Holiday Photography Tour

Professional Photography Tour

The colors on the Empire State bring home to me that the festive season of Chanukah, Christmas, and New Years is upon us.

I am offering a special photo tour package as you visit New York City this holiday season.

As a professional photographer I will accompany you on a 2 or 3  hour tour and document your being in the New York festival atmosphere photographically.

We will plan to visit a section of Manhattan and I will take your picture at the various locations. I will provide a DVD or Flash drive with the processed digital negatives within 48 hours to your hotel if you are visiting the city or will mail to you the DVD or Flash Drive if you are a local New Yorker.

The package includes a group  of up to four people who are traveling together. Please email me for rates for larger groups. 
Email: RmfTop@gmail.com

Dress Comfortably, wear good walking shoes and let’s go

Meals, tickets, travel costs are not included

Rates (Good until Wednesday 12/4/13 at 23:59 NY time):
More flexible schedules and price increase on 12/5/13 at 00:00 AM 12/5/13

Friday and Saturday,  Sunday Afternoon Tour (start at 11:00)

Except   Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve, New Years)

2 Hours                      $100.00 

3 Hours                      $150.00

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday Evening Tour (4pm start)

Except    Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve, New Years)

2 Hour $100.00

3 hours $150.00

Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve, New Years  
Same price for afternoon or evening tours $300.00 

Same afternoon, evening hours

Sunrise Tours also available

Availability of tours depend on bookings.

50% Deposit required to book date and time, deposit is not refundable

the Bubble: the Magic of Relationship ~ Pt. II

Photo and Text © Ralph M. Ferraro,  2013, RmfTop@gmail.com

No part of this photo or text may be used or copied without permission

This week I was able to present my talk, 

"the Bubble: a Magical Relationship ~ Part II”, , to my Jade Toastmaster's Group and to students in several  of my College Classes.

You might ask what is a 

Bubble Relationship ... 

it has several components, it is:

•  not logical
•  Involves both
•  Emotional Energy ~ Joy ~ Pleasure 
•  Intellectual Energy ~ Openness ~ allowing ~ Choosing to interact with a creative flow that is uninhibited 
•  arises spontaneously
•  It is synergistic
•  a high level of positive energy
•  a state of Consciousness without thinking about it, without reasoning, without justifying, without planning
•  it is totally experiential, in the now
•  unparalleled Intensity
•  100% involvement (no shades of gray - you are either in the bubble or out of the bubble)
• You can only be in one bubble relationship at a time
• For a new bubble relationship to come into being, the older bubble relationship must end
•  It is a state of Joy, excitement
•  all else is excluded
•  baggage history (relationship, patterns, culture, religious dictums)
•  learned patterns of previous years, of childhood move aside to allow the now
•  the inclusiveness involves, 
• You, 
• the Person of Interest, 
• God or Source Energy
•  there is a unity
• you could  be in a crowded room yet
• the presence of others is extremely tangential, 
• as if they,  their thoughts or their observations, their comments did not exist, and 
• do not matter.
•  You and the other are 
• totally open, 
• vulnerable, 
• interactive
•  it is a live experience, not theoretical, not merely philosophical
•  It is fragile, Like the bubbles in the photo
•  Bubble consciousness can be maintained indefinitely
• both people must feed it by
•  allowing it to be
•  being totally open
•  communicating vibrationally and lovingly
•  not allowing others to interfere with the energy
• Bubble consciousness can stop instantaneously
• fear, anxiety, concern about “the others in the room” about “image” about “what others might say” can cause one or both people to suddenly say 
• “Oh shit, I am in the bubble”
•  “I am totally vulnerable (as opposed to allowing the pleasure, the joy to be)”
•  “what will others say or think?”
•  “I need to jump out of the bubble, I don’t know what to do ? … it’s scary.”
•  a person who leaves the bubble can block or seriously impair the communication with the other person for months or forever.

 Upon leaving the bubble, 

• the entire relationship can be so severely crippled because of a persons fear, inhibition, or defenses becoming activated and prominent. 
• The gates of relationship narrow significantly or close and 
• meaningful interaction between the two who had been in the bubble will be replaced with 
• increasing coldness, 
• increasingly fragmented conversations and / or 
• increasing physical distance.

