Hey,
I thought i'd throw this question to everyone on this forum, we are all capable of producing some fantastic stories with our little plastic soldiers and heroes of might. But i specifically want to talk about challenges, here on the forum you can take part in weekened warriors and various other themed contests.

However, when your doing an action figure sequence, do you challenge yourself? Is there areas of action figure story/dio creation that you don't feel best at, and if so how do you challenge yourself?

One of the many aspects of this hobby I enjoy is constantly thinking of new poses or stances for the figures to be in, when that scene is in my head i try best to recreate it as closely as I can with the figure, but thats not the end of the line is it?

What about after the scene is there, do you just point the camera and shoot? do you shoot from up top? from below? from either side or just from the front? What about the lighting?

So much to think about, just recently i've thrived on swapping out my initial ideas and scenarios camera angles, trying my best not to shoot every scene from the same angle, now obviously, when you do this you can change the angle of lighting, which could increase or decrease the shot,. hmm. I guess thats the price paid.

So. My question is, how often do you challenge yourself when taking pictures, and if you do, is it purely pictoral with the camera or more with the scenes themselves and the action figures involved.

In friendship
Rich

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I tend to shoot from a comfortable area and source. But I'm slowly picking up more sources inspired by others on here so that my shots are *hopefully* growing unique and beginning to take form

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I want to challange myself and I know I can take better shots. My problem is organization,space and location. I have alot of ideas dog piled in my head. So many it fustrates me. I want to do them all!!! The problem is bring the imagination forth. Its not that easy. When I get the urge to take a pic my area becomes a pig stye. This is due to me being unorganized. I start pulling sh1t from everywhere and by the time I find what I was looking for, the mood is distrupted!!! This is why I take simple pics. I feel its more about having fun and enjoying your hobby then challenging yourself.

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My challenge for the past few years is steading my hands so I don't need a tripod. Beleive it or not the past 2 years have been without a tripod.

My constant challenge is tossing characters that have no business being together and figure out what they might talk about. That doesn't always work of course. Also changing up the backgrounds once in a while, I have a bad tendancy to sit in front of the Comic shop and video store.

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I try to get some inspiration to a scene mostly, otherwise it is what i can think of at the moment. I typically shoot from the angles I want to try for first then after that I go and snap them from all over just in case there is a better shot not thought of before. My biggest challenge is getting elaborate scenes put together but I am using a trial and error method of success. I try to picture the figures in movie scenes/situation then adapt it to something I can create for them.

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I'm still pretty new to this form of story telling. I usually just write but now I am working on Dio Stories ( http://cobrahq.freewebspace.com ). As my challenge comes from the actual story telling, my pictures are pretty generic, but I do try to change them up a little here and there.

So, there, now you have my challenge