Throwback: 1962

Throwback: 1962
Originally uploaded by maggie_gem

It's Throwback Thursday... and with all the Beatles press lately I'm kinda stuck in the 60's. Here I am just a short time before those Liverpool Lad's hit our shores. But wouldn't you know the #1 Single on the Billboard Hot 100 that week was "Telstar" by The Tornados, the first British group in the rock era to go to #1 on the US charts. The #1 Single for the prior two weeks was "Big Girls Don't Cry" by The Four Seasons. Ah, to be a very young girl at that time meant everyone would be singing it to you every time you acted your age.

Moving a Generation

2.7.14 | Minion Rockstar just jamming away
Originally uploaded by maggie_gem

The last week has been filled with reminders of the big splash made by those mop-top youngsters from across the pond 50 years ago. I just couldn't pass this little Minion Rockstar figure up, he seemed perfect to commemorate the occasion.

All the fuss sure has lit a tiny little fire of Rock & Roll love, that along with my blogger friend Shirley's "Sound Track of My Life" series. I may have been too young to stay up late enough to see the famous Ed Sullivan show that brought the Beatles to America's living rooms back in 1964, but they were definitely a major piece of my formative years. Sunday's The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles was a fun and entertaining show everyone in my household watched from beginning to end. If you missed it, there's an encore broadcast planned.

Somebody's Fool

Somebody's Fool
Originally uploaded by maggie_gem

Happy April Fool's Day

Yesterday afternoon the light was hitting this figurine on the shelf... He belonged to my mother, when Mom passed my aunt took this little guy as a memory from my mother. He came back to me last May, now he holds memories of Mom and Aunt Lillie for me. This close-up of his face just reminds me of Mom, I think it's the little smile.

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Camera Awesome
Exposure 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture f/2.4
PSE for resolution adjustment

230/365 Kate was little?

230/365 Kate was little?, originally uploaded by maggie_gem.

Yotsuba was rummaging through my desk and came across a picture of Kate when she was young. She was tickled that Kate was so little, and wanted to know how long it took to be grown up.

Today’s Daily Shoot assignment is:
Go meta and make a photo of a photo today. Don't just be a copy machine, however. Get creative with composition.

Day 154 Pre-Day Celebration

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Apparently you can celebrate your birthweek these days!

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture:     f/5.0
Focal Length:     38 mm
ISO Speed:     400
Exposure Bias:     0 EV

Day 145 I'm Your Puppet

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I'm just a toy, just a funny boy
That makes you laugh when you're blue
I'll be wonderful, do just what I'm told
I'll do anything for you
I'm your puppet, I'm your puppet

I'm Your Puppet

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture:     f/5.6
Focal Length:     35 mm
ISO Speed:     900

Day 124 Anniversary Statuette

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I didn't manage to get out for today's Dailyshoot Challenge, so I decided to use something around the house. This little Anniversary Statuette illustrates that a good marriage is built on Passion, Endurance and Hard Work!

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture:     f/2.5
Focal Length:     35 mm
ISO Speed:     220

Day 94 Easter Loot!

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SugarPup finds the Easter Loot!

Sunday challenge: Create a photograph that makes you feel happy looking at it. Don't stop at good. Go for full on happy. 

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture:     f/4.2
Focal Length:     28 mm

Day 77 Old or Timeless?

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Daily Shoot - Find something that's so old it's almost timeless and make a photograph of it.
What do you think?

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture:     f/4.5
Focal Length:     66 mm

Day 65 Soulful...

 

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Watching the 1964 T.A.M.I. Show Concert Film, this Stormie was totally moved by James Brown's performance!

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture:     f/4.5
Focal Length:     31 mm
ISO Speed:     1250
Exposure Bias:     +1 EV
Flash:     No Flash

Day 52 PB & J

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Sunday lunch... ah, the childhood memories! :-)

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture:     f/5.0
Focal Length:     40 mm
Focal Length:     41.2 mm
ISO Speed:     800
Exposure Bias:     +1/3 EV
Flash:     No Flash

02/09/2010 Trinket

 

40/365 Souvenir of 2009 birthday trip to see the lady in the harbor.

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture:     f/5.6
Focal Length:     48 mm
Focal Length:     49.0 mm
ISO Speed:     200
Exposure Bias:     0 EV
Flash:         No Flash

02/05/2010 Happy Friday

 

How quickly the day fades to memory!

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture:     f/5.6
Focal Length:     48 mm
ISO Speed:     200
Exposure Bias:     +1/3 EV
Flash:         Auto, Fired, Return not detected

02/03/2010 Remembering Buddy Holly

 

51 years ago today; "the day the music died"

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture:     f/5.3
Focal Length:     46 mm
Focal Length:     46.2 mm
ISO Speed:     250
Exposure Bias:     +1/3 EV
Flash:     Auto, Fired, Return not detected

01/31/2010 Diorama

Wonderful work by my 8 y/o cousin!

Camera: Nikon D40

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: No Flash

01/10/2010 Bronze Memories

Camera:      Nikon D40
Exposure:     0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture:     f/7.1
Focal Length:     35 mm
Focal Length:     35.6 mm
ISO Speed:     450
Exposure Bias:     0 EV
Flash:         Auto, Fired, Return not detected