimmering sparkle tulle skirt.

“You look positively princessified!” Glinda gushed, wiping a tear from her eye and fanning her face.

“Glin, go check on the table flowers,” Elphaba commanded good-naturedly, but couldn’t tear her gaze from her reflection.

“I’ll go with her,” Nessa volunteered, sensing that Elphaba probably wanted a moment alone.

“Nessa, stay.”

It sounded more like a question, and the brunette exchanged a look with the blonde before nodding to her sister. Elphaba dismissed the photographer, waiting until it was just her and Nessa before going over to her bag.

“I have a present for you.”

“You have a present for me, on your wedding day?”

Elphaba smiled and pulled out a large envelope, handing it to her sister. “I wanted to wait until your birthday, but I don’t fully trust the postal service with something this important.”

Nessa looked at the envelope with surprised reverence and carefully opened it, pulling out a photo. She stared at it with tear-filled eyes, her hand over her mouth. “Fabala… this is… this is the photo Glinda took of us.”

Elphaba knelt in front of the chair, carefully smoothing out her skirt. “Back at Shiz, when she first got that annoying, infernal camera,” she added, but couldn’t hold back a chuckle. “She had volunteered to make a copy for you, but I ended up making one for myself. That’s the original.”

“Fabala, I can’t –”

“Keep the original, Nessie. It’s okay. There are plenty of other photos, but I thought you’d like to keep this one.”

“I… this is… thank you.” She pulled her sister into a hug.

Elphaba rested her chin on Nessa’s shoulder, completely melting into the hug. She was grateful for the quiet time with her sister before the chaos of the day started. She was so tuned in that she didn’t hear the door creak open, but she heard a click and whipped around. “Glinda Upland, I swear to Oz!”

“Going!” the blonde called, closing the door and running away.

“Unbelievable,” Elphaba muttered, shaking her head and standing.

“I’ll go check on the flower arrangements,” Nessa volunteered with a laugh, squeezing her sister’s hand and quickly hurrying out. “And I’ll take her camera away.”

“Thank you!”

(LINE BREAK)

“Finally!” Fiyero exclaimed, pushing the door to their marital suite open.

He insisted on carrying Elphaba over the threshold, and Elphaba didn’t put up much of a fuss. He twirled her once and set her down with a loud, faux-groan, and playfully rubbed his back.

“Oh, stop that!” Elphaba chuckled, lightly whacking his arm. “Don’t tell me you’re getting too tired to continue ‘dancing through life’.”

“That was more of a philosophy than a literal way of life,” Fiyero chuckled, then surprised Elphaba by pulling her back into his arms and twirling her around the room. He kissed her and they continued dancing to the residual music in their minds. “I’m nowhere near tired. I love you,” he whispered once they pulled away from a passionate kiss.

“I love you, too.” She kissed him again and playfully hurried away before he could pull her back.

They chased each other around the room until Elphaba’s eyes fell on a box wrapped in light blue paper.

“Fae, what’s that?” Fiyero asked when she picked it up.

“I don’t know. I just noticed it.” She took the card taped to the top and opened it, rolling her eyes with a laugh. “It’s from Glinda.”

“When did she find time to sneak away? I didn’t see her leave the dance floor the entire night.”

“I’ll never understand how she can manage to be the center of attention, and extremely sneaky, at the same time. Listen to this; ‘Dearest darlingest Elphie and Fifi…’” Elphaba gagged and Fiyero snatched the card from her, ignoring her face as he continued reading for her.

“‘Don’t think too hard about how I snuck away from the party. It’ll make your newlywed heads explode. Anyway, if you’re too tired from the reception or from doing something else, this present can wait. Actually, I want it to wait if you found this after doing the ‘something else’. Just make sure you open it before I see you again, which should be anytime within the next fifteen hours. All my love, Glinda.’ And she put a large heart next to her name, look.”

“I know how she signs her letters,” Elphaba chuckled, then took the present.

She and Fiyero opened it together, and lifted the cover to reveal an emerald, leather-bound book.

“Okay, Glin got you a book. What’d she get me?” Fiyero asked, pushing the tissue paper aside to find his gift.

Elphaba opened the book, her eyes immediately tearing up. “It’s not a book, Yero. It’s a photo album.”

He looked over her shoulder. “It’s… photos of us. At Shiz. I don’t remember her taking these. We’re not even posing.” They sat on the bed, studying the multiple photos Glinda had taken. There were a few of them with their friends, but it was mostly their couple’s photos. They laughed, reminisced, and offered explanations for ill-timed photos.

