The rules of DEIMOS
I know what you are thinking: “What is DEIMOS, and why does it have rules?” Furthermore your thoughts likely lean towards “Why do I care?”, and “anything on Netflix?”
Author: Dave DeBaeremaeker
The Foundation Series: Sharpen The Concept
As I travelled on my journey as a photographer and digital artist there was one concept that took me a long time to fully grasp. That is the importance of the photographer’s vision, and the lack of importance of the camera. Once I fully grasped this concept it became one …
Review: LEGO First Order Heavy Assault Walker
In the Star Wars Universe, the walkers are among the most unique and interesting vehicles. The Last Jedi gave us an updated version of the iconic AT-AT walker from Empire Strikes Back in the form of the Heavy Assault Walker. In classic form, LEGO has brought this new walker to …
The Foundation Series: Ideas Folder
Ideas come and go. Sometimes you can feel overwhelmed with possibilities, other times ideas can be a very scarce commodity. I often hear from people who are trying to stretch their artistic skills that they want to do things, but they don’t have any ideas to work on. It can …
The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition Review
If you fall into the intersection of the Marvel and LEGO venn diagram, then The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition LEGO set is going to be right up your alley. This is an in-depth review of this unique and epic set. I must confess, I missed the Marvel universe when I was growing …
The foundation series: Hollywood blockbuster
Somewhere near the end of my time in The Arcanum, I was given the following challenge, which was basically: watch a Hollywood blockbuster style movie, then create an image in the style of that movie.
Reflections on a Toy Photo Safari
Mild spoiler alert ahead: The Oregon Toy Photo Safari was amazing. Scratch that: they are [expletive deleted] amazing. As I write this I am sitting in the Portland International Airport. I have the music of my homeland cranked (Glass Tiger: Thin Red Line, if you are curious), and I …
The Foundation Series: All Lessons Apply
This series is about sharing the lessons and insights I’ve gained throughout my journey as an artist. So far I’ve covered my formal learning in The Arcanum, and I’ve covered the importance of story in our images. Today I want to step back and discuss one of the major insights …
Review: The Detective’s Office
The two main things that make up a photograph are a subject and a background. There are many LEGO sets that provide a subject. Most of them do, actually. Fewer provide a background as well. This is the thinking that got me interested in the Creator Expert line of LEGO …
Why Meet In Real Life?
I am planning on attending the Toy Photographers meet-up that is planned on the Oregon coast at the end of May of this year.
Six Scenes From A Street Corner – A Six Image Narrative
Even in the smallest of towns many things happen throughout the day. People come, people go, often not lingering very long in one place. This series of images explores some of the various events that I imagine may happen on a street corner outside a diner in any small town …
The Foundation Series: Distractions
Thinking back on my journey as an artist so far I think the biggest and hardest lesson for me to internalize was that we, as artists, are responsible for everything that goes into an image. This includes removing distractions that detract from the image like dust, blades of grass and …
LEGO Ultimate Collectors Series: Slave 1 Review
The Star Wars Universe has many unique style of ships. One of the most unique is Boba Fett’s ship, which is called Slave 1. Of particular note iit lands in a different direction than it flies. It does not get a lot of screen time during the Star Wars series, …
The Foundation Series: What’s Your Story?
I love a photograph that tells a good story, and I try to create images that do just that. When I set out to make a new image, the first question I ask myself is “what story do I want to tell?”. What do I want the viewer to experience …
Review: Ahch-To Island Training
After having seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi multiple times in theatres, I came away from the experience wanting to explore the new grizzly cynical old Luke Skywalker in my artwork. Of all the characters from the original trilogy, his story arc is by far the most interesting to me. …
The Foundation Series: A Journey Begins
And so it begins… Over the past few years I have been on a personal journey to learn photography, and to discover who I am as an artist. Along the way I have gained a lot of insights into the art and craft of toy photography. I was asked by …
Dave: An Origin Story
It seems like every once and awhile someone creates a post about how they got into toy photography, and what they get out of it. I figure its time that I go ahead and take a swing at that particular pitch and answer the how and why of my own …
The Inspiration Challenge
It is probably not a shock to anyone reading this that I believe toy photography to be a very creative art form that is full of creative artistic people. One of the most blissful times in a creative person’s life is when inspiration hits and creativity flows thru them like …
The Art Of Breaking The Rules
This may be a shocking statement to some, but I don’t believe there are any real rules in photography. This may seem like a crazy statement as most new photographers learning the craft are soon introduced to all sorts of rules related to their cameras. The most famous is the …