Building My Own Background: Learn to Make a Diorama
One of the largest issues with toy photography, especially for [...]
Protecting Your Creative Space: Social Isolation and COVID-19
As I write this, the world is rapidly shutting down [...]
Gaining Confidence with Shooting Toys in Public
It can be intimidating to create art in public places. [...]
Comic Book Covers (A Quasi Six-Image Narrative)
Many of the characters who inspire me come from the [...]
Escape!
Dave's Log: Toydate 20191114 I preordered a sweet new Optimus [...]
Satisfying the Creative Urge When I Couldn’t Shoot
The very last thing I did in 2019 was break [...]
The Blackest Black Backgrounds
The background I want for an image depends entirely on [...]
Looking Forward to 2020
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2020. A lot of people [...]
A Very Special Deadpool Christmas
A Very Special Deadpool Christmas
Inner Vision
Sometimes my inner vision is stronger than my real vision. Where one may see a pleasant beach scene, I see an Imperial invasion.
BTS: Rorshach in the Rain
With the right tools complicated shots become easier. Take a peak behind the scenes taken with a Platypod, Lume Cube, and bee smoker.
Multiples of One
Over the past few years I’ve really come to love [...]
Basic Lightsaber Effects How-To
If you are a Star Wars fan, and a toy [...]
BTS: Model Making an AT-AT
For my entire toy photography career any non-LEGO shot I [...]
Casting a Spell: Photoshop vs Practical Effects (Part 2)
I have always been fascinated by the way different photographers [...]
Creating a New Reality
Adam Savage, the famous MythBuster, is fond of saying, “I [...]
You Asked For It: Fett and the Fat Boy
On my last post, a review of the LEGO Creator [...]
Review: LEGO Harley-Davidson Fat Boy
The profile of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle is a classic sight [...]
BMW And The Fett
A while ago I was browsing all the options at [...]
To Boldy Go… With the LEGO Saturn V
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human [...]