Posts Tagged with "toys"

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

Sunday, December 13, 2009

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

Share 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

Monday, June 29, 2009

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Share 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

Monday, January 26, 2009

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Share 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

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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Share 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)

Sunday, August 3, 2008

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Share 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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Anne’s Cult ClassicsTM toys Paparazzied

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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Share I’ve been sick the past two days. Yes, *sniff-cough-sniffsniff* but no flu can stop the Paparazzi from snapping away like a giant crab full of crab fat! Yes! Crab fat! The problem was, um, what do I shoot? LOL It was then that I saw Anne‘s (teh housemate) toy collection atop our bookshelf. Upon [...]

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