Last year I traveled to Melbourne, Australia for a toy photographers meet-up and, with the help of the Lensbaby marketing department, I was able to take a few loaner lenses with me. I’ve done this before, so I had a better handle on what I needed to do to support …
One year ago, I wrote a post called Five Words to Define a Year. Now, one year later, I want to spend some time revisiting five words that defined 2019 and see how we did. Were we able to challenge you, inspire you creatively or help you learn a new …
From our family to yours: Happy Holidays! No matter what holiday you celebrate, the entire Toy Photographers team wishes you well! A little back story In August, The LEGO Group sent out a brief soliciting an image to be used for their holiday card. Members of Toy Photographers, BrickCentral and …
It’s time to wrap up our MeWe community challenge: Family! The final tally among our three judges (Tomek, Matthew and myself) reveled a surprise tie! Jason and Alex share the honor of first place in a fun and diverse contest. Besides the awesome first prize of a LEGO Gingerbread House …
“Grow and go” is a phrase I try to live by. It’s long past time for me to live by my own words and pass the baton to new leadership. It’s easy to get comfortable and stay in a situation only because its comfortable. I bring this up because my …
What does family mean to you? Show us in a toy photo posted in our MeWe community and you will be entered to win a LEGO Creator Ginger Bread House!
Recently I traveled across the globe to attend the Melbourne Toy Photo Meet-Up hosted by Brett Wilson and the Toy Photographers blog. I thought I should take a moment and report back on the events. Spoiler alert: it was fabulous! Cow Up a Tree I’ve put on a few of …
As some of you may know, I suspended my Instagram account a week ago. I did this on the spur of the moment; I’d simply had enough.
Traveling with toys is problematic. How many toys do I bring, which ones do I pack, what accessories are important and what additional tools will I need is just the beginning of my decisions.
I want to tell you about a new book by the Exclu Collective: With Toys in Mind Anthology. This is a collaboration between Jack Sturman, the founder of the Exclu Collective, and Dan Leonard who created the hashtag #withtoysinmind.
Recently Joshua Kittleson challenged our MeWe group to explore the classic cinematic two shot. Today I want to show you the winners of our successful MeWe Two Shot Challenge.
This is a review of a new book by Austin Kleon, titled: Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad. This is the third book in a series that includes Steal like an Artist and Show Your Work. I’ll be honest, even though I like the …
Does this tag look familiar? I use the #Womenintoyphotography tag on all my Instagram photos. In fact I’ve been using this tag since August 2015. Why would I know the exact date? Because I introduced the #womenintoyphotography hashtag when I was writing for the blog Stuck In Plastic. The backstory …
The Good Son is the first book by Little Soldier Stories, the husband and wife team of Pierre-Jacques and Jules Ober. It’s an original story that uses miniature replicas of World War I soldiers to tell a compelling story of duty to family and country. While The Good Son isn’t …
Did you know that when photography was first invented it was seen as a medium capable of the same level of artistic expression as painting and sculpture? This movement is called Pictorialism. Pictoralists wanted to be seen as equal to painting and the finer arts, rather than an inferior mechanical …
It’s no secret that I love my Lensbaby Composer lens system. In fact, its this lens that has been giving me the pictorialist style images that I love to create.
It’s a wrap! Another Toy Photographers meet-up has come and gone and its time to reflect back on this years event.
Today I wanted to talking about a cool book I read by the amazing cartoonist, writer and teacher, Lynda Barry.
One of my favorite books featuring toy photography is Hitler Moves East: A Graphic Chronicle, 1941-43 by David Levinthal and Garry Trudeau (yes, that Garry Trudeau). With a cheap toy challenge going on in our MeWe community plus an In the Style of Challenge presented by James and Kristina on …
We’ve all heard the phrase “fake it until you make it”. It’s a very useful skill and one I’ve been using for a while now. But what if you don’t know what “make it” means to you? If you haven’t defined success, how will you know if your achieve it? …
