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Episodes
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
In the latest conversation between Shelly Corbett and Kristina Alexanderson they discuss Mythology and their potential to inspire toy photographers. Armed with their own photos as well as samples from @verysmallworlds, Tobias Schiel and @zekezackzoom, they show the potential these ancient stories contain.
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Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
In todays episode Shelly Corbett talks with Vesa Lehtimäki about his current and past projects. Ships and space travel suffuse much of this legendary toy photographers work. The conversation covers his earliest LEGO models and spaceships all the way to his current work in progress: a K-Spinner. Their conversation also touches on Vesa's inspiration and where he finds it, even during a global pandemic. Check out the post for all the visuals discussed in the podcast.
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Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Alan Rappa hosts a round table discussion about traveling with toys. He's joined by Matt Frederick, Joshua Kittleson and Shelly Corbett to discuss how best to pack toys and how to manage travel and toy photography. They share their personal stories, adventures and mishaps all the while planning what they will do as soon as we can all travel safely. Take a trip down memory lane as we remember those heady days when travel was possible.
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Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Kristina and Shelly take a step back from toy photography and look at the bigger picture of being a photographer. In this episode they take a close book at the classic book: Photographs Not Taken" a collection of Photographers' Essays edited by Will Stacey. Has their been a time when you've put down the camera and let the photo pass? Whether you're a street photographer or a toy photographer, we make choices about when and what we photograph. It is this idea that dives this episodes discussion. I hope you will join us. As always you can join the discussion on the blog and leave your own thought on these ideas in the comment section.
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Kristina and Shelly discuss low-key and how this lighting challenge can really be used to create a moody image. Just like in past episodes they take a critical look at their images as well as images from the community. On this episode we feature work by Scott Metzger, Tpbias Schiel, Sunny Ang and Janan Lee.
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Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Let's talk lighting! Alan Rappa hosts a lighting round table. He's joined by Dave DeBaeremaeker, Oliver Peterson and Adam Burke to demystify the topic of studio lighting and toy photography. They share their personal tips and tricks to create toy photographs and attempt to demystify a complex topic.
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Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Lets talk LEGO! Shelly goes down a LEGO rabbit hole with Marco from BrickCentral in this episode of the podcast. They have a far ranging conversation about set reviews that have inspired them and what they look for in a LEGO set before they purchase. They also touch on ways to save money on LEGO sets when the photo is more important than the set as well as what sets they are looking to purchase next. Listen in and then join the conversation on the blog.
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Kristina and Shelly discuss the concept of Kindness and discover that depicting this nebulous concept is really tough using only toys. They look closely at their own images as well as images submitted by Tomek Skog and Doug Gary. As always this is a fascinating discussion of toy photography between two friends as they take the time to look for deeper meanings in their work as well as the work of the community.
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Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Kristina and Shelly discuss the concept of Abyss through the lens of toy photography. They look closely at their own images as well as images submitted by The Grey Klerik and ZekeZachZoom. As always this is a fascinating discussion of toy photography and the deeper meanings that can be found when you take the time to look.
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Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Kristina and Shelly go deep and personal as they discuss the idea of Hope and how to portray the concept using toys and macro photography. Besides discussing their own submissions on the topic, they look at the work of two community members: Matthew Wyjad and Chris Rose.
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