The Nerdy Photographer Podcast - 081 - The Magic of Miniature: Discovering the Creative Potential of Toy Photography

081 - The Magic of Miniature: Discovering the Creative Potential of Toy Photography

03/17/22 • 34 min

6 Listeners

I've always been fascinated by toys and collecting. My comic book collection, my growing Funko collection, but, most of all, I had a huge collection of action figures. Setting up the figures to tell stories was so engrossing.

It's strange that I haven't gotten into toy photography, right? Well, it has interested me but I've never fully committed.

In this episode, I interview toy photographer Anthony Mattea whose collection of toy photography makes me extremely jealous. Seriously, go check out his work. The X-Men Sentinel shots and Juggernaut...*chef kiss*

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My name is Anthony Mattea. I live in the California bay area. I have always loved photography but 4 years ago I decided to pursue it on a more professional basis. I started out with wildlife photography and then lockdown happened. My love for comics and movies naturally led me to toy photography. It's opened up a whole new world of creative possibilities.

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It's strange that I haven't gotten into toy photography, right? Well, it has interested me but I've never fully committed.

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Support the Podcast

Want to help out the Nerdy Photographer Podcast?

Leave reviews!
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Follow @thenerdyphoto on Twitter
Improve your business with photography resources from our store
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See Anthony's work on his Instagram and TikTok accounts.

Are you still reading? You should definitely leave a review! See you next time. Or hear you? Whatever the term is...

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As photographers, we receive a lot of weird Photoshop requests from our clients. Podcast listeners have sent me a HUGE list of weird requests that they have received in their careers. Seriously, this list is several hundred entries long and the requests range from slight silly to absolutely insane to downright racist.

On this episode of the podcast, Mel and Dwayne from the Filters Removed Podcast join me once again to go over some listener submitted Photoshop requests, as well as sharing a few stories of our own.

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Filters Removed Podcast

The Filters Removed Podcast is a photography comedy podcast focused on anonymous true stories about photographer bloopers and misadventures. You can find the podcast at their website, as well as Instagram and Facebook.

Melissa Johnstone

Melissa is a wedding and portrait photographer based in Winnipeg, MB Canada. She runs fun photography workshops when not in a pandemic, but right now podcasting is what she looks forward to weekly. She is obsessed with Scrabble and sour candy. You can find her on her website and over on Instagram.

Dwayne Larson

Dwayne is a wedding and concert/event photographer based in Winnipeg, MB Canada. He goes to 3-5 concerts a week the live music was a thing. He is obsessed with collecting vinyl records and recording podcasts. You can see more of Dwayne’s work on his website and on Instagram.

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