On October 11 th , I got to do a little bit of cosplay photography with Eowinth Cosplay and Apollo Ven . This was a Lord of the Rings (LOTR) shoot, which we did out at a local state park. For this shoot I used: Canon 80D 2 Speed lights Light stand Umbrellas Trigger Eowinth Cosplay and Apollo Ven like to do joint cosplays, were the characters have some sort of relationship with each other. In this case Eowinth was Thranduil and Apollo Ven was Legolas, for those not up on their LOTR lore, Thranduil is Legolas’s father. Thus, during this shoot, I tried to capture a little bit of the tenuous relationship between Thranduil and Legolas. Additionally, in preparation for the shoot, I looked at several of the LOTR movie stills for both characters to guide me on some poses, lighting, and most importantly color tones that set the overall mood of the image. This shoot was a bit of a challenge, due to the location. While the locatio...
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