Photos from the ToyCon 2012 Day 2 (Saturday, June 16, 2012)

Tweet The 11th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention or TOYCON 2012 is on its third and last day today (Sunday, Father’s Day, June 17, 2012), brought to us by Collectibles Unlimited. Head on over to SM Megatrade Halls 1,2 , 3 & Conference Rms A & B, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong, Philippines for the country’s longest [...]

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Shooting Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” Mini-Figures

Tweet It’s been a while. Good thing Anne’s got new toys on the shelf downstairs. Photos are of the Tim BurtonCorpse Bride Mini-Figure Collector’s Ser Series 2 from McFarlane Toys. Used the Lumix ZS3 in “Manual” mode, white balance in auto, 200 ISO max, and macro. Light source, as usual, is a 21-LED caving light. [...]

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Gorillaz CMYK Vinyl Figures in Concert! LOL

Tweet Instead of just shooting the new toys the “usual, boring way,” (i.e. with them in the box, out of the box, and propped on a shelf or on the table) I picked my brain for a comp to make this photo set more dramatic and edgy. I wanted to make do a concert scene [...]

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Shooting “Batman on Gargoyle” by Keiji Iwakura

Tweet Something I never thought I’d like THAT much was shoot in black and white but as my subject’s colors got washed out by my pseudo lighting, I figured, the only way to not expose the colors is to not shoot in color. Thus, this set.

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Edward and Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) Paparazzied

Tweet I’m on a roll! I first took photos of my Edward and Alphonse Elric toys in August 2007. Too saturated those, if I may say. A year later, I do yet another photo shoot. Only this time I’m using a camphone, some orchestrated lighting, and I made sure the shots are tighter. No intro [...]

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Shooting 12-inch Dorothy (McFarlaine)

Tweet Six posts before this one, I shared the photos I took of Anne‘s “horror” themed toy collection. Looking at those shots, I thought I could do better with a little more dramatic lighting here and there plus a notch up in composition for some edgier vibe on the shots. The moment her new 12-inch [...]

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