Lego Fire Brigade

Saturday Self-Challenge: Fire Engine

Well, this week turned out to be one of the most challenging of the year! It didn't help that I had to work in a big box retail store during the Thanksgiving/Black Friday week. Since I couldn't get out in time to photograph a real fire engine, I had to make due with a toy. I checked out the toy section at work during my lunch hour to see if I could find a fire truck or two. Believe it or not, the only thing I found appealing enough to photograph was this junior Lego set, so I bought it for the challenge. Putting together this little firetruck was the least of my challenges!

The next challenge was how to photograph this scene. Being short on time, I could not set this scene up the way I wanted to. All I could think to do was set things up on a table in a darkened room with a spotlight lamp over the scene. I tried to use the Nikon, but I didn't like the results because lighting could be better and I didn't have enough time to properly set manual. So, I cheated and went for the phone camera, which does a much better job in these conditions with less time.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

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