Create LEGO Ornaments for Your Festive Tree!
How many LEGO Christmas tree ornaments can we get from a LEGO board game die with six 2×2 plates? Let’s try covering the sides and turn it into a beautiful toy!
Tag: Creativity
Conversation with Vesa Lehtimäki
Recently I sat down and had a conversation with Vesa Lehtimäki. You may know him better as Avanaut. Vesa has been active in the toy photography community since the beginning. I think its fair to say he’s one of the most influential artists in the community. You’ve seen his work, …
Join the Toy Photographers Online Meet-Up!
While all activities will be virtual and socially distanced, this won’t stop us from connecting, sharing our toy photography set-ups and collaborating!
Low-Key Discussion
Besides our talk about low-key lighting, we also explore how the pandemic is affecting our creativity and other dilemmas.
Tips & Tricks: Building Backgrounds from Your Recycle Bin
Toy photography doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Learn how to build effective backgrounds using items from your recycling bin.
Toy Photographers Podcast: Abyss – A Series of Choices
Enjoy Kristina and Shelly’s podcast discussion about the deeper meanings that can be found in toy photography.
Toy Conference Calls
Regular contributors Gibbo, Dave and Tomek created images of imaginary toy conference calls. Now we challenge you to do the same with our free template!
What Is Normal and How Can Toy Photography Portray it? A New Podcast
Toy Photographers Shelly Corbett and Kristina Alexanderson explore capturing “Normal” in our chosen art form and discuss in a new podcast.
Toy Photographers Podcast: COVID-19 and Creativity
In the latest Toy Photographers podcast: Shelly Corbett talks with Alan Rappa, Luigi Priori and Anna Bitanga about COVID-19 and Creativity.
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…
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 …