While you were playing at your beach, a photographer turned his into desert planet Jakku

Nothing like a good visit to the beach right? Some dips in the water, some laying in the sand and some visitors from planet Jakku. Wait what?

Singaporean photographer Mezame Shashin-ka used his time at the beach to recreate the desert planet Jakku. It really does not take much more than a good imagination, a strong vision and a clever edit.

Of course, not all is as it seems:

Mezame tells DIY that the shoot indeed takes place in a somewhat deserty place – Klebang, Malacca in Malaysia.

Situated in Malaysia, this open space reminds me of a desert, complete with hills made of sand that resemble sand dunes, and some pools of water where rainwater has collected over the years to resemble oasis-like areas.

I thought this was the perfect place for some photography works – stock photos for desert scenes (for composites), and of course, for my passion projects involving toy photography.

To prepare for this trip, I packed along some Star Wars toys from Hasbro’s 6″ Black Series line for the shoot as the sand dunes remind me of Jakku or Tatooine.

I brought along enough water (3 litres altogether), got myself a good pair of boots, got myself dressed in light clothing and a hat. As there was no shelter or shade whatsoever for a good 1 kilometre in, I thought it was best that I got myself ready against dehydration.

We asked Mexame about the gear he used:

For this trip, I packed a Sony A7RII and two lenses – the Canon EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM Macro (for the toy photography) and the Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L II USM (for landscape and composite stock photos). I also used a Manfrotto carbon-fibre tripod (190CXPRO4 legs with the 496RC2 ballhead) as it was light and sturdy for the traveling and for placement on the sand.