Toy Photographers Podcast

Danny Neumann is known for his multi panel stories including Home with the Super Neumann's and The Quiet Life of G Rider. Shelly Corbett sits down with Neumann and talks about inspiration, his creative process and what its like to stand in one room surrounded by every image he took in one year. For more information about Neumann and his work check out the related post on Toy Photographers.  You can find articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email roundup so that you never miss a post, and join our communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

In the second of a mini three part series Kristina and Shelly discuss normal and how we portray such a broad topic in our toy photography. Spoiler alert: its a matter of perspective. In addition to talking about our own photographs we discuss two community photos and Kristina challenges Shelly to expand on her series.   You can view all the images we discuss, as well as Shelly's response to Kristina's challenge here on the blog. In our next episode we will tackle Hope. I hope you will join us!  You can find new episodes of this podcast and articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email roundup so that you never miss a post, and join our communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

In this episode Kristina Alexanderson and Shelly Corbett discuss the idea of Escape and how this can play out differently using toys as the subject.  You can view the images we discuss here on the blog. You can find new episodes of this podcast and articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email roundup so that you never miss a post, and join our communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

Shelly Corbett, founder of the Toy Photographers blog chats with current editor and chief Allan Rappa, frequent contributor Luigi Priori and Community Manager of Brickcentral Anna Bitanga about how Covid-19 has affected their creativity.  You can view all a few of the images we discuss here on the blog. You can find new episodes of this podcast and articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email roundup so that you never miss a post, and join our communities on MeWe and Flickr.   

In their latest season-themed podcast, James and Kristina talk about Spring, its symbolism, and how they're coping with Coronavirus.  You can view all of the images discussed on this episode here on the blog. You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

German toy photographer Astrid Heyland returns to take a deep diver into her work with interviewer Kristina Alexanderson.  You can find more of Astrid's work on Instagram. Listen to her previous interview on the show here! You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

This week, James is joined by Dave DeBaeremaeker, Oliver Peterson, and Arielle Nadel review Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker from a toy photographer's perspective. What did they think of the film? Does it inspire them to take photos? And most importantly, what about the tie-in toys??    You can find new episodes of this podcast and articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

In their latest workshop episode, James and Kristina discuss the different ways to capture or imply movement in your toy photography scenes.  You can view their photos taken for this episode here on the blog.  You can find new episodes of this podcast and articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

Kristina and Shelly have started a new podcast series! Once a month, Kristina will talk to other photographers about their work, what they do, and why, highlighting some of the creative aspects of photography. In this first episode she talked to German toy photographer Tobias M Schiel. If you follow the blog you know Tobias already because he is a regular contributor of several great series of six image narratives (you can find them here). In this talk they discuss two of his six image narratives: Gregor S, and Nemisis, as well as inspiration, art and literature. To see more of Tobias' work check out his blog, Empire of Lights (named after René Magrittes painting), and website tmschiel.com just for his toy photography. You can find new episodes of this podcast and articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

This week, we talk to award-winning LEGO builder and Crazy Bricks founder Guy Himber about the launch of his latest Kickstarter campaign: Bricks of the Mouse Guard 2!  The new Kickstarter is live now! You can support it here.    You can find new episodes of this podcast and articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

James and Kristina explore the meanings and usages of the color red in their first photography exercise of the year! You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

A new year is in full swing, and big changes are coming to the Toy Photographers blog. Shelly Corbett and newly appointed Editor in Chief Alan Rappa return to the show to discuss the news, and chat about some fun ideas we have for 2020.  You can find new episodes of this podcast and articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

Happy new year! As has become tradition, James and Kristina have devoted their first chat to looking back at the previous year of podcasting. And what a year it was!   You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

This month James and Kristina tackle a theme as old as photography itself: Monochrome or black and white images. You can find their photos and the listener submissions on the blog here. You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

Art about death has been around since there were artists to depict it. Join James and Kristina as they tackle death themselves for our latest podcast theme! View their images and the listener submissions on the blog here. You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

Alan Rappa returns to the podcast for an impromptu chat about traveling with toys, Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, social media anxiety, and more!   You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

Like Summer before it, our latest seasonal podcast theme appears to have captured the imaginations of many toy photographers! View all of the photos from this week's episode on the blog here. You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

This week, James chats with Hue Hughes about indoor photography, practical effects, creating Star Wars landscapes in the garage, and more! You can find Hue's work on Instagram and on his website. You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

James and Kristina are putting the relaxing days of Summer behind them, and going "back to reality" for this month's podcast theme exercise. Check out their photos and the listener submissions on the blog. You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr. 

This week James geeks out with a real-life Stormtrooper! Peter Ross, aka Stormtrooper_Pete, is a member of the 501st Legion, a wonderful toy photographer and the creator of the SabreTHIS app, which allows you to add amazing lightsaber effects to your images on mobile and a portion of the proceeds goes to support the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.   You can find new episodes of this podcast and daily articles on creativity and toy photography on our website, toyphotographers.com. Find us on Facebook and on Instagram. Subscribe to our weekly email round up so that you never miss a post, and join our new communities on MeWe and Flickr.