What inspired me to do this? I have been doing LEGO photography for about three years now, and when I started, I didn’t expect to be still doing it today. I also didn’t expect to ever improve my photography. I focus mainly on recreating shots from movies I love, and …
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 …
Ann @Miss_Feklista shares her version of the story’s end in “The Artist’s Mystery” series. Don’t miss this combination of storytelling and toy photography!
Teddi Deppner and Ann Miss_Feklista collaborate on “The Artist’s Mystery” story. Will young James overcome his nightmares and find a direction for his art?
It’s common knowledge that we can cook all kinds of food with LEGO bricks and imagination. You can build any life-size dish or choose items from the official menu. Apple, cherry or cake—I’m sure your minifigures eat some of these products every day. But how about the simplest details in …
Dear friends, Today I’m so glad to thank you for all the fun and to share the results of this creative year! First, I’d like to thank Shelly for inviting me to the Toy Photographers Blog. I always enjoy everything bright and interesting in the world of toy photography—that’s why …
Sometimes my inner vision is stronger than my real vision. Where one may see a pleasant beach scene, I see an Imperial invasion.
“Respect” is one of the key words from our wonderful year of toy photography. Reading the results of our amazing collaborative project, I think the participants’ work deserves great respect. “The Story and You” showed different sides of participating toy photographers’ talents, their inspiration and various cultural branches that influenced …
Over the past few years I’ve really come to love Photoshop. It is an amazing photo editor and allows me to create any world my demented little brain can imagine.
This October is special in the Toy Photographers community. Our collaborative project united the real talents, masters of ink and paints. They do their best, sharing their vision of what happened to John – a mystery that happily coincided with the Halloween season… Today Teddi (@mightysmallstories on Instagram) prepared an …
Our outstandingly talented and creative artists have gathered for this new collective project in order to celebrate Halloween and give you some unforgettable impressions. We all know how John’s mysterious story started. And now let’s listen to our friend Tomek who has written an absolutely brilliant horror tale… Prepare to …
It’s common knowledge that you not only buy toys in hypermarkets, but also get them as a bonus on purchases. However, some of these toys will make you laugh, and even little children can’t find them useful. BUT! I’ll show you the real exception! This collection is worth calling ‘toys’ …
As I have mentioned before in previous posts, lighting in photography is king; without it, we don’t have photos.
While autumn is painting the world in bright colors, the artists of the Toy Photographers community are celebrating the season of inspiration and mysterious stories. Dear friends, I created a special project for all of us. I hope you will enjoy reading, following and creating it. “The Story and You” …
When life gets busy, does your toy photography get left behind? Teddi Deppner shares her top 3 tips for keeping your toy photo mojo alive!
I have always been fascinated by the way different photographers go about making their images.
Adam Savage, the famous MythBuster, is fond of saying, “I reject your reality, and substitute my own.” With clever use of toys and Photoshop, substituting one’s own reality becomes child’s play.
In today’s post, I want to show you a technique that I use a lot for my toy photography. I call it the layered light method and was introduced to it by Justin @justineastmanmedia, a very talented digital artist and toy photographer. I’ve used it for several photos that I …
Bigger LEGO sets are fantastic re-usable toy photography settings. In this article, Teddi Deppner compares Bricklink’s AFOL Designer Program Eight Studs set and the LEGO Ideas Treehouse.
July brought a real diamond to the creative Toy Photographers’ community.
