How to shoot toy car landscapes (forced perspective explained)

Practical Photography's Louise Carey heads to the Dorset coast armed with a toy camper van and a glorious sunset. The challenge? To combine landscapes and toys to create an optical illusion.
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[@WH32R]

I'm excited to try this out with the model aircraft I have, especially the amphibious fire plane in my collection

[@garrettcrish1845]

This is my newest idea for a project. Taking miniatures and putting them in front of great landscapes. I didn't even know there was a name for it. Thanks for all the tips.

[@cjmartin69]

Great one this was fun and a nice nod to Kim Leuenberger's style of forced perspective. Love your content great work!

[@deadWu]

Nice! i just bought the same damn car and came to see if someone has done a video about forced prospective! Thank you!

[@YouCoby2]

Optical illusion worked in the beginning, but not in the grass, even when you are at the same level as the grass... I`m curious why you have the ISO so high? Would it not make sense to have the lowest possible ISO, while shooting against the sunrise? Great location for landscape :)

[@luxyAAA]

Great video - really inspiring but I gotta say, that morning light through the hair stole the show - nice grade!

[@XjbhelpX]

You're a grace and very creative. Congratulations.

[@ryansheehan2086]

Love the feel of this video. Awesome work!

[@markhenryabello2193]

It's a fun video. I've got a lot of scale model cars. Thanks for the tips. Quick question, though, wouldn't this be easier with a right-angle viewer?

[@PaulMoorhousehankooks]

great stuff

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

Very impressed certainly know what you’re doing and certainly know what you’re talking about! #smashing

[@MichaelJacksonJr23]

I enjoyed this video. The presenter is lovely.

[@BakasChannelini]

Nice, thanks for sharing

[@noah_akers1]

You can either take the pictures on the ground or a custom platform which is hard to find or make

[@mr99boxer30]

Wonderful ! Your shot at 3:46 is extremely beautiful with the light showing through the windows of the van. It gives extreme realism along with the wet beach (rock) as you stated in your tutorial. Thank you! Your are an expert photographer and teacher. Cheers Louise !

[@lmkvisuallens]

Thanks for this video! It has really inspired me to try my own videos like this!

[@quickjumpingfoxes]

Very enjoyable. And intriguing enough for me to get inspired to try a few shots myself. Lucky you for living where you do.

[@midnightdiecast434]

Just stumbled on your photo vid of the Volkswagen bus. Awsome ***

[@kkphotography8095]

Interested why such a fast shutter 2500 and high ISO 1600?

[@tomasdov2213]

I subscribed this channel only because of her!:)

[@neevenbeilsperg2936]

🥰😍 I am hope for you meeting her and fall than with love and weddings 😋😘 lol congrats 🎉

[@Clebrush2]

Phenomenal video, you were very engaging and broke down your methods well.... thanks friend

[@nahidhasanshovon4929]

Very pretty... 🥰

[@olivergallego]

Do you think it is possible to do it with a smartphone?

[@garydeandeery]

I had little go any more tips

[@daraghmay4998]

Love this

[@Magicalfluidprocess]

Is this an ad for Dorset ? Too much padding out for me

[@neshiah4747]

Really interesting video. I’m thinking I will try this and ‘age’ the vehicle in post processing - see how realistic I can make the illusion.

[@ppmagazine]

Thanks Neil! That's a great idea - let us know how you get on! - Louise

[@gilbertcharpentier4938]

what is the name of your camera and the reference pls thanks

[@matthewalexander8752]

Best shot was on the rock…….The grass was way to higher than the van!- Have you considered taking a large pair of scissors?

[@IlluminovaNibiru]

Skip to 10:00 on

[@yjy4404]

Excellent

[@elliottnolan7955]

Shame the music is so much louder than the talking, had to keep reaching for the volume control. Good video apart from that.

[@RJGURRI]

I was wondering.. How can one thenslevees pose with a toy car..As a Male model

[@khaleel_as]

How did you edit the first two photos!!!?? What camera did you use ?

[@mariolavrador350]

Great video, very educational. Can you please tell mem what's the scale on that van? Im going to buy one online, but they come in sclaes and it's hard to see it's real size on a screen. Thank you!

[@mattbates481]

Looks like 1/32 scale but I wouldn't get hung up on scales too much as its all about shooting distance. My garden railway is 1/22.5 and I use 1/24 scale vehicles. All about distance and lighting. Experiment.... There are no limits!

[@mariolavrador350]

Thank you, Matt.