“How did she do this? I never knew… Was she stalking us?” Elphaba asked, seeing the photo of Fiyero tripping over a large sidewalk crack.

“Honestly, that doesn’t surprise me.” He smiled at a photo of him twirling Elphaba in the air, her hair dancing around her face, and a wide smile on her lips. “But she is good at photography.”

“I’m surprised she’s not a private investigator.”

“She’d be the best. Sneaky and – Hey! I remember this one! Glinda let me take it,” he proudly announced with a wide grin, pointing at a photo of Elphaba looking out a window.

She tilted her head. “Oh. That’s why it’s blurry.” She chuckled and kissed his pouting lips. “These are… really nice photos. While I’m going to have a long conversation about the stalking, I love that our best moments are memorialized.”

“It will make telling our kids the story of our relationship easier.”

“And keep it accurate. Wait… how did she manage to include photos of the wedding ceremony? Nessa took her camera. I visually confirmed she had it. I can’t believe… you know what? I’m not gonna ask any more questions I’m not sure I want the answer to.”

“Good choice, especially when it comes to Glinda.” He slipped his hand into Elphaba’s and gave her a quick kiss, turning the page to find two photos of them sharing their first married kiss, along with writing in a neat, sparkly pink script.

Thank you for not letting my hard work and great photos go to waste. Congratulations Elphie and Fiyero!

Elphaba had to laugh. “Oz, that girl.”

“I think I’m a good enough photographer to pick up where Glinda left off,” Fiyero mused, flipping back to his blurry photo of Elphaba.

“Yeah.” She flipped back to the photo of the two of them together, sitting at their favorite table in the café. They were snuggled together, cheeks touching, and Elphaba was clutching her mug of tea. Fiyero took it, and it was significantly better than his forehead selfie and blurry Elphaba’s window photo.

“You don’t agree?”

“I agree with you.” She took the book and put it on the nightstand. “I’ll even let you pick up where she left off.”

Glinda had been right. A picture is worth a thousand words. And every single word mattered to her.

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shutters i need to persuade my friend (who plays genshin) to play arknights what do i say to win them over

There's not a lot of overlap between the two games and I know nothing about your friend to have a clue on how to approach the suggestion. Maybe you can say you don't have to manually farm thanks to autodeploy? No weapons to take up the gacha pool? No stat upgrade RNG to worry about so you won't farm for the same CRIT DMG hat over and over because you kept rolling +DEF for substats?

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Why You Need To Install a Garage Roller Door For Your Household

Are you one of the homeowners looking for roller garage door prices as they have become increasingly popular due to their durability, convenience, and security features? If you're considering a new garage door for your home, below are some detailed explanations about why you should install one:

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Repairs for Garage Doors by B&D

A garage door is a big door on a garage that may be opened manually or with the help of an electric motor. Garage doors are often big enough to fit cars and other vehicles so it’s necessary to find Service in Repairs for Garage Doors by B&D. Small garage doors with a single panel that tilts up and back across the garage ceiling are possible. Larger doors are often constructed of many jointed panels that roll up on tracks across the garage ceiling or into a roll above the entry. To offset the weight of the door and minimise the amount of human or motor effort required to open the door, the working mechanism is spring-loaded or counterbalanced. Some garage doors glide or swing horizontally, which is less frequent. A conventional overhead garage door would have been constructed as a one-piece panel in the past. The panel was supported on both sides by an uneven parallelogram hinge lifting mechanism. Overhead garage doors are now typically constructed from numerous hinged panels that travel along with a set of tracks guided by rollers. The door may weigh 400 lb (180 kg) or more, but it is balanced by either a torsion spring system or a pair of extension springs. A motorised garage door opener with remote control provides convenience, safety, and security.

Types

Aluminium garage doors are inexpensive, lightweight, rust-proof, and require little maintenance. They are prone to denting since aluminium is a weak material, and they are wasteful in terms of energy use because aluminium is a highly conductive substance.

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Steel doors, which are available in a range of sizes and designs, provide strength and security, are cost-effective, and may have optional insulating value. Two or three layers of galvanised steel with a low gauge number are offered for added strength.

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The businesses are in a good location to serve you. They can provide a no-obligation estimate if you call or contact them, and they have a crew of professional and friendly service technicians and sales personnel that embody our family-run business ideals. When your roller doors malfunction, you may rely on b&d garage door repairs providers to determine if they can be fixed or must be replaced.

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Exploring the World of Roll Forming with Allied Ispat India Pvt. Ltd.

