Last week, the great photographer Christi Martin, asked me to do some portraits of her. I said sure, but only if she shot some of me. She agreed, and it was on. The shots turned out great, and I just wanted to put a few on here for you guys to see. You don’t get to see them all, but you can enjoy these four.
I got this idea from Johnny Cupcakes today, and I’m sure he won’t mind me semi-copying. Since I turned 29, I’ve been going through this weird, ‘where did the time go?’, sort of thing. I hope I get over it soon, but it made his post about Saturday Morning Cartoons really strike a chord. So I thought, why not do a fun post about 80’s commercials, starring the things that were ‘life changing’ to me as a child. I was born in 1981, so the bulk of these will be from the 80’s with a taste of the 90’s in here. Just for fun, enjoy:
I remember when the Nintendo first came out. I remember it like it was yesterday. My good friend Evan got one and I would run to his house every single day and play for hours. Metroid was the biggest draw for us.
Speaking of Nintendo, the greatest game for Nintendo…..EVER:
Nothing impressed me more when I was a child than monster trucks. Period. End of story.
This is from the 90’s, but the Super Soaker changed the water gun game forever. Pool parties were never the same. I only saw one Super Soaker 200 in my lifetime, and it was at my cousin Chris’ pool party. I had the 25…..or whatever number the yellow one was. Outstanding:
How can kids not love these anymore? It may have to do with baseball being less popular than it was in the 80’s. But I remember trading hundreds of Topps cards with my buddies at Millerville Academy. Man we destroyed some cardboard back then. The industry isn’t the same anymore, but I still like to dabble. Enjoy this commercial from 1992:
Hope this was fun. Enjoy your weekend. More backyard brawl pics to be blogged soon, along with Christi Martin’s photo set and a few from a Montana Wedding.
This is a prime example of why I’m the one who uses the BBQ pit at our house.
People of Ruston, this is how I USED to blog back in 2009. It feels good to be taking pictures again. And…..I don’t think I’m going to stop. Weeeeee…..!!!!!!
