Framing Your Toy Photography Subject
Framing your subject is an important photo skill to master. It tells your viewer where to look and what is important to you the photographer.
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.
Tips & Tricks: Indiana Jones Sunset Silhouette Effect
Alan offers a simple tutorial for creating a sunset silhouette with your toy photography. All it requires is a light source and some household items.
Photographing Physical Sets with Digital Backdrops
I often share behind the scenes images along with images [...]
How to Make Your Toys ‘Fly’
Our February MeWe challenge was "leap." This required our community [...]
Can Tim Picture That: Learning the Basics
I have dabbled in toy photography over the years and, [...]
Should I Switch from Phone to Camera Toy Photography?
Toy photographer Adam Ford (@adamfigurephotography) looks at ways to tell when it's time to stop using your phone and start using a camera instead.
Toying with Bright Ideas: A Light Diffuser on a Budget
The final image after some Photoshop magic As I have [...]
Making things with Light Stenciling
I'm super excited to share this technique with everyone. Dubbed [...]
5 Cool Toy Photography Tools For $15 or less!
When I first got started in toy photography one of [...]
Shaking it Up – Adding Action with Camera Shake
As toy photographers, we go to great lengths to avoid [...]
All the World’s a Stage – Part 3
”Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know [...]
All the world’s a stage – Part 2
"If all the world's a stage then I want better [...]
All the World’s a Stage – Part 1
“All the World’s a Stage, and all the toys and [...]
Getting Deep – Creating depth in your photos
As I alluded to in my introductory post, Starting Small, [...]
Crowd control – Getting your Minifigures in order
In 2016 I bought my first Minifigure, an Indiana Jones. [...]
How do you Achieve Unlimited Power?
I offered a promise in a post quite a while [...]
Podcast 31 – Toy Photography Lighting with Shelly, Brett, and Sunny Ang
Our coverage of the Lume Cube and their toy photography [...]
Mirror, Mirror…
Mirror, mirror on the wall…it seems you have better uses [...]
Another step in the journey
I started writing about toy photography four years ago to [...]