Introduction

Roll forming is a fascinating process that transforms metal coils into precise products. It plays a crucial role in various industries. In Mumbai, India, Allied Ispat India Pvt. Ltd. stands out as a top player in this field. They specialize in making and supplying rolling shutter parts. In this blog, we’ll explore the intricate world of roll forming machines, how they work, and why proper maintenance is key to ensuring consistent product quality.

What is Roll Forming?

Roll forming is a continuous bending operation where a long strip of metal, usually steel, is shaped through a series of rollers. The goal is to achieve a desired cross-section profile. Here are the main steps involved:

Key Steps in Roll Forming:

Uncoiling: Metal coils are unwound to provide a steady supply of material.

Feeding: The flat strip is fed into the machine and grabbed by the first set of rollers.

Roll Forming: Each set of rollers bends the metal slightly more than the previous set, gradually forming the desired shape.

Cutting: Once the desired profile is achieved, the strip is cut to the required length.

Output: The finished product is collected and prepared for further processing or packaging.

How Roll Forming Machines Work

Roll forming machines are complex and precise. Here’s a detailed look at how they operate:

- Uncoiling

The process begins with uncoiling. Large metal coils are unwound to provide a continuous strip of material. This step ensures there is a steady supply of metal for the forming process.

- Feeding

Next, the flat metal strip is fed into the machine. The first set of rollers grabs the strip and begins the forming process.

- Roll Forming

The metal strip passes through several sets of rollers. Each set bends the metal slightly more than the last, gradually forming the desired shape. This step-by-step bending ensures precision and consistency.

- Cutting

Once the desired shape is achieved, the formed strip is cut to the required length. This cutting is precise to ensure each piece meets the specifications.

- Output

The final product is collected and prepared for further processing or packaging. This could involve additional finishing steps or simply packaging for shipment.

Ensuring Consistent Quality

Consistency is crucial in roll forming. Achieving consistent quality requires attention to several factors:

- Material Consistency

The quality and thickness of the metal strip must be uniform. Any variation can affect the final product’s quality.

- Regular Inspection

Periodically checking the machine’s alignment and functionality helps maintain precision.

- Calibration

Regularly calibrating the machine ensures it maintains the required precision.

- Lubrication

Keeping the machine’s moving parts well-lubricated minimizes wear and tear.

- Cooling Inspection

Inspecting and replacing worn-out tooling ensures clean cuts and efficient operation.

Maintenance Tips for Longevity

Proper maintenance is key to ensuring the longevity and efficiency of roll forming machines. Here are some essential tips:

- Know Your Equipment

Read the machine’s manual and provide proper training to operators. Understanding the equipment is the first step in proper maintenance.

- Routine Checks

Conduct regular visual inspections and functional tests to catch any issues early.

- Cleanliness Matters

Keep the machines clean and dry to prevent damage. Dirt and moisture can cause significant issues over time.

- Regular Lubrication

Use the right lubricants to keep moving parts operating smoothly.

- Replace Worn-out Parts

Don’t wait for breakdowns. Replace worn-out components promptly to avoid larger problems.

- Protect from External Factors

Shield machines from extreme temperatures and physical damage to prolong their lifespan.

Allied Ispat India Pvt. Ltd.: Leading by Example

Allied Ispat India Pvt. Ltd. exemplifies the importance of proper machine care. As a leading manufacturer and supplier of rolling shutter parts, they prioritize maintenance and quality control. This dedication ensures they deliver superior products to their customers.

Conclusion

Mastering the art of roll forming requires skillful operation and diligent maintenance practices. By understanding how roll forming machines work and following proper maintenance procedures, companies can ensure consistent product quality and prolong machine lifespan. With industry leaders like Allied Ispat India Pvt. Ltd. setting high standards, the future of roll forming looks promising.

Explore more about Allied Ispat products and their commitment to quality in the roll forming industry.

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Roller shutter maintenance tips

Maintenance on industrial rolling shutter doors must be done frequently. Roller shutter doors are subject to breakdown over time, just like any piece of machinery. Additionally, this failure could be dangerous, just like with other machinery. If you use your industrial rolling shutter door frequently, you should make sure you have it checked for any potential maintenance issues. If you don't, the danger could eventually spread to you or your staff and will only get worse with time. In addition to posing a risk to your safety, poorly maintained roller shutter doors will reduce the effectiveness of your security systems. Theft or property damage could result from this infraction.

Knowing the fundamental roller shutter maintenance advice is essential because roller shutters are a big part of keeping our buildings secure. In addition to offering high-security features, they significantly improve the appearance of our establishments. As a result, we need to remember to consider their longevity and check it frequently.

