Protecting Your Creative Space: Social Isolation and COVID-19
As I write this, the world is rapidly shutting down [...]
March 2020
Customizable LEGO Easter Egg Photos and Review
Thanks to LEGO we got to take an advance look [...]
Community Q&A: What Camera Do You Use?
The Toy Photographers blog team explains what cameras they use and why, with hopes their wisdom will help new photographers choose their own kits.
Photographing Physical Sets with Digital Backdrops
I often share behind the scenes images along with images [...]
Selecting the Right One
Toy photographer Tobias Schiel shares his process for selecting the best photo from a number of alternative versions. Which one best suits the vision?
How to Make Your Toys ‘Fly’
Our February MeWe challenge was "leap." This required our community [...]
Podcast 82 – Photographing Movement
One of the fun challenges of toy photography is bringing [...]
Connect the DOTS! LEGO DOTS Arts & Crafts Sets Review
Connect the dots is a well-known and popular graphic game. [...]
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. [...]
Review: Borderlands 3 Claptrap Micro Figure by Mega Construx
Brick-built worlds will never be the same again, now that [...]
February 2020
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 [...]
Lightshow – Four Lighting Sources, Part 2
In Part 1, we looked at an overview of Four [...]
“It’s Not About the Toys” – a podcast with Tobias M Schiel
For 2020 Shelly and I have started a new podcast [...]
Lightshow – Four Lighting Sources, Part 1
In this series, we'll look at four lighting sources that [...]
The Problem with Spiders
Spiders in the crypt, unghhh. Calling the pros... We’re on [...]
Comic Book Covers (A Quasi Six-Image Narrative)
Many of the characters who inspire me come from the [...]
Easter Bunny LEGO Set Review
Toy photographer Teddi Deppner reviews the Easter bunny LEGO set just released in spring 2020. There are a lot of nice features, but one big disappointment.
Escape!
Dave's Log: Toydate 20191114 I preordered a sweet new Optimus [...]