Tag Archives: Photography

Photo-A-Day, Photography, Technology, Vlog

My Polaroid Haul

Polaroid Haul
Photo-A-Day #4381

A couple of months ago I won a Polaroid Prize Pack from a Twitter party hosted by Mantripping.com. The prize pack consisted of a Polaroid Zip printer, a Polaroid Cube+ and a Polaroid Snaptouch camera. These are really cool and I think that they will be a lot of fun on the upcoming trip to New Hampshire for Spring Break. It will also be fun to bring these along to Philly Brickfest Live. The Polaroid Cube+ can Livestream so that will be interesting to use at some point while filming built From Bricks or for something else. I’m not sure exactly how to use everything yet, but I will.

Filming today’s video was an absolute mess. Well, afterwards it was a mess. I was opening the Polaroid Snaptouch and it slipped out of my hands and landed on the floor. I think it still works but part of it popped open and it wasn’t the part that is supposed to open. hopefully it will still work. Then, after I took today’s photo I knocked over the new light that stays behind me when I make videos and I shattered the lightbulb. I’ve got to go and order a new one. That smashed real good.

Photo-A-Day, Photography, Toys, Vlog

Easy Photo Tips – Inexpensive Backgrounds

Classic Comicbook Donatello
Photo-A-Day #4359

My friend Linsey asked me how I was getting a certain effect to my photos recently. She wanted to know what I was using and the answer was super simple. I bought two pieces of posterboard that had a two tone color to them. One is blue to yellow and the other is yellow to pink. I’ve been using them for a while now and I am noticing that my photos are looking very much the same. They are better for filming and for showcasing the toys. I’ll be picking up some more posterboard soon in different colors to match the different toys better.

So the technique is placing the posterboard down at a curve so that there are no angles. Then the light makes the poster a bit shiny at the curve. I’m going to figure out better ways to use these and the lights that I use for filming my videos. As I learn more I will make more videos like the one below.