Toy Photography with Miniature Sets and Dioramas

Professional toy photographer Johnny Wu visits our studio for another awesome photography session! This time, his subject is one of our favorite new figures: Mezco's Popeye, using custom toy clothing and posed in a highly-detailed foam set made for 1:12 scale photography. It's like a miniature movie set!
Find more of Johnny's photography here: / sgtbananas
Find Terrafoamer's dioramas here: / terrafoamer
Find CJESIM's custom clothing at www.cjesim.com
Shot by Gunther Kirsch and edited by Norman Chan
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Joey Fameli www.joeyfameli.com
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Ryan Kiser / ryan.kiser
Kishore Hari / sciencequiche
Sean Charlesworth / cworthdynamics
Jeremy Williams / jerware
Kayte Sabicer / kaytesabicer
Bill Doran / chinbeard
Ariel Waldman / arielwaldman
Darrell Maloney / thebrokennerd83
Kristen Lomasney / krystynlo
Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman
Set design by Danica Johnson / saysdanica
Set build by Asa Hillis www.asahillis.com
Thanks for watching!

[@mcmoose64]

This is what got me into photography many , many years ago.Photographing completed scale model kits in realistic settings or against background photos. Thanks for this. Loved it.

[@Biofan813]

Johnny is amazing! I was so glad when I heard he was getting a book! I love it!

[@davewhitehead135]

Totallly AWSOME! Man.

[@BoogNice]

Excellent. Keep shining a light on the community.

[@KeatonX92]

I buy a bunch of Figma and a couple other Bring Arts and McFarlane figures. Posing them to look natural is one of my favorite things to do. My current favorite is my Cayde-6 from Destiny (McFarlane) that I just reposed to look like he's got his back against a wall, taking cover around the corner of a box that I'm using to support him. It just adds so much life to the characters. After watching this, I dimmed my room lights and tried taking a couple photos using just what I had on hand for lighting and my cellphone as my camera. I think a new hobbyist has been born.

[@katestransky2031]

Does anyone know anything about the lights that he's using?

[@codyfranklin1282]

The brand is Lume Cube. You can get a set of two of these lights in a kit with some accessories for around $200 on there website.

[@austindeertay]

Keep this series going as long as possible.

[@VandrefalkTV]

So incredibly fascinating, love it.

[@philRminiatures]

A very artistic video that highlights our hobby...Impressive and gorgeous!

[@PunkerMike]

Another dope episode Johnny!!

[@betsyhenry9982]

So cool!

[@AdrianDaBuddha]

Great work Terrafoamer

[@spongebakesquarepansgaming]

love this i'm geting the two pack the one with bluto and popeye

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

Wow! That's awesome. It's inspired me to want to finish painting my Warhammer Age of Sigmar stuff and set it up for some cool photoshoots.

[@imjody]

This is so awesome.

[@joshua.snyder]

Love that ACES suit!

[@msrowe88]

you guys can never have too many SgtBananas vids

[@otissuper6eastgmoore416]

Hey man, loved the video!! I liked and subscribe. your a master of your craft, keep up the great work sir, I look forward to seeing more. You inspire me.

[@readventurekids]

Little known fact, this Popeye model also makes a good double for Last of the Summer Wine's Compo ... ;)

[@virgildiorama4992]

Nice man

[@jeross4340]

So cool

[@DanielS2001]

Now I want a Popeye/TMNT crossover. Thank you, Tested. XD

[@NitrousDiecast]

Cool photos!

[@red_dog_5]

Excellent video shows how we create the Magic congratulations Banana 🍌 Man top work Bro.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Wu's 40k army must be 100% USDA certified Golden Demon *_FIRE_*

[@Aurora07]

I'd like to know what lens he was using for those shots.

[@iban0805]

what lens did you used in this video? 90mmG?

[@Mofizzz]

Which lens you used in landscape in this?

[@ficaman15]

Any link to the small lights ?

[@sohamganguly6589]

Wow.

[@assoumanim]

What lens was used ?

[@AnnaCurser]

freakishly realistic disfigured popeye face

[@Science3D]

what are the spotlight used to light the scenes ? they seems quite small but powerful enough

[@howdyzach]

very interested in this myself

[@MrJeffH]

They are lumecubes

[@josed.ulloacastillo1635]

*History of how Toy Story was made...*

[@davewhitehead135]

YOU Could Take The Dock Outside To A Lake, OR A Beach To Put In The Water. Just An Idea. If You Wanted To.

[@joshsmithartist]

Has anyone made graphic novels this way?

[@Biofan813]

Joshua Smith not yet.

[@nagualdesign]

www.jatmanstories.com/stories/ ...It's a start, I guess. 😉

[@Frankholmquist]

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[@DanielSambar]

_You’ve got a diorama in me._

[@spongebakesquarepansgaming]

oh so you have it up your ass lol

[@bomobeel]

Yo

[@TheFPSFanatic]

hmm.. much of the diorama was not even in the shot, shame. I get that he wants a tighter shot to focus on the subject but the background would've been great too

[@iPhotographyCo]

We've not visited your page before, but we really enjoyed the video! The set up to your shots are so in depth and you can tell made by a passionate soul! If you get a spare moment to check us out, we've just started our own photography channel and we'd love to get the feedback of other creatives on KZbin. Not expecting you to watch all our vids or sub (but THAT would be lovely hahah) either way, have a great day, hope to see more content from you soon :-)

[@ultragoldcoin8780]

Before you listen to this; I wanted to tell you, that you are beautiful and exceptional. Also your a phenomenal human being; I love you and I hope positive experiences will start happening in your life, if they haven't already. Keep moving forward my friend; start adopting positive and beneficial habits & behaviors. Eat healthy and treat yourself with kindness, in addition to others also. Fair well my friend; God Bless you 💖

[@TomWatkinsTV]

Lush quality. like If you would like to make film like this

[@jackeatens1940]

just checked out your channel. really liked your recent film

[@joshua.snyder]

Laika already does.

[@nagualdesign]

I thought he was going to mist spray Popeye's coat to make little beads of rain, and maybe use a longer exposure to get some motion in the falling raindrops. Too much time spent advertising the props and not enough perfecting the shot, in my humble opinion. Love the moody lighting though.

[@tbrickman]

His photos are kind of... Dark. Would like to have seen more light use

[@andydix6243]

I like what he does like but like the word like like needs to be used like it should be like not all the like time! Jeez. Can't people say a damn sentence without adding extraneous "likes" every other frickin word. Like.