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Greg The Bunny
10-05-2007, 10:16 AM
I'm new here and I wanted to share my hobby with the crew here and get your opinions. I've been actively taking photos for about a year now after a 15 year hiatus. My favorite subject has been Hellboy.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on my work. The whole collection of Hellboy images can be found HERE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/asylum_collectibles/sets/72157600335667645/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1206/1487243354_59c4a64cf8.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1057/1465631444_529832284e.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1075/539620744_881a06ccd4.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1387/848120232_bbbe2d61df.jpg

TRK
10-05-2007, 11:55 AM
I really like the first picture, the lighting is really nice. I have to say that after seeing the second picture I went to look at my Hellboy because yours has quite a heavy wash.Still nice though!

Greg The Bunny
10-05-2007, 12:07 PM
No wash. That's all shadow. Here he is in a less moody picture.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1013/539728559_0894bc33ac.jpg

jnapper
10-05-2007, 01:08 PM
Especially love the top two-- will go check out your link.

SpydaWeb
10-05-2007, 01:57 PM
Yes, the first one is very well done.

Any chance you could take a picture of your light setups as used with future pictures...

This could make for a great learning experience for those of us just getting into photography.

Greg The Bunny
10-05-2007, 03:35 PM
I'll do that!

And my latest post from last night's shoot...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1085/1491219223_4756c7b16d.jpg

gdeo
10-05-2007, 10:05 PM
these are great.....let's see more:D

Lilitu
10-06-2007, 12:17 AM
Welcome!Great pictures!!!

Greg The Bunny
10-06-2007, 07:31 AM
these are great.....let's see more:D

OK!

This image was manipulated in Photoshop. I duplicated the layer, added a cutout filter to that layer, set the transparency to 50% and re-merged the layers. What I got was what you see here. I really like how this turned out.

It's better bigger. (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1497107200&size=l)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2261/1497107200_abd8ed4077.jpg

Asa
10-06-2007, 12:31 PM
Love your pictures!!!!! expecially LJ and lizzzzzzz.

Greg The Bunny
10-06-2007, 04:54 PM
As requested, I've begun adding setup shots to my photos so you can see how I set the picture up.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/1500749522_73f1e42fbe.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/1499888115_a3b25e848c.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2058/1499898737_6991a64409.jpg

Greg The Bunny
10-06-2007, 05:14 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2133/1500798604_7a35e92b9d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2397/1499938107_ca47ccc69e.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/1500810466_5daf928aa5.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2289/1500804750_821c1f702f.jpg

Greg The Bunny
10-06-2007, 05:14 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/1500818098_1303b26a43.jpg

Gary_B
10-07-2007, 09:58 AM
As requested, I've begun adding setup shots to my photos so you can see how I set the picture up.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/1499888115_a3b25e848c.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2397/1499938107_ca47ccc69e.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2289/1500804750_821c1f702f.jpg

No way! I never would have guessed that you were using two candles as your light source. It works great!

Greg The Bunny
10-07-2007, 10:03 AM
As long as you have a camera that you can control f-stop and shutter speed the candles work fantastic and give the light needed to recreate Mignola's extra-dark style. I kinda stumbled onto the idea and now I'm hooked.

Myron L
10-07-2007, 05:07 PM
AWESOME photos !!!
Great job !

Greg The Bunny
10-09-2007, 07:08 AM
This image is way better big.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2395/1509095669_049f82849a.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2054/1509094165_4c611e32d0.jpg

This was a simple study in minimizing burn through.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/1509096609_d4d6c94d0b_b.jpg

Greg The Bunny
10-18-2007, 04:24 PM
I love how Roger's eyes seem to glow in this image.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/1621961178_344b2e74b6.jpg

10 second exposure, lit with a candle that I moved around the subject during exposure. Then white balance adjusted in Photoshop.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/1622031892_92bc1aaf69_b.jpg

jnapper
10-18-2007, 04:29 PM
Fantastic new stuff!

sofaking
10-18-2007, 10:26 PM
fabulous stuff.

keep up the good work. i amy have a play around myself and post up the results

patrick r
10-18-2007, 11:05 PM
Very nice. What a great job on the pictures.

