No, really, just photos this time

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Some photogs you can follow

Thru the Eyes of Aitch Photography

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>>8870738
Rich and Strange Photography

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>>8870741
DG Photography

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>>8870752
Sam Apple Cummins

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>>8870762
DancingSquirrelPhotography

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>>8870768
Knightmare6

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>>8870783
EDward Fotography

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>>8871058
Jason Laboy

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>>8871061
GEEKED PHOTOS

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>>8871064
Eurobeat Kasumi

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>>8871069
Psinu Photography

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>>8871069
Photography by Caroline Belge

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>>8871073
Jeff Gm Photography

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>>8871101
Butch Lee Productions

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>>8871127
Neeko Cosplay Photography

Are any of these supposed to be impressive?

Katsucon has become such a scam with shitty amateur photographers charging 100 bucks for 4 shitty, basic photos that any retard with a point and shoot could take

>>8871061
>>8871072
These are cool.

The rest are either out of focus, dark and weird looking, or have some nasty HDR-ish thing going on.

Most of these people don't even bother to take acne out before posting it with their names plastered all over it, like >>8871069.

HOW do these people get paid? Acne removal takes LITERALLY seconds to do. I wish we could tag the cosplayer in this shit and ask her how she feels being put on the internet with her pizza face out.

>>8871337
The fault is squarely on the shoulders of the cosplayers. If they book someone who clearly has shitty photos on their site or portfolio, then I have no sympathy.

>>8871603

The problem is the good people all get booked up super fast. When the only option is between shitty photos and no photos, what are people supposed to do?

We need a bigger photog supply on the east coast period.

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>>8871754
Or all the super good people no longer take open bookings. Once a photog reaches a certain level of demand or notoriety, they tend to close their doors to friends only, or best case scenario they'll do an open submission and pick their favorites.

>>8871799
I love Layze's pics.

It's a shame I'm not Brazilian because I'd love to work with her photographer.

>>8870741
I just realized these are the hotel curtains

like, not the best photo I've ever seen but it's hard not to be impressed with how well they used what they had

>>8871802
the foreground chair is giving me a headache

>>8871481
Some of these are hall shots and not paid shoots
like "go see this person's hall shots if you wanna see what a bunch of the cosplays at the con looked like"

>>8871871
why did she shoop Mika to have girly makeup? based on selfies that cosplayer wasn't wearing nearly that much makeup

>>8871384
The black levels on that Black Widow are just too high. Its like he took an underexposed photo and just bumped it up playing with the curves. Also bad usage of a dutch angle

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Some of these photos are fine, just people being too nitpicky. I do want to see more of the photos from the people charging $100-250 though and see what they are delivering to clients

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>>8871906
TEoSB

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>>8871911
Sateriale Productions

>>8871873
I edit all my photos, even hall shots... Like, why would I post anything with acne?

It makes me seem like I'm terrible and I don't care what my cosplayers look like after I shoot with them.

>>8871906
I know >>8871073 was $100 a package, saw her all over Facebook advertising
>>8870768 and >>8870741 are free

>>8870703
> Naming the photogs and not the cosplayers

Wow I hate what this community has become

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of course you get messes like this

>>8871915
I think >>8871906 was a hall shot too

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>>8871915
THEY PAID $100 DOLLARS FOR THIS??? >>8871073

DISGUSTING.

>>8871926
I met that girl at Katsu. She's way cuter than this pic. She didn't deserve this.

>>8871072
What are their cosplay pages?

>>8871925
same. i don't care about what the photography is or isn't show me some cool cosplays

i'd rather see a mediocre hall shot of a cool cosplay than this overhyped nonsense 2bh

>>8871926
What the fuck did this poor girl do to the photographer to deserve such treatment?!!!!!!!

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>>8871925
OP was naming photographers who have posted sets of Katsucon photography, including hall shot. The idea is that you can go to their pages to find more photos. Calm your tits.

>>8871933
The Dark Magician is Kadu=Out one of the cosfamous black cosplayers apparently based on an earlier thread

>>8871944
this is CGL over reaction is the norm

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some more paid shoots

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>>8871957

>>8871957
I'm convinced skill has nothing to do with the way cosplayers select photographers.

