This week’s Macro Day Challenge: Black and White

Camera: Nikon CoolPix P6000
Focal Length: 28mm
Exposure: 0.033 sec
Aperture: f/3.6
ISO Speed: 64
Flash: 16
Post-Processing: Resized and tagged for web

This is Jack Skellington from the Tim Burton film, The Nightmare Before Christmas (TNBC).

The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my all-time favourite films and one that I remember watching most years as it formed my childhood staple TV-diet in the run-up to Christmas (along with The Muppet Christmas Carol and Disney Sing Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas). Not only are the songs and characters wonderful, but even after all these years, the film continues to be the most stunning piece of Stop-Motion animation I have ever had the joy of watching. I continue to be completely enchanted by even the most basic forms of Stop-Motion animation; seeing inanimate, tangible objects literally being brought to life by photography never fails to fill me with the giddy, child-like wonder I felt when I watched my Grandad walk up and shake Mickey Mouse’s hand at Disney World when I was 5 years old.

I have collected TNBC memorabilia for several years now and as of last Christmas, completed my collection of Limited Edition NECA resin figurines.

Jack was one of the first in my collection and seeings as I’ve been meaning to take “proper” photos of my figures since forever, it only seemed right that he should be the one to mark their debut.

(P.S. I have a spare mint, boxed, sealed “Corpse Family” set of NECA TNBC figures that I’m willing to flog at a decent price, if anyone is interested…)