Red Bubble Updated!

Today I decided it was high time to update my Red Bubble site.  Apparently I haven't added anything new to Red Bubble since July 2013!  I uploaded 16 new Lego pictures, 11 of which were from my Minifigure Alphabet.  Enjoy!  :)

Minifigure Alphabet Returns!

P is for..., a photo by s.kosoris on Flickr.

Today I once again returned to the Minifigure Alphabet, this time with pirates for the letter P. So that means there are only 10 letters and 10 days left to finish the alphabet in February. Having used up both of my possible break days, it's now going to be non-stop daily pictures for the remainder of the month!

500!

500!, a photo by s.kosoris on Flickr.

Today I posted my 500th Lego picture on Flickr! My original plan was to set up 500 minifigures like this, but I don't think I have quite enough (and even if I do, I decided I didn't want to set up 500 minifigures - these 115 were bad enough because they kept falling over like dominos!)

I attempted to put a representative sample of the minifigures I have photographed in this picture. The 5 is composed of Castle-themed minifigures, including Dragon Masters, Wolfpack, Forestmen, Kingdoms, and some custom minifigures I'm hoping to eventually tell a photo story with. The first 0 is all Star Wars figures (with one custom from Arealight). The final 0 is the biggest mish-mash of figs, consisting of Atlantis, Power Miners, Space Police, Super Heroes, Pirates of the Caribbean and Collectible Minifigures. I also added the Crystal King, Eruptor, and T-Rex for good measure. :)

A Thank You and a Quick Update

First, a big thank you to whoever bought a copy of "Some Fishing Action."  :)

Second, I just added a few new Lego pics to my Red Bubble Site.  They were taken during a picture taking adventure for Father's Day and then out at camp.  Of course, all of these and more are on my Flickr site as well, so take a look if you have a moment.  :)

A Late Thank You

I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to the people who bought some greeting cards from my Red Bubble site over the last week.  Thank you so much for your support!

Ninja Attack! recreated with Lego

Ever since recreating "Red vs Blue" and "Aw Shit!" I've thought about shooting "Ninja Attack!" But life got in the way and it just never happened. Today a friend came over to play through Halo 2; once he left, I didn't feel like playing video games anymore (especially Halo), so instead I turned to photography. I dug out all the pieces I thought I would need (as well as a couple of extra pieces that didn't end up making it into the finished photo) and set to work on staging this. I only have one white Spartan, which was a bit of an issue because there are two in the original photo. In the end I decided to make the front Spartan blue; it was more important to me that the background Spartan be white because that just happens to be one of my good friends. Besides, blue works for the whole "red vs blue" war that is Halo multiplayer.

Once that was decided, I set to work. I grabbed one of the large gray cave pieces and decorated it with random flora. The original has a couple of bare branches in the bottom left corner, so I took a couple of the branch pieces from the Dark Forest set Bandit Ambush; unfortunately they never made it into the finished shot (being a macro, they just didn't fit into the frame).

The next problem I had was making the red Spartan hover in the air. In the end I used some clear pieces (which are mostly hidden behind the blue Spartan). I later had the red Spartan standing on a thin 1x3 piece to better hide the clear pieces behind the blue Spartan, which worked rather well. The background is "In the Woods" which was also used for "None Shall Pass!" I was really excited when I noticed the trees in the original's background. They're rather faint, but they really reminded me of "In the Woods" so I thought that was perfect. Unfortunately I then had to fight with placing it properly. From the angle I shot this, you could see above the actual picture in many of the shots I took (as in "None Shall Pass!" and like "Loading Slave 1," this background is a printed version of "In the Woods." I taped it onto my usual black background, but the printed picture is smaller than my usual background). The cave piece already had to be elevated so you could see it properly from this angle; the background had to be even higher than the cave. Luckily a couple of stacks of books came to the rescue!

The one thing missing from my Lego recreation is the bubble shield. In "Red vs Blue," I used cellophane. I had every intention of doing the same here, but when I tried, I didn't really like the results. I thought that the blurry background that this shot had in macro worked just as well, so I left it at that.

So long story short, the Lego version is just an interpretation of the Halo screenshot. But that's totally okay with me; I'm really happy with how this shot turned out.

As usual, "Ninja Attack!" is on my Flickr photostream.

Thank You!

A big thank you is extended to whomever purchased a print of "Captain Jack Sparrow!" Your support is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!!!! :)

Home From a Weekend at Camp

This weekend I went out to camp. As usual, I had my camera with me. And while I didn't take as many pictures as I normally do, I managed to snap a few really pretty ones. All of the pictures were taken during my random adventures on Saturday. From a trip down to the lake for a swim (which resulted in my first Yoda picture) to the evening fishing trip, I had a fantastic day! Want to see for yourself? Check out my Flickr photostream, or the Camping 2011 set which has all of my camping adventures from this year.

I even updated Red Bubble with select images from this weekend. Feel free to have a look there as well!