#lego photography

[fourbrickstall]

Loving this custom fur hood and cape!

[studshooters]

BTS of composite technique shot and edited on an iPhone posted on r/studshooters by u/TongWars

[minifiguresadventures]

Yep, I found them

[brickcentral]

🤩 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: edgy_mando Hello everyone! It's time to direct the spotlight toward our community members, and today we will get to know better edgy_mando!

"My name is Patryk, known as Edgy_Mando. I’m from Poland and I am a 90s kid. During the day, I work as a graphic designer and in my free time I am a LEGO freak.

LEGO was my favorite toy in childhood. I received my first sets from my grandfather, who initiated my passion to bricks. Back then, we loved building the first Pirates and Castle sets together. I have many wonderful memories from those times.

My return to LEGO happened two years ago. As a huge Star Wars fan, I stumbled upon the Razor Crest set from Mandalorian in a store and fell in love with it. I thought, why not buy and build it? Since then, I have started collecting LEGO again and have been enjoying myself. Additionally, I have always admired toy photography by other creators.

I decided to join this community by actively managing Instagram and regularly taking photos of scenes I come up with.

At first, my photos focused only on Star Wars, but I quickly realized that it limits my creativity, and I wanted something more. In my gallery, you can find photos from Pirates, Castle, City, Marvel, and my own imagined universes. Currently, I enjoy photographing the amazing world of Castle and the daily life of City residents.

Most of my photos are taken at home. I feel the most freedom in creating when I can calmly analyze and set up everything I need in my own space. A big advantage is the control over the light and the possibility to create my own scenery using elements such as sand, gravel, moss, artificial grass, etc.

Equipment I use is a Xiaomi Mi Note 10 smartphone as my camera, RGB LED lights, a tripod, and paper cards for light reflection. As for editing software, Lightroom helps me with color correction, while Photoshop is used for retouching (removing dust and unwanted scratches on a minifigures).

I try to make my photos as natural as possible, but as a graphic designer, I sometimes add minor special effects, mainly in themes like Star Wars (lightsabers, blaster shots, etc.).

I find ideas for photos everywhere! From my everyday life and surroundings, which I use in the City series, to pop culture, movies, games, or even art, which allows me to create my own themes. I have plenty of ideas, and when I decide one, I build MOC (My Own Construction), set up scenes, and turn on the lights to realize my shot as it looks in my mind."

Thank you for accepting our invitation and let the community knows you better!

If you want some insights on the exclusive picture and for a better view of the others, head to our blog at https://brickentral.net/.

- @theaphol, Community Outreach Manager

[thebrickdwarf]

Simple man

[bricktoygrapher]

The joy of LEGO photography 📸

[taskera]

The lioness in the grass

[glowingbrickette]

Rainbow connection

[sarouxbastoux]

Rex on Skateboard

[malcyl]

The Armorer

I used two flashes for this. One lighting the front of  the mini figure, and one behind, giving the blue light from the forge which has nicely spilled out onto the floor this side of the forge door.

Here is a BTS:

[jbarchietto]

A look back at one of my favorite photos of 2023.

I had already used the same location near my home to show a canoe falling into the waterfall. But I wanted to take the storytelling a step further and feature a team of unhappy pirates who had made the wrong choices and were about to lose their entire fortune!

I'd like to take this opportunity to share some behind-the-scenes footage with you ;)

[fourbrickstall]

Forest dweller

It's a beautiful day out today after lots of rain and wind for over a week.

I had built these mushrooms for another project that I ended up abandoning so this was a nice way to spruce up a minifig portrait with more LEGO to make it stand out.

[macmanx]

Spacing Build Navigator

[minifiguresadventures]

Zombie captain hook and his smart monkey

[joschka-vanderlucht]

Date Night

I took this picture last year for the @brickcentral contest bc_inframe.

For this I’ve build this little alley. But maybe different than expected isn’t this alley one big part. This are multiple smaller parts, this allows me to move things around until my final scene was in camera.

[thebrickdwarf]

I made this for Brickcentral's anniversary contest #bc_tenyearsofbc