Buddies

Little Man has a best friend {aside from me and his daddy, of course.} His best friend is about a foot tall, made entirely out of plastic and has a wicked karate chop action. He carries him everywhere. Literally. To the tub, in the car, to the store, to bed…they spend time watching movies. You see, Little Man’s buddy is a movie star. He’s got three films out; all of which have been big screen hits. But he’s my son’s best friend, so I have to tolerate the Celebrity Ego. Okay…I’m totally kidding. Anyway. Here is my entry for Paper Mama’s “Buddies” Photo Challenge.

 

 

That’s right. We are a Toy Story fanatical family. We have Woody. We have Buzz. We have Potato Head. We have cups and plates and blankets…if there is a Toy Story logo on it, them I’m sure we’ve got it. Oh well. It could be worse. Little Man could be infatuated with SpongeBob [no offense…]

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Summer & Feet

Two different photo challenges that I’m entering [late] today. Better late than never I say! I was planning on getting out with Little Man today to take some photos, but it rained. So that was no good. I do still have some from last week that I took that fit with these themes, so here ya’ go.

The first challenge for this ridiculously hot Tuesday, is with Faith at Simplicity. I’m actually gearing up to take her Fall Photography E-Course, and I could not be more excited. Her theme for this week is summer. I knew when I read the theme that I had the perfect photo for this challenge. I took this of my cousins sweet little girl Gracie at a birthday party the other weekend. Her swimsuit was absolutely adorable and I couldn’t resist snapping at least one photo of her.

 

The other challenge today is a new one for me. I found "Mama and the Dudes” through random blog hopping and couldn’t resist playing along with her fun challenge this week. The theme is “Feet.” Totally random, but a super fun one to play with. Again, I knew of the perfect photo for this one. I was so excited! {By the way, you have to check out her blog…you will be amazed at what this lovely chick does with a point and shoot camera!!}

Head on over to check out these two fabulous blogs and view other entries from this weeks challenge. Oh…and on another note. I encourage all of you, children or no children, to head on over to Linkie Lueville’s blog as soon as you can and read her story about why it is so important to watermark your photos. In case you haven’t noticed both of these pictures have a new and different watermark on them. There are some scary, disgusting, and creepy people out there. Let’s make sure we protect our children and the children of those we photograph.

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Aperature Shots with the New Camera

I purchased my beloved new camera yesterday. Didn't get a bad price for it either. We went to Best Buy initially, and naturally, they didn't have it in stock. Me, having done my research, new that aside from Best Buy, Sears actually had the best price for this camera. {It was even cheaper than Walmart!} We ended up paying $658.00 for the camera, 4 GB Memory Card, and tax. And of course, when I got home last night I started shooting. Took a few really crappy shots just to see how the picture quality was and make sure everything worked okay [which, I will not be showing you.] And then I got serious. I skipped using the 'Auto' mode completely and went straight to the 'Aperature' setting. Here are the best ones I took:

 I didn't edit any of these {other than just adding the watermark}, so these are all SOOC shots. I am amazed at the clarity and precision of my new camera. I have never taken pictures this clear before. Like I said before, I was playing around with the aperature...that's why these are all toy shots because there wasn't a lot to photograph at 8:30 last night when I got home. I tried to focus in on a few different things [the big red ball, the different letters]. Most of these were taken at f 4.0 or  f5.6. Would love feedback from you guys!  :)

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