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              star wars lego photoshoot
              star wars lego photoshoot
              October 16, 2011
              Kenn Tam

              Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet

              fsnewslogo Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet

              Avanaut (aka Vesa Lehtimäki) is proof that creativity, ingenuity and photography know how, are the qualities that make an intriguing photo. With out a camera worth thousands of dollars or pencil thin models, Avanaut has turned out some dynamic shots, using primarily, Star Wars lego figures. His use of light, perspective and inexpensive props, produced some very cool dramatic scenes full of motion. See the results for yourself and check out Avanaut’s Flickr Stream for more wonderful shots.

               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
               Proof that Great Photography has Little to do with your Wallet
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              via [GeekTyrant] [Avanaut's Flickr Stream]
               
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              • Aurimas Liutikas

                Amazing album!

              • Justin Isaac

                Great stuff!

              • Jonathan Lapointe

                Sorry but you don’t tell us what he uses for camera and I can’t seem to find info about that on any of his flickr photos. Misleading title ?

              • http://twitter.com/JamesRphoto James Robertson

                this needs a BTS video

              • http://twitter.com/infinityphotogr Infinity Photo

                Brilliant stuff. Kudos to him!
                (Exif says is a Canon 400D, but really who cares about the camera this guy understands light & composition in an unique way!)

              • http://www.facebook.com/GhislainLeduc Ghislain Leduc

                JUST AMAZING!! Wow, good article!!!

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=754173160 Armie Hu

                amazing stuff, love this!

              • Chris Helton

                agreed BRILLIANT stuff and he understands lighting and composition in a unique way. But I have to say it was a bit misleading too. Should include what you shot with and how you accomplished it.

                Thanks fstoppers for for a great post. But when you say ‘see.. amazing shots and it doesnt take awesome gear’ well, tell us what gear it was lol

              • Anonymous

                he showed how he did these shots a while back. He shoots them while they are in a fish tank so he can get the snow to float. There are some really great toy photographers out there and he is one of them.

              • http://twitter.com/psyphy81 Simon T.

                very inspiring!!! bring on the BTS (please)

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563353245 Olivier Borgognon

                Been following avanaut since a while on Flickr, his work is just impressive and stunning. Not quite sure at all on how he does it, but whatever it is, secret recipe or public.. he’s got a talent. Surfing his flickr stream can become highly addictive :D

              • Benjamin LEVARWEST

                I know this pic (flickR is my friend) this artist are just amazing !

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1527649829 Johannes Reitter

                Holy smoke! This is some SICK stuff. Looks real and unreal at the same moment.

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fernando-Garcia/705346784 Fernando Garcia

                Brilliant!!!!!

              • http://www.rlmorris.com Lee Morris

                killer post!

              • http://www.facebook.com/FirkinMichael Michael Battenberg

                Wow…. note to self: The most important elements in a great shot are imagination, play and a cinematic vision. Who needs TTL?

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Scott-Ternan/1028844218 Scott Ternan

                Wow !!! This is guy is amazing !!! just love it.  Thanks for the inspiration.

              • Ettore Toma

                love it! I’d like to watch a BTS video, hope he makes one :)

              • http://twitter.com/MadKeanePhotos Andrew Keane

                Brilliant.  Love to add more but I have got to go, must get into the kids Lego collection

              • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WSUBH4RABPGQZEMXSETHPXZA2I f1

                lovey dovey

              • Anonymous

                Post higher resolution versions, some of these would make awesome wallpapers

              • Jen Johnston

                Really great collection from a very talented artist, but the article is very misleading with its title. After cruising his photostream you can plainly see that among other cameras he uses a Canon 5DMKII for some of his shooting. If that isn’t thousands of dollars worth of gear in your eyes, I’d like to know where you definitions of wealth lie…

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Djo-Greps/100000178136574 Djo Greps

                very good job

              • http://abstractartist.org Cris Ronk

                 Great hobby. It looks like it was a lot of fun working on these shot. Kudos to the photographer.

              • http://www.facebook.com/ChrisAllenMajor Christopher Allen Major

                i’m heading out to the toy store right now!

              • http://twitter.com/MikeJHagen Mike Hagen

                Totally awesome work. Loving the detail and the mood.

              • http://profile.yahoo.com/TLPUUQG6AUEPSHCW3PJ3KI2MU4 Vesa

                First, I’d like to thank Kenn Tam for the kind words, I’m very taken by them. That goes for the comments, too, thanks!

                I’d also like to comment Jen Johnston’s comment about the camera gear I use. I upgraded to 5DMK2 in November 2011, about the same time this article was published. Everything on my Flickr photostream before that is photographed with the 400D, the article is therefore correct and not misleading. :)

              • http://twitter.com/tomtourage Tom Sherwood

                Amazing shots Vesa.  I would love to know how you accomplished the movement of the snow.  Is it flour or photoshop or some other awesomeness.  Very well done.  I also love toys.

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alex-Farrell/1497736478 Alex Farrell

                That is SO DAMN GOOD!!!!!  I really appreciate the creativity!!!! 

              • ThePope2012

                well i guess these images takes some photoshop work .. so that is another 900 $ from your wallet.  :)

                but yes… i love it.

              • http://www.facebook.com/BabyJayDiabo Jay Diabo

                Idk, all that cocaine the storm troopers were playing in. must have been pretty expensive braj.

              • Matt Hill

                I think the point was that it looks straight out of the movie but done on a much smaller scale. Not what he shot with. 

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