While building with LEGO is a wonderful and fulfilling hobby in itself, combining LEGO with photography can take the hobby to a whole new level. Some LEGO fans focus mostly on building, but they also take the time to take good pictures of their creations. Others approach LEGO more from the toy photography perspective, putting LEGO minifigures and models into interesting settings to compose unique images. We have highlighted the work of a number of great LEGO photographers in the past (see links at the end of this post), and today I thought to introduce you to another photographer I recently discovered, who goes by name brickexplorer on Instagram. 🙂
As you will see from the pictures here, brickexplorer has a great sense of combining LEGO creations with real world backgrounds. The lighting is particularly unique, and really brings the scenes to life. In addition, because the images are taken from the perspective and eye level of a minifigure, they are especially lifelike. Take a look at the clever usage of a translucent minifigure headpiece in the image below! Beautiful, isn’t it?
Brickexplorer has been taking pictures of minifigs at the beach, camping, driving, hiking, working, relaxing, and a host of other activities. Here, I will show you some of my favorites, and you can find the rest of the images at their gallery on Instagram.
There is a whole series of pictures, depicting friendly European towns with narrow streets basking in the morning light, minifigs enjoying the sunshine after some refreshing rain, and cozy evening settings.
Some of my other favorites are scenes taking place in the kitchen. So many great details in these images! And, again, the very effective lighting and carefully chosen minifig expressions really bring them to life!
The dramatic outdoors images are excellent too, especially the ones with rain and snow. But even when the outdoors are rough, there are always some lovely details to warm your heart.
Every good LEGO photographer has to have a series of cute LEGO Star Wars Stormies. Brickexplorer doesn’t disappoint in this regard either.
There are many-many more great pictures by brickexplorer, so if you like the ones shared here, make sure you check out their Instagram gallery.
What do you think? Do you take time to photograph your LEGO creations? And how do you like the pictures shared here? Are there any other LEGO photographers who’s work you really like? Feel free to share in the comment section below! 😉
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