Neil Hill
10-19-2007, 08:35 AM
You, are one picture talented SOB! Keep it going!

Greg The Bunny
10-21-2007, 06:28 PM
Not everything I shoot is Hellboy.

This image came out particularly well.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/1657865856_1c47f3c1a2.jpg

The blue light is actually from a WHITE LED that shows blue under my white balance settings.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/1636496557_bcc1a3c1cd.jpg

Absolutely no burn thru made this picture one of my favs.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1277/1235823341_6f01a76689.jpg

gdeo
10-21-2007, 06:35 PM
niiice pix!!:D

Asa
10-24-2007, 10:29 AM
Love Robocop he's really nice!!!.

Greg The Bunny
10-26-2007, 05:53 AM
I managed to get the "Deluxe" trenchcoat Hellboy as well as the "Angry" and "Snarling" faced Hellboys 50% off from the Mezco toyz warehouse sale.

Deluxe he is! Unlike the mass market versions he's fully painted from head to toe. His torso joint is very flexible and is just 'nicer'. He'll be my new 'hero' figure for taking pictures. I've already modified him to accept the other heads by pulling off the existing head and widening the neck hole and trimming down the ball a bit so they can easily be swapped out but not be floppy.

I think I'm ready to start trying to reproduce some frames of the comics. I've downloaded all the Hellboy comics as jpgs so I can pull the backgrounds out and photoshop them in to my images as needed.

So, I guess if I get inspired this weekend I could have some cool stuff to share.

Todd H
10-26-2007, 06:03 AM
Gah! By the time I got to the store those bad boys were long gone. I was quite upset...so I ordered a couple of Battle Damaged Trench Coat HB's from Figures.com :D

chiaroscuros
10-26-2007, 06:06 AM
Wow, I would love to see you do a panel page like this!!!

I am very interested to see if you can pull off the panel transititions that Mike is famous for. The way he uses shapes and strong diagonals to pull your eye from one panel to the next. And the way that he uses massy shapes to speed up the action or lots of detail to slow it down...

I know that you are really enjoying the color, but you might want to study a page that you can see in both black and white and in color. That would let you "see" how color was added to emphasis the shapes and lines of Mike's work.

Do a search of "Mignola hellboy" on this site (top right corner of the site) and you will find hundreds of black and white images of Hellboy...
http://www.comicartfans.com/

I can't wait!

Greg The Bunny
10-26-2007, 06:27 AM
I didn't even know the battle-damaged version existed and now they're out of stock.

Are there any more that I should know about?

Definitely going to check out those images.

My plan is to set the lighting the best I can to mimic Mignola's style and make any adjustments in Photoshop as necessary. It will probably take me most of a day just to reproduce a single page.

Jon D.
10-26-2007, 10:17 AM
these are awesome, what camera do you use? great quality. :)

Greg The Bunny
10-26-2007, 10:29 AM
It's a 10MP Canon A640

Greg The Bunny
10-26-2007, 05:38 PM
Deluxe Hellboy makes his debut

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2077/1766155040_495e8a4a4f_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/1766163778_af5d35dbf8.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2255/1765327535_67f83c412e.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/1766184680_25bc846cbe.jpg

Greg The Bunny
10-28-2007, 12:58 PM
GIR wouldn't leave the studio...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2395/1779741827_e7a64959cf.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2305/1792442562_2c5251328a.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2215/1783496631_d31b6abcf0.jpg

Maija
10-28-2007, 03:30 PM
Hahaha, I like the exchange rate on the Blue Falcon book. :)

You've really got a knack for lighting.

Greg The Bunny
10-28-2007, 03:55 PM
I figured the dollar is sinking so fast that will be right in a few weeks.

Thanks! I spent less than $20 on the lights and then covered them with paper to diffuse the light.

Greg The Bunny
10-29-2007, 06:11 AM
I'm particularly fond of this image.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/1795898628_02584859a3_b.jpg

Greg The Bunny
10-31-2007, 08:38 PM
"Batman and Son" Batman figure. New today.

