Lego Photography with Wyldstyle was inspired by Eurovision winner bearded lady Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst. I simply changed Wyldstyle’s head to one with a bit of facial hair, she is also wearing sunglasses as we were venturing into the garden on a hot day.
My family and I have become more and more into playing with Lego since watching The Lego Movie. I have been really inspired by the Lego Photography around and wanted to try to create some images myself. In order to do this I thought that I could do with some tips so visited the Love All Blogs Better Photo Project. This week Annie suggested that we try taking 20 shots of the same object, having no 2 the same. It was due to previous advice about there being better lighting outside that I took Wyldstyle into the garden.
Lego Photography Wyldstyle – Tips:
I discovered that it can take hundreds of shots to get the right picture.
Lighting can make such a difference.
Lego are like people – you can move them into different positions. Action shots I find more interesting than a Lego person standing straight facing the camera.
A shot you had in mind might work better afterwards by simply cropping it and shifting the focus.
Just changing a small piece of the Lego can really make a difference.
A tiny movement in angle can make a difference – such as whether the shadow of the figure is picked up or not, and how much light appears on the face.
The right environment can make your photo – carry some Minifigures around so you do not miss out on an opportunity to grab the perfect shot.
You can focus on different body parts.
If your Lego Minifigure falls over in the position you want you can use some blue tac, a Lego board or hold them in place (using some clever editing afterwards).
Tilt the camera – angles give dynamic shots.
Try close-ups and distances shots.
Showing just a small part of the Lego figure from behind gives a good impression of what a Minifigure’s perspective of the World is like.
Please if you have any other tips I would love to hear them.
Poor Wyldstyle 😀
I’m sure she’d be unhappy about that beard…
Great tips! My girls love lego – it’s the one toy they seem to play with happily.
Oh my goodness, what a BRILLIANT idea! My kids LOVE lego, and taking pictures. And I love the additional facial hair to Wild Style! xx
That is just waaaayyy too funny (and clever). x
Oh Joy you make me laugh! Genius idea and very quirky take on the theme x
That is brilliant!! I did see your photos on Instagram and wondered what you were up to. What’s next your own Lego movie maybe??
I saw the photos on instagram too! We’ve just had some lego for my youngest birthday, so I shall give her a camera, and see what she comes up with!
We have yet to see the Lego Movie, but when we do, I will revert back to this to find out how to take good shots of them! 😀
Hahahah fantastic post!! Loved the Lego Movie – definitely need to play with Lego more often 😉
So many people keep going on about the lego movie but we haven’t had a chance to watch it yet…. anyway, I had no idea that lego photos were becoming the latest craze either or you’ve just started one :o) Loving that first photograph!
fabulous, I did wonder what you were up to when I liked your photo on Instagram last week… brill!
We loved the Lego movie!
Loving Wyldestyle’s beard too! I’ve enjoyed seeing your random pics online over the weekend!
Oh i love it! Your photos really tell a story!
This post made me chuckle purely because of the LEGO character’s face. I’m not entirely sure what amuses me about it – probably the itsy stubbly beard and crazy hair. I so need to get me one of those!
with the amount of lego in this house i might be gone sometime! AWESOME!
What a super idea, I need to drag our Lego out xxx
Such a good idea! I’m going to stick a mini figure in my handbag from now on so that I can take advantage of any good shots that present themselves! x
So cool Joy!
Very funny, I bet you could have hours of fun… and no diva strops!! #betterphotoproject
Lego photography looks fun, I think I could be tempted to give it a go! I used to play with Lego a lot when I was a kid, and I’m really looking forward to playing with it again with my kid, once he’s old enough – which will be a while since he’s not even been born yet!