Behind the Scenes – Page 6 – Toying With Light

🎶 Home, home on the range… 🎶

It’s #spacecowboysaturday – thought I’d join in on the fun! Behind the Scenes I get a fair number of encouraging comments and questions about my LEGO photography on Instagram (@toyingwithlight), and I’ve started sharing my creative process. If you’ve seen any of these before, you’ll know that I consider four fundamental things: The Idea LightContinue reading “🎶 Home, home on the range… 🎶”

Medical droid, at your service.

Star Wars fans will recognize this model of medical droid, known as the 2-1B series. We first see one in action during The Empire Strikes Back, treating Luke Skywalker after his encounter with the wampa ice creature on Hoth, and then again after he lost his right hand duelling Darth Vader. The 2-1B with thisContinue reading “Medical droid, at your service.”

The Mouth of Sauron

What a minifigure – one of my new favourites! Fans of The Lord of the Rings will instantly recognize this dark sorcerer, Sauron’s herald and messenger. Appearing in Peter Jackson’s extended edition of The Return of the King, this character was brought to the real world in the LEGO set 79007 Battle at the BlackContinue reading “The Mouth of Sauron”

Old Mos Eisley

This is my final entry in the #bc_outatime monthly photo theme on #brickcentral , showing our best “out of time” stories. I thought I would share a look behind the scenes, as this was my most ambitious lighting setup yet. I take a deliberate approach to the creative process behind my LEGO photography, and considerContinue reading “Old Mos Eisley”

Review: LEGO BrickHeadz 40420 Stuart, Gru and Otto & LEGO BrickHeadz 40421 Belle Bottom, Kevin, and Bob

Excited to share the news of two new LEGO BrickHeadz sets, both featuring characters from the upcoming film 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑟𝑢. Set 40420 includes the 12 year old aspiring supervillain Gru, accompanied by Minions Stuart and Otto. Set 40421 introduces the new lead supervillain Belle Bottom, along with Minions Kevin and Bob. IContinue reading “Review: LEGO BrickHeadz 40420 Stuart, Gru and Otto & LEGO BrickHeadz 40421 Belle Bottom, Kevin, and Bob”

‘You don’t know the power of the dark side!’

Thought I would end the week with a look behind the scenes at the creative process behind my latest image. I take a deliberate approach to my LEGO photography and consider four fundamental things before I even pick up my camera: Light Subject Composition The Idea (for background reading on this framework, check out MingContinue reading “‘You don’t know the power of the dark side!’”

Ezekiel 25:17

So I thought I would add some behind the scenes context to today’s photo. Instead of doing a dive deep into the technical aspects of the shot, though, I thought I’d quickly share my thought process behind its creation. I spend more time doing this than you might guess, and by the time I pickContinue reading “Ezekiel 25:17”

Tatooine Nights

I thought I’d share a couple #behindthescenes shots; the first showing the overall setup, and the second showing closer detail on the brick-built fire. To create the scene, I used play sand as the surface, small rocks for background, dried leaf stems as firewood, and with lighting produced by a LEGO Power Functions Led lightContinue reading “Tatooine Nights”