I call this "Batman finds the gunrunner's warehouse"

Every once in a while I make something that impresses me. This is one of those times. I adjusted the white balance to that LED flashlight of mine and instead of that crazy blue light, I got this.

To get this image I set the exposure for a fairly long time and wave the light like a crazy person, 'painting' the scene with light. A little post work and this is what we have.

The guns and stuff are from my parts bin.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/1811472437_e3e3f086b0_m.jpg

Go here for BIG (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1811472437&size=l)

Greg The Bunny
11-01-2007, 06:01 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/1812885875_92d6037889_m.jpg

CLICK HERE FOR BIG (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1812885875&size=l)

Greg The Bunny
11-01-2007, 03:47 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2147/1815926781_af31bda483_m.jpg

Click here for the big version (http://www.flickr.com/photos/asylum_collectibles/1815926781/)

jnapper
11-01-2007, 05:40 PM
Love the Bats photos too!!!!! Wow!

Todd H
11-01-2007, 05:44 PM
Awesome photography work aside (and it is truly awesome) I have to say I'm just totally jealous of your toy collection!

I'd really like to see what you could do with a Green Lantern and a green LED light..... ;)

Greg The Bunny
11-01-2007, 05:47 PM
Ooooooh. There's an idea...

Greg The Bunny
11-02-2007, 04:48 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/1832903154_4893c043c6_m.jpg

Click here for big (http://www.flickr.com/photos/asylum_collectibles/1832903154/)

I think this weekend I'll explore that Green Lantern idea.

Jon D.
11-03-2007, 08:49 PM
great, now I want those action figures, hahaha... Batman and Joker look awesome.

hellboyone
11-03-2007, 08:55 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/1832903154_4893c043c6_m.jpg

Click here for big (http://www.flickr.com/photos/asylum_collectibles/1832903154/)

I think this weekend I'll explore that Green Lantern idea.

"I didn't want to knock this wall down. YOU did."

"Maybe we were a little hasty in getting a condo together."

jimm
11-03-2007, 09:16 PM
Great photos and nice figs!!

Benny64k
11-04-2007, 05:13 PM
That's pretty sweet stuff.:cool:

Greg The Bunny
11-05-2007, 05:57 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2005/1879049957_018c37c5f0.jpg

Lilitu
11-06-2007, 11:07 AM
Your photos are amazing!! You have a great toys collection too!! I'm jealous!!!

Greg The Bunny
11-06-2007, 05:16 PM
Click to see bigger. It's best big.

I'm not SURE what's going on here but GIR has a briefcase stuffed with money and God has a cellphone...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2242/1893890407_26aa67611b.jpg

Click here to see it even bigger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/asylum_collectibles/1893890407/)

Greg The Bunny
11-07-2007, 08:17 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2263/1910295797_c15037ab4b.jpg

Greg The Bunny
11-09-2007, 07:16 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2208/1923936089_88aeff83d3.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2394/1933196556_82995c5991.jpg

Ken O
11-09-2007, 08:26 AM
I love love the first hooker and blow image. It will be a wallpaper on my PC.

Greg The Bunny
11-11-2007, 02:50 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/1974738585_3af826971b.jpg

Greg The Bunny
11-15-2007, 10:56 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/2024382956_d2c06717fb.jpg

Ken O
11-15-2007, 12:26 PM
The Batman/Harley one is really nice.

Greg The Bunny
11-16-2007, 05:00 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2299/2036594630_ea0ca49cd3.jpg

HellRob
11-18-2007, 03:36 PM
THE TENTH DOCTOR!! Hell Yes!! God, I can't wait to see the third season! Where did you find that awesome Tardis set?!

Greg The Bunny
11-18-2007, 03:49 PM
THE TENTH DOCTOR!! Hell Yes!! God, I can't wait to see the third season! Where did you find that awesome Tardis set?!

My local toy shop had it. It's so awesome.

E. Spears
11-19-2007, 08:06 AM
LOL @ iron man batman coke party.

Excellent stuff, Greg The Bunny! I'm quite partial to your Hellboy photographs.

More coming, yes?

Greg The Bunny
11-19-2007, 08:27 AM
LOL @ iron man batman coke party.

