Here's some pictures from the beginning of my career with the Toy Industry UK / Children's Comics , taken from my archives....from 1988 - 1989...
Enjoy this bit of Toy History....M.A.S.K. Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand....Kenner Toys UK......
My first Toy Industry product I got to work with....model sets , painted backgrounds and a lot of close up picture taking....these early pictures took me into a whole different way of doing things for my work...with M.A.S.K. using studio photography....before this I did only Portraits , Weddings , Theatres Publicity Pictures of Artists and Groups in Blackpool...some Commercial Products Photography and Motor Sport Magazine stuff....a whole new world for me was just about to happen around the corner in 1988/1989....
Hope you all like these pictures...Richard Dixon TPD STUDIOS UK.
Did you have any M.A.S.K toys?
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Great shots, clean and simple. The settings really suit the toys.
ReplyDeleteMaking models as well as photographing them is a whole other level! So many more skills required. These shots look great.
ReplyDeleteYou've suddenly reminded me of a shot my father (the famous photographer) took, of a battlefield which he built as a tabletop set with cheap knock off GI Joe style toy soldiers!
Thanks Paul and Lewis.....appreciate you looking in on my photography for M.A.S.K.and your comments....when I worked on these pictures I was some years into photography - eighteen years experience.....adding miniature set design to my skills at the time just seemed was the right thing to do....it really worked out for me ....both skills complement together very well....Regards Richard Dixon TPD STUDIOS UK .
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