Faster than a speeding bullet…
More powerful than a locomotive…
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound…
Look, up in the sky!
It’s a bird…
It’s a plane…
It’s Superman!
Superman
~ A six image narrative by Ang Cheng Ann (@zekezachzoom)
Inspired by the opening sequence of the 1950’s black and white television series.
Incredible work, Sunny! I really love all this cardboard objects! You filled my day with creativity! Thank you.
Thank you , Yuri! The cardboard objects are easier and faster to make than full blown actual props! I’m lazy that way! But I think I might do other stuff with this cardboard props tho.
I made a behind the scenes of one of the shots here if you are keen to see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko6YNfc0R2k
Wow! I love the half-abstract style here. I think your idea to use drawings as stage sets has loads and lots of potential – I’d love to see more.
Thank you Tobias! I was very inspired by Ann’s recent post “The Tale of the Three Brothers” to try something kinda abstract. I would certainly love to make more props with those cardboard. In fact, I do have an idea brewing for such a project.
Sounds good! It’s funny you would mention Ann’s tale because I asked myself for a second if it might have inspired you. Art breeds art, and that’s something I very much enjoy.
Nailed it Sunny… very VERY cool look you have there with the cardboard. I also love the light lines in the BG of the shots… Amazing work my friend…
Thank you, James! It was the result of me being too lazy to build actual realistic props. Laziness pays in this case!
Dear Sunny, I enjoyed your amazing work very much! What a great story ! This is a celebration of technical progress, creativity and imagination! Bravo! 😀 Thank you for sharing this beautiful post.
Thank you very much Ann! This could be the start of something to explore in the future. I am having so much fun creating stuff out of cardboard!
This series is incredible, Sunny!!! I love the props you created, and the black and white is such a great color choice. This reminds me of the great opening to the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons I used to watch as a kid. Well done!
Thanks James. I am glad I completed the whole thing, cause I stopped halfway couple of months back and finally decided to finish it up. And I’m glad I did!
Only one word Sunny: LO❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️E
Thank you very much Astrid!
I adore this one Sunny. And yes, I did read it just like it was announced in the opening scenes for the television series!
hahaha! Thanks Brett! Did it include the soundtrack when you read it?
A very interesting set of images. The cardboard cutouts are very clever!
Thank you, Zee! It was an accident and borne of out laziness that the props got created, but I think I am going to enjoy the process of making more of them!
These are wonderful images Sunny! I love the props 🙂
Lynn
thank you, Lynn and I had a ball making them..Shooting them, maybe not so much! but glad I finished the series of photos!
Love it Sunny! It has that really cool nostalgic stop motion animation feel.
Thank You, Janan! It was great fun making them!
All I can say is: Cool! I loved your cardboard shapes and got a bit of nostalgia since this was a show I watched back in the day! Well done!
Thank You, Mary! Am glad you liked them! Took a while to finish shooting them after I lost the momentum after the 3rd picture! But glad I summon enough energy to finish it up!
Hi ! I’m kinda a newbie in Toy Photography. Honestly, I’m a little lost regarding what lens to use. I mean, do i need to use macro lens?
I love using lego minifigure for the subject. But sometimes i used bigger scale like the Star Wars Black Series.
For the superman shot, what lens did you use? 24-105mm? or a macro lens 100mm? or…mmm….haha
Hi Hasif,
I am using a kit lens 18-135 for this series of photos. I tend to zoom in really close with this lens that I have. Though recently, I have gotten a 50mm prime lens to play around with. Have not invested in a macro lens yet, but got some tube extensions to play around. I hope that helps