The Munchkin's Notebook

On March 25th, I did a purple flower themed cosplay session with Mimi .   In this session we did cosplays with the same base set, first Petra as Artemis (fan art from _zordanna_) and the second Hanabi . For this session I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon 5D Mark II 24-70mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 Phottix strobes 1 Westcott FJ400 strobe 2 Cannon speed lights purple gels 2 c-stands 1 light stand 2 Backdrop stands 2 White fluffy backdrops Sandbags 2 bell reflectors 70cm ocatbox 2 foot posing cube 1.5 foot posing cube Flower arrangements 3x2 foot frame 50-lb Fishing line Cardboard boxes Large Styrofoam pyramid Purple tulle   The set up I started with the same set up, I used for the “ Beauty in a Frame ” set I did a few a couple weeks earlier. I started with a white fluffy backdrop, then placed my cubes, pyramid, and cardboard boxes to creat...

On March 25th, I did a spring themed session with Natalie of Archaic Costumes & Designs .  This session was built  around showing off her robe ala polonaise and lots of pink flowers. For this session I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Canon 5D Mark III EF24-70mm F2.8 lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 Phottix strobes 2 Cannon speed lights 72-inch umbrella with sock 43-inch ocatbox with grid Pink gels 2 c-stands 1 Backdrop stands 2 White fluffy backdrops Sandbags   2-foot posing cube 1.5 foot posing cube Flower arrangements Cardboard boxes Small table Pink tulle   The set up The set up for this shoot was relatively simple.  I started with a white fluffy backdrop, then placed my cubes, table, and cardboard boxes to create levels.  I then covered this structure with a second white fluffy backdrop and draped pink tulle over that to create layer...

Model IG: @uma_purrmann This year I attended Shutterfest from 4-6 April in St. Louis at Union Station.  I heard it was a good conference to attend and not like traditional photo conference because it had more hands-on workshops and the ability to rent models during down times.  Thus, I thought I would give it a try, since I must burn some leave from my normal day job.  I was sadly disappointed in the conference and didn’t feel it lived up to the hype. Venue/Food The venue, Union Station, is beautiful and has a ton of nice places to shoot.  I would go to a cosplay convention there.  It has more interesting features and variety then the Gaylord for Katsucon.  Sadly, I really didn’t get to shoot any models in the beautiful parts, we’ll get to that later.  I did not stay at the conference hotel, but two blocks up the road at a Marriot (I like my points).  I don’t feel I missed anything by not staying at the conference hotel, since I like to sleep....