Agree with Josephine. The character's relationship with the camera determines the right choice of word, and if the bringing out of the camera constitutes a reveal, the pretensions of this character might warrant the alternative 'I presented my...
'Brought out' for me has an implication that he's getting it out to show the class as an object of interest as much as to use it; 'took out' feels more like he just gets it out in order to use it and the interest from others is incidental. If...
“A statue isn't built from the ground up -- it's chiseled out of a block of marble -- and I often wonder if we aren't likewise shaped by the qualities we lack, outlined by the empty space where the marble used to be. I'll be sitting on a train...
“It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up.”
C. J. Redwine
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