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NeverGG
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I finally got my camera fixed, but I'm really, really out of practice. I can't do event photography due to my health still being pretty bad, and having sold my super expensive lens to get money for shipping my book collection home. However, I'm having fun just doing practice shoots using my figure collection.
I decorated six Phat playsets to make a classroom, and transported one floor (three sets) up onto the roof to take a few practice shots. I'd like to upgrade to a better set up, but I'm still researching which cameras/lenses are good for specifically shooting figures/close up work.
It's frustrating not being able to use photoshop to edit the photos, but I only have my netbook to work with.
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I forgot to include details of the figures. Since Hobby Square opened two branches in Seoul I've become something of an avid collector. Anyway, the figures are all 'Nendoroids.' They're made by Good Smile Company (http://www.goodsmile.info/top/en/) I really love how they have an impeccable english site plus a couple of great english language blogs.
Each Nendoroid costs around $49-65 depending upon the amount of extra parts. They're not cheap, but they are a lot of fun to photograph and display. They're also very versatile. I find myself changing their option parts and poses upon a weekly basis.
You can also buy mini versions (blind-boxed and in sets.) called 'puchis' or 'petits' for about $9-10 each. (Sets are usually around $30-35.) Blind-boxing is a biotch, but does allow you to get lots of spares for presents or modding, and I kind of like the lottery element of it.
More here;
+ Show Spoiler +K-On First Practice Shoot: Costume Classroom Shoot:
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Never gg = 5 star automatically. Cute pictures. :D
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Hey! Good to see you posting again, Never! :o
My camera broke too T_T. The shutter motor is broken.
Those photos came out really well for not having Photoshop. Great set. (:
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Nice!
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haha, the pictures look great!
They too cute. My eyesss!! @_@
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Ridiculously adorable!
You always have the best pictures NeverGG. Thanks!
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Very nice, thanks for sharing. I'm not really knowledgeable about photography but these seem really well done, even though as you mentionned, photoshop is really essential
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God damn, the detail and refinement on those figures are jaw dropping.
And the photos, too...almost forgot about that.
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What is Mugi doing with that keg? Aren't they a bit young for that.....
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How...so...cute +_+
Lovely photos as always! I hope your health improves soon. NeverGG fighting :D
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K-on! Nice pictures, good to see you around NeverGG.
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What do you shoot NeverGG?
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Whoah, amazing!
That is some very creative use of a fan (I am guessing correctly?)
FYI, this figure blogger has his equipment listed on his site. It could be useful. You might also want to check his photos =)
http://www.foobarbaz.jp/photoequip/ (some NSFW content)
Do you mind sharing your findings regarding equipment?
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NeverGG
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On March 23 2011 12:12 PH wrote: Hey! Good to see you posting again, Never! :o
My camera broke too T_T. The shutter motor is broken.
Those photos came out really well for not having Photoshop. Great set. (:
Awww, I hope you can fix it soon! Mine was a broken image sensor. It wasn't too pricey to replace, but it came back from the engineer when I had only a little bit of money left >.<
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On March 23 2011 12:38 strongandbig wrote: What is Mugi doing with that keg? Aren't they a bit young for that.....
LMAO. She's already gotten dissed for hitting the wrong side of the drum too. Poor Mugi.
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On March 23 2011 13:36 echO [W] wrote:What do you shoot NeverGG?
Well, I used to be a semi-pro for TL and some other places. This is my body of work (don't look at the oldest stuff, it's rubbish!)
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=89771
I retired a while back to focus on my health, but I still do the odd project for TL.
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NeverGG
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On March 23 2011 13:48 VManOfMana wrote:Whoah, amazing! That is some very creative use of a fan (I am guessing correctly?) FYI, this figure blogger has his equipment listed on his site. It could be useful. You might also want to check his photos =) http://www.foobarbaz.jp/photoequip/ (some NSFW content) Do you mind sharing your findings regarding equipment?
Correct :D I was so worried about dropping something into it (eventhough it's not a working fan) but I liked the lines it provided to draw focus in to the girls themselves. I really want to mock up a proper stage though.
Thanks for the rec - I'll definitely share my findings :D
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NeverGG returnssssss. 5/5 instanly. Damn, these are cute :D
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Awesome! 5/5 Get well soon!
Ninja SNSD.
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Wow really nice pictures, and those figures are cute lol
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That fan fixture worked out really good; nice!
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NeverGG
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On March 23 2011 14:22 NicksonReyes wrote: Awesome! 5/5 Get well soon!
Ninja SNSD.
I'm surprised by how many people noticed that :D I used some issues of Junon for the 'posters' and they're really popular in Japan so I had lots of clippings to work with. I really want to decorate some more of these playsets, but unfortunately so far we've only had festival A/B sets in stock at HS (I own 6 of them already lol.)
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On March 23 2011 15:03 NeverGG wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2011 14:22 NicksonReyes wrote: Awesome! 5/5 Get well soon!
