It’s been a while since I’ve been on a toy photo kick, one of the most requested themes I get asked about. I know it has been a while. For those who might be newer to following me, I used to photograph a lot of toys. The photos live at this link. It was a great way to fill the dialypic when I could not find something to add, and it taught me a ton about photography. Lighting, lenses, and techniques, I practiced and learned a lot from taking fun photos of toys. It also helped that my kids were younger, and toys were everywhere.

Well, plenty of toys and figures are still around, and I missed them. This one might be a new favorite, at least a recent favorite. Even this photo was a new lighting technique for me. It seems like these two would be friends. I got a gift card to Newbury Comics for Christmas, browsed the store the other day, and found a 40th-anniversary figure of ET on the discount table, and this idea came to mind. The good news I needed to find the base grass for this photo, I knew I had it somewhere as a prop. It was buried in one of the toy bins I have stored, while looking for it, I found even more toys that deserve to be dailypics. More toy photos to come, and if you have toys you want to be photographed, I am always open to requests.

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Sunday I told you about my web show Distracted Driving I am part of. Three of us drive around and ramble about anything… well this week (and the next 2) we talked the 80’s.  We break down and discuss the decade that made us. One of the things that comes up is ET. Once of us declares this is the “most overrated movie” of the decade. Others do not necessarily agree with that statement. While out today I came across this at Rubber Chicken Comics in Bellingham – owned by another cast member of the web show. He told me I had to photograph it for the occasion. Look at this thing, it is creepy as all hell. and possibly a fire hazard.  I might have had one as a kid… but now as an adult I am scared and just waited for it to burst into flames, no ground, the prongs are sad, I think it gets hot.  Would you put this in your kids room? Then forget about looking at it, imagine a 7 year old waking up drowsy after sleeping and seeing this near the floor? They would flip out…  by the way you might have guessed which one of us is anti-ET.  Check out the video below (along with another special YouTube treat) , if you like it there are more coming.  Every Wednesday 7pm on YouTube and Facebook.

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