I do believe this bubble experience is what we are meant to find. 

It is primarily a spirit state yet it is also physical. 

It is like no other human physical experience. 

To find it, requires 

• asking for / desiring  the experience, 
• allowing it to unfold, 
• having enough faith to allow it to blossom.

Comments, questions, thoughts are welcome :)))

Rmf

Lance Miller will speak on "Finding Your Voice" 11/22

Friday, Nov. 22, 6 PM, Manhattan (417 East 68th Street) “Finding Your Voice”

In this hands-on workshop, Lance shows:
✪ Why Sincere is better than Sensational.
✪ How to find “What My Story Is.” ✪ How to turn daily occurrences
into dynamic speech topics. ✪ How to immediately connect
with the audience.
✪ How to “hook” an audience
to accept your message. 
Hosted by District 46 Toastmasters

When: Friday, November 22, 2013 Registration/Reception – 5:45 PM
Call to Order – 6:30 PM
Where: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – ZRC Auditorium
417 East 68th Street (between First Avenue and York Avenue)
RSVPto: SeeLanceonNov22@gmail.combyNov.20(Wed)
Top Clubs & 2012-2013 DTMs to be Honored: Members of the Top Clubs in the 2012-2013 Distinguished Club Program – and members who earned the DTM during 2012-2013 – will be honored by Lance and by District 46 Governor Kazuo Noguchi, DTM, and other District 46 leaders at this event.
And There’s More: The next day (Saturday, Nov. 23), attend the District 46 Fall Conference to hear more of Lance Miller plus six great workshops, the Humorous Speech and Table Topics contests, buffet lunch, dinner and more! Go here for information and to register: http://toastmasters46.org/!

Lance Miller
2005$World$Champion$of$Public$Speaking

 

Jade Toastmaster (Mandarin-English) Looking for People Committed to Improvement & Networking

 

Jade  Toastmasters Club Meeting

翡翠演講協會 (中英雙語)

Polish your communication and leadership skills!   

When: 2^nd and 4^th Tuesday of each month, 6:30 - 8:00PM

Where:  New York Life Building, 51 Madison Ave, Gramercy Room, NYC

Please contact us at JadeToastmastersClub@gmail.com for further information.

金口玉言，從這裡開始

Let your Jade shine!

Why Jade?

• The only bi-lingual English-Mandarin Toastmasters club in the East Coast of US.
• Convenient location – in the heart of New York City; easily accessible by public transport.
• Community club – all are welcome!
• Bi-lingual meeting format – improve your English and Mandarin communication skills.
• Educational and entertaining meetings.
• We are looking for a few good people who are committed to improving their speaking skills and strengthening their network.
• A membership roster that includes the crème de la crème of leaders and communicators.

Jade  Toastmasters Club Meeting

翡翠演講協會 (中英雙語)

"Boyfriend / Girlfriend ~ A Conundrum"

A recent conversation prompted me to think about the Word "Boyfriend/Girlfriend," specifically about the thought and the energy level when a person introduces this gem of thought, "I have a boyfriend or a girlfriend" while talking with another person, especially if there is a synergy between the two chatting individuals.

I presented a brief discussion about these thoughts in my college class "Human Growth and Development." All the students  participated actively in the discussion.

I will be presenting this talk, "Boyfriend ~ Girlfriend a Conundrum" at the Jade Toastmasters Group which meets tomorrow November 12th at 6:00 PM at the New York Life Building 51 Madison Ave. Guests are welcome.

What are your thoughts about the terms "Boyfriend/Girlfriend"  please send me your thoughts before Tuesday night.

Will you allow yourself to explore these dynamic words that can change energy flow with me on Tuesday?

Hope to see you at the Jade meeting.

Magnetic Light

Attraction

Dark clouds

Light clouds

Which draws You

Image

Positive ~ Negative

What do we see

Beauty

contrast

All one

Rotate Bright

Rotate Dark

Create Your path

Explore

Refine

Inner Source 

Guide

Energize

Create

Beauty behold in all

Joy found 

Joy shared