From years working a pool-service route, to a new direction as an architectural photographer focusing on custom pool projects, Danny Riley, has built a life and career at the water’s edge. Here he looks at the journey with an eye toward the art and craft of creating images that capture the experience of being there.
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Stainless-steel vessels have dramatically increased in popularity over the past 20 years, observes Mark Holden and Jeff Freemen. That increase necessitates a greater understanding of the material, its advantages and, as important, the potential problems associated with the manufacturing process that can lead to catastrophic failures, litigation and expensive remediations.
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It’s an ironic and unsettling sight: a swimming pool full of water on a property where the house has burned down. What to do with the water in fire’s immediate aftermath is a question that confronts both homeowners and their pool professionals.
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Natare manufacturers swimming pool windows that provide a clear view into the swimming or diving pool below the water’s surface, an invaluable aid for underwater photography, education, or the ultimate view of competition swimming. These strong rectangular windows are suitable for installation in any concrete or stainless-steel pool. The window installs flush with the interior pool wall, eliminating projections and sharp edges that can interfere with equipment or competition.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI-driven displays are drawing thousands of visitors each week to venues with show fountains, reports J. Wickham “Wick” Zimmerman of Outside The Lines, Inc. OTL is a waterfeature design/build and maintenance firm that has installed its own patented AI technology into two high-profile fountains that are capable of responding to and learning from fountain spectators.
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Swimming pools have become a compelling subject for painters and photographers, resulting in an artistic subgenre that has built a growing audience over the past several years. Here Laura Carew of AQUA Magazine, profiles the work of one artist who is taking pool-based art in a fresh direction.
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Salt and water are literally natural companions, defining the very nature of our natural world, and indeed our own human existence. Nowhere is that more evident than at a remote location in the Peruvian Andes known as the Maras Salt Mines, or "Salineras de Maras" where salt has been extracted from water for centuries, creating a landscape unlike any other.
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Kevin Cobabe knows how to enjoy the good life. Among his favorite indulgences, gravy stands alone. A self-described gravy connoisseur, as well as an accomplished pool designer/builder, he sees a parallel between his favorite culinary pursuits and his work creating places devoted to liquid luxury.
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Convention and common practice often exist to be challenged, says Steve Kenny. In his quest to understand how to consistently achieve superior water quality, he has come to what he views as a watershed opinion – one that will directly challenge the industry’s assumptions about filtration technology.
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The Rhythm of Design