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35 Extraordinarily Clever Examples of Toy Photography

by Bill Jones

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Toy photography provides great opportunities for clever composition, creative lighting and a chance to really have some fun. When done right a photographer can breath life and personality into the inanimate objects being shot. I think these examples really reflect this.

Chris Mcveigh

Brian McCarty















Power Pee

Jason Jerde









Zelevole













Sean Tubridy













Mishari Alreshaid





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33 Comments

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  BeGOD said:

  Awsome Ussop!!!

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  caroline said:

  These are beautiful!

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  Fabiano D said:

  LOOOOOL the first image by Sean Tubridy =D

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  Just Some Guy said:

  Aww, most of these are just regular photos of well made toys – albeit very nice photos.

  The stuff from McCarty Photo Works are phenomenal. Bravo!

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  Dave Sparks said:

  Nice collection of photos, especially love the star wars ones.

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  Anne said:

  Wow. This is truly a great collection. I find it inspiring. I’ve tried some photography with toys, but nowhere near as clever as these. This definitely makes me want to get shooting right away. Thank you for posting this!!

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  @todayinart said:

  Those are awesome! Brian McCarty = fav

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  RaulJones said:

  Cool stuff…my favorite’s the one of Han, Luke, and Chewie doing the shuffle.

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  Adrian Gaudebert said:

  The photo with Ussop is fantastic ! And I love Power Pee’s and Jason Jerde’s photos too !

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  Webme1 said:

  A nice collection of photographed toys.

  Some clever photography here.

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  marc L said:

  Love the polaroid one here .
  saw that one, few weeks ago, VERY COOL as well http://afghancamera.blogspot.com/2009/08/mini-scenes.html ,

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  marge said:

  i like the colors, nice pics!!!

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  bee said:

  Never even thought about toy photos, but these ones are great. Like the mood and how they are placed into the perfect fitting surroundings.

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  Nathan Grinham said:

  Haha, brilliant!
  Makes me think I need a proper macro lense.

  Here’s a couple I did a while back:

  http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/340/1/6/The_little_killer____by_Nathan155.jpg

  http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/340/6/2/Dirty_bastard____by_Nathan155.jpg

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  Vanessa said:

  This is beyond awesome. I’d love to do this kind of photography myself. Everything can benefit from some humor, why not photography too?

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  Magnus Eidem said:

  Amazing pictures, really creative and great work.

  Here is a couple of my He-Man shots:

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnusphoto/4101554878/in/set-72157622686554355/

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnusphoto/4130529417/in/set-72157622686554355/

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  Nas said:

  absolutely amazing.

  do you have tips page as I’m having an issue photographing some models and could use some advice. Or e-mail me pls.

  Thanks Nas

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  Peach said:

  Wow, these are awesome!

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  small burst said:

  these are awesome! So creative!

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  Kawaljeet Virk said:

  LOVEIN IT…………..:)

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  Collene Mautone said:

  Nice blog dude Thank you

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  Debby said:

  These are all very Awesome shots!!

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  Odee said:

  Can’t find the words to describe it.. but i think i’m gonna look for my old toys and see what i can come up with^_^ inspiring!!!

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  Salete Pazetti said:

  These great photos inspired me, some time ago, to take some in the same way, here’s a couple of them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27592567@N05/5024568882/in/set-72157624908880993/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27592567@N05/5023959375/in/set-72157624908880993/

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  Art of Concept said:

  Love these!!! The one with Gorillaz is soooo cool!! :P

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  Brian Carey said:

  These are excellent!

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  Spencer McDonald said:

  These are awesome. I like the unique approach to photographing toys and each one was crystal clear. Great job.

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  Katja Nina said:

  Great examples! Been fan of Chris for while and really like his style.

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  RealVisionPhotos said:

  nice Examples of Toy Photography. thank you.
  Greetings Ben

  RealVisionPhotos

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  Magnus Eidem said:

  I keep coming back to be inspired by these shots! Here is a few more of mine, hope you will check them out!

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnusphoto/4575932906/lightbox/

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnusphoto/4618720907/lightbox/

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnusphoto/4718378153/lightbox/

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnusphoto/5012763808/lightbox/

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnusphoto/5014655141/lightbox/

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  Namida said:

  Wonderful images, really atypical and ingenious

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  Mauricio said:

  Caraca, nunca vi nada tão irado… show… espetacular!!!

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  Anny said:

  Interesting photo collection :) it would be a great pleasure to play with them :) Oh by the way, I’ve also seen another collection of toy photos – http://www.photogallerycms.com/blog/showcases/art-of-toy-photography/ – they are so cure ))))

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