New Mini-Series: 10 Years After

FanimeCon 2018 officially marks my 10th anniversary of doing cosplay photography.  No there will not be cake; it is not in the budget after agreeing to attend Anime Expo again.  Because of this, I want to reflect on my time in the community and give opinions for the next generation from someone who started off not...

Semi-Coming back to Blogging 2018?

Let me know what you want me to talk about. Photography gear? Trends? Tips? Tricks?

Abort/Retry/ Fail? – Blogging in 2023?

I'm very sorry to those of you who followed me. I did not plan to be on hiatus from this blog for so long. 2018-2019 was rather hectic to near burn out. I used Facebook as a crutch for posting, but that was a huge mistake. And then 2020 happened. Well, lots of things happened...

10 Years After – Is It Wrong to do Paid Shoots at Conventions?

10 Years After series - Is It Wrong to do Paid Shoots at Conventions?  (DanPhotoMoney) After 10 years of doing cosplay photography, I finally have a better answer for the child repeating “Why”: What is your opinion about charging for your photoshoots at conventions? This has been standard practice in the East Coast, but recently...

10 Years After – Show Me the Money

10 Years After series - #3) Show Me the Money After 10 years of doing cosplay photography, here’s a question gives me indigestion: What is your opinion about charging for photoshoots? ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Note: For this article, “charging for photoshoots” will be defined as payment for the shoot itself. It does not also include ones where there...

10 Years After – Photo Contest Phobia

10 Years After series - #2) Photo Contest Phobia After 10 years of doing cosplay photography, there is a question that makes my stomach knot up: Can I submit this photo of me to a contest? Usually a cosplay-related webpage, social media group, or even a retailer or publisher would put out a call for cosplay...

10 Years After – Vulture Tele-photographers

I really hate "street photographers" who don't ask...

Get in Gear – Early 2018 Edition

Heavy-Duty and Go-Bag. My gear choices for early 2018

Vero – Well THAT Came Out of Nowhere.

Well THAT came out of nowhere.

New Rule – 2 year Expiration on Raw files.

Sadly, I have to impose a 2-year limit on keeping RAW files and will begin culling current files after Fanime 2018.