A creative collective of toy photographers
As you may know, during the day, I work as an aeronautical engineer.
And I have my own office.
Since everyone at work knows about my passion for toy photography, I don’t hesitate to decorate it with toys and pictures. Continue reading “The living wall”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
When I learned that we would be doing another project with TLG (read The LEGO Group), I was ecstatic like every time. I find it interesting to work for someone else from time to time. It’s often challenging since you don’t want to disappoint the client and you can always learn something from it.
Respectfully for the client (here, TLG), we refrained to talk about it or to share with you pictures or BTS before they started publishing our work, even though we allowed ourselves (read Stuck In Plastic and the crew) some teasing about the project.
But now that the cat car is out of the bag, let me share with you my experience.
This article is part on a new series on the blog. Every Wednesday, one of the creative who participated to this project will share some behind the scenes with you.
Continue reading “What I learned from the classic car project”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
As you may have noticed if you follow me on social media, I haven’t posted a SiPgoes52 picture in a while. Now, it has been several months since my last picture on this project.
If you remember my initial post, I had everything planned in advance. A small set-up that I can install at home. I was trying to think about my picture ideas in advance, and take those pictures in advance.
But one thing came in the middle of that and ruined the initial plan: LIFE!
Yes. It was Saturday afternoon. I was planning my pictures to shoot on Sunday: Hope and Action. I was looking for an idea for Quality, but I was called to work on Sunday, and my plans got ruined.
I didn’t take any picture that Sunday, and thus missed my Wednesday slot. Then, came the weekend of our toy safari and once again, no time to take any SiPgoes52 picture. Then, I lost track of time and motivation, and so I didn’t pursue the project. And now, 20 weeks later, I have not taken any additional picture.
Does that mean that I failed? Will I ever continue? Continue reading “Did I fail my #SiPgoes52 project?”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
In the recent sets that LEGO has released, there was one accessory that caught my eye: a lantern.
For me, it’s a cool new piece that could fit in plenty of stories. I could see some scared children walking around a forest, or maybe Indiana Jones exploring a cave or even a sailor on his boat in a storm trying to see what’s in front of him. Well, it’s a fun accessory that I will keep at hand.
At the moment you can find it in the new Harry Potter sets (which are not available in France, yet) or in the new line of accessories polybags called LEGO Xtra.
And recently, I was able to get my hand on one.
So immediately, I wanted to play with it in a picture. Continue reading “A wolf, an axe, a lantern and LEDs”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
After several toy Safaris around Europe, in Stockholm, Hamburg, London or Edinburgh, it was time to visit Paris.
It was the second time for us to be in the City of lights, after an exhibition at Le6Brick earlier this year.
The edition of SiPgoesParis 2018 was awesome.
Everyone seems to have enjoyed this event:
20 people from 7 countries (Czech Republic, England, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Turkey and France),
around 50 km of walk during 3 full days,
hundreds of LEGO minifigures,
thousands of pictures taken,
and very little sleep…
But let me share with you a “10-minute” taste of what happened between June 15th and 17th.
Just follow the guide!
A weekend in Paris means that some stopovers are unavoidable.
We started the weekend at the Eiffel tower. Even though we arrived relatively early to avoid tourists, it was not early enough and we quickly shared the spot with a few wedding photographers.
Continue reading “SiP went Paris 2018”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
This week, on #SiPgoes52, we are celebrating “Leg Godt”, the famous Danish expression at the core of the biggest toy brand.
You guessed it, I am talking about LEGO.
And I thought it was appropriate to take the time to acknowledge this little brick and thank it for everything it did for me in my life.
The first LEGO brick arrived in my life at a very young age, when my parents bought me my first set. I don’t remember what it was but I remember playing with the LEGO Duplo firemen. Then later, with the “System” brick that we all know.
I remember those countless hours, going through boxes looking for the right part for my next construction. Continue reading “Thanks to the LEGO brick”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
There are several types of LEGO builders.
Personally, when I buy a LEGO set, I follow the instructions. I open the bags in order and I make small piles with each bag. Then, I use my eyes and my memory to locate parts in piles on my table or on the floor.
Some AFOLs may not consider the instructions as relevant and prefer building their own creations.
I have seen people organize their parts by grouping them by colors before building. That helps them look for parts.
And recently, I saw something amazing. Something beautiful.
I knew it existed because I saw pictures online. But to see it with my own eyes and to see it in the making was something mesmerizing. Continue reading “The art of knolling”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
[Music] Daft Punk music [/Music]
In a digital world dominated by the color black, only enlightened with touches of neon blue or neon orange, everyone is a program.
This could summarize the universe where TRON: Legacy, movie released in 2010 (sequel to TRON movie from 1982), takes place.
Later this month, LEGO will release a new set based on this license.
Continue reading “21314 LEGO Ideas TRON: Legacy”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
This week’s word is community. According to our good friends at Wikipedia, it is defined as:
A community is a small or large social group of living things who have something in common, such as norms, religion, values, or identity.
We’ve seen in this week submissions both the idea of geographical community or virtual community.
Particularly, community relates strongly to the toy photography community and to us here in Stuck in Plastic. As a community mostly active through social media, it fits in the category of community centered around a virtual space. However, creating social connections in the physical world and expanding our community into real-life relationships is also important to us. This is why we organize each year a toy safari…
So what better way, than sharing some more details about the 2018 edition of the Stuck in Plastic toy safari as part of this weeks word, community!
Here goes … Continue reading “Week 9 – SiP goes Paris”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.
We are now 7 weeks into this year challenge, here on Stuck In Plastic. A new word (value or emotion) every week with a picture to illustrate it.
I am glad to see that many people are participating with us, taking and posting pictures on social media using the hashtag #SiPgoes52 . Continue reading “Life on the Death Star”
Aeronautics engineer by day, toy photographer by night.
Exploring the world with his plastic figures.