Been busy with my son’s one year birthday recently. Also coupled with other obligations, could hardly get any gunpla done. But luckily I managed to sneak in some time to dwell in my second hobby – toy photography hehe. This time round, instead of using just the normal backdrop, I opted to use my desktop screen saver as a backdrop for my toys.
I raised the toy in level with my desktop with my gunpla box. The position of my lightsource is the aqua yellow bottle that you see here which will provide lighting. Set up the camera on a tripod and switch off the lights in the room..and shoot away!!
I am quite suprised by the results, really adds another avenue for your toy photography! For those who have done it do share your tips and experiences. Would love to hear them!
Till the next post!
The Toy Room 
Wow, that is pretty interesting. I might try that someday :D.
HAha cool! Glad to hear that!!
I like the one with the Zoids, very matching.
Heh, reminds the time I’ve done that with Marisa aiming the Twin Buster Rifle with a picture of a moon on my LCD behind her. =)
Haha thanks bro!!! Haha good old Marisa!! Almost forgot about that picture you took last time!!
makes me wanna try this on my i Mac 😀 nice Shots 😀
Thanks!!! haha do post those shots!!
ideas ideas…
never thought of using them though haha
HAha, I am sure you know of tons of nice pictures to compliment your toys and model kits 😛
ROAAARRRRRRRR~~!!!!!
Good bloody mechanical beast madness 😛
oh hey, what kind of camera are you using? you might wanna use a timer for each shot instead of pushing the button, eliminates the shakiness.
Hmm been using the same camera since 2 years back haha. Actually I wanted to use my tripod but my brother used it. Have to hand hold but I think the timer is a good suggestion for the next photo shoot!
I did tried once but didn’t get the effect you are getting!!! 😦 Guess I am not talented… 😦
Ah bro, I am sure you can do it. Just try a few more times!!
Man some of those shots are making me jealous! 😀
My favorites are test2, test4 and test8.
Here’s a post which I made some time ago…remember Chubbs?
http://www.bloggermathai.com/blog/photography/lcds-as-a-backdrop-for-action-figure-photography/
You’ve come a long way in photography since then and I’m really proud.
Haha wow, thats really a very generous compliment bro!! I remember that post! Its been such a long time since then haha. Your skills have also vastly improve since I always see you making great pictures in your flicker stream ^^
very nice results, the lighting works well with the first two subjects. the last shots with the Zoid are awesome, if you have an optical mouse try pointing the red light on it for more fiery effect 😀
i did this with my Nendogelion preview shots… a major project that is on hiatus for almost 2 years now? xD
buhaha nice idea on the optical mouse! Haha any chance of resuming your Nendogelion project. Seriously its really a wonderful idea don’t let it go to waste!!!
damn awesome
Haha thanks!
Those shots of the Genosaur are so awesome… with the exploding lava and all, haha!
Hehe nothing like lava to compliment with the fiery of the genobreaker!!
Genobreaker with that backdrop is awesome!!!
Thanks!! Glad you like that. Personally I love the lava shots haha
Ha Ha! I used to play this trick for my toy photo shooting, with some extra lighting support at both side, the result will become more interesting, try it, bro! 🙂
Whoa thanks for the tip!! Hehe gonna try lighting the other side to as you suggested!! Its so fun using the LCD as a backdrop, can save on time travelling haha..
Wow, i… never thought about this, very nice, guess i’ll just try it, thank you very much for the idea…
Thanks! Glad you like the idea!
Using water bottle as a reflective light source? That’s interesting. Only tried doing silhouette images but this involving a small portion of light coming from the front is a first time. May try that sometime in the future!
Ah the water bottle is just an indication of the position of the light source haha…my son is using the light at the point of this post, that is why I had to use the bottle to substitute,
Awesome! I want to try this technique some day as well. Thought of this before but never know it worked so well.
Haha you can even get your son to tag along for the photoshoot! I am sure it will double the fun ^^
Hmm..nice idea!! I might try that some time… hmm.. Some people tried doing it using Ipad too! But I don’t have one.. I plan to combine your technique with my softbox.. but I still don’t know how..
Thanks!! ah I find that using the desktop, it has a better effect if the room is dark and you use other light source for the figure. Maybe like what Janus suggeseted using maybe 2 light sources by the side instead of my current set up!
Yes, try that! 😀 Me I use 4 light sources for my photos haha! XD
Happy birthday W! I’m sure your Mom and Dad made sure your birthday was super fun!
Ein! We meet again! 🙂 Very cool pictures.
heh thanks! Haha thought you were scared of eins 😛
cool!
Nice results! You know, this reminds me of how long it has been since I tried using my desktop as a backdrop. I used to do it pre-Nikon with a snap and shoot and got decent results a couple of times, I should really try it out again soon, as I have a few ideas I’ve been putting off.
Heh thanks! I think the possibilities are endless! I also thought of using the TV as a background before haha combined with foreground items like small rocks to give a more realistic feel 😛