Check for wear & tear

Your industrial rolling shutters are comprised of pieces that should be inspected frequently and fixed as needed. They will eventually deteriorate because of debris, grit, or damaged components. They are under a lot of tension, though, and if handled improperly, they could hurt. To avoid the door from getting trapped in one position, keep the tracks always clean.

Wash the roller shutters

The shutters should be cleaned with soap and water after being cleared of dirt and foreign debris. The shutter should be carefully cleaned by wiping it with a cloth dipped in soapy water. When cleaning the shutter, avoid using any abrasive materials or high-pressure water sprays because they could scratch the paint. Make sure it doesn't go inside the mechanism box because that could cause the motorized shutters to stop working.

Replace any lose parts

Roller shutters naturally travel up and down daily, which can be problematic for the bolts and fixings since they eventually start to come loose. Because of this, roller shutters may become unsafe. Making sure you take the opportunity to examine your shutters is the best approach to avoid this. If you do discover that something is missing, switch the gear to manual and seek assistance from a technician. Repairs should always be kept up with.

Lubricate

The bearing can be lubricated to make it possible for your shutter to roll up and down without sticking. Instead of silicon-based greases, which would collect dirt, it is preferable to use lubricants with an anti-static formula, such as petrol grease or light oil. Give the joint and the guides a good coating of lubrication. Depending on the condition of the bearing and guides, service it every six months or annually.

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Aluminium Roller Shutters Cape Town

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The Beginning of Motorized Blinds: Transforming Home Comfort and Style

Introduction

Automated shades in design with home automation have come to represent modernity, convenience, and refinement. The days of manually adjusting blinds with cables or wands are over; today, homeowners are embracing the seamless integration of technology into their living spaces with motorized blinds. In this essay, we'll look at the evolution, benefits, and transformative impact of motorized blinds on how we regulate light, boost privacy, and enhance the aesthetic appeal of our homes.

A quick overview of motorized blinds.

Motorized blinds are window coverings with an electric motor that can be controlled remotely or automatically. Instead of manually adjusting blinds using wires or wands, motorized blinds can be lifted, lowered, or slanted at the touch of a button on a remote control, smartphone app, or voice commands with compatible smart home systems. These blinds can be powered by batteries or hooked up to the building's electrical system, providing various installation options to meet varied demands and preferences. They are available in a range of materials, styles, and patterns to accommodate varied interior aesthetics and window sizes.

Motorized blinds provide various advantages, including convenience, energy savings, increased safety, and security. They can be set to adapt automatically based on preset schedules, sunshine intensity, or inside temperature, thereby regulating temperature and sunlight level and lowering heating/cooling costs. In addition, motorized blinds eliminate dangling cords, making them safer for families with children or pets.

Overall, motorized blinds are a modern and sophisticated solution for controlling natural light, privacy, and atmosphere in homes and businesses, with greater flexibility, convenience, and functionality than traditional manual blinds.

Types of Motorized Blind

Roller Blinds: The roller blind is a single piece of cloth that is spun in both directions and wrapped around a tube at the top of the opening. The electric motor of the motor rolling blinds allows for quick opening and closing and is controlled by pressing a button via computer controls.

Roman Blinds: Roman blinds are made of a fabric that is folded when raised & lies flat when lowered. Roman blinds with motors are a stylish and useful window treatment choice. They raise and lower smoothly and evenly.

Vertical Blinds: Features or vertical blinds include independent slats that are suspended vertically from a track at the top of the window. Security, lighting, & the angle between the slats and the overall position of your blinds can all be precisely changed with motorized vertical blinds.

Venetian shades are those with moveable horizontal panels that can be adjusted to correspond with the degree of sunlight in an area. One can easily adjust the height of the sheers and adjust the slats' angle if your Venetian blinds are motorized.

Pleated Blinds: When the blinds are down, they lie flat; when they are lifted, a single piece of fabric is folded. Using just one push, motorized pleated blinds can be raised or lowered to any desired position quietly and seamlessly.

Panels make up the structure for honeycomb or cellular blinds, which traps air to improve insulation and energy efficiency. Automated cell blinds are more convenient & require fewer resources since they can be lifted or lowered to better control temperature and light.

Skylight shades are specifically designed to windows, such as skylights, which are situated at the ceiling or feature sloped surfaces. Electric skylights blinds simplify the process of operating windows that are challenging to reach by enabling remote opening, closing, or adjusting of the blinds.

External/outside Blinds: Designed to provide protection from the elements and shade for outside spaces such as patios, decks, or pergolas, external and outdoor shutter also available. Consumers may control privacy & light levels for outdoors using motorised outside blinds because they are weatherproof and simple to operate.

