1) Make your work the best it can be 2:12 2) Posting on Instagram 2:59 3) Engage with the Toy Photography Community 8:11 4) Find other Toy Photographers 9:17 5) Utilize all of Instagram 12:00 6) Collaborate 13:17 7) Expand beyond Instagram 14:28 8) Think about the general public 18:47 9) Keep up with what's hot 20:35 What Not To Do 22:22

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for that dude! Super helpful!

respect my dude really has an Empire flag just hanging on his house!

12:37 "Hey Everyone! Blah blahblablablah" No but that bit where you're like "Hey look at my picture" had me dead, the voice synchronization was spot on man, this video in general is really well edited. Well done!

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Haha!! 😂 thanks Seva! I was proud of that bit 😂

The good thing about photographers in instagram is that everybody follow and supports everybody.

This is amazing thanks so much Jared

Great advice dude! I do some of the stuff you mentioned and it does work. I think the worst thing you can do is beg. Beg for follows, for likes, for exposure. Or just spam your photos in messages. I've had people blocked because I find it disrespectful and intrusive. I think expecting something in return is a bad habit. When i like a photo or follow someone is because I genuinely enjoy their content and I don't expect them to follow me back.

10:14 that's my Luke pic! Almost fell out of my chair seeing my pic on this awesome channel!!

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! So glad it made it in! ☺️

Duuuuuuude , you flashed my photo !!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Thaaaanks so much bro. Hey thats a great video, perfectly broken down for anybody who loves this hobby, new and old. I don't think I've ever used reels ! Thanks for the top tip good sir. Awesome Jared. 😊😊😊👍🏽

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah man!! 👊👊 can’t wait to see your first reel! Thanks for watching as always man 🙏

Great video and thanks buddy for getting me into the toy photography scene, it's an amazing community and there are some extremely talented people out there 👍

Great looking out bro! One of the best things about you is also being approachable! Your an example of what else is important behind the community! 🙌🏼

This time you have inspired me more than ever , the first video I saw was the bored panda art , from that time i have tried my best in photography and I will be trying, and you have always been a big part of photography experience ,I have learned so much from you. Keep doing what you are doing sir , and thanks 😊 for inspiring me . # love from India

Another awesome video Jared! Loved your approach to the subjects. Most importantly, it's not going to happen overnight, and it's a numbers game. The more numbers you play, the better you have of success.

Yes thanks for giving me so many awesome tips and tricks I really enjoyed this video!!

Thanks for the tips and advice. Just started doing toy photography and your work, along with a few others, has inspired me to keep pushing to get those killer shots. Definitely going to use these tips moving forward 👍

Great advice and tips ,thanks for putting time and effort into helping people like me .Cheers man

You've opened a whole new world for me! Very inspiring!

Great vid man. Just what I needed. thanks

This is 100% going to help me! Such a great video dude!

Once again, very insightful information that will be put to great use!!

Great Video as always J 🤟

Thanks a ton for doing this Jared you're truly an inspiration! 🙌 super honored to have 1 of my pics featured in your video even if it was like a millisecond haha 😂

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend! I had to put it in there 😆 glad you noticed!!

@cinematoygrapher

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirdork730 thanks again Jared! 🙏🙏

Great advice! This is gonna help lots of people including myself! Thank you so much Jared!

This is all good advice. Some things I knew and others I’m glad I learned. If I can get more action figures I will definitely be posting more pictures and experimenting.

Always inspiring bro!

I found that this video was more informative and inspiring than most, thank you Jared I now know how to get more followers ♥️♥️

Thank you very much for sharing your amazing work and experience in this new emerging art form, which is toy photography. I recently got into toy collecting because I wanted to recapture the memories I had growing up. I eventually found out about this whole new art form through your channel. You do really amazing work. Though I am not really looking into making an online presence, I do would like to get better at toy photography. So I binge watch your videos, so I can learn as much as I can. Thank you very much.

I’m so inspired by your work!!

Great video! Great info, Thanks for sharing sooo much insight. Love your work, its really helped inspire me.

thank you Jared!. I´ll get it up and running with the right tools.

Great video! Very useful!! 👏👏👏

Great inspiration video🤗

Great video! Motivation!

Truly great, honest advice to share for any budding toy photographer. The passion in your craft certainly shows and will grow with up front experience to share. Thank-you Jared.😊

Just created an Instagram account to start posting some of my toy photography pics. You are thee 1st that I've decided to follow. Been subscribed to your KZread channel for a bit now, but it's well past time to start checking out your individual photos!

