LEGO How To: Headlights on Headless Horseman
Enjoy our little tutorial on how to light the head of the LEGO Headless Horseman. We hope you'll laugh your head off while reading!
Making a Tombstone Prop for LEGO & 6-Inch Scale
Learn how to make a tombstone for your LEGO and/or 6-inch (1:12 scale) action figure toy photography projects, just in time for Halloween.
5 Ways to Share Your Toy Photography Beyond Instagram
Sick of Reels and the dreaded algorithm? Alan offers five alternatives to Instagram for sharing your toy photography.
Hobby vs. Hobby: Hand-Carved Robots for Toy Photography
quickly snowballed to something bigger. As I began exploring different characters and subjects I knew that eventually I would carve something toylike...
Building a Six-Image Narrative
Toy photographer Tobias M. Schiel explains how narratives can be constructed using pictures as building blocks.
Using Smoke as a Light Diffuser
Dave uses smoke to diffuse light and create an epic image of Deadpool with glowing eyes.
How to Make Ancient Scrolls at a Small Scale
Realistic props help sell a scene. Dave offers a tutorial for making properly scaled ancient scrolls for your action figures and dioramas.
Toy Photographers Guide to Framing: A Virtual Meet-Up Discussion
Sabrina Perry breaks down what toy photographers learned about framing their photos in June's Virtual Meet-Up.
Planning, Improvising and Juggling Lights
Photographer Tobias Schiel shares some helpful insights into his process and how he gets such effective lighting in his famous Noir Suites.
Testing Flat Clear Coat to Control Reflections
Can reflections and glare from studio lights be tamed by spraying your toys with flat clear coat? Let's find out!
Framing Your Toy Photography Subject
Framing your subject is an important photo skill to master. It tells your viewer where to look and what is important to you the photographer.
Get Packing: Enhance Your Toy Photos with Everyday Materials
Learn to recycle packing materials as toy photography scenery, creating cinematic shots with cardboard bits and pieces.
Film Noir or Not Film Noir: That Is the Question, Bub
Taking film noir-style toy photographs with the help of Marvel Legends Hugh Jackman. Action figure photography with behind the scenes insight.
You’ll Believe a Man Can Fly: How to Use Intentional Camera Movement
Tom Milton shows us how to use intentional camera movement to make his One:12 Collective Christopher Reeve Superman fly.
Behind the Scenes: Shooting a Model Tank at Night
Making models, like this Tamiya tank, for use in toy photography opens a whole new avenue for finding subject matter to shoot.
Boba Fett Lives On! A Mandalorian Toy Photo Collaboration
To celebrate the return of Boba Fett, I wanted to make a couple images to recreate the scene in The Mandalorian Episode 9.
Toy Photography Holiday Cards – Free Download
Free toy photo downloads for holiday greeting cards. Happy holidays from the Toy Photographers editorial team!
A Closer Look at the Star Dusk Kickstarter from Fox Forge Toys
The Fox Forge Toys team discuss their Star Dusk Kickstarter campaign and plans for a growing galaxy of action figures, vehicles and more.
Reflector: Your Enlightened Friend
Learn how to use reflectors to turn flat images into well-lit masterpiece, all without the need for additional artificial lights.
Making Use of Toy Box Detritus
Everyone has those little bits from toys they don't really want or need. Sometimes this detritus become useful. This is one of those times.