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Swoop716 said:
Me too! I hate that.
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Some of the guys who photograph figures in real environments do a really good job of fuzzing scale - sometimes it's hard to make real grass or beads of water look to scale for sure lol In those cases it's clearly a toy. The guys who make miniatures definitely attain a bit more "realism" and can make the figure look like less of a toy. I have no miniature skills, so I also go for a realistic look - but with essentially green screen backgrounds and digital effects. All types of photography have their own special little merits and the photos you're describing have a cool sort of Toy Story feel to them. Different appeal to different folks. It's one of those things I never thought I'd see: very different genres in toy photography.
 
Enforcer said:
Some of the guys who photograph figures in real environments do a really good job of fuzzing scale - sometimes it's hard to make real grass or beads of water look to scale for sure lol In those cases it's clearly a toy. The guys who make miniatures definitely attain a bit more "realism" and can make the figure look like less of a toy. I have no miniature skills, so I also go for a realistic look - but with essentially green screen backgrounds and digital effects. All types of photography have their own special little merits and the photos you're describing have a cool sort of Toy Story feel to them. Different appeal to different folks. It's one of those things I never thought I'd see: very different genres in toy photography.
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if your goal is realism but it ends up more like Toy Story, then there has to be a disconnect somewhere.

It’s super possible to make small beads of water look like sweat ,moisture, etc…theres a way to shoot grass , vegetation etc so it looks real.

That’s where the skill and invention and -fun- come in.
 
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Swoop716 said:
if your goal is realism but it ends up more like Toy Story, then there has to be a disconnect somewhere.

It’s super possible to make small beads of water look like sweat ,moisture, etc…theres a way to shoot grass , vegetation etc so it looks real.

That’s where the skill and invention and -fun- come in.
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It's most definitely a skill. Some things like beads of water or real grass are difficult to make look a different scale. A lot of guys will photoshop that stuff for that exact same reason instead of trying practically. I also think there are different levels of "realism" that guys are going for, and I think it's more a matter of taste than objective quality.
 
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Enforcer said:
It's most definitely a skill. Some things like beads of water or real grass are difficult to make look a different scale. A lot of guys will photoshop that stuff for that exact same reason instead of trying practically. I also think there are different levels of "realism" that guys are going for, and I think it's more a matter of taste than objective quality.
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I like the photographers who will take their stuff out to the beach and air blast sand and smoke.

I won't even touch my toys unless I wash my hands. Credit to them.
 
Different mindset on those guys. Their figures are meant to be battle tested. I like to pose and photograph mine for action photos - but I'm so paranoid about snapping or damaging them that I usually have spares of the figures I know will be a pain in the ass to find if said breakage does occur.
 
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Apropos of my earlier conversation... I saw someone on Instagram post this really cool, dynamic shot of this Thor, charging forward with a stormy night sky behind him, cape billowing out to the side... but after a second the only thing I could see was the atrocious gather of fabric in the corner of the cape where the two seams (huge and unsightly in their own right) met. It looked like garbage and ruined the whole picture which was otherwise glorious. Like for that photo even just folding the cape over on itself in the corner would have fixed it.

But its those corners, and similar things that ruin cloth capes for me.
 
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