Ninja SNSD. I'm surprised by how many people noticed that :D I used some issues of Junon for the 'posters' and they're really popular in Japan so I had lots of clippings to work with. I really want to decorate some more of these playsets, but unfortunately so far we've only had festival A/B sets in stock at HS (I own 6 of them already lol.)
Mega cute SNSD poster. :D
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On March 23 2011 15:08 mizU wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2011 15:03 NeverGG wrote:On March 23 2011 14:22 NicksonReyes wrote: Awesome! 5/5 Get well soon!
Ninja SNSD. I'm surprised by how many people noticed that :D I used some issues of Junon for the 'posters' and they're really popular in Japan so I had lots of clippings to work with. I really want to decorate some more of these playsets, but unfortunately so far we've only had festival A/B sets in stock at HS (I own 6 of them already lol.) Mega cute SNSD poster. :D
I wanted to use a few things that would be relevant to the music room set in the actual K-On!! anime, so I used quite a few tiny pictures of Japanese/imported artists album/single covers to make those posters :D
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holy crap
i would defintitely pay for these..
AWESOM!
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NeverGG
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On March 23 2011 15:41 jjun212 wrote: holy crap
i would defintitely pay for these..
AWESOM!
I just calculated how much my entire collection is worth (rough estimate anyway.) and it came out to $2605 >.< Why are none of my hobbies cheap?!
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Very impressive! The level of detail is amazing
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Woah, those colors are so sharp that first image took me aback, I thought it was a photoshop or something my gosh.
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NeverGG
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On March 23 2011 16:35 Loser777 wrote: Very impressive! The level of detail is amazing
The Figma series are better in terms of details, but the Nendoroids are just so cute imo (also they break less easily. My poor Ricchan currently has a snapped neck.)
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Wow, that is one awesome collection! I do notice a large amount of Azunyan missing though, hehe. And poor Ricchan; first her huge forehead and now her neck.
I recognise the K-On and Suzumiya Haruhi characters, but I can't remember/recognise who the others are. They're still cute though! ^^
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The photos turned out really well. I really like how you used the fan and the buildings in the background.
I want to see photos of your BRS statue :D
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On March 23 2011 21:59 MoonBear wrote:Wow, that is one awesome collection! I do notice a large amount of Azunyan missing though, hehe. And poor Ricchan; first her huge forehead and now her neck. I recognise the K-On and Suzumiya Haruhi characters, but I can't remember/recognise who the others are. They're still cute though! ^^
I really want Azunyan and Ricchan, but we've not had either of them in stock. Nor have we had the Azunyan or Yui Figmas >.<
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On March 23 2011 23:30 vek wrote: The photos turned out really well. I really like how you used the fan and the buildings in the background.
I want to see photos of your BRS statue :D
Thanks :D I'll try and take some of her this weekend. It's a bit difficult since I can't really take her outside, but I might set up a light box or something.
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Cool, I'd be interested in seeing how you set it up if you decide to go ahead with it. I really want to learn how to take better photos of my figures. All I'm doing is randomly experimenting at the moment, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It'd be great to have more of an idea of what to do.
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5 stars for the mini SNSD poster on the classroom chalkboard. :3 I wish my family still had that SLR- was fun playing around with apertures and junk.
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NeverGG
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On March 24 2011 09:33 vek wrote: Cool, I'd be interested in seeing how you set it up if you decide to go ahead with it. I really want to learn how to take better photos of my figures. All I'm doing is randomly experimenting at the moment, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It'd be great to have more of an idea of what to do.
Same here, I know that having access to photoshop would help, but in the meantime I want to try and improve all the other aspects of how I do figure shoots.
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NeverGG and K-On in the same post ? Instant 5/5. There's even Haruhi ! Very nice. ^^
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On March 24 2011 16:13 tyr wrote: NeverGG and K-On in the same post ? Instant 5/5. There's even Haruhi ! Very nice. ^^
I need to actually watch Haruhi now >.<
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Mmmooooeeee moe kyun!
Cuteness overload. 6/5
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On March 23 2011 13:52 NeverGG wrote:Well, I used to be a semi-pro for TL and some other places. This is my body of work (don't look at the oldest stuff, it's rubbish!) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=89771I retired a while back to focus on my health, but I still do the odd project for TL. If you still check this thread NeverGG, I meant camera gear-wise haha. I know you covered BW E-Sports for TL. Have you covered anything else? Just curious, because I am a Photojournalist/photographer as well.
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Oh man, this is amazing!! =)
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On April 06 2011 12:31 echO [W] wrote:If you still check this thread NeverGG, I meant camera gear-wise haha. I know you covered BW E-Sports for TL. Have you covered anything else? Just curious, because I am a Photojournalist/photographer as well.
I've not done much since I retired due to my health, but I'm focusing solely upon figure shoots right now. As for the camera set up - it's my Canon EOS5D plus some 50mm lens I don't have the specs for right now. (I'm not at home.) I'm not satisfied with the combination tbh, especially because I don't have access to photoshop ;_;
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