Previously, Simon Liu wrote a fantastic article about photography with tips and tricks on how to take better shots of your LEGO creations. As a non-professional photographer myself, I was intrigued to learn new ways of fine-tuning my photos, so I started to read and got to the first lesson – Know Your Camera. Here's the thing – I don't own a dedicated camera, because I never actually needed one. What I do have is my phone, which is a Samsung model from 2016 (if not 2015). My camera, but check that wallpaper! I’ve had it since I bought the phone! :D These are my photo tips from a non-professional photographer not owning a dedicated camera. I would strongly suggest if you do have a camera, to read Simon's article first, I did it and learned new words like ISO, shutter speed and aperture! I'm still not sure what these words...

A lot of people ask me how to take good photos of their LEGO MOCs, which I generally respond with, “What good photos!?” I am definitely not one of the best LEGO photographers out there—I don’t have a lot of good, or even recent, equipment (my camera is dying, please support my gofundme!) But I do kinda know the basics, a lot of which was taught by my brother and what I learned along the way with the many people in the community helping. Hopefully as we all grew up, we got better at taking photos. Polaroid Land Camera OneStep - Nick Jensen - harkens back to the old film days It’s not overly hard to learn how to take good photos. I have a friend who I won’t name (guess in comments!) who took pretty basic pictures and set out to learn how to take better photos. In a couple...

iMac G3 by terauma is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 700 piece build features the iMac G3 that was first released in 1998 and was in production until 2003. I remember using these things in my high school days. The build also includes the keyboard and USB mouse. The post LEGO Ideas iMac G3 Achieves 10,000 Supporters appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

I often think that growing up Filipino means having basketball in my blood. I am absolutely awful at it. But I love the stories behind each game, and the role it has played in shaping our national psyche. In my basketball-crazy country, you will find a basketball court—or at the very least, a board with a hoop nailed to a post, a tree, or a wall—in practically every village. It is a place of triumph and victory, defeat and despair, and serves more often than not, as the heart of every community. Basketball courts and stadiums have certainly played a big part in my life—and would have continued doing so had COVID not happened. And so when presented the opportunity to write about the gorgeously detailed Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University by LEGO builder (and once a BrickNerd patron) Scott Walker, of course I jumped at the chance to do...

We use them all the time and rarely even think about them: Chairs are everywhere, and come in all shapes and sizes. They can be oozing with style to complete a room or be a simple background character that adds a touch of realism. Image via Michael Jasper Most commonly found in the wild as a quadruped, the chair has a few basic traits: a flat top to sit on, optional back- and/or armrests, and (usually) up to four legs. That is a very short list of requirements, but one that will provide ample room to be creative with. After all, there is a myriad of LEGO pieces, and as such, there is a wild variety of options for representing any of those things. Smooth Sailing with Boat Studs Element 2654 – Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Rounded Bottom (Boat Stud) When doing some research in the LEGO furniture catalogue that...