London’s The Telegraph reports that sightseers waiting to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee festivities gaffer taped umbrellas to their backs because they didn’t have tents or other shelter to protect them from the rain. You can read more about the festivities and how celebrants braved the elements by clicking here. Tapenews.com is […]
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Noted food photographer Nicole S Young has released a “how to do it” manual for creating great food photography. Her list of essential tools and props: styrofoam fake ice propane torch gaffers tape You can read some of Young’s photo photo tips if you click here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s […]
It has long been a wardrobe person’s inside secret that strategic use of gaffers tape could prevent a celebrity from showing more than they attended. Oscar, Grammy and Emmy appearances have all been supported over the years by the fashion fix all. Lady Gaga, in a recent Twitter photo run by the British web site […]
Chuck and David Williams of Jackson, TN have broken the world record for duct taping someone to the wall. Chuck taped his son David to the wall in 32 seconds, shaving almost 10 seconds off of the old record. In order for the record to stand, someone must remain suspended off the floor for a […]
Mississippi high school students built a duct tape boat as part of a fund raising effort for threir friend Tyler Youngblood, who is battling leukemia. They launched their duct tape canoe in the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor in order to raise awareness and money. Unfortunately, after they rescue their friend, the boat builders may need […]
The London Olympics are four months away, but gaffers tape has already won a medal. Sara Edworthy, venue coordinator for this years Olympics, spends her days looking for loose door knobs, drooping signs and thousand of other problems that might prevent smooth operations when the games begin. Once the games get started, she will head […]
Florida technical college student Patrick Varnadore rose to the challenge of his classmates by covering his 1986 Chrysler with duct tape. He’s about 60 percent finished with covering the car with orange tape and is working on recreating the look of the car from the Dukes of Hazard television show completely with tape. Varnadore’s feat […]
British chef Oliver Frankham says that he briefly considered using gaffers tape to bind the meat when preparing a pigs head to be cooked, before opting to use string instead. It’s hard to know if the the synthetic rubber in gaffers tape adhesive might have improved the taste. Here’s his procedure if you want to […]
In perusing a Gizomodo .com list titled “100 Tips From A Professional Photographer“, we came across at least three that make absolutely no sense. #16. Girls dig photographers. #26. Tape up any logos on your camera with black gaffers tape– it brings a lot less attention to you. #47. Don’t pamper your camera. Use and abuse […]