Excellent stuff, Greg The Bunny! I'm quite partial to your Hellboy photographs.

More coming, yes?

Absolutely. Eventually I plan to do a whole comic with the Hellboy figures. I'm putting together the 1/12th scale props and sets and will probably start in earnest after the first of the year. My project now is taking that Doctor Who TARDIS playset and making it more screen accurate.

Greg The Bunny
11-20-2007, 06:55 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2305/2044704483_d80e6517f7.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2049065488_363552c22b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2140/2050036184_81ec530f19.jpg

HellRob
11-20-2007, 02:30 PM
I absolutely love your Doctor Who stuff! MORE, MORE, MORE!!! (not to sound demanding or anything ;)

Greg The Bunny
11-21-2007, 09:19 AM
"For the fifth time, K9. You don't NEED 3-D glasses.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2181/2052579098_8cfbbd46b5.jpg

Greg The Bunny
11-26-2007, 09:35 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2330/2054217046_518621bc0a.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/2054389157_b1f2c91e9c_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2420/2060819444_2625a8d6f7.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/2060051545_a49b7aab79.jpg

jnapper
11-28-2007, 07:59 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2305/2044704483_d80e6517f7.jpg

HAHAHAHAHA!

Greg The Bunny
12-03-2007, 10:46 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/2079125477_8a600bf260_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/2078495506_331604bfd9_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/2069799547_69b73bacfd_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2304/2081142141_e8e771c682.jpg

MackSztaba
12-04-2007, 12:34 PM
Hey Greg, can i use some of these for illustrations? These are great references.:D

Greg The Bunny
12-04-2007, 01:04 PM
Hey Greg, can i use some of these for illustrations? These are great references.:D

Sure. You can use anything from my Flickr site. I just request that you give attribution.

Greg The Bunny
12-05-2007, 08:46 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/2088026730_53963d7e66.jpg

Greg The Bunny
12-07-2007, 11:09 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/2092206570_95ca7662a7.jpg

Greg The Bunny
12-10-2007, 10:26 AM
She's not TECHNICALLY a toy, but my friend Sable's CLONE is...

I do wish she wouldn't dress her in the same outfits, though. It gets so confusing...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2096424278_2cb0532357.jpg

Greg The Bunny
12-14-2007, 10:09 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2415/2111249433_4eb48a129e.jpg

Ken O
12-14-2007, 11:04 PM
She's not TECHNICALLY a toy, but my friend Sable's CLONE is...

I do wish she wouldn't dress her in the same outfits, though. It gets so confusing...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2096424278_2cb0532357.jpg


I'm really too drunk to process what is happening in this picture. But I think its hot.

Greg The Bunny
12-15-2007, 10:49 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2114/2112910564_18f20da26c.jpg

Otto66
12-15-2007, 10:37 PM
Hahaha, I like the exchange rate on the Blue Falcon book. :)
The surging loonie can be tied into the growing desire in
North America for TimBits. Just say'n.:D

Greg The Bunny
12-16-2007, 07:46 AM
The greatest image I have ever captured....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2216/2114354316_7e5061f30c.jpg

TBolt
12-16-2007, 04:53 PM
^^^ Ummm This photo is currently unavailable????

Greg The Bunny
12-16-2007, 04:54 PM
How 'bout now?

BingoBrown
12-16-2007, 08:24 PM
How 'bout now?

It's working, and it's fantastic. Love it. That is some great work.

Greg The Bunny
12-17-2007, 08:15 AM
Thanks! I really feel like I've figured something out that's allowing me to produce a superior image more consistently.

Greg The Bunny
12-17-2007, 08:26 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/2118709183_8409410b3c.jpg

SpydaWeb
12-18-2007, 01:27 PM
The greatest image I have ever captured....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2216/2114354316_7e5061f30c.jpg

Is that real ice?

Greg The Bunny
12-18-2007, 01:34 PM
It's real snow.

Ken O
12-18-2007, 01:49 PM
The snowy graveyard picture is now the wallpaper on my Desktop PC.

Greg The Bunny
12-18-2007, 02:58 PM
The snowy graveyard picture is now the wallpaper on my Desktop PC.

