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1. Maik-T. Šebenik says:

   April 5, 2011 at 6:40 pm

   Really inspiring article!

   I tried a macro shot of a 1:43 scale model of the Honda NSX-R GT – you can see it in my blog:
   http://photographr.net/wordpress/?p=90

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2. Stephanie N. Leco says:

   April 5, 2011 at 7:31 pm

   I collect a specific type of asian doll, mostly for the pictures. Here’s a few shots:

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/arichan16/5474491165/

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/arichan16/4861187670/in/set-72157624715970279

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/arichan16/4860566717/in/set-72157624715970279

   Taking pictures of toys and dolls is a great way to practice portraiture. Since you can’t really change their expression, you have to focus on lighting and posing to convey a mood. It also forces photographers to think of things from a different perspective, especially if they want a background or props to appear in scale.

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3. Matthew Coughlin says:

   April 5, 2011 at 7:34 pm

   Awesome collection here. Thanks for putting this post together. Really great creative images. I have done some toy shots in my 365 project this year. http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewcoughlin/sets/72157625975455532/

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4. Matthew Coughlin says:

   April 5, 2011 at 7:35 pm

   Awesome collection here. Thanks for putting this post together. Really great creative images. I have done some toy shots in my 365 project this year.
   http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewcoughlin/sets/72157625975455532/

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5. Joe says:

   April 5, 2011 at 9:33 pm

   Anyone know where I can buy a Danbo?

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6. Alejo maglio says:

   April 5, 2011 at 9:44 pm

   Hi i tried this a few years ago
   http://alejomagliophotographer.blogspot.com/2010/03/munecos.html

   saludos

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7. alison overton says:

   April 5, 2011 at 10:26 pm

   These are all so fabulous!!

   My work is very similar and very different at the same time.

   After spending 2+ years cleaning out my parents’ hoarded house, I decided to make macro images of the some of the old dolls and antique curios along with odd flora and recently deceased fauna. Results are here: http://www.alisonoverton.com/secrethours.htm and here: http://www.alisonoverton.com/secrethours2.htm

   I also have a Facebook art page with more toy images: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alison-Overton-Maker-of-Art/276220456970

   Finally, there is a video of a slide lecture i made at NC State this past June about growing up in a hoarded environment and the art I made to work through that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmyjT3U9nXY

   Many thanks in advance for your kind attention!! Alison Overton

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8. Mitch Jimenez says:

   April 5, 2011 at 11:38 pm

   Very awesome examples. Here’s one I took of a Big Daddy figure in front of a black background, with lights strung up behind it. (Using the bokeh tutorial I found on this very site!)

   http://mxzylpt.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3cmtrq

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9. Armin says:

   April 6, 2011 at 12:06 am

   Great pictures. And I thought, I was the only one shooting Lego:

   http://augenblicke.armin-andres.com/tag/lego/

   Hope you like the love story of Zoe and Paul.

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10. helen sotiriadis says:

    April 6, 2011 at 1:07 am

    thanks for including my ‘been there, done that’!
    this is a very cool series.

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11. nick hardy says:

    April 6, 2011 at 2:53 am

    this post is very inspirational here are some shot taken by a nikon d3100 with a 28mm prime and a macro

    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=670341656&aid=270374

    would love to get some feedback

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12. belinda says:

    April 6, 2011 at 7:39 am

    we had some fun with toys too! Our favorites are the North By Northwest reenactment with Jack Sparrow.

    The set is here:
    https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=169371&id=725276098

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13. Marina says:

    April 6, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    I love this collection, but I just must recommend that you add MyMilkToof. They are awesome http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com/

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14. Sandro says:

    April 6, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Another great collection!
    Here are a couple shots I did with a ‘Joe Bender’

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanpani/5240429514/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanpani/5228233232/

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15. Jesse says:

    April 6, 2011 at 6:10 pm

    This is a good collection, however I think that 70 images is really overdoing it. I could more easily digest 20 images.

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    • Ann says:

      April 6, 2011 at 11:07 pm

      Hmm, couldn’t you just have stopped when you reached 20….? I enjoyed all 70, great talent out there. Thanks photo tuts+ for sharing.

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16. David says:

    April 6, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    I had a play around with it after reading this post, check out my results and let me know what you think

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/concept_x/sets/72157626317237633/with/5595583186/

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17. Alon says:

    April 7, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    Awesome collection!

    There are some other:
    http://tobundle.com/EUgZC

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18. nurilla iryani says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:22 am

    wow, super cuteee!! wil absolutely try this with my toys.. thanks for the idea!

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19. Madalin Gageanu says:

    April 8, 2011 at 4:33 pm

    I also like to shoot pictures of the Shaolin Monk toys from House of Liu. Check you the photoset here and let me know what you think. I welcome any feedback
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/spuchi/sets/72157623632678204/

    Some of the best: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spuchi/5398976565/in/set-72157623632678204 and http://www.flickr.com/photos/spuchi/5398976843/in/set-72157623632678204

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20. andy says:

    April 8, 2011 at 7:34 pm

    its my toy story : )

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lnsn/sets/72157623850200137/

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21. Scott Smith says:

    April 10, 2011 at 12:37 am

    The tilt-shift pics are not of toys. They’re of real people and places. The tilt-shift makes them look like toys.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_faking

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22. Doaly says:

    April 10, 2011 at 4:37 am

    inspired by this thread i had a little play around in my back yard this weekend

    results here
    http://www.doaly.co.uk/2011/04/09/saving-pvt-plastic/

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23. robot says:

    April 10, 2011 at 6:16 pm

    Glad to see those great toys photos!
    I would like to share my toys album too.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotmac/sets/72157603586046651/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotmac/sets/72157603649387675/

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24. Dirtyjerzfoto says:

    April 10, 2011 at 11:51 pm

    I shoot toys for a living! Here a some fun shots I’ve taken. These other shots are great!!
    ~Dirtyjerz

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25. Dario Mendoza says:

    April 11, 2011 at 4:53 am

    Wow, this is a really great article, such beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing

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26. Vesna says:

    April 22, 2011 at 8:25 am

    I have some similar ones

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pukich/5114456063/in/photostream
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pukich/5246362065/in/photostream
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pukich/5155733009/in/photostream

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27. Tomasz says:

    April 25, 2011 at 11:24 am

    We even did a GIF’ed animation.. see here:
    http://twitpic.com/4p1a4t

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28. Abhishek says:

    October 6, 2011 at 3:33 am

    here’s on of mine
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/14772293@N02/6214480969/in/photostream

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