>>10588646Not a pro by any means but I've done a fair bit of amateur army men photography over the years, can offer a few suggestions.
>work with your soldiersMost of the tricks to getting a good army men shot relate more to how you take the picture and less on how you pose the soldiers - they're stuck in their poses so figure out what kind of scene you want and arrange your men in ways that make sense based on what they're doing.
>take a lot of shots of the setup from different anglesLighting, camera focus and other variables make getting that perfect shot right off the bat quite challenging, better to click away and browse through them afterwards to ensure you get something good.
>learn the rule of thirdsThis is a useful article on the rule of thirds, both on how to abide by it and also how to make great shots that don't follow it:
https://www.adobe.com/ca/creativecloud/photography/discover/rule-of-thirds.html>know your cameraSmart phone cameras try to be smarter than their users, usually as a good intentions measure to keep the technical aspects of photography to a minimum for the average user who is probably less intelligent than their phone; this can mess with taking good shots (focusing on the wrong area, switching between macro and normal, etc) so get a read on how it likes to take photos. If you have a standalone camera, still a good idea to play around with settings to find what works for you; macro is great for those close-ups of small objects such as army men.
>post-productionBeen doing this a lot more lately, even a few easy adjustments such as playing with contrast, saturation and RGB levels can make a world of difference; sharpen is another useful effect to make details stand out (go easy on it though). I use IrfanView for simple stuff, GIMP or Pixlr for more advanced work.
That got a bit long heh, hope something in there was helpful.