I've had it requested somewhere else that I make an effort to make my stuff wallpaper-friendly and I will be working on that in the future.

Thanks for finding it wallpaper-worthy. That means a lot.

Greg The Bunny
12-21-2007, 06:59 PM
My interpretation of the BPRD Plague of Frogs cover

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2127307453_00d27b21d3.jpg

Greg The Bunny
12-22-2007, 10:25 AM
Firstly, if you like what I'm showing here, you need to visit my Flickr site.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/asylum_collectibles/

This image is available in wallpaper size.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2252/2129030420_69a090b573.jpg

And the setup (long time since I did one and I apologize.)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2172/2128251293_a4bbfe431d.jpg

Tad
12-27-2007, 11:21 AM
Awesome, awesome work. Poor Liz practically looks like a zombie but that's not your fault. It's amazing to see how you get them to look full sized. Great job.

InAdia
12-27-2007, 12:25 PM
I love Liz, she is by far my favorite character in B.P.R.D. Do you think we will finally get a Selma Blair action figure from the Golden Army because I would just die, unless it turned out poorly?

The Real Inadia

Greg The Bunny
12-28-2007, 10:38 AM
This one really needs to be seen BIG (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=2129165629&size=large) to be properly appreciated.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2129165629_fdd8cd4a80.jpg

hellboyone
12-28-2007, 11:14 AM
This one really needs to be seen BIG (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=2129165629&size=large) to be properly appreciated.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2129165629_fdd8cd4a80.jpg

This is probably my favorite of the group shots. Mostly because we can't see Liz about to barf. Man...the low-lighting does not do that figure's face any good. Not your fault. She's painted like a tweaker.

Great photos! Keep 'em comin'..

Greg The Bunny
12-28-2007, 11:24 AM
This is probably my favorite of the group shots. Mostly because we can't see Liz about to barf. Man...the low-lighting does not do that figure's face any good. Not your fault. She's painted like a tweaker.

Great photos! Keep 'em comin'..

I think it's the eye sculpt. She's half-asleep and it looks WEIRD.

Ken O
12-28-2007, 12:13 PM
Amazing. I love it.

jnapper
12-28-2007, 02:18 PM
This one really needs to be seen BIG (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=2129165629&size=large) to be properly appreciated.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2129165629_fdd8cd4a80.jpg

Fantastic!

Greg The Bunny
12-29-2007, 06:51 PM
A little something different.

This is my first fully planned and built set. The fireplace is a dollhouse piece. Strangely enough, dollhouse scale is 1/12 scale. Same as most action figures these days.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2056/2146329774_94e2357de7.jpg

hellboyone
12-29-2007, 08:26 PM
Nice! I wonder what it would look like if the fireplace were the light source?

Greg The Bunny
12-29-2007, 08:27 PM
Nice! I wonder what it would look like if the fireplace were the light source?

That's on my list of things that need to be done to complete this set.

TBolt
12-30-2007, 04:08 AM
^^ Hey, Greg. Love your stuff, how about some pointers/how to for us photo idiots?? :) I do custom figures and would love to get better and more dramatic pics.

Greg The Bunny
12-30-2007, 07:15 AM
^^ Hey, Greg. Love your stuff, how about some pointers/how to for us photo idiots?? :) I do custom figures and would love to get better and more dramatic pics.

Glad to. What do you want to know?

TBolt
12-30-2007, 04:43 PM
Do you just light with candles, and other lights and not use the cameera's flash?? I find the only way my camera, nikon coolpix, does good on small objects is outside, indoors the flash goofs up the colors.

Greg The Bunny
12-30-2007, 04:48 PM
Do you just light with candles, and other lights and not use the cameera's flash?? I find the only way my camera, nikon coolpix, does good on small objects is outside, indoors the flash goofs up the colors.

These recent shots are all lit with candles. I've only used my flash in the studio maybe 5 times. Everything is manual on my camera so I can turn off the flash, set the exposure time all the way to 15 seconds, adjust the ISO, white balance and f/stop and get exactly what I want out of the image.

