Oh My, Mayoi!

I have been wishing to get my hands on Figma Mayoi ever since I saw her pictures at MFC. I am drawn to her childish smile and her cutesy yellow umbrella! Just recently, I brought her to dinner and having my camera with me, I tested my new lens for a little photoshoot. Yeah, that’s what I usually do when I bring a toy to dinner. XD

She’s my first Figma! I love her to bits! 

OH WOW MILKTEA! 

That’s my favorite drink in the whole world!

It’s rainy day, don’t care…

I’m also loving my new nifty fifty lens. I recommend it for new toy photographers because you can never go wrong with it. It’s sharp, and it’s also great in low light. Also, I’m a sucker for DOF and it’s such a treat seeing toys pop out when being photographed using a prime lens. 😉

Nendoroid Monopoly

Lookie~ I found a tiny monopoly board and I showed it to the girls right away! They said they can’t play it without money so I made them tiny paper money using colored paper LOL. If you’re playing Monopoly, you would know what denomination each colored paper represents haha! 😀

They were in Kiririn’s pink room, hence the pink carpeted floor. So they just laid down and started playing! I think it was Taiga’s turn when I took this shot. LOL.

 Can you guess which one has the most money?

Cute! Kiririn is thinking of what property should she buy next! 

Looks like Maru-chan wants to play too! 😀

How about you, when’s the last time you played Monopoly with your friends?

Racing Miku vs Saber

It’s an epic race between Miku and Saber! Who do you think will win?

Miku drives an Astute Special while Saber is on her flashy Yamaha V-Max!

I used the zoom effects I did on my previous tutorial featuring my diecast cars. It worked really well for this set because these two are just on a roll to reach the finish line! The shoot was done in our rooftop.

Here’s some bonus pictures!

Kawaii! Racing Miku is being chased by supercars!

Meanwhile, check out Saber’s new ride! It’s pink! My favorite color hahaha!

Look Mom, I’m on TV!

Yes! I was on TV! 🙂 It was on the I-Juander TV show, with episode title “Bakit Nga Ba Mahilig Mag-Picture Si Juan? (Why Does Juan Like To Take Pictures?). I was lucky to be part of the TV segment about toy photography which was aired last April 2013, together with my buddies at Toy Photography Philippines. The segment is all about different types of photography niche that’s becoming popular here in our country. 

Thanks to the Toy Photography Official for the video! 😀 Check this out!

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10152730018950514
It was Mark of JamStorm who texted me if I wanted to be part of the segment. I immediately said yes right away because it’s about toy photography (my hobby, my passion) and…OHMYGODDD I’m gonna see myself on TV! XD On the day of the shoot, we met Ms. Karen of I-Juander in Makati who told us that we’re gonna do the photoshoot on two locations, the first was at the Rajah Sulayman Park and the other was at the CCP open grounds.

Don’t disturb. Trying to do a selfie.

My Toy Photographer friends and I 😀

I also met other toy photographers like Vince and Jeff. They brought these awesome toys like the Avatar mobile tank and this big scale figure of the Makai Knight. He looked too scary, so to break the ice, I bought Sawako’s broom with me and replaced his Ankokuzan with it.

Vince also bought his Yotsuba, which I candidly posed with Danboard here. 😀

Ms. Karen told us to just do our thing, take pictures of our toys while the cameraman shoots us in action. That’s Vince on the background, arranging the toys.

Camera shy! Nah, he’s just taking pictures of how I fix Taiga for the camera. 🙂

Ms. Karen, the cameraman, Vince and I. 

We were preparing the toys here for Mark’s interview. They wanted the toys to be aligned in front of him. 

Pinkcheeks in action! I brought a Canon 60D here. It’s very helpful for toy photographers like me to use a DSLR with an articulated screen because you do not need to kneel too low to see the viewfinder. You can still shoot toys using any kind of camera according to your preference, anyway. 🙂

Though I didn’t say anything on TV, my pictures will just tell how thrilled I was during the shoot. 🙂 After the taping, Ms. Karen told us to email her our shots. I added two additional images as freebie! Here’s the images that were shown on TV. Imagine how happy I was seeing my shots on national TV, LOL I kept saying TV.

I was a great experience meeting new people with the same interest. Thanks to Mark again for the BTS (behind-scenes-shot) I wish we’d do this again, hopefully more members from our toy photography group will participate. More people =  more toys to shoot! Hahahaha! 😀 After the shoot, we have to wait until next week because that’s when they will air the show on TV, so we still have time to tell our friends to anticipate for it. I had fun taking pictures of different figures, though at the end of the day, I still wanted more photos!

What Would Psyduck Do?

A WILD SHIKI appeared!

Psyduck: LOLWAT?!

What would PSYDUCK do?

WHAT AM I GONNA DO?!

Psyduck used CONFUSION!

It didn’t work!!!

Psyyy…. OMG SPARE ME…Shiki…SPARE MEEE!

My Dream Photoshoot with Momohime: Part 2

I just knew the setting would be great for her. I’ve seen awesome toy photography where those pretty scale figs have this reflection on water and I’ve always wanted to recreate that scene. ALMOST. Hahahaha! I’m pretty confident I pulled that off for this set.

Shot in Anawangin Cove, Zambales, I didn’t mind wallowing into the warm river just to put her into place. 🙂

This is my current desktop wallpaper. 🙂

A box art I made for the XBOX game. XD

I regret not thinking of putting splashes on her base at this shot!

I’m so grateful to Ryan and Det for this “Borrowed Happiness”. In turn, I became true to my word that I created beautiful shots of Momohime (I’m still in a trance btw). Hope you love the photos! Thank you guys for making my dream come true hahaha!