The Munchkin's Notebook

On December 6 th , I did a holiday-cosplay session with Gabby .   This was holiday session based on her Marth May cosplay from the Grinch movie.   For this session, I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon R6 24-105 mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 Phottix strobes 1 Westcott FJ400 2 c-stands 1 Backdrop stand 1 Fuzzy White Backdrop 1 bell reflector 1 blue gel Sandbags 1 rectangular soft boxes 1 60-inch umbrella with sock 1 Platypod stand 4 LED tube lights Christmas Trees Stuffing to act as snow Styrofoam blocks Ornaments Boxes Wrapping paper Posing box Wooden crate Ribbon The set up Let’s start with the set design set up, which I wanted to be representative of a Whoville Christmas but not as busy to ensure focus stayed on the model and the dress. I also drew some inspiration from 1950’s and 1960’s holiday themed photoshoots to help with ove...

On November 22, I attended a  Costume & Camera (Previously the DC Cosplay Photoshoot ) group event at Kap2ure Studios in Baltimore.  This was a special subscribers only event, so the event was rather small with only 4 cosplayers and 6 photographers.   This was a suitable number of people for the studio we were using. For this event I used: Canon R6 1 Speed light Trigger 24 - 105mm lens 1 light stand Umbrella Camera Settings: Even though this shot was in a studio, I still varied my camera settings based on the set design, set lighting, and minimizing interference with other photographers.  Also, this was a partial natural light studio, which had a strong yellow undertone to it, I also worked to balance between flash and the natural light.    My ISO varied from ISO 100 to ISO 2000, with ISO 400 being the most common, followed by ISO 200 and ISO 1600 when relying on mostly natural light. My aperture ranged from ...

 On November 8 th , I did an on-location session with SunnyRae at Claude Moore Park.  The theme for this shoot was 1920’s photographer, which came about during SunnyRae’s 31 days of closet Halloween costumes during October.  I saw the outfit and had to photograph it, complete with the early 1900’s era camera.   For these sessions, I used: Photography Equipment Other Equipment Cannon R6 24-105 mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 1 Cannon Speed lights 1 30-inch umbrella Light stand Assistant The setup The setup was relatively easy.  I mounted a Canon speed light on a light stand with an umbrella.  My assistant then held the light in the spots during the shoot. Because the camera shown in the pictures was an antique and rather heavy, we only shot in two location, with me relying on angles, expressions, and props to fully use each of the two spots we choose in the park. Camera Settings This sess...