Practical Effects in Professional Toy Photography!

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5 жыл бұрын

We spend a day with toy photographer Johnny Wu (aka SgtBananas), whose beautiful photos bring toys to life and have gathered a big following on Instagram. Johnny shows us how he stages scenes in his miniature studio, lights his figures, and uses practical effects to add weather to his photos!
Find more of Johnny's work at / sgtbananas
Shot by Gunther Kirsch
Edited by Norman Chan
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Ryan Kiser / ryan.kiser
Kishore Hari / sciencequiche
Sean Charlesworth / cworthdynamics
Jeremy Williams / jerware
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Darrell Maloney / thebrokennerd83
Kristen Lomasney / krystynlo
Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman
Set design by Danica Johnson / saysdanica
Set build by Asa Hillis www.asahillis.com
Thanks for watching!

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@Hippiewolf42 5 жыл бұрын

It's so fascinating watching him explain something I had no interest in previously. His passion and enthusiasm is contagious.

@lsinner80 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny Wu is everything. Love his works and his passion. Can I just sit in his workshop and watch the whole entire process? 😉

@justaddmusclecom 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man, now I want to embark on another hobby after watching this. It seems like so much fun to create these really cool images.

@TheGlassSword 5 жыл бұрын

Healthy Recipe Channel Same I build Gundam models now I really want to try this with them

@JelloFluoride 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheGlassSword Do it! I want to do the same thing.

@beckymurphy4714 5 жыл бұрын

I snagged Hela, Thor & Loki on clearance, and had a blast doing photo shoots with them. I took about 30 pictures of Hela alone - with and without her cloak, headdress and "regular" head. Outside with a snow bank background. Right now I have Hela & Loki standing on my dresser, and Thor doing a "power jump" behind Hela (He's suspended from the wall on fishing line). I love coming up with different scenarios and angles.

@lorcannagle 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheGlassSword there's a great Gunpla blog called kusakusa, the guy does these fantastic long-exposure photos with laser pointers, lighting and clear plastic weapon effects to give naturalistic photos of gundam kits in action poses.

@androgeniko 4 жыл бұрын

I started recently take photos of my Saint Seiya figures with natural light and the gold cloths with sun light look really amazing I falled in love taking photos of them

@thefatman69dude 5 жыл бұрын

I really like this action figure coverage you guys are doing. Please please do more. Do some diorama building vids, do more stuff like this please. I would love to see more action figure stuff. As a collector and diorama builder myself I am loving these toy vids

@tcb9775 5 жыл бұрын

Miniature model cities would also be rad!

@coregeek 5 жыл бұрын

Been following him for years. He’s such an incredible artist. Thanks for highlighting him here.

@BarManFesteiro 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved the lights, i work in theater stages and these lights are just like miniatures of the ones we use really cool.

@hazonku 5 жыл бұрын

I think my favorite part was just watching him & Norm geek out about photography and lighting itself. LOL The photos & process are super interesting too but watching them geek out was the best part.

@jasonyang6418 5 жыл бұрын

CONGRATS JOHNNY! Really proud of you, my friend!

@DeeL2003 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats Johnny! It's so cool seeing toy photography getting some exposure. Great job Norm and Tested!

@rowleysyukur8438 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny Wu, u rock! Awesome artwork n crazy photography. This guy is talented.. 🤘

@TheSalemCrow 5 жыл бұрын

As an artist in the same hobby, I appreciate Tested showcasing it, and such an amazing artist.

@BoogNice 5 жыл бұрын

Also, Lume Cube PAY this man! That was God level promotion.

@mossvf6706 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see toy photography getting some love ! Nice work johnny

@2ruthfox82 5 жыл бұрын

You got love to bro, I thought of you when I seen this.

@brickstopixel2324 5 жыл бұрын

and what's exactly the problem with that?

@brooksysdead 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 yes he is an ambassador for the company and he should be... He is basically selling their product to a community that otherwise may not know about the product and how well they would work for them.good for johnny

@BoogNice 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t see a problem at all. It’s win, win.

@TheEternalExperience 5 жыл бұрын

My boy Johnny! Congrats dude this was so awesome to watch. Big inspiration to all of us toy photographers! God speed!

@BGsModelWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

This was so cool guys! Thanks to Johnny Wu for sharing!!

@jsdrummer91 5 жыл бұрын

I needed this.. Excellent choice in having Johnny Wu on your channel. Huge fan. This lights a spark inside me to get back to the grind.

@gungagalunga7761 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy listening to an artist describe their process of creating. Sgtbananas... great work.

@iPhonedo 5 жыл бұрын

Great interview, I love this video.

@damonwestenhofer44 5 жыл бұрын

Haha I love how Norm just invites himself back at the end. Didn't know about Johnny Wu before, definitely going to follow. Great video guys!