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>>8871978

>>8871925
Yeah, cause these photogs have Katsu albums
Ya know
Cause this is a Katsu photo thread
So we posted
Where you can find pictures of a variety of Katsu cosplays
Cosplayers don't post 100 costumes that aren't theirs

>>8872009
>Cosplayers don't post 100 costumes that aren't theirs
if they did, this community would be x1000 better instead of the BS shit we have now

My Woman Crush Wednesday (WCW) is (insert cosfamous cosplayer) for her skill/sweetness/blah/blah/blah

In hopes they get noticed and name dropped by senpai of the week to help inadvertently spam their account to their 90k followers

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i always love GQBravo's work, he only work with friends or his gf but his style is right in my aesthetics.

Its alright, but the FX on the borders don't look perfect. Needs more help blending them in, and the faces are a bit too plastic looking

>>8872064
That Tuxedo Mask looks dead in every picture I've seen

>>8870752
this photo is awful

>>8872030
AYYYYYYYYYYYY that boy gud. :)

>>8872332
You misspelled Good, but then again you meant Mediocre probably.

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RS Cosplay Photography

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>>8872473
Tiger Shot Productions

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>>8872479
Joey Render Industries

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Some Kid, formerly Oh Hey Its SK

>>8872459
Lol. That's not even EMCP's final form.

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>>8872496
>that everything

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Wongtwothree

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GooJunky

>>8872030
holy shit that is a clean cosplay

>>8872064
Pretty much the best cosplay photographer, IMO, but yeah, I agree, I wish he shot more stuff other than his girlfriend.

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>>8873292
>>8872593
>>8872332
Just stop Eugene, it's pathetic and sad. If you're going to pretend to be anon, at least contribute and post up some photos from Katsucon

Photo attached by Edtan

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>>8873494
KL Media

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>>8873497
Paul Williams Photography

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>>8871058
EDward Fotography again

>>8872482
what is wrong with his watermark?!

>>8873503
have you heard of over exposure??

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I'm just kinda proud of this, so self post.

>>8873551
Why? It's out of focus.

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>>8873494
You seem mad. So here's some more EMCP so that your tears may flow more freely.

>>8873567
Rookie cropping errors everywhere...

>>8873535
Overexposed and overpaid, my friend

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>>8873567
Why is the nearly full body so badly cropped? Why's the headshot so tight to the left when she's facing that direction? where's the lead space? And you call yourself a professional man? come the fuck on with this amateurish BS

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>>8873551
Badly cropped and out of focus

Photo by Jason Chau Photography

>>8873578
Your tears are delicious, anon.

You should really bottle them. You'd make a fortune.

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>>8873591
Happy Pause Photography

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>>8873594
Think.Nu

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>>8873595
Butch Lee Productions

>>8873588
This is so obviously bait that I won't even bother responding.

Please bait better next time.

>>8873588
Noob photog here. Why the preference for moving the model closer to the right in the close-up? Wouldn't that leave more empty space on the left side? Or are you suggesting he just zoom out more.

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>>8873604
She's looking to the left, but she's so close to the left edge, there's no lead space (the direction she's looking). It's like movies where you see people looking in a direction and the camera pans in the direction they are looking, not opposite.

Of course Eugene thinks its bait, but its a simple rule of photography that he usually ignores, just like his modeling photos with hair in peoples faces or harsh shadows from overhead light sources or giant text that obscures 1/3 or 1/4 of the image. These aren't professional. However he can't seem to handle honest critique and considers all the call outs bait.

Photo: Alexandra Lee Photography

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Rudi B Photography

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>>8873604
The model's face was the focus of the shot. To include a lot of space, or other elements into the shot would take away from the image (pic related). To be honest, even including the hand was a mistake. If there was a way to go in tighter while still retaining cosplay elements like the contacts, wig, and crown, that would have been the perfect way to shoot this.

As a noob photog, don't worry about the criticisms in here: the vast majority of these "photographers" are just winging it. They might have gotten a B in "Intro to Film Photography" in Bumfuck Community College, and now think they're in a position to tell people what photos should and shouldn't look like. The photo he posted with his critique was extremely blown out, badly cropped (the irony), and introduced framing angles that add nothing to the shot. So, it's apparent that if anon thinks something like this looks good, there's not much to say for his taste.

