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

Mar 27, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 6 Comments

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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:

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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.

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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.

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While a desert is hot and dry, this was not the case for Mezame:

The weather wasn’t really on our side as it rained when we arrived. This made the sand all clumpy, and you can see it in the macro shots.

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Mezame used Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 6.1.1 extensively for the post-processing: here are the step taken to edit each of the photos:

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You can see more of ‘The Art Of Mezame’s’ work on their Facebook page and website.

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Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: Mezame Shashin-ka, photo break down, Star Wars, The Art of Mezame, toy photography

Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.net

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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