Film vs. Digital: A Psychological Study
Toy Photographer Matthew Wyjad examines the psychological effect of the digital age of photography, and challenges us to retrain our brains…
Tag: Creativity
Protecting Your Creative Space: Social Isolation and COVID-19
As I write this, the world is rapidly shutting down due to COVID-19, the so-called coronavirus. Like many businesses, my office closed to encourage social isolation, and I am now working from home for the next month. My first thought was, “Woohoo, I don’t have to wear pants!” My second …
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?”
The Artist’s Mystery – Abandoned Dreams
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!
Delicious and Inedible!
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 …
The Story and You: The Artist’s Mystery
“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 …
These Toys Will Describe You Without Words!
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’ …
Mad Scientist’s Notes
“My name is Dr. Curtis Connors. And yes, I’m left-handed. But I’m not a cripple, I’m a scientist, the world’s foremost authority on Herpetology, that’s Reptiles for those who don’t know. I want to fix myself, create a World Without Weakness!” “What you see here is a computer model of a …
LEGO ‘Friends’ Restaurant 41379 Review
Welcome to the Heartlake City Restaurant, one of the best restaurants where you can enjoy Italian dishes!
One World, Two Storytellers
July brought a real diamond to the creative Toy Photographers’ community.
Keep Going – by Austin Kleon, a book review
This is a review of a new book by Austin Kleon, titled: Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad. This is the third book in a series that includes Steal like an Artist and Show Your Work. I’ll be honest, even though I like the …
The Magical World Inside Newt’s Case
The Thunderbird is most commonly found in Arizona. It creates storms with its powerful wings and can sense danger. Bowtruckles look like branches of trees (their natural habitat). The wood of these trees is used to make magic wands. The Occamy is a creature with a serpentine body and wings …
LEGO City 60235 “Fun Fair” Review
Summer is the best time for holidays and I’m excited to invite you to one of them – LEGO Fun Fair! Thanks a lot to Shelly and Brett for the great possibility to present this set to you and The LEGO Group for providing this wonderful set for review! The …
5 Cool Toy Photography Tools For $15 or less!
When I first got started in toy photography one of the biggest challenges was determining how to create a scene for my photos. At first, it all revolved around the toys. It is “toy” photography after all. Which LEGO figures do I want to be together in this scene? Or …
LEGO Building & Toy Photography
Do you like to combine LEGO Building and Toy Photography? If yes, your art is connected with many creative experiments! We can set the “Brick Photography” apart from other genres of toy art and discuss the best ways of using the bricks in our photos. Types of Brick Photography – …
The Evident Is Incredible
Do you know why the wizards hide their abilities? They’re sure that the non-magical people don’t understand what they see. Listen to my story as a perfect proof of what I say. Being of Japanese origin, I studied in British school full of ancient magical traditions. This place is so …
Exchange of Visions: collective experiment
All the artists have their favorite methods, colors, words, but before everything else, they have their own visions. I decided to focus on the community as a collective of Storytellers and organized an experiment. Our friend Tomek was kind to take part in the project. Making mystical and cybernetic images, …
“Minimates” action figures: The Amazing Spider Man
‘Minimates’ toy line gave me much positive emotions. Being a huge fan of ‘Spider Man’ movies, I chose my first collection and can say that it’s as Amazing as the Spider Man! The special square style is combined with the great atmosphere of the story. I created two dioramas and …
Metaphors of Life
Thanks for your attention! Ann @Miss_Feklista
Road Trip – or how to travel with toys and family
Like most toy photographers and also amidst a growing trend, I like to bring along some toys to shoot while holidaying.