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Last post: 2 years, 2 months ago | Thread started: Mar 15, 10, 10 a.m.
- harv
Here's a photographer I know that has done some kids/youth work. http://www.embryrucker.com/#a=0&…
- Dog-earMar 15, 10, 11:02 a.m. – Permalink
- sebastianfrench
crazy working with kids models enjoy!
but remember product placement, products come first! You see many photography focusing on the kids. But at the end the clients want to see their products display promptly.
Good theme! Tell a story to capture your target audience.
- Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:12 p.m. – Permalink
- ismith
When I was little I didn't want to see anything other than the toy... if there was a kid in the picture I hated them... if I could see too much room around it I hated whoever's room it was... these were all things distracting me from the toy itself which I just wanted to see closer up! Though contrary to what uan said, I did not want to see lots of color... that made me think of something I didn't want or that a baby would look at. IMO use as few colors as possible to convey a certain mood, but then use as many moods as you need. Whenever I looked at the Lego or FAO Schwartz (and a few others I don't remember) catalogs and stuff I could usually tell by the colors near the edge if I wasn't going to care about whatever was on the page, i.e. pastel colors were going to suck, pink/yellow combined was going to be ponies and shit, etc. Pretty basic but within the context of a single page I didn't want to drown in color– the only exception being photographs of gumballs.
- Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:22 p.m. – Permalink
- ETM
I agree. As a kid I just wanted to see the product. No kid models getting in the way. I wanted to see what the He-Man action figure or Transformers toy, or NES game screen shot looked like in as much detail as possible. If it was something like Lego or Robotix, I wanted to see both the packaging and the final result displayed and usually on dark backgrounds accented with primary colors. Anything else in the way was distracting. Exception was cool, related backdrops on the action figures that could give me ideas for my own setup. I was a detailed oriented kid and spent as much time setting up toys to play with as I actually did playing with them.
- Dog-earMar 15, 10, 11:25 p.m. – Permalink
- sebastianfrench
Who is this catalog for?
Primary: Parent / Children / Client
Secondary: Parent / Children / Client- Dog-earMar 15, 10, 11:31 p.m. – Permalink
- sebastianfrench
Kids take this out to the playground and fight over it!
- Dog-earMar 15, 10, 11:35 p.m. – Permalink
- ismith
airey: when I was a kid if there was a toy catalog in the mail, I FUCKING KNEW ABOUT IT, it was in my room before anyone else could even see what it was. Sometimes I did check the mail when I thought a certain fan club toy zine was coming, otherwise it was just the usual stuff but my parents always put it aside for me... I would look through it obsessively, multiple times, figuring out what I wanted and where I would put it if I had it. I would consider how it fit in with my other toys too... every detail had to be considered, which meant reading and rereading the catalog hundreds of times!
- Dog-earMar 15, 10, 11:54 p.m. – Permalink
- airey
by that argument what does design do for anything or anyone?
i'm just saying that kids will look at any old tat if it's got toys but the target i would aim and communicate at if i were doing a toy catalogue would be the parents. just my 2cents. i'm obviously wrong. again.
- Dog-earMar 16, 10, 12:07 a.m. – Permalink
- ismith
Airey I think your argument can be broken down to this: Lego good, Megablock BAD. No further inquiry is necessary– if the parent knows this then they will forever be able to make good decisions on buying toys... they won't fall for stupid marketing gimmicks like happy children in photos, they will know OH this is what Johnny wants, this is AWESOME, I'm buying THIS because he wants it and knows exactly why...
- Dog-earMar 16, 10, 1:14 a.m. – Permalink
- brownie
Wow !!! seems ive started a bit of a debate, thanks for all your opinions, its for 3-13 year old kids, and thanks for the links, more inspirational links photographers would be great, would join in the debate but too much on with the project at the mo.... will def be posting again though :)
- Dog-earMar 16, 10, 3:28 a.m. – Permalink
