I’m a big fan of Future Publishing and Imagine Publishing’s magazines and bookazines (Future recently acquired Imagine, so it’s now all under the Future umbrella). So I was very proud to be asked to contribute to Future’s latest bookazine “The Ultimate Retro Collection”.
This bookazine is a really great collection of retro toys, with some fantastic photography (and I’m not just talking about mine!). Most of the standard retro subjects are covered, as you would expect, but they also cover some properties that are not regularly covered, such as The Raccoons and Funnybones books, which is great to see. It’s extremely well put together and I certainly urge you to get a copy if you see it in WH Smiths or any other shop selling it. You can buy it on their online store as well.
I was contacted by Future who asked if they could use some of my Argos catalogue scans, some of my photography and they also asked if I could take some new photography of items that they had seen on my Instagram feed. I was very happy to oblige.
I’ve added some low res pictures below to show which images in the book are mine. I didn’t want to upload hi-res versions as I still want to encourage you to go out and buy the book of course. I’ve added orange arrows to show which photos are mine. A lot of them are just pages of Argos catalogues but I’m very pleased that they used some of my scans of posters and leaflets.
Check out the photos and a couple of comments below.
I’m really chuffed that they used my photos of He-Man and Skeletor, and also the Masters of the Universe poster that is currently adorning my son’s bedroom wall.
This is a great page too. I love my Panini sticker albums and it’s cool that every image on this page is one of my sticker albums from my collection.
Ian
Aug 15, 2017 -
I thought I recognised that WWF sticker book ;) Just picked it up today, great magazine and an invaluable contribution by yourself
Retromash
Aug 16, 2017 -
Nice. Hope you enjoy it Ian.
Brian (Cool & Collected)
Sep 22, 2017 -
Great photos in a great magazine! I picked up a copy recently and really enjoyed it.
Your pictures are so crisp, have you ever shown your photography techniques here on the blog? I’d love to see your lighting setup.
Retromash
Sep 23, 2017 -
Hey Brian. Thanks a lot. I actually haven’t done a post about my photography setup, but I’ve always meant to do one. I think I just forgot! I’ve not done photos of retro stuff on my site for over a year due to not have the photography kit setup, but I’m hoping to have it set up again in a couple of months and get back into doing photos and possibly videos too, so I’ll be sure to do a post about my setup. But in a nutshell here, I just use a Canon 60D DSLR with a prime lens and a pretty cheap three point lighting kit. I’ll give more details in the future. Cheers.