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| ISO 400, Aperture F9, Shutter 1/250s, Focal Length 18mm |
On November 10 I
hosted a meet up of the Dayton-Columbus-Cincinnati
Cosplay Photoshoot group at the Maple-Beech Lodge in Blacklick Woods
Park which is part of the Columbus Metro Park system. This event was the last event of the year and
included a small basic posing workshop.
We had 6 cosplayers, 6 photographers, and 2 assistants attend, so the
cosplayer to photographer ratio was relatively good. I gave the short posing brief. After the brief I had each coplayer come up
pose for two photos, the first with no guidance on posing then the second with guidance
after seeing how the first shot looked. I
used a tethered shooting method so each cosplayer
could immediately see how they looked in
the photos so they could adjust based on what they learned and group
suggestions. After the meet up, I
provided each cosplayer with “contact sheet”
of each of their images from the workshop portion of the shoot so they would
have it for future reference. Involving all members of the group in the
discussion and having live feedback, I think helped the group in general,
allowed the people to become comfortable with one another, and made for a
better overall shoot.
I worked with 6 cosplayers.
I shot a total of 271 frames which
includes the posing workshop frames. Of the 271 frames, 244 where from the
actual shoot, of which I edited 130
images and delivered 67 final images not including the posing workshop images. Since I shot during both the posing workshop
and the actual shoot, I had two different set ups. During the posing workshop, I set up a plain white backdrop, used a
single bare off camera speed light on a light stand, and had my camera tethered to a lap top which
was hooked to a projector to show the image on projection screen. All images shot during the workshop were at ISO
400, an aperture of f/8, a shutter speed of 1/160s, a focal length of
18mm. For my second set up, during the actual
shoot portion, I used single bare off
camera speed light on a light stand. I used an ISO of 400 due to the daylight
conditions and the consistently changing cloud cover. My aperture and shutter speed varied throughout
the shoot, due to the changing lighting conditions due to the moving clouds and
transitioning from indoor to outdoors.
My aperture ranged between F3.5 and F14 with the most common being F9. My shutter speed varied from 1/125s to 1/800s
with the most common speed being /250s.
It should be noted the standard flash sync speed is 1/250s but I can
push the sync speed if I switch to high-speed sync. Finally, my focal length
varied from 18mm to 90mm, with the most common focal length being 18mm. As unusual I like to shoot wide.
The park is nice with lots of trees and a pond, I was kind
of sad that we missed a lot of the fall leaves, due to a windstorm coming
through an knocking a bunch of them off the trees. Also, right outside the lodge that was rented
for the event were two large green stone turtles. I used these stone turtles as inspiration for
several of my shots. It worked perfectly
for two cosplays. The first was IzzyQuinnzilla as Bow-Peep
from Toy Story 4. It was perfect cosplay
representing a toy on a whimsical turtle for kids. My personal favorite shot is her going
lifeless, like the toys in the movie do when a kid is around, on top of the
turtle. The second image is of Fishmeal
(formally Gleume) cosplay as Royal Guard Zelda riding the turtle into
battle. What makes this photo is that she has a very serious look on her face,
while riding a turtle. Usually one would
ride a noble steed, but since none were available at the time, the turtle had
to work.
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| ISO 400, Aperture F11, Shutter 1/250s, Focal Length 18mm |
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| ISO 400, Aperture F9, Shutter 1/160s, Focal Length 18mm |
Overall this was a good meet up, you can see all my final images from the meet up here: Maple-Beech Lodge. The group will start meet ups again in January, since we take a break in December due to holidays.
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