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Firefly–everyone’s favorite saboteur… For this photo, I used a clear plastic ceiling tiles for the backdrop, and had some blue Christmas lights behind it, which cast a purplish tone on the figure. I held an LED flashlight directly above the figure to make it look like he’s standing beneath a spotlight. Here I go using […]

I’m about ready to just call this G.I. Joe week on Cool & Collected, and it’s only Tuesday. I have just been having too much fun… Just by moving the light sources around slightly, I got some dramatically different results. I thought it might be fun to throw a vehicle into the scene, and this […]

Last week, I won a bunch of auctions at the online Big Toy Auction and a huge box arrived on my doorstep today — that was fast! There were some serious bidders participating in the auction, and I didn’t get most of the items that I went for, like the Dino-Hunters set, but I did […]

I’m having way too much fun photographing these action figures… I wanted to take some photos with more than one figure to get some more depth into the scene. A black plastic plant tray works great as a security fence. I lit this guy with a small LED flashlight, which gives a stark contrast to […]

The kids are off for Spring Break and my allergies are raging, that must mean that baseball season has begun. Once again this week, the topic has been ripped from the mind of fellow League member, the Claymation Werewolf (whether he was aware of it or not). This week’s league topic: —- Take me out […]