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>>8873606
>>8873616
Thanks for the explanations. Like I mentioned I'm pretty amateur at this (primarily a cosplayer), but I like lurking these threads to try to pick up framing tips. Pics related are mine from last weekend, so please critique away.

>>8873632
These are good.

General nitpicking flaws: try not to show the bottoms of shoes unless you're like, shooting a boots advertisement or something, and go easy on the blacks and contrast. There's not much separation of the subject and background.

I prefer to get tight on my subjects, especially if they have really striking features, and stay away from tilting my frame. When they have great outfits, spend some time on their outfits as well. Also, eye contact is very big. You're already better than 75% of the photogs featured in this thread though. Keep shooting, you'll get it.

>>8873635
I meant >>8873637 for you

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58's Camera

>>8873652
out of all that person's hall shots you could've possibly posted you pick that one. those cosplays are cringe city

>>8873635
I like the framing in both and the Dutch angle is subtle enough in the right-hand one to be interesting and not obnoxious. You def wanna crank up the brightness/exposure on both of these though, they're a little too dark (on my Retina laptop monitor). It looks like you may have turned up the detail a bit, which is making the edges a little crispy-looking, but that may also just be compression issues. Since you didn't have external lighting, you may want to gently go in with the dodge tool and lighten up the model's face a little bit, since their strong brow is casting their face into shadow.

They're very nice photos! I think you have a really good start and with some more practice/nudging in editing they'll be even better.

And just as an aside for your model, they should work on more dynamic facial expressions, they look a little bored/dead in these.

>>8873699
I just grabbed the first photo they posted advertising their katsu album

>>8873744
>>8873635
Thanks, guys; I do tend to go overboard with the blacks for moodier photos, so I'll try to keep that in mind.

>>8871337
Welcome to the east coast. Although like others have said it can be the fault of cosplayers for not being more selective unless they're booking with the last dregs of people with free slots...

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Ken AD Photography

>>8872496
More like Pity Photography.
It's a shame that the photography is decent but the cosplayers he shoots are all unfortunate in craftsmanship and in the face.

>>8870752
Great costume. Too bad about that face.

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ChezPhotos

>>8874952
this is gorgeous. link to cosplayer?

>>8874487
Maybe its the editing anon?

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>>8874487
Every other photo I've seen of this costume is much more flattering, and I've seen the cosplayer in person. That's just a really horrific photo.

>>8874955
Rey Morado Cosplay

Trying to find pictures of yourself in photo albums when you don't got a big dress, big prop, or showing tits is the worst

>>8875034
it's even more frustrating when you KNOW people took pictures of just you, but you can't find any of them posted online

>>8875171
What's even more annoying is when you know people took a video of you and you can't find it.

>>8873567
>>8873592

to be fair, these are pretty badly cropped/framed

>>8873567
considering how long he's been around I don't understand why he keeps forgetting to step back
seriously, goddamn. cut off the very top of the head! cut off a foot! crop right at the wrist!

he has to be purposefully trolling everyone

>>8875176
>>8875171
>>8875034
sometimes people just get lost on the cutting room floor. okay, lots of times.

>>8875194
cropping off the tip of the head is very common and understood thing though in portraits since you want to keep the eyes in the upper half of the photo.

>>8873635
like the other anon said, take a midtone doge tool to her face and brighten up the levels a bit. You can make a photo moody by just taking down the saturation, but you still need to have good contrast so the eye can focus on something.

The cropping on the right is okay, but the one on the left has too much empty space above her and would've looked better horizontal or if the model was looking out and up a bit.

>>8875205
I meant the photo on the right. he has either a tangent or he sliced off the very tip of her head. both are undesireable

>>8875034
Thats why people book photographers.

It's literally why.

If you want to cosplay boring covered up shit and not pay, then you get to sit and wait and wonder when / if you'll see pics.

>>8875213
He's going to continue doing what he does, and you guys will continue using your dutch angles. Let's see who gets further.