The GOOD news is that the camera that I use continues to go down in price and you can usually score a Canon A640 for under $300. And a friend of mine and I were shooting outdoors yesterday and she has the Canon Rebel XTi and my shots came out better than hers with her $1300 camera.

gdeo
12-30-2007, 10:26 PM
your stuff get better and better...i like it alot!!!:D :D :D

Greg The Bunny
01-02-2008, 08:15 AM
The newest edition to my family of toys, a custom Sideshow "The Dead" 12" action figure!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2045/2152141839_c7d674d7d2.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/2152934596_e4c7edc616.jpg

E. Spears
01-03-2008, 11:40 PM
More goodness! That one with the Abe, Liz, Johann, and Hellboy is one of my favorites from you. Badass zombie, too. I wish his hand wasn't cropped in that first one, though--at first I read it as a bizarre second elbow haha.

Now that I have a little practice with my digital SLR I might have to take some bitchin' pictures of toys, too.

Greg The Bunny
01-04-2008, 04:55 AM
More goodness! That one with the Abe, Liz, Johann, and Hellboy is one of my favorites from you. Badass zombie, too. I wish his hand wasn't cropped in that first one, though--at first I read it as a bizarre second elbow haha.

Now that I have a little practice with my digital SLR I might have to take some bitchin' pictures of toys, too.

Thanks man. I look forward to seeing your stuff!

Greg The Bunny
01-05-2008, 04:07 PM
This is one of those pics that's way better big.

CLICK HERE FOR BIG (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2169097055&size=l)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2115/2169097055_71d0735e14.jpg

Gary_B
01-14-2008, 12:41 AM
Hi Greg. I came across a website for a guy who photographs toys named Brian McCarty (http://www.mccartyphotoworks.com/portfolio/portfolio.html) and I thought you might be interested.

Greg The Bunny
01-14-2008, 06:10 AM
Hi Greg. I came across a website for a guy who photographs toys named Brian McCarty (http://www.mccartyphotoworks.com/portfolio/portfolio.html) and I thought you might be interested.

Wow. He makes me look like a five year old with a Polaroid.

Thanks! Now I have a new bar to shoot for.

Gary_B
01-14-2008, 08:21 AM
Wow. He makes me look like a five year old with a Polaroid.

Thanks! Now I have a new bar to shoot for.

His work is quite different than yours so I wouldn't worry too much about comparisons. He is often placing his toys in the context of the large and "real" world. Your pieces are very atmospheric and intimate and you are really on to something with your approach to lighting and use of props.

Greg The Bunny
01-14-2008, 09:02 AM
His work is quite different than yours so I wouldn't worry too much about comparisons. He is often placing his toys in the context of the large and "real" world. Your pieces are very atmospheric and intimate and you are really on to something with your approach to lighting and use of props.

A lot of his stuff can be translated to what I'm doing. I'm glad you pointed him out to me as I want to learn what he's doing so I can incorporate it into my stuff.

Greg The Bunny
01-18-2008, 06:33 AM
A few recent photos.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2289/2200144573_6ebdabd39f.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/2198830328_fc56a3b576.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2195950597_5f0a803446.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2074/2196477710_3f00ac1bc2.jpg

Ken O
01-18-2008, 08:16 AM
Who is with Spidey in the first picture? It looks like webhead started a fire and is watching it like a proud pappa.

Greg The Bunny
01-18-2008, 08:42 AM
Who is with Spidey in the first picture? It looks like webhead started a fire and is watching it like a proud pappa.

The caption is:

Spidey: NOW do you believe me when I say you can't learn how to fly a helicopter like they did in The Matrix?

Wolverine: Yes.

Greg The Bunny
01-21-2008, 04:04 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2298/2204547496_b695f31700.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2202836700_63db7328b4.jpg

Greg The Bunny
01-28-2008, 08:29 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2243/2224353746_83e303b70b.jpg

jnapper
01-28-2008, 10:15 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2243/2224353746_83e303b70b.jpg

Very cool, Greg!

Greg The Bunny
04-14-2008, 01:28 PM
A few recent updates to my page:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/2344531871_0dbc6679b0.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2354961008_099f66d92c.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2005/2383014205_03867c6529.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2127/2381719810_5772f17dd0.jpg