Toy Photography – empire of lights

Around Here

12/05/202322/04/2023 Tobias M. SchielLeave a comment

Area 23: Main Gate

03/05/202330/04/2023 Tobias M. Schiel5 Comments

This backlit gate is part of a larger series, and it is also my entry for this week’s lens-artists challenge.

Lucky Dog

05/04/202305/04/2023 Tobias M. Schiel7 Comments

This Cadillac is no longer than 6.3 cm (or roughly 2 1/2 inches), and the white wall was cut from a cardboard box. I added a wooden roof and paper flagstones … and the miniature dog.

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Near Area 23

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Chicken, Gravy and Biscuits

20/03/202305/03/2023 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

Although I was sure about the sign pointing toward some kind of food joint, and the construction of its lighting, I had no idea what the sign should actually say. Then I remembered a song by Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials, Chicken, gravy and biscuits – and I had it!

The Long Arm of the Law

06/03/202305/03/2023 Tobias M. SchielLeave a comment

There was Jo’s question about an arrest in the last post, and there was also a prompt to do a noir photo in the toy photographers’ community so I tried my hand at some ‘neo noir’. I wanted to see if noir, which we mostly associate with black-and-white, also works in color. And though this picture was motivated by Jo’s question, I am afraid we’re none the wiser. I chose the mystery.

Mustang Sally

20/02/202311/02/2023 Tobias M. SchielLeave a comment

Area 23: The Fence

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April in Paris

01/08/202209/08/2022 Tobias M. Schiel3 Comments

The picture above, named after a song by Vernon Duke, is part of my Jazz series. I asked myself if the situation was too surreal, but then I saw the Lens Artists’ challenge, which is Surrealism. And I decided this amount of surrealism was all right. After all, the fun of working with toys is that you can push everything towards Surrealism as much as you like.

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Something Ain’t Right

16/08/202119/07/2021 Tobias M. SchielLeave a comment

Cogito? Sum?

26/07/202119/07/2021 Tobias M. Schiel3 Comments

Poise

26/10/202017/05/2021 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

Moon, Fog, Stag

12/10/202016/05/2021 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

Paula is back, challenging us to pick a word on Lost in Translation – so I picked “lunar” for a start. And there is also a daily Halloween challenge by Jennifer aka Tourmaline . where I am tad late with the fog and almost on time with the moon. which, all things considered, coincides very nicely with this day of the week: Montag / Monday / Lunedi / Lundi / Lunes.