The Munchkin's Notebook

On October 25th, I drove up to Clinton, NY, for the Elven Autumn photo event held by Everlore Events . This was an all-day event that included a light lunch with soup, leatherwork vendors, three different styled shooting locations, and a trip to a stable for photos with horses.  I was one of the featured photographers for this event, which meant I was paid to attend and had to provide at least three images of each model I worked with. For this event, I used: Canon R6 1 Speed light Trigger Umbrella Gels 24 - 105mm lens Camera Settings: This was an outdoor shoot with a forested area, a meadow, a pond, and a pasture for the horse sessions.  This event had dynamic lighting conditions because it started fairly sunny, but heavy cloud cover rolled in as the day progressed.  I used ISO 100 and 400, with most shots taken at ISO 100.  My aperture varied from F4 to F13, depending on the amount of background blur I wanted.  Most of my images were shot a...

On October 18 th , I did a cosplay studio session with Kei (za_warudio) and Kitsune Kauki (kitsune_kazuki) for their Mizi and Sua from Alien Stage cosplays.   Alien Stage mostly takes place on a stage, so I kept the set very simple to align with stills from the show and the fan art references. For these sessions, I used: Photography Equipment Other Equipment Cannon R6 24-105 mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 Westcott FJ400 2 Phottix Strobes 2 bell reflectors 1 round soft boxes 1 bell reflector with barn doors 2 c-stands 3 light stands Backdrop stand Black seamless 2 gels Tether cable Laptop Laptop holder Sandbags A-clamps Spyder Color checker Silver backdrop Smoke genie Stool Pillow (to kneel on) The setup The stills and reference photos provided were very simple in regard to background, so I went with a black seamless and a silver backdrop.  I chose a silver backd...