Time to hit the reset button. Not on twenty twenty, but on our little project we are running here in twenty twenty. As you may remember we started the year off with the SiP goes Twenty Twenty post and embarked on exploring some creative techniques. We got off with some light reading on composition and …
Today LEGO announced officially the new series twenty and celebrates 10 years of the LEGO minifigure series with a brand new series 20. We got our hands on a box full of minifigure goodness and we will be sharing our first impression here and look for toy photographers who want to review their favorite minifigure …
And we are back. A little bit later than expected. But we are back with the second theme of the year. After composition, we now get our hands dirty with the real technical details of capturing the image on the digital canvas. The exposure triangle or the holy trinity of your camera. BorisTaking plastic places. …
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We launched our SiPgoesTT challenge for twenty-twenty last week and asked you to take a leap of faith and select three of the works that spoke to you. The initial response was overwhelming and if you haven’t explored your fellow toy photographers, you should. If you were on the brick of joining and haven’t done …
Twenty Nineteen is a wrap. SiPgoes53 is a wrap. Twenty Twenty is already 5 days old. And no sequel. BorisTaking plastic places. Exploring my inner child and following Me2’s wanderlust into untold stories for generations to come. 100% Stuck In Plastic. boris.vanrillaer.com
Last week I got an email from LEGO asking if I was an Original. You most probably got the same. We all got it. How original is that. Yet I was intrigued. A beautiful crafted LEGO minifigure. Five-time the size of the real deal. An exclusive, handcrafted oak minifigure, challenging to unleash my creativity. An …
This week’s person in the spotlight of our SiP goes 53 series is the creative storyteller behind the rebellious Pippilotta. Pippilotta Rollgardinia Victualia Peppermint Longstocking to be precise. Pippi in short is the red-haired, freckled, unconventional and superhumanly strong kid that lives in Villa Villekulla and embarks on amazing adventures with her horse and Herr …
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Willhelm Röntgen, also known as Conrad to his friends, is the german inventor and Nobel Prize winner of my wife’s camera of choice. She (my wife, not Conrad) is a professional studio photographer working with kids, and so when we were looking at great scientists and inventors to include in our SiPgoes53 series, Willhelm went …
The new series collectible minifigures is upon us, and it is time to take a first look at what is inside the limegreen box of 71025. Sixty sealed bags with sixteen individual minifigures to collect. This box normally contains three full sets, but our box actually only contained two, but more on that later. This …
When we were looking for creative people for our #SiPgoes53 adventure a colorful image of pink islands jumped to my mind, and I added Christo to the list. It was early eighties when I saw an image that made an impression on me. I must have been 12 or thirteen years old, and saw this …
