Written by We recently got the chance to catch up with Olly and get his thoughts on the toy community as well as the experiences and inspirations that led to him becoming a member of our community.
“I am a 15 year old from the UK, studying Art. I first got into photography back when I got a camera phone in 2013. I just loved the idea of capturing a certain emotion or feeling associated with an object, and my passion for photography grew from then on. I first started Toy Photography in December of that year when I got my first action figures, and thought it would be cool to take some shots in the back garden. I then started to upload my photos where I was introduced to a whole community doing exactly what I was (But maybe not in their back garden…) and discovered such great artists as @mr_gizmo_ and @sgtbananas. Then, at the end of last year I got a DSLR and the game changed as I could finally create the photos I had always imagined.
I would say my work is heavily influenced by films I have watched throughout my youth as the emotion projected through the framing and composition of a shot is what makes the scene in my eyes, so that is what I aim to recreate- Emotion. I also would add how I naturally just fell into this genre of photography by complete accident as I took photos of my figures before even realising there was such a great community of toy photographers.
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Last modified: January 18, 2017
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