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Give Me Your Best Shot {Old Toys}

22 January 2010 0 views 8 Comments

Every once in a while, I look back at a week’s worth of photos and think,

“Well, that was a boring week.”

I had that experience today while I looked through this week’s shots on my computer. The fact is, I shared most of my interesting images throughout the week. And those weren’t exciting enough to share twice.

But then I looked back at the pictures one more time and saw something different than I had seen the first time through. I didn’t see high quality photos, but I did see memories.

And I was brought back to my childhood again.

In preparation for Tuesday’s Bloggography tutorial on ISO, I took a bunch of pictures of toys. These two photos didn’t make the cut (for the tutorial) because they didn’t show the grain well enough to illustrate the point I was trying to make. But boy, oh boy, do they bring the memories flooding.

Let me introduce you to Brother John. He was one of my first stuffed animals, and one of the few I can remember being in my room from the very earliest age until I graduated from high school and moved out. He wasn’t particularly cuddly, but he had (and still has) a soothing music box inside his belly that plays Frere Jacques. And, yes, the 30-something year old music box works perfectly.

Brother John

This book was given to me as a baby, and somehow it survived not only my childhood but my 4 younger siblings’ as well. It’s a cute little poem, and I must have listened to it hundreds of times.

Hop Like a Bunny

Now it’s your turn. Did you have a more interesting week than me? For those of you who haven’t played along before, GMYBS is not a contest, and it’s for any level of photographer. It’s simply a fun way to show off the favorite picture (or favorites) that you’ve taken this week.  Read to find out more about Give Me Your Best Shot….And come back to leave the link to your best shot below (please link to your actual Give Me Your Best Shot post). And grab my button below and link to me so that we can get more people to stop by!

Give me your best shot at Better in Bulk

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<a href=”http://betterinbulk.net/tag/give-me-your-best-shot” target=”_blank”><img border=”0? alt=”Give me your best shot at Better in Bulk” src=”http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/1momof5/08Nov21_gmbs_1-1.jpg”/></a>

PS–Come back on Tuesday for our second Bloggography challenge – this week we want you to experiment with ISO. Thanks to everyone who participated last week to make our first Bloggography challenge a big success!

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8 Comments »

  • Krystyn
    Twitter: SeriousKrystyn
    said:

    What a cute little bear. And, our books look like that after just 3 years! I'm scared of what they will look like in 30.

    BTW, thanks for the tutorial…I went home all excited about changing the ISO, but I was bummed that my Nikon does have a little button to adjust it, so I have to go through the menu every time….but my inside picture was much improved when I realized it was set to 100 instead of 800.

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    # 22 January 2010 at 1:10 pm
  • Lolli
    Twitter: 1momof5
    (author)
    said:

    Even the extra step to change the ISO thru the menu will be worth the
    results. I'm glad it helped!

    [Reply]

    # 22 January 2010 at 2:26 pm
  • Young Wife said:

    How sweet! Stopping by from SITS.

    [Reply]

    # 22 January 2010 at 2:59 pm
  • brandy
    Twitter: the_royalfamily
    said:

    cant wait for blogography i need to check it out

    Here is my post if you want to stop by:http://bzzagentroyalty.blogspot.com/2010/01/aloha-fridays-give-me-your-best-shot.html

    The Buzz
    Brandy
    p.s. I have a few giveaways going on if you want to enter to win!

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    # 22 January 2010 at 3:59 pm
  • 7thheaven said:

    Love your pictures of your sweet treasures…

    [Reply]

    # 22 January 2010 at 4:40 pm
  • createdbydiane said:

    I'm so glad I found your blog, I just bought a Canon Rebel and look forward to any pointers you will be sharing :)
    I linked my favorite shot for the week, it's of my kids (and don't worry I won't only take photos of my kids LOL) Looking forward to your bloggography!

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    # 22 January 2010 at 5:46 pm
  • Puna said:

    I found this through seven clown circus. It's my first linky and I look forward to coming back again. Love that photography stuff!

    [Reply]

    # 22 January 2010 at 7:36 pm
  • Lolli
    Twitter: 1momof5
    (author)
    said:

    I'm glad to see some new faces from Angie's blog! Thanks for linking up!

    [Reply]

    # 22 January 2010 at 8:17 pm

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