If you follow my toy photography account on Instagram, you may have noticed that I tend to shoot non-stock minifigures like this hipster who is totally not inspired by my neighbor. Non-stock minifigs are those that I’ve created by mixing and matching parts and accessories from LEGO and customizers like Citizen Brick, BrickWarriors, SI-DAN, and…
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Behind the Scenes: Renner_Lego
Toy photography lends itself to whimsy, and LEGO minifig photography even more so, but Renner_Lego’s work takes the potential for playfulness up a notch with the illusion of freezing action through compositing. It’s his photos with food in particular that caught my attention. Far from the unimaginative minifig-in-your-lunch snapshots taken with a phone, Renner_Lego’s concepts…
MiniMan Studio: Create Your Own Minifigure Review
The lifeless beach babe above is definitely not a LEGO minifigure. Apart from the dead giveaway (I’m sorry, I had to), your second clue should have been her stylish swimsuit top. LEGO doesn’t make nice bikinis for the ladies (see Exhibit A: Fun at the Beach people pack). Nope, this moribund minifigure was all my…
#inthestyleof The APhOL: The Prisoner
Last week, I posted a behind-the-scenes look at one of The APhOL’s photos and challenged myself as well as other toy photographers to recreate the look of “Sculpting”. I didn’t want to use the same subject of a sculptor though, but I wanted to try the technique of creating a dark environment, streaming light through…
Behind the Scenes: The APhOL
There are few LEGO minifig photographers whose photos make me smile and fewer still that make me stop to admire their work, but The APhOL gets me on both counts every time he posts on Instagram. Looking at his Instagram feed, you might not find a readily discernible style, but that’s also its appeal. There’s…
Outdoor Adventures: LEGO People Pack Review
The third set of minifigures dubbed People Pack – Outdoor Adventures from LEGO just dropped and I rushed over to the LEGO Store in Rockefeller Center in New York to buy one yesterday morning. There’s another LEGO Store in the Flatiron District that’s a little closer to me but they opened a full hour later on…
Ofbrick: Custom Minifigure Review
It’s June and what better way to kick off the month and launch my new reviews area than with a look at June herself. I mean, Offred. I mean, Ofbrick. One of my favorite things about collecting minifigures as an AFOL is the amazing range of LEGO-quality customization out there. If you’re not the purest…
My Favorite Babysitter: The Video Arcade
When the Toy Photographers launched their contest about nostalgia, one of my first thoughts was of the video arcade I used to go to when I was a kid. A good part of that childhood was spent in dimly lit video arcades. They were a cheap babysitter for a lot of parents in my area,…