Recently Shelly Corbett chatted with Sabrina Perry and Chris Whitlow about one of our photo challenges: #TP_Geometry. We had a lively discussion regarding Geometry - what's it good for? It turns, a lot! Geometry is an important compositional t

Covid and Creativity, a roundtable discussion

Jun 6th, 2022 1h 14m

I was thinking the other day about how the Covid pandemic has changed my creativity. Soon I wondered "am I the only one?" There is success a definite marker between pre and post pandemic that I wonder if I'm the only one who has noticed a shif

Minimalism in toy photography

May 16th, 2022 56m 21s

For this episode of The Toy Photographers Podcast Shelly & Sabrina discuss minimalism in toy photography. If you're not familiar with the concept of minimalism the Adobe website defines minimalism as: “like other forms of minimalist art, mini

’Newbies’ chat with Ben Piper

May 9th, 2022 1h 2m

In this final installment of the special miniseries focused on toy photography from the beginner's perspective, Terri (@greenehenphotography) and Ariel (@those_wonderful_toys) had the opportunity to chat with Ben Piper of Project Piper Customs

The Newbies are back to talk editing!

Mar 21st, 2022 52m 24s

Welcome back to the Toy Photographers Podcast and our special series exploring toy photography from a beginner’s perspective! In this episode, your hosts Terri Greene Henning (@greenehenphotography) and Ariel Figueroa (@those_wonderful_toys) ta

Newbies talk backgrounds, lighting

Feb 14th, 2022 1h

How toy photographers share Hygge

Feb 7th, 2022 45m 10s

For our January podcast challenge Sabrina (@theperrylegoadventures) and Shelly Corbett challenged the community to show us their best hygge themed photos! We were so pleased by the response with over 50 entires this month! Clearly we all need

A conversation with Tom Milton

Jan 31st, 2022 1h 5m

Cinematic. That’s the word that comes to mind with even a quick glance at Tom Milton’s (@tomtommilton) images. Look further, and you’ll probably have a question: how does he do it? A few parts vision and inspiration, a boatload of talent, a fai

Criticism: how to find it, how to take it

Jan 24th, 2022 1h 3m

On todays podcast Shelly Corbett talks with Alan Rappa, Sabrina Perry and Joshua Kittleson about Criticism: how to find it, how to take it. We all want to get better at our craft of toy photography. One way to get better is to practice, but w

Nostalgia Redux

Jan 10th, 2022 52m 9s

On this episode of the podcast Sabrina Perry(@theperrylegoadventures)and Shelly Corbett(@shellycorbettphotography) discuss the latest toy photography monthly challenge #tp_nostalgia.Nostalgia comes from two Greek words Nostos meaning homecomin

The ”Newbies” Talk Setting

Dec 27th, 2021 57m 43s

Welcome back to the Toy Photographers Podcast and our special series of toy photography from a beginner's perspective! I (Terri) am a former high school English teacher, and I find myself often seeing similarities between literature and toy pho

Revisiting ideas

Dec 13th, 2021 58m 9s

Same toys. Same setting. Same month of year, day of the week, time of day. Same photo? Perhaps that depends: Are YOU the same photographer you were? In this latest episode of The Toy Photographers Podcast, Sabrina Perry (@theperrylegoadventure

The ”Newbies” talk toys!

Dec 6th, 2021 57m 52s

Toy photographers face a lot of choices each time they set out to create an image. Which camera? Lens? Aperture? ISO? Shutter speed? What story am I trying to tell? Where do I want to set the scene? And the whammy of them all: which toy(s) woul

The Creative Chip

Nov 22nd, 2021 1h 9m

Look up Chris Perry’s (@thecreativechip) YouTube channel, and you’ll see the tagline “Make Time for Your Creativity.” Perhaps that’s the best summation of Chris’s approach to toy photography: put in the time, make the commitment, and grow. And

#tp_seasonal a toy photography challenge

Nov 15th, 2021 49m 39s

October: What comes to mind? Apple cider and pumpkin spice? Goblins, ghosts, and monsters? Foliage and fallen leaves? Slasher films? All of the above? How did toy photographers capture the season? Well, listen in and find out, as Sabrina Perry

”Newbies” talk cameras, gear

Nov 9th, 2021 59m 3s

This episode of the Toy Photographers Podcast is the second of our special series focused on newcomers to the toy photography community. In today’s episode, your hosts, Terri (@greenehenphotography) and Ariel (@those_wonderful_toys), talk abo

Getting started in toy photography from the perspective of two “newbies”

Oct 25th, 2021 57m 29s

The toy photography community is a diverse group, and there are some incredible veterans out there—folks who have long been into both toys and photography! But what about the newbie toy photographer? Where to even begin? Well, we created this s

#tp_mixtape photo challenge

Oct 11th, 2021 57m 6s

Before digital platforms made putting songs together in playlists a breeze, many of us (of a certain age, perhaps) remember spending hours at a time carefully curating sets of songs and then recording them onto cassettes and passing them along

Finding creative inspiration in LEGO‘s MARVEL CMF series

Sep 13th, 2021 47m 19s

If you’ve been watching any TV in the past year, chances are you’ve seen (or at least heard about) Marvel’s newest installments on Disney+: WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Solider, Loki, and it’s most recent offering, What If…? Now, you

Black & White toy photography; a conversation with Sabrina and Shelly

Aug 16th, 2021 57m 32s

In this episode of Sabrina and Shelly talk about their month exploring black and white toy photography. They discuss what they learned, how black and white photography changed their perspective and what resources they used to get started. As a

A conversation with Empire Toy Works with Oliver

Jul 26th, 2021 1h 12m

Oliver talks toys with Chris Shaylor of Empire Toy Works, a toy maker, customizer and photographer who is doing amazing things in Rotgut Station Spaceport, a fully realized, room-filling world he continues to build and evolve above his garage.

I am Spiderman

Jun 28th, 2021 48m 2s

What does a self-portrait mean when you use a toy as a stand-in for yourself? In a sea of the same object, how can someone’s image stand out? When there are multiple versions of a toy/identity, which one do we claim as our own? Do we leave a li

A conversation with F-Stop Rebel

Jun 14th, 2021 1h

If you read Scott Metzger’s post on the Toy Photographers blog, you’ll find this description under the “About the Author”: “I was a photographer. Then I wasn’t. Then I was again. Be present.” Beginnings, middles, and ends. We can apply that arc

A conversation with Tobias Schiel

Jun 7th, 2021 47m 7s

As the old saying goes, there are no original stories. Perhaps that’s true; however, what IS new and unique is the way in which a story is told. As toy photographers, we’re also storytellers. The toys might be our characters, but we, the photog

A Creativity roundtable with Alan, Trevor, Arielle and James

May 24th, 2021 1h 2m

On this episode of the Toy Photographers Podcast, Alan Rappa hosts a roundtable featuring James Garcia (@thereelJames23), Arielle Nadel (@ariellenadel), and Trevor Williams (@onesix_shooter). The topic? All about creativity: Where to find it, h