Rock giants and sunrise

Picture Perfect Memories is a LEGO Ideas challenge (contest) featuring the newly released LEGO set Polaroid Onestep SX-70 camera, designed by Marc Corfmat (aka Minibrick Productions). The challenge is to create a photo using a 14 x 11 stud photo frame.

I've submitted two entries for this challenge, based on projects and ideas I'm currently working on. One is a fantasy story, and the other is the Walter Süskind Bridge, which hopefully—like Marc's Polaroid camera—could become a real LEGO set.

The Proof of the Rock Giants

For a while now, I've dreamed of creating a story; a story I could encapsulate in images made of LEGO to enhance the text. A fantasy story. That would be quite a challenge. From this Polaroid challenge, I immediately envisioned an image of a giant hand, its size emphasized by a minifigure. The photographer, overwhelmed by the moment, would have to regain his senses and be helped, and then react as follows.

"Oh yes... thanks.
No, I'm okay. Where's the picture I shot? I've got to... no... ah, there it is.
Now look. Look!
They said I lost my marbles. But no, no toys in the attic here. I've got proof. Giants I tell ya. Huge, rocky giants, standing a hundred meters tall at least! His hand is on the picture.
And Cassandra is on in with them. Look, it's in the picture. They're collaborating, consorting even, I think they're planning something...
We've gotta tell them... the mayor, yeah, and the sergeant. Sergeant Mitch. He could help here. Now we've got the proof, they can no longer ignore us. Can they? You will help me, right?"

I thought I just make a nice picture of nature and stuff, but suddenly I ran into this and had to share it with you.

Where does this lead? Is the giant on our side, and what about Cassandra?

Sunrise over the Sleeping Amstel

“A sunny Monday morning seen from the other side of the Amstel, with a view of a small drawbridge and the iconic canal houses.”

This build includes a miniature version of the Walter Süskind Bridge, which I've built several times. The miniature version can also be found on this website.

I've tried to capture both the bridge and canal atmosphere, as well as the canal houses for which Amsterdam is famous. The way these two aspects are combined isn't based on any real location in Amsterdam. It shows several typical aspects together, with the bright colors of the canal houses and the sunrise sky, beautifully reflected by the water's surface, originally made of dark green tiles, but revealing so much more color through reflections.

“It's still quiet. Amsterdam is still a sleep. In this city centre, the awakaning takes place far after sunrise, as life in this city rest as the sun sets. No, it raves and fizzes with energy deep into the night.

I'm not from the city, although it's growing on me, for sure; you may have noticed. I'm there to catch the worm, so to say. Every morning I see the sun come up seen from the west, over the city as I make my coffee in the office 12 storeys high.

This morning was different. I treated my self for a small outing with the city still at rest. I took my camera and made this shot from the west bank of the Amstel river. The mesmerising colors, the history, the reflection in the sleeping water. Is stood there for almost half an hour.”

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