Podcast 61: Recreating Your Own Work
After taking some much needed R&R, I’m thrilled to be [...]
Playing with Fire – Making Fake Flames
Inspired by James Gibbs' "Toying with Bright Ideas - Playing [...]
No Money For Lights, No Problem!
Awesome Light = Awesome Photos Amazing light has always been [...]
How To Choose? Selecting the Perfect Photo From Your Toy Photography Shoot
Subtle differences in angle, light, pose, and crop can make [...]
Colla-BEER-ating
It’s no secret that I like beer. And I like [...]
Toying with bright ideas-Playing with FIRE!
So many of you know me as the photographer who [...]
Making a Splash
Sitting at the bar down by our lake, drowning my [...]
Podcast 57: Exploring Creativity with Kristina Alexanderson
How do we define creativity? Exploring this elusive question is [...]
All the World’s a Stage – Part 3
”Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know [...]
Finding your place in a toy photography fandom
As we often share stories from toy photographers about their [...]
One person’s trash, is another person’s (wabi-sabi) treasure
So often I find myself scouring a beach for pristine, [...]
Travel Photography
I have never been super comfortable taking toy photos out [...]
The “Toying with Bright ideas” series: Lume Cubes, Barn doors, laptops and snoots
Ask anyone who has ever picked up a camera, whether [...]
Inspiration From Prints
I have become a fan of collecting and displaying prints [...]
Grub Street: a toy photography project
Grub Street emerged from the photocopied pages of a zine. [...]
Toy Photography Jazz
Earlier this month, Shelly wrote about singing the toy photography [...]
Creative slump: a survival guide
As of the time I am writing this, I have [...]
My 2018 Photographic Journey
Wow, what a year! 2018 was my biggest year yet [...]
What if you’re blind inside your mind?
Picture an apple. Now make the apple blue. Hold that [...]
To photoshop or not to photoshop, that is the question
In today’s fast paced, technology-saturated world, photography has in its [...]