Podcast 57: Exploring Creativity with Kristina Alexanderson
How do we define creativity? Exploring this elusive question is one reason I started the podcast, because it manifests differently in all of us.
Tag: Creativity
Welcome aboard, Astronaut! – “Space Station” 9487 Playmobil Review
Amazing news! If you share my interest in space adventures you’ll see a great treasure in this post. Today we’ll spend the real astronaut’s day at this fantastic Space Station. Enjoy the excursion and happy travelling! Good morning to all the researchers! There is a promise of nice weather today, so …
The Toying with bright ideas series: Using the Sun as your main light source
So over the last little while, I have been watching a lot of Teletubbies, I find it rather relaxing… No, actually my youngest has become addicted. Now whether you have kids or not, you are all familiar with Teletubbies. So after watching a few episodes, I noticed something had changed …
How to make a Hologram for the toy photos
The toys inspire us to the search of the special places for outdoor pictures and creation of our own micro worlds. Would you like to make a shot of lightning without looking through the window? Is it possible to shoot a jellyfish without water and light? That’s what we are …
Grub Street: a toy photography project
Grub Street emerged from the photocopied pages of a zine. At the risk of showing my age, back in the early 90s I was into the zine culture. Now the memory of that zine has become my latest inspiration.
Custom Characters – Thirst for greater things
It’s so wonderful to get something unique and special when you tell your own story! When the official toy sets can’t satisfy all my wants they give me the motivation for the exciting creative process. Pens, pencils, paper, decorative clay and glue transform into the instruments for my micro workshop, …
Magical strudel
I ‘cooked’ my Six Image Narrative on the base of the movie “Fantastic Beasts and where to find them”. Thank you for your attention! Ann @Miss_Feklista
Getting Deep – Creating depth in your photos
As I alluded to in my introductory post, Starting Small, my first foray into toy photography didn’t register high on the ‘interesting scale’. My best efforts consisted of planting toys in front of a bright background, pressing the shutter and slathering the results all over Instagram. The photos were what …
The Role of Muses
Recently I’ve been pondering the role a muse plays in my artistic journey. This started when Dinoczar tagged me on an instagram post that quoted a letter Nick Cave had written to MTV. In this letter Nick graciously declined his nomination for Best Male Artist that year in fear of …
Toy Photography Jazz
Earlier this month, Shelly wrote about singing the toy photography blues as she steps out of her comfort zone. I truly feel fo her when it comes to leaving photography sessions with more frustration than photos. Yet I couldn’t help but notice that despite having a few similar things on …
When the Weather says “NO”
The winter is in the full play. It’s a good time for the snowy, bright and extreme shots! The photographer’s imagination draws the jumping skiers with a perfect mountain landscape as a background, impressive snow splashes and exciting camera angles. But suppose the weather has no idea about your plans… …
Welcome to 2019!
Hello 2019. And hello to you! As we pack away the Christmas decorations and tidy up after the New Year celebrations, it’s time to jump into another year of Toy Photographers fun.
The Spoons
Many things seemed to come together all of the sudden—even though everything was in place for years. The Spoons were like a perfect little storm. I (Momma Spoon) have always been enamored with miniatures. I had a little jade buddha on a charm when I was young and it drew …
To photoshop or not to photoshop, that is the question
In today’s fast paced, technology-saturated world, photography has in its self become a multifaceted medium and art form with many different people, artists, creatives etc: using it to portray their own unique style and ideas. Photography equipment has evolved at an unprecedented rate over the last few decades too. It …
The Joy of Toy Photos As Fan Art
One of the joys of toy photography for me is creating stories about beloved characters from my favorite fandoms.
Evoking Emotion
There’s a plethora of resources out there on evoking emotion and feeling in photography. However, simply adding the word “toy” before photography in a Google search, and the results point to articles of toy photographers that do this, but don’t direct us to tips on how to evoke emotion. Tips …
Lume Cube – a review with the toy photographer in mind
If you’re a close observer of the toy photography community you’ve probably seen an increase in toy photographs tagged with #lumecube and wondered what all the fuss is about. So we’re here to review the Lume Cube – a review with the toy photographer in mind. Background The Lume Cube …
My first exhibit
At the end of July I participated in first person at my first photographic exhibition, during ItLUG Lecco 2018 organized by Marco Chiappa in collaboration with ItLUG ItLUG Lecco is unquestionably one of the largest LEGO-themed exhibitions in Italy and attracts more than 10,000 visitors. This year around 200 exhibitors …
How to Create a Character
You’ve heard us talk time and time again here on the Toy Photographers blog about the importance of story telling. We enjoy featuring artists like Austin and Joseph who always seem to have a fully developed story behind their photos. Yet I rarely practice what I preach, much less read. …
Rules Schmules
Anyone who’s read the blog knows that we often ponder the rules. Both Shelly and Dave have discussed various ‘rules’ of photography, and when it might be better to break them. But what about mythology rules?