>>8875245
considering he isn't getting very far and the rest aren't trying to be efamous it's going to be a draw

>>8875034
>>8875196
yeah, someone did a night shoot of my Kylo Ren to work with the saber lights but they all came out way too blurry to post

>>8875171
>>8875196
This is why more people seem to resort to cosplaying skin showing stuff or fancy things to get some attention

>>8875243
It's the reason why photographers are gouging people for $100 for half an hour or an hour for 3 pictures

>>8875711
3 bad photos at that

>>8875006
Except this one is shooped to hell and back.

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Just saw this get posted up by Rubi B

>>8876198
Rudi 2gud

>>8875711
Well, if you're going to hire me to shoot things I have no interest in, I want to get paid for my time.

Are you really mad at me for that?

I don't care about your shitty Undertale / Steven Universe cosplay. Show a tit and I may get interested enough to shoot you for free. But if you're going to be Rose Quartz, you're going to pay me for that.

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>>8875711
As someone who shoots, I have a full time job, and I'm in 3 section. I did some shoots for free to learn skills, and while I've taken my skills to the next level.

Holy shit love live was strong, and there was some nice love live cosplay

>>8872064
while this is shooped (nothing wrong with that, I do it, its at the level of makeup/concealer, I'm impressed that he made a downwards angle flattering.

I'm more of a anamture who wants to learn more, and compared to my last katsu, god those look like ass), this year Id id

>>8871481
This is true, Lightroom can do it trivally, I mean it literally took me 5 minuets to watch youtube.

I mean fuck I feel like I should charge

>>8876275
a lot of them were probably taobao premades which is kind of sad

>>8876288
Not really, there's nothing wrong with buying cosplays

>>8876303
It just feels, I don't know, false to me. Hard to put it into words.

>>8876319
I agree. I have bought cosplay before and I don't have an issue with it, but there's something about making a cosplay for a fandom you like that feels like a real labor of love.

>>8876341
Technically good but the soul isn't there.

>>8876319
I think especially for huge group cosplays like Love Live, it's just easier to keep outfits consistent among members and typically reduces the chances of someone dropping last minute.

>>8876288
98% of the wedding cosplayers I've seen all bought them. I've only seen maybe three who made it themselves, myself included.

>>8876385
Flipside though, it seems a lot of people do make their own Mogyutto cosplays so at least there's that. A disproportionate amount of LL cosers do buy all their stuff though, we had a discussion in the general a while ago.

>>8876385
It's because of the custom print lining and the scalloping. I bought mine for that reason.

I've got 1 Love Live cosplay I'm planning to make (and it's an event SR so I don't have to worry about coordinating with others), but that's really it.

>>8875006
Seen the cosplayer in real life. Her costumes are really impressive, she just has an unfortunate chin.

UV Photography sent me here since he's crying about it

>>8876587
Where is he crying about it at?

>>8876477
god i love stella and this costume is great but her makeup/her posing in all these pics make me want to cry. she just looks so dead inside.

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out of focus

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bad crop

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dunno where to start

>>8876627
Arms are super important tho

>>8876600
Ugh she was so cute in person. Her wings were gorgeous in the natural light.

>>8876400
Ah yeah, I did Nozomi and she's the only one without the custom print. I understand why people do it especially with the custom laces and prints but its still disheartening when its the vast majority.

>>8876599
...pretty sure that's the point

>>8876198
all of his stuff are super good. i like!

>>8876477
This... photo looks so shit with her make up and expression in the photos, costume is well done

>>8876587
hahah I saw that

>>8876594
on his personal fb page, claims anon was late to their meeting so he was just shooting random hallway shots and when anon arrived, they waited for him silently to finish and didnt say something to him so he didn't know they were there. Alsom that you'd supposed to say something to them! Its your responsibility.

I think it would be awkward to get to a shoot, find your photographer shooting others. What ARE you supposed to do? The more polite thing would be wait for them to finish before you interrupt, but according to him, you should pretty much walk in front of his shot to get his attention or something.

>>8876599
The character is suppose to be sad

>>8877106
seems like the anon who posted abut him skipping out on their shoot deleted their post. He claims the best way of dealing with internet hate is to "kill them with kindness", but also said he was never going to shoot with the anon that complained again.

