[Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:45 am

No worries Bob, everyone gets carried away once in awhile. Ok im gonna start the week early with this picture. I really want to say that the Bohemias are my favourites but the fact is I really cannot decide !

: Bohemia

Unread post by **Lotrek** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:37 pm

Superb!

Sun Mar 30, 2014 1:01 pm

REALLY showing us up with the photography, buddy: I love it! April should be a Pagan month, I'm thinking...

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 1:18 pm

Thanks guys ! A photo a day for this week, i promise ! Actually the photos have already been taken just feeding you guys a little at a time XD

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:39 pm

One for the day !

: Royal Optik

RSLancastr · Unread post by **RSLancastr** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:39 am

Nice, VA! That RO QH just might be my favorite Uusi card yet!

The BB Joker was my favorite Uusi card until I got my RO Limied a day or two ago.

(The way the geometric shapes in the RO courts fool the eye into seeing movement is great, and nowhere in the deck better, I think, than on the QH)

Will there be a card I like even better in PAGAN, "Hotcakes" or the upcoming Sixth Uusi deck? Time will tell!

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:43 pm

Thanks Bob ! I really like the variation in style provided by Uusi, they are simply so talented.

The old and the new Blue Bloods !

: Blue Blood + Redux

Sparkz · Unread post by **Sparkz** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:13 pm

Nice job on the Uusi decks

RSLancastr · Unread post by **RSLancastr** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:55 am

volantangel wrote:Thanks Bob ! I really like the variation in style provided by Uusi, they are simply so talented.

The old and the new Blue Bloods !

Nice again, thanks for posting these!

I don't have the Redux - are its courts the same as those in the original?

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:42 pm

@Bob some courts have been altered from the previous version. The pips are different as well.

Heres one for the day ! Who else has a post card from Uusi

: Royal Optik + Card

RSLancastr · Unread post by **RSLancastr** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:03 pm

volantangel wrote:@Bob some courts have been altered from the previous version. The pips are different as well.

Heres one for the day ! Who else has a post card from Uusi

Thanks for the info on the Redux!

Way cool postcard, by the way.

It makes me wonder what their postcards will look like during the "Hotcakes" campaign!

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:38 am

Haha no idea, its my one and only postcard from them after a little mess up on the shipping side. Id love nothing more than just a postcard to go along with the package but of course id recognise the amount of extra work it entails.

: Bohemia

RSLancastr · Unread post by **RSLancastr** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:02 am

Is that Peter (Dunham)'s signature? I can only make out the "P." at the start of it.

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:17 am

Yeap it is, in fact Linnea's signature is on the side covered by the other deck, both of the pictured decks are signed =)

I have both sets of Bohemias and Royal Optiks signed, im in fact looking for a blue blood that is signed, but its so rare ive never seen one before.

: Blue Bloods

RSLancastr · Unread post by **RSLancastr** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:26 am

Okay, now I see that I need to buy another Blue Blood - mine, which I bought from someone other than Uusi, does NOT have that Diptych!

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:12 pm

Rob the diptych is not from the original blueblood, its from the later redux. You should definitely get one of those !

Coming up is one of my rarest items in my collection, a signed and numbered original blue blood uncut !

: Original Blue Blood + Uncut

Unread post by **uusikissa** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:03 am

Hi Kai!

We just saw this thread! We loved looking at all the photographs of decks in your collection. What really comes through in all of the shots is how much you value these objects and also, how much they inspire you creatively. It is not easy to be both behind and in front of the camera, but you did an excellent job styling, composing and shooting your collection. Photography is all about editing down to the essentials and the items you chose to include with the decks not only complimented them, but lent a nice, personal touch that gave us a little glimpse into your world and greatly added to the story being told. Awesome project, Kai and very flattering to have been a part of it, thank you!

Linnea & Peter

P.S. Can't wait to see what you do with the Pagan and Hotcakes decks

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:30 am

uusikissa wrote:Hi Kai!

We just saw this thread! We loved looking at all the photographs of decks in your collection. What really comes through in all of the shots is how much you value these objects and also, how much they inspire you creatively. It is not easy to be both behind and in front of the camera, but you did an excellent job styling, composing and shooting your collection. Photography is all about editing down to the essentials and the items you chose to include with the decks not only complimented them, but lent a nice, personal touch that gave us a little glimpse into your world and greatly added to the story being told. Awesome project, Kai and very flattering to have been a part of it, thank you!

Linnea & Peter

P.S. Can't wait to see what you do with the Pagan and Hotcakes decks

Thanks Linnea & Peter ! Your complements are priceless. Its a pity i dont have one of your wooden boxes to work with, im sure it looks amazing in person. I want to think you and all the other designers that have put out great decks for me to have such great material to work with, the most important thing in a photo is the subject, without a good subject there really isnt any photography. I too cant wait for Pagan and Hotcakes to be released, im sure they will look even better in person.

Heres another glamour shot of the Bohemias !

: Bohemia

RSLancastr · Unread post by **RSLancastr** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:01 pm

uusikissa wrote:P.S. Can't wait to see what you do with the Pagan and Hotcakes decks

For Pagan, I'm thinking a bearskin rug.

For Hotcakes...

...a Pucci scarf, perhaps?

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:00 am

Haha i have neither of those, with the hot weather over here, theres no need for rugs or scarfs

All of the previous photos have been bright and cheery (ok except the first bohemia), but heres something a little different.

: Royal Optik

Unread post by **Sher** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:38 pm

I just found this thread! Really enjoying your photos!

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:20 am

Thanks Shermaine !

Ok heres a shot with one of each deck (in order of release) to end off Uusi week on a bang !

: Uusi

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:40 am

Now that Uusi week is officially over, just pulling the other photos ive taken for other threads back here.

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:05 pm

One for Jackson and the day !

: Federal 52

Sparkz · Unread post by **Sparkz** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:41 am

Nice work as always V

.........I want those Sharks

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:18 am

My Sharks arent in the best condition, its my only one as well. Wish i had more to spare.

See my collection @ Portfolio52 · Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:50 pm

Loving this thread - UUSi week was fab.

RSLancastr · Unread post by **RSLancastr** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:28 pm

montecarlojoe wrote:Loving this thread - UUSi week was fab.

^seconded! Hard to imagine Kai topping it, but we will all certainly enjoy seeing him try!

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:21 pm

Thanks guys! Haha theres is always room fro improvement, and i can definitely do better with the right props, i love having stuff related to the cards to work with, always adds a further dimension to the pictures.

On a different note, im in imperial heaven !

: Imperial

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:28 pm

Might re-do this one in the future if given the correct scenerio, as much as i think maroon fits the deck, i can imagine this being in a more gritty maybe gravelly environment.

: Empire

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