I picked another one of my toys to shoot in portrait. I set up the Kick on the Gorillapod so that I could light the Shredder figure. I shot it in profile so that I could capture a very dark background and make the figure pop.
I was using the NX300 with the 60mm Macro lens. I really notice how badly the toys I have need to be dusted when I see them in macro.
Decided that I’d use my Samsung NX300 with the 60mm Macro lens to take some portraits… of my toys. I started with a Batman figure. In addition to the camera and macro lens I also used a gadget that I got from Kickstarter, the Kick. It is a light that I can control with my iPhone. So I shot a bunch of images of Batman in the same position but changed the lighting via the Kick. Here is what that looked like plus what the Kick looks like mounted on a Gorillapod. Continue reading Portrait of Batman