[@rmg8729]

Yeah youre welcome

[@No2theBS]

Personal preference, for me the narrower aperture shots looked better. Good stuff though

[@romanowskiart]

V.cool...I like

[@vivekmhatre2714]

Which lens do you use for this photography

[@allissondiego1989]

2:45 moron

[@raywalteroutdoors]

I just bought some die-cast exotics which I will shoot at 85mm

[@HackMyControlSystem]

Inspiring. Have you tried micro lenses? I'm curious as to the difference in detail. Thank you for posting this video.

[@ShadowDaNet]

Why the long intro? Skip to 0:54 to ignore the useless fluff, and then again to 2:01.

[@nunocarneiro464]

You also need the proper background and foreground to pull that off, those all looked like a toy on the grass

[@TruthAndMoreTruth]

A 20mm full frame lens is about a the equivalent of a 12mm focal length in a crop sensor camera.

[@SantaAnaCreations]

Are you afraid of flash? How are u going to expose for the sky and casually say ur going to fix the cars exposure in PS? Thats stupid cuz you are just gonna introduce noise if u just add flash or bouce light back to the toy you could have a much more dynamic image and really accentuate bothe the toy and the background

[@ramadaxl]

Alternatively...use photostacking!

[@manstuff6073]

Re-name video to "how to shoot landscape and watch sunsets in England". Except from two quick seconds showing the actual car that was shot, this video has nothing to do with toys or models.

[@riffbaama]

The pics are good but they all look like toy. The forced perspective was not good.

[@allissondiego1989]

Still looks like a toy

[@andylancop]

She doesn't get it, too bad.

[@securityrobot]

A few of the shots give away that it’s a toy, and then there’s the fatuous comment about the van looking as it’s off for a sense of adventure, how this conclusion is reached isn’t clear. It’s just wishy washy pretentious bullshit talk.

[@joeldoxtator9804]

Step one: Go to an exotic location half way around the world........

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Louise You Have Made A Very Interesting Video. You Are So Beautiful. Perhaps You Could Film A Mermaid 🧜🏼‍♀️ On The Rocks With The World 🌎 Beneath Her Feet , Possibly An Alien Landscape. Take Care . ♥️

[@duccotrungnguyen8009]

Intro is too long.....

[@nospam-hn7xm]

At the risk of appearing rude, the real, the pertinent information could have been delivered in a fraction of the time. Do yourself and your audience a favor, get in and get out as quickly as possible. People are looking for information. Respect their time and they will respect you. Chances are your subs will increase as well.

[@MrBunnymaan]

dont look that creative,, i can take same photos in my back yard

[@gammelyxan]

Can you make a video where you show the world how to be creative?

[@kepeb1]

Terrible.

[@roshanji3507]

Too much talk

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Model Railroad Shots use a “ Pin Hole Lens “ adapter . You May Wish To Try This . You Are Really Amazing. Thank You.

[@colinwaylett9122]

A great video Louise but I wish you wouldn´t walk so near to the edge of the cliff!!

[@inimical_thugs]

Canu do forest photo shoot with toy cars??

[@NoName-zm1ks]

Nah, the grass makes the car look like the toy it is.

[@toyjacktoycar8471]

So cool!😁 I'll try this more!! 🤩 Thanks a lot!! 👍

[@dwizayekti]

good photo

[@tripyramidpictures9224]

Good video…! Thank you!

[@TaofikiGafar]

That transition in editing skills got me to subscribe!

[@lucutes2936]

thx

[@Dutch-K9-Unit]

Thank you for inspiration 👍👍❤️ look very cool

[@Rich6Brew]

Old Harry is a local term for the Devil, and the area leading uphill to the South West from the rocks is known as Old Nick's Ground.

[@geoffchalcraft9432]

Also alternatively..... use a bean bag!

[@ppmagazine]

Hi Geoff, thanks for your comment! As I was using such a shallow DOF in great light I felt I was better off working handheld :) - Louise

[@geoffchalcraft9432]

OK, thanks..... but I still think a bean bag keeps the camera steady when it's on the ground - with the use of the flip-out LCD (if it had one)

[@herobear]

Beautiful! Thanks for positive vibes:)

[@DiegoChauvin]

Amé tus fotos, son hermosas, saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷

[@kirtasiyetv]

congratulations

[@superhypixel5490]

How come there aren’t any of these long videos anymore

[@BluePlanetTube]

nice location,, wow what incredible landscape and views.

[@cdelta2443]

Cool video!

[@rishiadhikary_photography]

where you buy this toys??

[@muhammaduzaibmashwani764]

Great work amazing

[@gregwaugh8069]

Inspirational.

[@jimbryce502]

I enjoyed that,thanks.

[@jbonatti7791]

Video starts at 2:06.

[@vaughanmouton7360]

Thank you

[@blue28119]

This is great really enjoyed it hope to try it out sometime Louise too is a lovely presenter

[@whatsonmytable]

But isnt this very unreal. See the work on instagram.com/garageworx