Photoshoot at a Convention

Ok for this blog post I'm going back into my files and pulling out another old photoshoot. This one was done at a convention in Weslaco at an anime convention. Usually at anime conventions there are quite a few places to shoot and for us we had this beautiful pool area to shoot with.

For this shoot my camera settings stayed pretty much the same the entire time because it was cloudy and the lighting never really changed! Which basically never happens lol! So for my settings I had my shutter at 1/200, my ISO at 200, and my f-stop ranged between f5.6 and f7.1 because of the zoom on the camera.




One of the fun things about this shoot was working with cosplayers, for those who don't know the characters the one with the blue hair is Black Star and the one with the purple hair is Blair. Now Black Star is a friend of mine and we were planning on doing a shoot anyway but Blair we had just met that day and kinda just grabbed her for a video we were shooting and used her in the photoshoot. She was a great sport, and I loved her shoes!

So the big difference working with coplayers is that you or they need to know how the character acts to do the shoot. If you shoot them out of character more than likely you will get a bit of flack from that. So I was lucky enough that both my models knew exactly what they were doing!

So all I had to worry about was setting up the shot like where I wanted them and where I was. For most of the shots I was across the pool from them with one of my zoom lenses on. I believe for most of this shoot I worked with my 55-200 lens. For this shot I went up on the stairs going up to the second floor so I could get a higher angle.

Where you are in a photoshoot I feel is key because you control where you want the viewing to be looking from and what you want the viewer to see. The first picture was also shot from the same area just a little higher on the stairs.

Also play with your angles a bit don't just shoot the same angle every shot, change it up a bit don't be afraid to test things out. Not all of your shots will be useable but thats ok you need to know what works and what doesn't.




The only thing I did in photoshop for this shoot was add a warmer effect because I wanted it to seem more like a sunny day since the sun wasn't out.






I know this post is a bit short but I wanted to share this shoot with you because it was one of my favorites.