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The Stunning Work of Chris McVeigh

June 11, 2009

Chris McVeigh is an author, illustrator and photographer that lives in Halifax, NS. He started with photography in 2007 when a friend insisted that he should purchase a digital SRL. Chris is a natural talent! He now excels at creating clever, quirky and often comical pictures that employ everything from action figures to backyard wildlife. (In fact, a combination of the two garnered the attention of Lucasfilm, who featured his picture on the front page of starwars.com!)

I bumped into his work when I was doing my regular research for our Daily Inspiration post. Let me say that I was not only inspired by his work but I also got stunned by it. He has soooo many great works that I would like to show here that I decided to split his material into 2 posts. This first one will be about his excellent "toys photos". Chris captures the characters in a very interesting, comical, expressive and creative way. I'm pretty sure you will like all these images... I loved it!! :)

Find more about Chris McVeigh and his work online at:
Personal Website
Flickr Page
Flickr Page for Picture Setups

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About the author

Someone with a bachelor degree in Foreign Trade that really likes technology, design, photography and creativity. A person ‘digging’ a new way as a ‘geek apprentice’, blogger 'wanna be' and a communication lover! Current location: Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil
Twitter user: gismullr

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45 Comments

Mahdi Al-Farra06/11/2009

Great works! some are really funny :)

Avalon06/11/2009

Super post! its amazing how he can make the action figures look alive :)

Awesome squirrels for the win!

Phenotype06/11/2009

Nice work. I wonder how he got the squirrel to pose for him?

Krak Fox06/11/2009

An absolute joy to browse 5*!

Phenotype06/11/2009

Sorry! I meant Chipmunk, not Squirrel.

Jonny B06/11/2009

Really dug his work and it's a big surprise to learn that he's from Halifax. It's really nice to see someone from a small city like Halifax be featured here! Haligonians for Life!

c0nLDN06/11/2009

haha! i likey!

John | We Have Contact06/11/2009

Great set of pics! This may be a stupid question, but is the fifth pic (with the chipmunk) photshopped, or did you wait for that pose?

http://otas32.deviantart.com06/11/2009

This is a lovely and extremely creative way to use macro photography. I LOVE IT!

rai-rai06/11/2009

this guy is sick !!!
real great works hands down!

rai-rai06/11/2009

this guy is sick !!!
real great works hands down!

Yopladas06/11/2009

They are so fun! I tried to name a few favs but they all were! :)

Gwen06/11/2009

I seriously just watch Fanboyz the other week.. I love these photos!! Very funny and quirky!!

Oh and they're chipmunks not squirrels! lol

chrixix06/11/2009

brilliant

Santi06/11/2009

Fantastic.

MateToth06/11/2009

LEGO rulz, Star Wars rulz, LOTR rulz, these photos are great.

Dante06/11/2009

Great work! its pretty amazing.

Arnaud Jolois06/11/2009

WOW, so beautifull and comical!!!!!

Raineshine06/11/2009

haha. these are great! makes me want to photograph my legos!

afrobambacar06/12/2009

great!!!!!

@mbi06/12/2009

nothing is great. tell me whats special is there in this post?

1. arrangement of toys
2.photography
3.colour combinations
4.shadow and reflections

@mbi

Andrew Lin06/12/2009

These photos are fantastic! I especially like the ones of the Star Wars action figures.

guix06/12/2009

Great ideas and nice chipmunk :)

@otas32 : that's not macro photography

Pedro Magalhães06/12/2009

Brilhante! Adorei o do sushi :)

Anonymous06/12/2009

very cool and innovative

Anonymous06/12/2009

Wow....

I don't know what it is about those pictures but they are awesome! Good job

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midi06/12/2009

HA! I love all of these... so funny

Rhiannon Wright06/12/2009

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akuji rocks06/14/2009

jajajaja great work

Rahmarghian06/14/2009

Great work!!! This guy is brilliant!!!

AndyF06/17/2009

good lighting technique, stunning ? not really.

Brad B06/18/2009

Amazing photos! Keep it up!

Anonymous06/18/2009

Awesome, I love the mini figures!

Anonymous06/19/2009

love em all!!

PS4Guru06/19/2009

wow..these look amazing. Very nice work!

Rafael_Montero06/19/2009

Ummm. Im not sure... But keep walking...

altona06/19/2009

It is great to know that I am not the only one who sees the world like this. Wonderful work by a creative artist and fellow child at heart.

Anonymous06/19/2009

i dont get why these are stunning, interesting sure, not stunning

Anonymous06/20/2009

What the hell is wrong with you guys. These are pictures of fucking legos. How is a loser with a huge star wars lego collection and a camera deserving of the title "artist"?

What the Fuck is this bullshit06/20/2009

This isnt original, funny or good at all. You suck chris McGavisk

Anonymous06/21/2009

Great shots!! This made my day!

eydryan06/21/2009

of all the people who visited this page, why am I the first to say you probably meant SLR, not SRL (in the subtitle)

otherwise the photos are nice.

tommy106/21/2009

a "little" funny... no pun intended

Cyberman06/21/2009

Original, funny and verry verry good indeed, you are awesome Chris McGavisk.

ebru gundes09/07/2009

these are really nice!

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