New Noir Suites
A voyage through the night in six images: Where will it lead?
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Noir Suites III
Tobias M. Schiel adds two more episodes to his ongoing series of Noir Suites six-image toy photography narratives in black and white.
Selecting the Right One
Toy photographer Tobias Schiel shares his process for selecting the best photo from a number of alternative versions. Which one best suits the vision?
Noir Suites II
Final Touch Red-Handed This is a sequel to the suites you might have seen here.
Noir Suites
Find Her! Easiest Case Ever
Tunnel’s End
A six image report, and the final part of the Zone trilogy. part 1 | part 2
Blue Lies
A six image narrative (or report) from the Zone.
The Zone
A six image report. Special thanks to Jörg Rudolph at Dosenkunst for his his kind permission to use some of his graffiti photos. If you are interested in murals, his is the blog to visit!
Making … “le bar minuscule”
In the heat of shooting miniature pictures I usually forget to take some behind the scenes photos – and maybe I kind of like it that way, too. Because things get really messy in the process: After a while there inevitably is so much stuff on my desk that you …
4 | Eyes everywhere
While I generally insist on showing my six image narratives without explanations, this piece seems to call for just that. You might have noticed that my recent narratives have been sequels to something else. That’s because I share the six episodes of a larger 6×6 image narrative in single bits. …
3 | Can’t let her go!
A sequel to The sun brings it to light | To be continued
2 | The sun brings it to light
A sequel to Nemesis, this is part two of my crime series.
Enjoying the Six Image Narrative
When Shelly announced the Six Image Narrative challenge, I thought: “I suppose it’s not easy but I will give it a try.” Four narratives later, I wonder what exactly attracts me to this format (or genre). Here is a couple of answers I have been considering: 1. The Six Image …
1 | Nemesis
Nemesis, a six image narrative by Tobias M. Schiel.
Art and Politics
Brett Wilson asked a while ago if conscience should go into toy photography. I think it should, and it should also go into art (and obviously into toy photography that aspires to be art). Why don’t I like political art? However, there is one kind of art that usually does …
La Ronde
A Structuralist Tale: Six single pictures that may be seen independently from one another. Yet they are connected by a ‘structural’ idea, a formal rule. The story has no beginning, and no end: Pick any picture you want as a starting point. And you can also read the sequence backwards. …
Thinking inside the box
Let me admit that I am not a builder of models. I am a photographer. So, along with the budget, I also try to minimize the work I put into the sets (hence their slightly minimalist feeling). To achieve this, I try to build sets which are so flexible that …
Complicity. A mini mystery
~ Tobias M. Schiel
And then there was light
“Light comes in flickers, defining the darkness, not dispelling it.” Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere Although lighting is crucial in the Noir series, I never payed attention to how exactly I proceed. I do not know much about light. I only have a general idea of the look I want to achieve. …
Gregor S.
~ Tobias M. Schiel