Grear video!! Helped alot!

Awesome video and advice as usual Jared! You got a knack for comedic timing and videography. Nice work and thanks as always for the encouragement!

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously appreciate that my friend! Thank you for watching 👊

Another great video!

Would love to see a toy collection room tour!!! Very informative video 🔥🔥🔥

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely will be doing that soon! 🤘

Love all the B-roll, thanks for all the great info

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching man ☺️

Great video with some very helpful tips!

Awesome video!

Excellent video mate , so much good , practical , real world advice your honestly an inspiration to so many people , did you find it difficult to get as comfortable in front of the camera as behind it ? cause it's probably the one thing holding me back from making a KZread channel ✌️

wow what a helpful video. I have literally just got onto your videos today. I started an instagram page for nostalgic vibes, hence the name, but I have been branching out to collect and show off retro figures. Photographing them was one of the questions I had and then growing the page in general. This has been a great help, along with your other videos about photography in general. keep it up.

@sirdork730

Жыл бұрын

Hey! Wow that is so cool to hear! I’m honored that the videos are helpful, thanks for watching them 🙏 good luck with the new page!

I’m trying! Your work is an inspiration. I’m trying to grow my following so this is useful. Your positive outlook on everything is huge. Thank you!

@sirdork730

Жыл бұрын

Wow I’m so glad to hear that this was helpful! Thanks for all your support 🙇‍♂️

You have Somme cool pictures in this video

@sirdork730

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

I been following you on KZread for a long time now

Amazing!

This really helps and also just helped me think of more ideas.

Good advice regardless of what sort of photography you are into. Been pretty much binge-watching your videos. You are a very personable young man. You inspire, and clearly have a passion for what you do. Well done Jared.

@sirdork730

Жыл бұрын

Hey Kevin! I really appreciate that man, thanks so much for the kind words and the support 🙏 so glad you’re enjoying the videos!

Awesome video!!!!!!!

You are awesome sir. Thank you for the tips

Good video Cant agree more with things you said especially what figures to take a picture of like well known characters that everyone recognizes....

Great stuff, thanks for the sharing tips for getting viewed, I'll get to work on it . And you do a great job as a photographer and also a great mentor, thanks a lot 🙏😎

@sirdork730

2 жыл бұрын

So glad it was helpful to you! Really appreciate the kind words! 🙏😆

Awesome video Jared!

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude! 👊

Thx for this, will try a few of these tips. My biggest problem hovever, being new to instagram, is that my photos get removed from hashtags after a few minutes, so barely anyone ever sees them.

@sirdork730

Жыл бұрын

Keep pushing!! Instagram has been a pain lately, but keep shooting and posting and the engagement will come 🙏

Such good advice and help. Gonna start with some of those tips right away.

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it dude! Thanks for watching!

Great video very informative thankyou

I'm not that into toy photography but your videos are interesting and you seem like a really nice dude. Very watchable 😎

Very detailed and inspiring video Jared, thank you. There are a few good points to take on board. 🙏 It was nice to see Venom lol now I go and tag some companies in my previous shots 😃

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much andrea!! Venom was happy to get some screen time again 😹😹

Thanks for this man! I appreciate your feedback on IG:) your videos really brought me into toy photography! Very inspiring photographer!

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it my friend! Thanks for watching!!

👍👍👍👍nice dude

Thanks for your Videos, thanks for your inspiration 👍🏻👍🏻 Greets from Germany

@sirdork730

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU! So glad you enjoy them. Danke Schön!

Very informative & inspiring, thank you! I have just started on youtube after posting for some years on Flickr (and since last year on Deviantart too). Some feedback there and the contact with the community motivated me to try youtube as well. I am interested in toy and cosplay photography, but I think it is more effective to concentrate on one topic per channel, so I started here with cosplay. I really appreciate your advice and wish you ongoing success & fun! 😃👍👋

I'm glad you made this video. I was wondering how to improve my views for my photos. I just bought some sparklers that I want to try out in my next shot. I hope it goes smooth! lol

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

So happy it could be helpful dude! Have fun with those sparklers! Good luck! Thanks for watching! 👊

Thank you bro!

Helpful video. Thanks for the tips.

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude! 😁

congrets on the new place... ...

Thanks for giving me tips!!!

