Toy photography allows us to be creative in so many ways. It also allows us to have fun and learn along the way. Humans are creative creatures. Ever since the first finger painting on the wall of a cave, humans have endeavored to express themselves thru imagery. From those first
Greetings. My name is Dave DeBaeremaeker and I am a toy photographer. The world of toy photography is a rather niche genre, but it is an interesting one, and it is growing in popularity. Toys as an artist’s muse Toy photography is taking photos with toys. In other words, the
I am a big fan of the idea of using toys to practice photography. LEGO minifigures are a good choice as they are cheap and easily available. However they have a few quirks that are easy to overlook that can lead to odd looking photos. With a bit of care
One of the main issues with photographing toys is that everything gets magnified in scale. The smaller the toy, the bigger the world around the toy look. Small things become huge, and microscopic things become large. As you can imagine this makes small things like dust a big problem. A
(Editor’s note: Dave DeBaeremaeker photographs toys. His work is amazing and, believable. In this guest post, Dave shares the experiences of how he found his photographic voice and how you can too.) To me, photography is a creative endeavor. A way to express myself thru an image, and I want
