Otakutographer

Australia

Name: fiathriel
Gender: Female
Location: Mid North Coast, NSW

What do you enjoy about cosplay photography?
I like all stages from the planning of the shoot to the end product but my prime motivation is creating pictures that show the true beauty and power of the model and the cosplay they choose. I want the effort that they have put in done justice and I just love beautiful people and they images that they produce. I love to see a cosplayer light up when they see the preview pic or when I give them prints, compliments are always welcome, squeees/glomps preferred. Weeaboo and rabid fangirl at heart.

What kind of shots do you like to take?
PEOPLE PEOPLE . . . . I love conceptual shots and closeup portraits. I love people's faces and their features just gleam though the lens, the whole package comes together and often the finest details like contacts, makeup and expressions are lost in long range and group shots so I always try to get some closeups and full size shots for costuming if I have time. For conceptual shots, I like to stick, almost mimic a scene from the game/anime, if I can't (don't have a ref pic) I'll get as close as I can.

Post-processing or no post-processing?
I'm using Photoshop less and less and processing in Lightroom as much as possible to adjust colours, contrast and levels and spot fixes. Lightroom also allows nice colour alterations for more interesting effects. For the model editing, I'll try to even out skin tone but encourage my models to use makeup, this minimises or eliminates the need to do any skin edits. I'll use PS to do basic sharpening and more challenging skin tone and also for extreme edits (especially if the cosplay is from a game).

What equipment do you use?
Canon 5D MK II x 2
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Lens
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Canon EF 14mm f/2.8 II USM
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Misc gear includes Canon 580EXII's, pocketwizards, manfrotto tripod, diffusers, gels, boring stuff like that!

What do you do besides cosplay photography?
I work in medical admin, I run an online shop, I'm the president of the anime club here, I'm studying a Bachelor of Language externally, no prizes for guessing the major language. I play bass in a death metal band (currently on hiatus). Yes, I have too many balls in the air.

Which conventions do you usually attend?
I haven't been to conventions for a few years but recently attended Animania 2010. I'd like to go to more and get back in the scene. I was original floating around between 2002 - 2007.

Links?
www.fiathriel.com