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Bumped into a Yo-yo professional the other day. Apparently he was a finalist at the 2006 US Nationals in Chico, California and now has a t-shirt contract. With his black glove and trick Yo-Yo, he's able to make a living performing "cradles" and an assortment of other mesmerizing Yo-Yo tricks.

The Yo-yo Professional’s tool is something far richer than a kid’s toy. Rather, the Yo-yo is emblematic of “life” itself. It’s molded. It’s held. It sleeps. It experiences ups and downs.

18 responses

  • Ian Maclellan

    Ian Maclellan gave props (22 Aug 2007):

    Amazing focus and depth of field

  • jude mcconkey

    jude mcconkey gave props (23 Aug 2007):

    The first thing to grab me was that crazy color.. the next was the motion and depth of field. Excellent

  • Bim Paras

    Bim Paras gave props (23 Aug 2007):

    great use of dof to isolate the subject.

  • John Huber

    John Huber said (23 Aug 2007):

    That's ME!
    www.myspace.com/johnnynameless

  • Nicholas Hendrickx

    Nicholas Hendrickx   said (24 Aug 2007):

    Whoa man, that's some focus!!

  • nicolas celaya

    nicolas celaya said (25 Aug 2007):

    Great composition!
    Buenisima fotografia!

  • Barry Broussard Jr.

    Barry Broussard Jr. said (26 Aug 2007):

    Pretty sure this one is going to make it into the magazine. Nice work!

  • Bryan Thatcher

    Bryan Thatcher said (30 Aug 2007):

    sweet, certainly a frozen moment in time

  • Vanessa Marie Gonzalez

    Vanessa Marie Gonzalez gave props (30 Aug 2007):

    cool shot....

  • n

    n gave props (5 Sep 2007):

    Wow awesome work! Very interesting background info.

  • Aurus Sy

    Aurus Sy gave props (7 Sep 2007):

    I love this!!

  • Carl

    Carl said (14 Sep 2007):

    great DOF on this....it'll pop off the page of issue 13!

  • Lindsey Vorderstrasse

    Lindsey Vorderstrasse gave props (21 Sep 2007):

    Great Shot!

  • Harry J

    Harry J gave props (27 Sep 2007):

    Cool pic.

  • Zack Huggins

    Zack Huggins said (2 Oct 2007):

    Great work, just amazing. Getting the focus right with that slim a depth of field, on what I assume is a fast-moving object, I'm just stunned.

  • Jon Meyer

    Jon Meyer gave props (2 Oct 2007):

    Yo yo...Yo-Yo's are sick!

  • Rafael Matsunaga

    Rafael Matsunaga gave props (1 Nov 2007):

    Great job! Focusing a small & fast moving object is no small feat!

  • Elicia Jones

    Elicia Jones said (7 Oct 2009):

    hey i remember when he got those tats

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