Photography-In-The-Real-World-Hill

Models Left-Right Mostflogged & cafe-lalonde Series: Homestuck

Models Left/Right xHee-Heex & Hopie-chan Series: Alice: Madness Returns

Model Hello-Yuki Cosplay/Photography (Lisa A.) Series: Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

 ☆ Cosplay is the compound word of "costume" and "play" and in itself is an art form. Cosplayers can make costumes of any character from any series from anime and manga to film and television to video games and media. There are no gender boundaries and cosplayers will often travel to conventions for a weekend during the year to cosplay and meet new people.  ☆ The job of a professional cosplay photographer is to take a few rounds of pictures of a cosplayer (either solo, couple, or group) in specific attire often times with a prop. (An example of a wide-known professional cosplay photography group is The Enthusiasts.  ☆ In order to satisfy their customers, professional cosplay photographers often try to get outstanding shots that not only make their cosplay stand out but often times have some sort of significance to their cosplay/series. This can range from anywhere to glamour to horror, and from there on.  ☆ Depending on the type of photography business a professional cos. photographer runs, they can charge whatever they choose. For my photography business I have several options of payments and no set number. Other businesses can change anywhere from 20-150+ dollars per hour or just altogether for a single shoot. Sometimes photography businesses will volunteer to give free pictures for a convention and get their payment from the staff running the event. There is no way to say how much the average prof. cosplay photographer earns.  ☆ As most prof. photographers have to go through some sort of photography class during their education and/or an outside class, I would assume that professional cosplay photographers need to use the same qualifications.  ☆ The type of environment they work in can be anywhere from a personal studio, an outdoor setting, a convention center, or out of their own home.  ☆ I'm interested in this career because it involves an activity I love. Whether I am in front of or behind the camera, cosplay is something that I have a very big passion for. If I were to become a professional cosplay photographer I can see it as being rather enjoyable, because I would get to take pictures (which I love) and get to see new cosplays all the time!  ☆ Three cosplay photographers that who's work I enjoy are Katie Klemann Photography, Hello-Yuki Cosplay & Photography, and ckdecember.

 ☆For this assignment I planned to have some of my cosplay friends over for a photoshoot. I just had them come over and I took pictures of the cosplays that they brought. THIS IS NOT MY BEST WORK IN THIS PROJECT; If I could use pictures from an event in November I could properly showcase my work, but because this photoshoot was hindered by the weather, it ended up being just in my room with my own camera (that has re-sizing issues on the Mac computer). I'd very much like to print the pictures from November instead.

www.facebook.com/KatieKlemannPhotography www.facebook.com/Hello.Yuki1 www.ckdecember.deviantart.com

"Cosplay photography." //Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Jan. 2014. Web. 19 Jan. 2014. . (Also myself)