@buzzmooney2801 Жыл бұрын

I haven't done NEARLY as much figure photography as I've wanted, over the years. I'm intrigued by the simple setup!

@gpholtz 5 жыл бұрын

Toys, dioramas, miniatures, railroad models......Love them all!!!!

@tcb9775 5 жыл бұрын

Same. I always wanted to see micromachines in a diorama.

@SuperSpeedMonkey 5 жыл бұрын

Norman is easily one of the best interviewers in the business.

@anchorbait6662 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks SgtB! Great Tested episode as well.

@nicoledamiata4810 5 жыл бұрын

I’m trying to learn as much as I can to improve at this, thank you so much for this post 😊

@infinitegodman 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously great vid Tested. Love the artist work space/flow tour! Keep these coming XD

@Wicket_78 5 жыл бұрын

so much talent! and great that he's doing something he's passionate about.

@thefatman69dude 5 жыл бұрын

Also Johnny wu is awesome. What a great photographer

@LeeGinSing 5 жыл бұрын

So nerdy. So awesome.

@toypocket6871 5 жыл бұрын

Soo awesome! Super excited to get to see Johnny on here! I’m a big @toymigos fan

@AWARHERO 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome... Nothing less then AWESOME!

@PunkerMike 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats Johnny!!

@legoat8747 5 жыл бұрын

I always thought toy photography was awesome, but ever since I started loving photography and getting into it then also watching this video. Boy did it spike my interest even more!

@ryecmd 5 жыл бұрын

I like his pictures thanks for sharing because I collect figures and started taking pictures recently.

@shelleynobleart 5 жыл бұрын

Killer fantastic episode! Lighting goals. Brilliant work! Thank you so much for the tools and process share.

@thephotoviper 5 жыл бұрын

Great spotlight on an awesome hobby!!!

@GurnningGunners 5 жыл бұрын

As an artist I find his work beautiful, amazing stuff

@sadeaton Жыл бұрын

That is a cool form of art, thank you for sharing.

@ColdsideRamrod 5 жыл бұрын

It's reassuring to know that there are still people who can afford, temporally and financially, to have hobbies like this.

@JoelsterG4k 5 жыл бұрын

This was so awesome, thank you for this video.

@NecroDingus 5 жыл бұрын

This one's a banger. Great job.

@djmajiktuch82 5 жыл бұрын

I swear, if someone was to show me these pictures before I knew that these were toys or action figures, I'd swear these were pictures of real live actors posing for him. This guy is a true artist.

@warlord13000 5 жыл бұрын

Wow SgtBananas is on Tested!!

@cftyler5041 5 жыл бұрын

What an amazing guy and an awesome job/hobby

@OneSixShooter 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats, Johnny!

@christopherwashington2460 5 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely fascinating Edit : the level of detail he pays to each part of the shot is amazing

@NeverNotMaking 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Truly inspirational work!

@jimmythx1 5 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite toy photographer , tones of movement and life in his work.

@ericbadder1552 5 жыл бұрын

You are a loser man. Did u really just say that

@BlackfyreProductions 4 жыл бұрын

I just stumbled upon these videos and I love them! I plan on doing some photography of some of my miniatures to tell a narrative story, and this is very inspirational and educational. Thanks for sharing.

@KidToyTesters 5 жыл бұрын

That was an awesome insight into your process. Thank you for sharing this with us!

@undergroundtrainone 5 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome!!! Dope as hell

@iBurnedaHouse 5 жыл бұрын

This was so cool to watch, it really makes me want to do stop motion again. Or at least build stuff, so much fun.

@tcb9775 5 жыл бұрын

Go for it! And share it on YT Stop motion is way better than CGI

@rickjasonaloro5632 5 жыл бұрын

One of the Best!!

@NotThatBob 5 жыл бұрын

Here's a guy who knows how to play with toys! Brilliant.

@creatingwithcatherine8680 2 жыл бұрын

That’s so cool! 💕

@Artist_196 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, so inspiring!

@MrChief101 5 жыл бұрын

Now that was fun-- good guy. Thanks, Norm!

@sdjohnsononyoutube 5 жыл бұрын

This was so awesome & inspiring

@Shilly_JD 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Norm and Tested!! Very cool!

@BigManila 4 жыл бұрын

Love it, nice work! This video inspires me to get better 🤩

@53660winston 5 жыл бұрын

WOW amazing work!

@WCIN 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@MENUDENCIAS2 4 жыл бұрын

This is AMAZING!

@SeSeMittens 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is so cool! I want to try this myself 😊

@JoseLopez-87 5 жыл бұрын

Gran trabajo!

@mrgizmo182 5 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Johnny is my bro!

