Every month, we pick a LEGO photographer active in our community and share some of their work and a little about themselves. This month we visit Japan to meet rennerbricks (Instagram | Tumblr)!
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Hi! I’m rennerbricks and I’m 23,from Japan.
I started LEGO photography six years ago.
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I discovered @samsofy.s and @eat_my_bricks photos and I was very inspired by them.
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My camera is Canon 6Dmk2, I often use a tamron 90mm lens, Laowa 24mm and sigma 50mm.
I use Lume cube LED light and godox strobe.
Lights are used differently depending on the scene and scale.
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I usually start making a story.
I think the most important thing for my photos is to make the minifigures look alive.
To reach that goal, the most important part is having a story, then build a background and think about lighting.
This because, in my opinion, is important not only to make a picture beautiful, but also to be sympathized with the story.
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When I invert the process, thinking starting from lighting or sets, it often doesn’t work.
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Sometimes I draw sketches and think about the necessary minifigures, facial expressions, clothes, and backgrounds, and finally i build the setup after roughly deciding the angle.
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The concept of my photo is to express the beauty of everyday life.
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I want you to see a picture as if you’ve entered the LEGO world and feel its charm!
The exclusive photo
I was thinking of an idea centered on the theme “Christmas preparations” and while browing internet for inspiration, I found a scene of a person carrying a tree on top of the car.
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The scene is very rare in Japan and It was very attractive for me.
That’s the beginning of the idea.
The car is what stands out the most. I also chose an angle that could have shown the atmosphere of the city during winter season.
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Talking about the light, I’ve used LED lights and a strobe.
I’ve put a lot of LED lights in the store to replicate the inner lights, then for the exterior I’ve used a strobe with a blue filter, to replicate the light of a night sky, leaned toward the ceiling to take advantage of the bounced light.