Beginner Toy Photography | Simple lighting & Atmosphere

In this week's video, I take a Stormtrooper model and use simple & cheap lighting and add atmosphere to the image with smoke & sparklers.
I also show you how you can use a TV or monitor to add a background to your photo to enhance the scene further.
Some of the gear I use:
Photography Gear:
Nikon Z6: amzn.to/3hfkDFZ
Sigma Macro Lens: amzn.to/3A8wrme
Vanguard Veo 3+ tripod (great for macro): amzn.to/3y3u81N
Three Legged Thing Winston 2.0 (great for landscape): amzn.to/3jmfL4z
24-70 f2.8 F mount (best for events & gigs): amzn.to/3jtCyeT
70-200 f2.8 F mount: (best for events and gigs): amzn.to/3w5teAH
20mm F1.8 F mount: (For landscapes): amzn.to/3hflsyz
Shutter release cable: amzn.to/3hdL7rG
K&F ND FIlters: amzn.to/3jlArdb
Indoor Photography Gear:
T-Bar Backdrop stand: amzn.to/3dInVkr
Backdrops: amzn.to/3h0igIe
Table top lights: amzn.to/3drRRRD
Neewer softboxes: amzn.to/3h9KyPi
Vlogging gear:
Fuji X-S10 camera: amzn.to/2U8IeAy
Osmo Pocket: amzn.to/3hepnff
Rode Wireless Go Microphone: amzn.to/2UOBUOV
Wired Lavalier Mic: amzn.to/3hiNRns
K&F tripod: amzn.to/3jtFvvZ
Pexel Video Light: amzn.to/2UK26dn
K&F Vaiable ND Filter: amzn.to/3qx9h4x
Video specific:
Star Wars Sand Trooper: amzn.to/3y95rkP
Smoke Matches: amzn.to/35X5IuW
Indoor Sparklers: amzn.to/3A3LA8p
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[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

I hope you are enjoying my little series on toy photography, let me know your Instagram below to show me your results :D

[@porschehouse]

Thank you

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

No problem :)

[@largefamilyruralliving7434]

That was a great BTS video, love the end result

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@ReturnOfTheNerdStarWars]

Cool video, subscribed. I need to learn the basics of toy photography.

[@ghostpainter1019]

Great idea with the smoke matches , great video keep up the good work .

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Cheers, glad you liked the idea! It's very smelly but they do add a nice atmosphere. In a couple of weeks I'll have another toy / model video coming 👍

[@truggie]

Awesome elements Charles, lovely work and great on the smoke and sparklers really do add to the atmosphere.

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Cheers Graeme, it's addictive!

[@Badger66]

Another really enjoyable video.... What can be done during lockdown! 😁 "if you can shoot it with a camera it will end up on my channel" is the line of the day 👍🏻📸

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Thanks Ian! I'm enjoying these lockdown videos 👍

[@f4.therapy]

Very clever Charles! You make it all look so easy! 👍

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Thank you, I think it's easy enough for most people to try 👍. Thanks for watching mate.

[@DanielWretham]

Loving this series Charles ! Well done young Jedi 😎

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Thanks Daniel, appreciate that! Thanks for watching 👍

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Vlog, thanks for sharing this video about toy photography

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Thanks Tony, I hope you enjoyed it 👍, adding some variety to my channel so it reflects me better as a photographer :)

[@jonathanjardine6561]

Another great tutorial Chaz, keep them coming 👍

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Thanks Jon, glad you enjoyed it.

[@markpage3910]

The Force is strong with this one young Master Palmer 🙏 very informative and great use of props/lighting. I look forward to the next one.

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Thanks mark! Glad you are enjoying! If you could see a video on anything what would it be?

[@markpage3910]

@@CharlesPalmerPhotography I enjoy taking pictures outside so I would be interested in interesting places to take photos plus how to compensate if the lighting is not ideal. My computer is far too slow to do anything useful on so I do all my pictures/editing on my phone.

[@markloveland74]

Really interesting video. Good to see how it was all put together👍

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Gad you enjoyed it Mark! Thanks for watching :)

[@johnwoodman2162]

Nice creative content Charles and very useful 👌

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Thanks for watching John, i'm glad you found it useful :D

[@paulkennedycreativemedia]

Nice work my bud. I didn’t know you can get these types of matches. They do give a lot of smoke. Fantastic step by step on how you created this image.

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Cheers mate, yeah I was just trying an alternative to buying a smoke machine. I tried making it with glycerine and it didn't work for me.

[@Omegav3rse]

What is the circle lights u use? Can't find it lol would love those

[@alex4247]

ever found out ?

[@keiththomas7180]

Hi Charles, another top video mate. Really helpful for me as a beginner. Do you have any links to those affordable ring lights you mentioned? Thanks.

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

The ones I use are not on Amazon any more, but I put a link to some lights in the description. They were on offer the other day.

[@jaydj]

Nice effect. I used to try different photos on a monitor as background but create my own to avoid any copyright issues using photos downloaded from the net. Have you had any similar experiences?

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

I'm only really making images for personal use, so I've not had an issue - but if I was doing this for commercial reasons then yes, I'd suggest making your own background 🙂

[@jaydj]

@@CharlesPalmerPhotography got it. Makes sense. Thanks for sharing! Awesome work. 👍

[@mgtowchampion7961]

Use G.I.M.P. its free. and its exactly the same as photoshop.

[@rikmannix]

His phasers always miss, no wonder he’s despondent.

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Exactly 😂 thiink i even say that in the video lol Thanks for watching mate.