These are only a handful of the several types of motorized blinds that are on the market today. Every type offers benefits of its own or can be tailored to meet specific needs and tastes using a range of textiles, materials, and operation options.

The advantages of motorized blinds

The numerous advantages that motorized blinds provide to designers, architects, & homeowners alike are responsible for their increasing acceptance. Let's examine a few of the main benefits:

Convenience: The unrivaled accessibility that comes from motorized blinds was perhaps their greatest asset. Users may effortlessly move their blinds to control the light from the outdoors, improve privacy, or generate the ideal atmosphere with a click of a button or a voice command. Those with hectic schedules and impaired mobility who seek more straightforward home management options will find this degree of simplicity especially beneficial.

Enhanced Comfort: The capacity to automate blind functioning in line with schedules or environmental circumstances is one feature that promotes pleasure. Motorized blinds can raise living and workspace standards by reducing glare, managing daylight levels, and maintaining comfortable interior temperatures.

Precise Light Control: Motorized blinds may decrease glare & increase sunlight because they give users precise control over the amount of sunlight that enters a space. Depending on their preference, homeowners can create a visually pleasing and well-lit workspace by either removing or adjusting the blinds to let in additional sunlight during the day.

Improved Safety and Privacy: Motorized blinds improve security and privacy inside a home through automated and remote control. To discourage prospective attackers, owners may set up blind movements to mimic occupancy while they are gone. Furthermore, motorized blinds remove the need for human operation, which lowers the possibility of accidentally leaving the blinds open and jeopardizing privacy.

Energy Efficiency: Through maximizing heat gains with sunlight, blinds with motors can assist with energy savings. With programmed operation & sensor integration, blinds may dynamically change throughout the day to reduce the need for artificial lighting and HVAC systems.

Design Flexibility and Aesthetics: Motorized blinds may be integrated into the architecture of contemporary houses as well as offices because they come in a wide range of styles, materials, and designs. In addition to providing safety and flexible lighting management, they modernize any room with their sleek, contemporary style.

Accessibility: People with disabilities and mobility issues can access motorized blinds with less difficulty than manual blinds. Because the shutters may be operated via voice via remote, anyone can easily adjust the curtains to match their decor.

Productivity and Well-Being: Motorized shades can improve office workers' overall well-being in addition to their productivity. By maximizing natural daylight and reducing glare, these offer a quiet and productive work environment that could increase morale, attention, and job satisfaction.

Integration with Smart Home Systems: It is simple to integrate motorized blinds with existing smart home systems, providing centralized control and automation over a wide range of household products. This link increases the general ease and functionality of the smart home framework.

Automated shades are helpful in today's residential and commercial settings because they provide safety, comfort, convenience, energy efficiency, and attractiveness whilst addressing the changing demands of contemporary technology and lifestyle.

There are four strong reasons to motorize your interior blinds.

Unmatched comfort can be experienced by controlling your interior blinds with a remote control, tablet, or smartphone. Anything is made simple with Somfy solutions.

Savor quiet moments: Our new line of motorized systems offers you the best possible sound quality when raising and lowering your blinds. You won't be bothered by noise.

Reduce energy use: Your motorized indoor blinds become smart and linked when they have solar sensors, which enables them to instantly adjust to outside circumstances. They will therefore greatly assist you in better managing the amount of energy you use.

Design an area that expresses who you are! Choosing a motorized system is like choosing a new way of life! Use natural light that benefits you and creates your ambiance to attain seclusion, calm, and tranquility!

Why Buy Motorized Blinds from Somfy?

The assurances of a French brand: We design our products in France to provide you with the best possible quality, longevity, and performance.

Providing accessibility and central control for enhanced comfort – A centralized system with remote control will let you take full advantage of your home or flat. That you require to achieve comfort and tranquility with a fundamental phone or handheld device.

Items that change: our goods adjust to fit your needs and price range! Our objective is to offer you effective bespoke solutions.

Somfy Services: Somfy will help you every step of your way to deliver the greatest results & ensure your utmost comfort!

Conclusion:

The way we interact with and control our window treatments has changed dramatically as a result of the introduction of motorized blinds. Through the use of technology, these inventive solutions provide unmatched ease, accuracy, and elegance, revolutionizing our perception of and approach to designing our living areas. Future developments in motor technology, sustainability, as well as connectivity, could further improve the practicality, economy, and aesthetic appeal of motorized blinds, making them an essential component of both residential and commercial structures. Using motorized blinds, homeowners can effortlessly and elegantly enhance their interior time, be that through establishing a cozy and well-lit haven or by enhancing energy efficiency and security.

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