The Munchkin's Notebook

On March 10th I hosted a meet up of the  Dayton-Columbus-Cincinnati Cosplay Photoshoot  group at  Urban Artifact’s Venue space which is above the taproom in an old renovated church. The venue space we used to be the main reliquary space of the church, and the taproom would be in what was the basement area. Highly recommend visiting the Urban Artifact taproom , if you like craft beers. This was the second meet up of the year for the DCC, and we had a great turn out for the event.   I shot 312 frames of which I edited 197 frames and delivered 139 final images. I shot the whole meet using a light from a single off camera speed light on a light stand with an umbrella. I shot using ISO 200. My aperture varied between F3.5 to F8.0 with the most common being F7.1.  My shutter speed varied greatly from 1/25s to 1/1250s with the most common speed being 1/250s.  Finally, my focal length varied from 18mm to 50mm, with the most common focal length...

I have delivered all photos from Katsucon 2019, so it is now time for the annual wrap up post.    This year was a little different, because they made the convention a closed convention.   Making it closed meant that you needed a badge or room key to be in the hotel and convention space, and they were checking badges.   I think this significantly cut down on lobby-conning and somewhat reduced the crowds, but since they got rid of the tables to sit at, it increased the number of people sitting in hallways.   Also, by checking badges right at the beginning of the area of gazebo level it hindered flow of traffic and I think reduced the number of people who usually stand up there to show off their cosplays.   Now onto the actual photography. I had 21 sessions booked and I took 1,837 shots across two days.   (Due to living in Ohio, I no longer shoot on Sundays due to an 8-hour drive home.) The most prevalent focal length used was 18mm, which was u...