@dr.doppeldecker3832 5 жыл бұрын

Too much green for me, i actually liked the original photo more.

@madgenus 5 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way honestly, though removing the raindrop on the forehead and the unfocused thing to the right seems like a good choice to me.

@offsetstudio5673 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, before looked much better, after felt very artificial.

@55johnkid 5 жыл бұрын

Looks realistic to me. Some light produce a different hue.

@madgenus 5 жыл бұрын

@@55johnkid Gonna have to disagree there, i don't see any sort of lighting on that scene (rainy forest during evening/night) producing that green tint realistically.

@mikesartorii234 5 жыл бұрын

Too me...she is on an alien f$cking planet so who knows what the hell it's supposed to look like! It's all subjective guys! Too me...I would've like to seen more of the gun barrel if we are being nitpicky about what "we" would like to see ;) This guy does great work and is inspiring to say the least.

@victorcarneiro7256 5 жыл бұрын

amazing one ! this dude got skills !

@PsimanUK 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. A great insight into what it takes to produce such high quality photography of miniatures. I think I might have a go and see what I can produce with some of my old Star Wars figures. Thanks for making the video.

@ColombianCasanova 5 жыл бұрын

its not miniatures, its action figure photography, miniatures is something else

@mamangcamping 5 жыл бұрын

Wow the man behind sgt bananas! Great video

@gilbertcharpentier4938 5 жыл бұрын

Very very good job sir i love !!!

@leesway 4 жыл бұрын

i really love his story

@Anonymouscloudzero 5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh i see you've changed the channel name, nice! Love it!

@eastcoastfigs5706 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!!!

@dponpon6929 5 жыл бұрын

so inspiring!!

@snoopu2601 5 жыл бұрын

This is way cool I always like toys, I always go to the toy section in the store to see what they come out with new.

@maestro0428 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing photos! Love this. Smashed the like today!

@vladimirgreen124 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice fotos 👍 Good job 👏🏼

@miketech2 5 жыл бұрын

Super cool to see the process that’s going on in his mind during a shoot. 🤙🏼 #wantlumecubesnow

@gratefuldoge8598 5 жыл бұрын

Man these photographers are everywhere it's been super trendy 2017 and shit

@jessical4866 5 жыл бұрын

Working with a physical object to recreate a mental image has the potential to be so frustrating, it seems. Like what if you want an epic shot, you get so excited, but then the toy itself isn’t physically capable of adjusting to that position? Definite props to Sgtbananas.

@BushidoPhoto 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a professional photographer and this was inspiring even to me!

@garybarnett7284 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny: Why aren't you in Hollywood and/or working for Mattell? You sir are truly awesome!

@Bassquake76 5 жыл бұрын

In the words of the Nerd Crew.. veery cool!

@virgildiorama4992 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome brotherrr

@jordynscreams1614 3 жыл бұрын

I love the mini forest...

@simonblackwood4672 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome... I went straight over and followed

@BoogNice 5 жыл бұрын

Salute!

@MauroRaptor86 5 жыл бұрын

ACBA in a 4,3 millions subscribers channel. It should be like a dream for you Boog!

@sebastianhoyos1961 5 жыл бұрын

My man boog is loving the plug lol awesome

@vladepast4936 5 жыл бұрын

The guy is an artist...

@EthanfromEngland- 5 жыл бұрын

This video really tickled my pickle lads. Nice job!

@H2o3G2a 5 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone dislike this? they're both very nice and passionate, the photographer is talented and overall it's pretty fucking interesting to watch.

@samwilson417 5 жыл бұрын

So Sic love the work

@Xiox321 5 жыл бұрын

I'm amazed at how real her face looks.

@RawHeadRay 5 жыл бұрын

You could film motion video of the set with the practical effect going off live, (without the character in shot) then green screen the character in to the video to either create a fully animated moment or a simple 6 frames giff.

@Ben-pr9ew 5 жыл бұрын

So interessing! And good vibes un these video👍🏻..

@Biofan813 5 жыл бұрын

Really love his book! So happy darkhorse made that happen!

@CMCustom112 5 жыл бұрын

Love it.

@revjagar2961 5 жыл бұрын

This just inspired me!!!!

@waynesbutler 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny definitely has his chops together when producing these great shots . My personnel favorite though is Deanknight 333 , his photography is poster worthy just like this guy ..

@pictureeyecandy 5 жыл бұрын

Well, this was very interesting. He got hooked by taking his first photo of a toy. I'm am wondering if he does only toy photography? Hopefully, toy manufactures start using his photography's for a new release of the toy models on their boxes or packages ( Product Photography ). His practical effects and using light to get it as perfect in the camera was awesome. I figured he did some digital effects like rain and overlays but he did not.