Angel and I (@freethegeekman) are both LEGO photographers who started with a mobile phone camera before migrating to dedicated cameras. I’m sure this is a switch many others have made before and many more are thinking about now. Brickcentral asked us to talk about our own photography journeys, how we started, why we made the…
Review: Hogwarts Gryffindor Dorms 40452
Hogwarts Gryffindor Dorms 40452 will be available as a Gift with Purchase of Harry Potter purchases over $100/€100/£100 between October 25th and November 7th. The Build The dorms are built in the same way as the other modular Harry Potter sets this year, so this can go right in with those sets. The build is…
Review: LEGO 21330 Home Alone
Let’s have a look at this brand new LEGO IDEAS set. It will be in line with the expectations? It will pay homage to the blockbuser movie? Let’s read my opinion and you will find out!
Collaborative Storytelling: The Restless Captain
Once again, we’ve reached out to a group of talented LEGO photographers in our community to weave for us a visual narrative around one set. This time, we invited @joschka.vanderlucht, @hey.light, @jjk_brickphotography, and @roundhousebrick to pick a set from the LEGO store and they chose the Creator 3-in-1 Pirate Ship 31109. The group spent weeks…
Artist Spotlight: minifig_lifescenes
Each month, we pick a LEGO photographer and share some of their work and a little about themselves. This month, we put the spotlight on minifig_lifescenes! My name is Jonas Vargas, I’m 31 years old and I’m from Brazil. I started collecting and shooting in 2019. Originally I was Minifig_Legoscenes and recently changed to my current…
Outdoor LEGO Photography Tips
This month I will share some of the things I’ve learned, often through trial and error, about photographing lego outdoors, all year round, in all weather. Finding a spot to shoot in First things first, you need to find a place where to take your picture. There are different approaches you can take to this,…
Review: Queer Eye The Fab 5 Loft 10291
Next from The LEGO Group’s VP of Design Matthew Ashton is the 974-piece modern loft used by the cast of Netflix’s Emmy-award-winning reality show, Queer Eye. I’m a fan of both the ground-breaking Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and this reboot, which dropped the rhyme and became simply Queer Eye to allow for “heroes”,…
Review: Santa’s Sleigh 40499
Summer is still here and I’ve got a second Santa-themed set in my hands to review! Christmas season sure starts earlier and earlier it seems! What we have here, folks, is an ornate red sleigh with four reindeer. FOUR reindeer! I’m suspecting many of you already have added this to your wishlists before you even…
Review: Marvel Eternals Sets
The next heroes to arrive on the big screen Marvel Cinematic Universe are The Eternals. Ten cosmic heroes that, for this Marvel fan, remain a bit of a mystery. Regardless, LEGO has produced a surprisingly large and quite interesting range of sets for this new property. I was sent all 4 Eternals sets by LEGO…