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16 March 2007
Photo Friday: Toys! This week's theme was "toys." Post your pics!
This is Teddy Edward, who I've had since I was three. He's a bit threadbare now (maybe I should change his name to Fred Bear), but I wouldn't part with him for the world. We've been through a lot together, me and ted.
thanks BP for the notes on the lighting. i need to get more creative. what actually happened was: i woke up early this am, saw the 'photo friday' post, went 'oshitigotnuthin' then saw ol' captain fett sitting up there on my printer glaring at me from behind the LCD. as he always does. he has great scorn for everything and has gone everywhere with me since oh, about 1988. the muzzle of his rifle's all bent and came that way, hence his great scorn, i think.
and looking at your lighting for your photos, and considering mine, how hard would it have been for me to hold up a piece of white printer paper (which was right there lfr, you moron) to make a reflector for fill lighting from the left.
feh. now you see why captain fett is not impressed. his backpack's got jets, tho.
chrismear - i'm not sure what it is (sheep? teddybear) but it's hella cute and i like it.
'fred bear' hee! awesome, jan :]
jonmc, why do i get the feeling that kevin smith doll has starred in other things... me, i'm a jason mewes fan myself but he's got a nice booty and as evidenced in the latest instalment, ain't afraid to show it off, neither.
I don't get the significance of the number, jon, but I'll say it again: I am not shaped like that!!
You'll have to rent Clerks, BoPo. It's too funny to give away.
jonmc, why do i get the feeling that kevin smith doll has starred in other things
You've obviously seen my shrine.
i'm a jason mewes fan myself but he's got a nice booty and as evidenced in the latest instalment, ain't afraid to show it off, neither.
*thinks for a moment, and decides to keep mouth shut*
My backpack's got jets. I'm Boba the Fett.
I bounty hunt for Jabba Hutt to finance my 'Vette.
I chill in deep space, a mask is over my face.
I deliver the prize but I still narrow my eyes
Coz my time I don't like to waste. Get down.
I'm a question wrapped inside an enigma,
Get inside the Slave One, find your homing signal,
From Endor to Hoth, Ripley to Spock,
I'll find what you want, but there's gonna be a cost.
Say my name is Boba Fett. I know my shit is tight.
Start not acting right, you're frozen in carbonite.
Got telescopic sight, flame throwers on my wrist.
You still don't get the jist? Spiked boots are made to kick,
Targets are made to hit. You think I give a shit?
arsey that second photo is stupendous! actually i like both of yours - something about the juxtaposition of (abandoned?) toys and squalour always gets me.
misteraitch, i *really* like the 2nd one - there's a very sweet metaphor there about life, i think.
Nothing decent to snap so quick cell pics death a-napping ≡ Click to see image ≡
and the innards of one of those nubbly sea urchin shaped gel toys that are filled with liquid and boing like a remedial yo yo ≡ Click to see image ≡
Decided to forgo the techs and tools as toys and now those other shots seem too much like those used by the desperate attention whores instead of, ya know, fun.
I have a golliwog that my mom made for me when I was born, but as that's now a bad thing, I won't post it. I do have a whack of Transformers though... :)
Thanks mlis. It's a total joy to use after the frustration of trying to do anything with one of those plastic base, direct drive bench top saws. And so quiet you converse normally while the thing is running. I find my self looking for projects that require a lot of ripping/dadoing.
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
