Inspired by Pepper

JimFox

JimFox

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Well, for some reason I have been in an experimental mode where I am trying to emulate the work from many of you. Today it was Pepper. From the first toy soldier presented here by Pepper I thought about how cool that looked and how fun it looked.

So today... I tried and did the best I could. If anyone thinks this is easy, I will ask you to try it yourselves and post the results here. :)

All comments are welcome, and Pepper I am sorry if this looks too horribly bad. :eek:

Jim

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Beth

Beth

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jim this is a great 1st attempt. and i love the figures, the expression on the yellow one gives it a lot of potential for some hilarious shots. normally i shoot 1:12 (6" humans) or 1:18 (4ish" humans), the smaller you go the harder it gets.

toy photography is definitely harder than you think it is. it's more like macro photography meets portrait photography. the trick is getting low - very, very low, and shooting on the toy's level. not easy when my lens is larger than a lot of my toys. normally my camera is on the ground or on a beanbag. and by the time you get setup a figure has decided to fall over or there's a giant ant chewing off someone's ear or helmet.
 
JimFox

JimFox

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pepper said:
jim this is a great 1st attempt. and i love the figures, the expression on the yellow one gives it a lot of potential for some hilarious shots. normally i shoot 1:12 (6" humans) or 1:18 (4ish" humans), the smaller you go the harder it gets.

toy photography is definitely harder than you think it is. it's more like macro photography meets portrait photography. the trick is getting low - very, very low, and shooting on the toy's level. not easy when my lens is larger than a lot of my toys. normally my camera is on the ground or on a beanbag. and by the time you get setup a figure has decided to fall over or there's a giant ant chewing off someone's ear or helmet.
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Thanks for those tips. It’s funny my first shots were from a higher angle and each setup I got lower and lower as I tried to remember how you had shot yours. So this setup was towards the end when I was shooting from the lowest, maybe 12” from the ground. I can see where I should have gotten even lower. It was fun to do though you are right keeping them all standing on uneven surfaces can be a pain.

I have one more from yesterday I will process and post later.
 
Douglas Sherman

Douglas Sherman

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JimFox said:
Well, for some reason I have been in an experimental mode where I am trying to emulate the work from many of you. Today it was Pepper. From the first toy soldier presented here by Pepper I thought about how cool that looked and how fun it looked.

So today... I tried and did the best I could. If anyone thinks this is easy, I will ask you to try it yourselves and post the results here. :)

All comments are welcome, and Pepper I am sorry if this looks too horribly bad. :eek:

Jim

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The expression on the face of the yellow toy when he sees the dinosaur is priceless.
 
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