Toy Photography - From Transformers to Non-Transformers

[Hursticon]

Result of some boredom... first attempt at photographing toys.

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It's a father and son kind of moment

I'm not very good at posing my toys, and my voyager Ironhide just likes to fall over all the time.

And a bonus, the Stig.

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Holy crap Jena, some excellent shots that certainly attest to your skills as a teacher!
those Ironhide shots really do look incredible, it's amazing how you've managed to near perfectly match the lighting on Ironhide with that of the background - It really puts an interesting dimension on the shot.

"Some say, that one needs the Hubble Space Telescope in order to fit his Epic-ness in frame & that no source of light is needed due to his self luminosity... All we know, is that he's called Bobblehead Stig!"

Thanks dude - have now invested in a tripod, so there will be more to come.

Ooh...
I can't believe you've not been using one to date?
I think someone's shots are soon to elevate to another level!

[Vector Prime]

"Some say, that one needs the Hubble Space Telescope in order to fit his Epic-ness in frame & that no source of light is needed due to his self luminosity... All we know, is that he's called Bobblehead Stig!"

LOL! Love it!

Ooh...
I can't believe you've not been using one to date?
I think someone's shots are soon to elevate to another level!

Yep, all free hand up until now - as steady as my hands are, sometimes it gets really hard holding the camera stable on long exposures.

[jena]

Beautiful pics there Jena - the Ironhide ones would look sensational if they were put into some dynamic action poses.

Thank you. I need to play around with posing, all my figures just stand around like a bunch of boring old sods.

Holy crap Jena, some excellent shots that certainly attest to your skills as a teacher!
those Ironhide shots really do look incredible, it's amazing how you've managed to near perfectly match the lighting on Ironhide with that of the background - It really puts an interesting dimension on the shot.

"Some say, that one needs the Hubble Space Telescope in order to fit his Epic-ness in frame & that no source of light is needed due to his self luminosity... All we know, is that he's called Bobblehead Stig!"

Thank you! I wanted to use a real backdrop, it seemed more realistic since he's a live action movie toy. And I thought the sky behind him looked kinda epic, or something.

Hah, gotta love bobblehead Stig!

[Vector Prime]

[Vector Prime]

[Deceptic_Optic]

"BREAKTIME"

[Hursticon]

@VP: Great poses with Swerve due but his lighting is a little too skewed towards the blue/green spectrum (Or is that what you were going for?), Galvatron's shots look awesome though IMO - Especially that 1st one!
@Deceptic: Dear Anubis is that an incredibly Anime/Manga subject for a photo! , brilliant shot man but how come the lines are so 'jaggy'?
(Need to turn your Anti-Aliasing up to 16x dude! )

[Deceptic_Optic]

@Deceptic: Dear Anubis is that an incredibly Anime/Manga subject for a photo! , brilliant shot man but how come the lines are so 'jaggy'?
(Need to turn your Anti-Aliasing up to 16x dude! )

fixed now...hehehe

[Hursticon]

fixed now...hehehe

Ahh! - Das Ist Gut!

[Vector Prime]

@VP: Great poses with Swerve due but his lighting is a little too skewed towards the blue/green spectrum (Or is that what you were going for?), Galvatron's shots look awesome though IMO - Especially that 1st one!

Yeah, I was playing with a new lens/filter combo utilizing the same lighting, kinda makes it all look a bit odd doesn't it?

Not sure if I'll be using the same setup again in the future - not that pleased with the results.

Anyways, here's this evening's pics (especially for you Hursty ):