A Resource For Toy Photographers
The Podcast: The “Newbies” Talk Setting
Welcome back to the Toy Photographers Podcast and our special series of toy photography from a beginner's perspective! I (Terri) am a former high school English teacher, and I find myself often seeing similarities between [...]
Happy Holidays from the Toy Photographers team!
Happy holidays from the Toy Photographers team! While the folks behind Toy Photographers is an eclectic mix of writers, MeWe moderators and podcast hosts, we're brought together by our love of toy photography. Nothing gives [...]
A Practical Guide to Bokeh: Part 1 – Blur Control
Learn about how controlling blur levels affects bokeh in your toy photography, how to do it and some basic rules for the way cameras work.
Photography Workshops
Do you love toy photography? Do you want to connect and learn from other toy photographers? Then Shelly Corbett invites you to join her for one of her super fun and inspiring workshop. Each workshop is organized around an idea designed to inspire your creativity. Learn and grow through creating and sharing your toy photography in a supportive and encouraging space.
Toy Photography Tips and Tricks
We have a wide variety of educational toy photography posts on the site to help you learn how to capture all kinds of photos. Learn How to Photograph LEGO Cities, Learn to Light Your Toy Photography, How to Use Intentional Camera Movement, Customizing 6-Inch Action Figures and more!
Toy Photography Workshops
Do you love toy photography? Do you want to connect and learn from other toy photographers? Then I invite you to join me for a super fun and inspiring 12-week workshop where we will explore the intersection of play and photography. Learn and grow through creating and sharing your toy photography in a supportive and encouraging space.
More Toy Photography Adventures
Podcast 82 – Photographing Movement
One of the fun challenges of toy photography is bringing our plastic, inanimate objects to life. An effective way to do this is to capture them moving, or imply that they're moving. We saw many [...]
Connect the DOTS! LEGO DOTS Arts & Crafts Sets Review
Connect the dots is a well-known and popular graphic game. In it, players connect numbered dots with lines to gradually reveal a previously hidden image. This game captures the character of the new LEGO DOTS [...]
Expedition: A LEGO Space Narrative
A little LEGO brick robot gets more than it bargained for on a space mission Six Image Narrative by toy photographer Tomasz Lasek.
Gaining Confidence with Shooting Toys in Public
It can be intimidating to create art in public places. It can be doubly difficult when that art is a niche thing like toy photography. This post is about how I gained confidence with shooting [...]
Review: Borderlands 3 Claptrap Micro Figure by Mega Construx
Brick-built worlds will never be the same again, now that Borderlands' lovable little wisecracking robot has entered the micro realm. In this post, I'll be looking at the Claptrap micro figure from Mega Construx to [...]
Toy Photographers Share Advice for Our Younger Selves
Toy photographers answer the question, "What advice would you give your younger self, if you could send a message back to when you first started toy photography?"
Noir Suites II
Final Touch Red-Handed This is a sequel to the suites you might have seen here.
Lightshow – Four Lighting Sources, Part 2
In Part 1, we looked at an overview of Four Lighting Sources applied to the same subject. We also looked at a simple application of common modifiers. Compare & contrast Have a closer look at [...]