Awesome!

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

👊👊👊

Amazing video! Thank you

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude!!!

Hey Jared, great video. Yeah that algorithm is killing me atm 😂😂 but I will keep going, this hobby is so much much and you got me into it couple years ago. Just wanted to thank and maybe I am no longer afraid of tagging you 😁🍻💯 Have a great one, cheers Lars

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

The algorithm is an enemy to us all 😂 I hope this can help ya beat it! Thanks for all your support and kind words dude! Tag me in your stuff for sure ☺️

@cRapT1ve

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirdork730 thanks man. Appreciate it 🙏 did tag u in my recent reel ❤️

Awesome thanks

Thanks!

Some great advice, thanks Jared. I’ve loved watching your vids, everything seems so simple when you do it… but me? Hahaha… nope!

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

It’s never simple dude! 😂 but that’s the beauty of it! Keep doing what you’re doing and enjoying yourself 👊 thanks for watching ☺️

Their was a time were a tmnt actor like some of my tmnt photos 😊 best thing

One of the best toy photography video ever....love it. Elprix83

@sirdork730

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! So glad you enjoyed!

I needed this video I've been posting for ages and I have no followers

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps dude! Thanks for watching!

Hi Jared, what about copyright, or permission to use all these figures and brands? Not sure if you have answered this question before. Have you had any law issues? Thanks mate 👍

Can I suggest a doom characters toy photography idea ?

Jared sorry to ask, but what firework do u use for your photos?

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Hey dude! Check my tutorials playlist! I have a gear video and a couple firework videos that will share some info about the fireworks i use 👊

But I want the easy scam way! I kid, I kid :P, lots of useful advice and information in this video, I don't consider myself a photographer but really like taking photos from time to time.

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that dude! Thanks for watching 👊

Every time I try to be a part of a community I get blocked or banned. I am blocked on most of my favorite toy KZread channels and I have no idea why?

i might do a chucky in Amsterdam diorama

Can you make some figure photography for the upcoming movie suicide squad pictures

I tock 1 picture yesterday and I am still not blowing up so this video is for me

You know his tags are gonna go up after people watch this video 😂

do you need a contract or release(A permission on which company the toy came from) when selling a toy photo on instagram?

Got anything with the Hulk? Rocky or Rambo? Or (lol) Smurfs??

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! 😂 I have a really fun hulk shot available on my store! It’s on Sirdork.com!

@emile4449

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirdork730 Hulk Smash!!

I think right now I have around 70 followers on insta, though my photos usually average around 5 or 6 likes (except for my pic of johnny cage punching a borderlands psycho in the nuts, that one has around 30 likes, lol), but tbh, I'm happy if just 1 person likes my work. I have a few things I'm working on but having a lot of setbacks with things like waiting on certain needed figures to be released/delivered and right now having lots of issues with bad weather in my area coupled with so many mosquitoes it makes working outside very hard.

@sirdork730

3 жыл бұрын

I totally get that man! I’m glad you’re still shooting and having fun despite the setbacks. Keep doing what you’re doing and enjoying yourself ☺️👊

@buzzsawgr81

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirdork730 my mcfarlane justice league movie batman just came in today so I have a cool JL shoot to do that'll all be inside, so I'll hopefully have some stuff to put up soon.

How do I collab with others?

@sirdork730

7 ай бұрын

There is no specific ways that collabs need to be done! Find someone you’d like to collab with, send them a message and figure something out! 😁

@Obistopmotions

7 ай бұрын

@@sirdork730 ok thanks, oh and by the way, thanks for continuing this channel, without you I would’ve never started posting or even doing stop motions or toy photography!

@sirdork730

7 ай бұрын

@@Obistopmotions that means a lot dude! Thank you for watching and being supportive!!

@Obistopmotions

7 ай бұрын

@@sirdork730 no problem.

As always Jared, great video. Always informative. Love your videos. Mitch.cohen.33821

I JUST MAdE THE 666th LIKE👌

@sirdork730

Жыл бұрын

😈😈😈

@sirdork730

Жыл бұрын

Seriously though, i appreciate the like! 🙇‍♂️

I hate tiktok. I could never join that crap. Lol but I am new to the toy photography.

@sirdork730

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

The subs for tictok are fake Chinese accounts. 😤 Not real life.

I need more followers LOL

thanks for being such an inspiration!!

@sirdork730

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!! 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️