What’s this?! An entry on ML that isn’t specifically attached to an event of somesort?
Heresy.
tl;dr version: What kind of panel/workshop would you want to see from me? or for me to generally arrange and drag people into?
Another Expo has passed by and this time I was truly in the thick of it. Hosting the second EuroCosplay championship pretty much ate the entirety of my Friday and Saturday, I’m now down on the staff list as Photographer Overlord, apparently o.o;
I got a brief bit of freedom but otherwise was chained to the photo studio for the ECC finalists until Sunday. My first attempt at seamless white! Not my kit so thanks to Pounce for supplying it but after the feedback everyone got from Aya’s studios I tried a more adventurous setup with duct tape and foam gobos, painted MDF flooring and stuff like that. It’s gone pretty well though now going through the photos again on a white screen it’s clear where the falloff still lies, sads! Also thanks to Ashe for the loan of a gorgeous bit of kit in the shape of the 24-70mm f/2.8L Canon lens for the weekend, but JEEZ my arms hurt for days after carrying that thing for two days solid..
This year’s EuroCosplay contest was spectacular, once again some real showmanship and camaraderie between the majority of the finalists and some familiar faces back from across the waters. The opening video was of mine and Locke’s creation, I did the stupidly overdramatic stuff and the cringingly patriotic flags, the 3D country flyovers were made from his sweat and tears learning the 3D mechanics over the last month.
Apologies for anyone looking for me on the Saturday, I was intending to get a bit more free time to do my usual thing but sadly was not to be.
Forgot to plaster these on the front page: A few more for the 3D pile!
So much Felixize tri-dimensional love :P
Part 2! (Missed part 1? it’s right here)
Continue reading Cosplaying for the Camera (Pt. 2)…
So here’s me uploading the posing panel slides for more open mockery! Probably less interesting/useful online than the photography panel as you don’t get to see me flailing around as examples but we’ll see what we can do.
Apologies for the unusually long delay on this, and for the rather slim pickings on the Cosplay gallery (also apologies for the ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS amount of Masq photos), the con was absolutely amazing and lived up to its reputation, I just wasn’t up to my usual standards. Luckily, I had some help:
This AyaCon, a most beloved convention, saw the first foray of an official ManyLemons tag team effort, accompanied by trusty minions assistants Niffer and Locke, as well as InvisiGirl volunteering on the AyaCon camcorder:
(If any of the above have sullied the name of the sprocketed lemon slice and require beatings, let me know)
With any luck they haven’t been utterly scared off by me demanding they spend every waking second after the con getting their photos processed and to me for uploading and you may see them at future events!
Hope everyone enjoyed the new and improved CosplayHQ, the team pulled out all the stops to fill the room and the schedule end to end with STUFF, never before has so much velcro been used in one day.. Also hope people enjoyed the cosplay mosaic banner:
Which took FOREVER but so, so worth it. That right there is over 1,600 different cosplay photographs montaged into some lovely AyaCon banner artwork from Sonia Leong.
Lastly, congratulations to theKillingDoll for snatching the second and final coveted position as a representative of the UK in the EuroCosplay 2011 finals!
I was going to post this like two weeks ago with preview pictures as per usual, but I’ve kind of been snowed under with all other prep! Even now I don’t have any comedy snippets to put together so you’re getting a plain text version, apologies!
Cosplaying for the Camera (Down as ‘Posing tips and tricks’ on the schedule)
An entertaining guide to posing, and generally getting better pictures out of your con photographers
There will be much mocking of everyone and everything, mostly myself but you’re all not getting off easy this time!
Friday 19th – 2pm-3:30pm in the Studio (Arts Centre Building)
