Back when I worked at ToyFare Magazine, shooting toys was my job. I took pictures of toys well into the night, for the Twisted ToyFare Theatre comic strip and sometimes for visual price guides, where we would document every toy (or character) in a toy line. It was fun, but it was also work.
When I started working at Diamond Select Toys, I shot toys out of necessity -- we had a photographer who took pics of prototypes on white backgrounds, but prototypes usually can't do much, and I wanted to show off what each toy could do. So I took samples out in the street, made them walk around, switched out their accessories, and posted the pics on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
I still work for DST, but we've since hired people to run the social media accounts, and even a second photographer to take pictures of toys. So for the first time, I don't really HAVE to take pictures of toys. But now I WANT to. So I shoot for myself, posting on my Instagram account, and posting behind-the-scenes videos on YouTube and TikTok.
But I'm a book guy. I WAS a magazine guy, and I still like magazines, but I REALLY like books. So I made a book. You can still see all of my pics on Instagram, but if you want to own them and possess them, like Gollum, you can buy the book. It's called "Wild Toys," and it is the first in what I hope will be a series. Enjoy!
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