Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
I'd like to think while the Headlights images allow the viewer to imagine what's happening in the pictured figure's life, the Monochrome images allow the viewer to relate and insert their own experiences into the life of the pictured figure. So, desaturated narratives. Maybe that's my niche.What's yours?
How do I make money in toy photography? There are actually quite a few ways to do this, however no path is a sure or easy bet. And in all honesty, making money from toy photography is not much different to how you can make money from photography in general.
My 5 part series of HO scale and board game war miniatures was a part of the BadAss miniatures show, and it was such an honor, as the quality of miniature work in that show was spectacular.
I tell you all this today, because some of that art, including mine, is available for sale!
Check out my recent post on toyphotographers.com, where myself and 3 others share our experiences with Aphantasia.
Them suddenly being free got rid of my hesitation, but didn't bring to light how I'd eventually photograph them. After having them for nearly 2 months, I had my idea - precariously perched still lives on colorful backdrops, and thus the following 5 images were born.
The goal of this dolls' house, that then became a subject of numerous photographs was to modernize dollhouses. This was something that hadn't apparently been done much at the time. To top it all off, you could purchase an art collection for your mini home, complete with little prints from Laurie Simmons herself and her art friends, such as, Cindy Sherman, and Barbara Kruger.
This listing started as resources for an upcoming vlog I'm planning on why humans are intrigued by miniatures, and as a follow up, why some of those people are passionate about toy photography. I know there are some movies, etc. that feature miniatures of some kind, but use them as a narrative device, rather than... Continue Reading →
Inspired by some of these crafts I've been doing for Youtube, I've been creating digital artworks with the results. Per request of some Instagram followers I made a timelapse video of an image I created with my pull string art (that you saw here yesterday). So here goes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp1X_JDS7ZE