Idk how I feel about UV. A while ago he messaged one of my friends about shooting with her at an upcoming con and when she said she was interested he started listing all his rates, so she said nevermind. She asked me about it and I'm not against paying good money for good photos but...I think his at-con shots are over-shopped with stupid effects. I can do that shit myself. His locations shoots look good, but I wouldn't pay for his at-con stuff.

Also, if you approach a cosplayer asking them to shoot with you...then I think maybe the first shoot should be free to establish a relationship. Like, you approached them, you can let them know it was only free this time to establish a relationship. I guess because I think its tacky. you approached me. If I like what you give me (which can be like, 2 pics) then I'll book you in the future and of course pay.
Or tell me your price list right off the bat, don't wait until I agree to shoot with you and then spout out prices.

>>8876632
Should have used a different effect for phoenix's telepathy and have her do a different face, maybe a tighter crop or pulled out more so Cyclops belt is either in or out

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Freeze Frame Foto

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>>8876385
Which one were you, I shot an entire set of them, and I loved all of your cosplay (then again I'm the worst Love Live wota)

>>8873600
Butch Lee method?

>>8872473
bad crop and out of focus

>>8872203
bad exposure. cropped hands off

>>8871926
where do i begin?

>>8873551
not in focus and underexposed. horrible.

>>8877303
>>8877292
>>8877285
>>8877284
>>8877283
learn how to put all your responses in one post.

>>8877310
STFU Felix

>>8871151
What the fuck is this shit.

>>8871809
All that shoop and they couldn't fix those giant eyebags even just a little?

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WeNeals Photography

>>8877455
I like and dislike a lot of things in this image. Another step backwards and leveling the platform out would have made it fantastic.

>>8877455
wow i can't even

The shitshow gallery by Michael Garcia

Google Photos
SochgfPJfa8zS45VA

Guy posted a bunhc of photos from cortch shots to shots of people blinking and not looking at the camera and shit. People have been on him all day asking for picture removals.

>>8877204
I'm west coast I'm just here for pretty photos

>>8877455

Holy mother of chromatic aberration.

>>8877859
What a shit fest.

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>>8877859
so flattering

>>8877859
how the hell do I access that? I'm assuming the jumbled text is the unique gallery ID but fuck if I can find where to put that thing.

>>8877983

What character is she cosplaying?

>>8878003
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN_d5z6VDQA-altNi24AR-WXqelBlPRT3iegLWp7iUg7IP310EH2EO54LSy1Wbx0w?key=ejhQak95bW5nRHVjdGJfdkNFZmlYX2podnR1UHln

>>8877859
I'm one of the people who initially commented on the post before he deleted a lot of photos. There were multiple crotch shots as well as pictures of one girl's bare ass (the Nonon from KLK in the album). You can just tell the guy was far away and zooming in on people with his camera.

>>8877124
If a photog did that to me I'd name and shame them so fast. You don't offer to shoot someone and then talk about charging them, that's sleezy as hell. Every photog that requested a shoot with me shot me for practice. I decided backgrounds and poses and changed my poses like 50 times per location to show them their options when it comes to working with someone for money in the future. We both got something out of the deal.

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Not sure who took this and edited but god damn did it look good.

>>8878043
Haha wow, they are bad

>>8878051
All the unhappy/upset faces from cosplayers who realized what he was doing seems to confirm that. What a piece of shit.

>>8877204
Holy shit this stupid eyebrow painting trend must stop. It looks cakey and gross.

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>>8878043
You guys really need to see the comments from the Katsucon Photography 2016 group. Even fucking Eurobeat Kasumi, gerardo, and Geeked are bashing in on this guy. Also blatant spam by Geek. Now to wait for EMCp to jump in.

Photo Cred: Photography By Roberto Sanchez

>>8878043
all those photos and not a single one is good
truly a guy with camera

>>8878212
The Katsucon Photography 2016 group is terrible.

>Eurobeat Kasumi
>Geeked
>Roberto Sanchez

Who gives a shit what bad photographers are arguing about?

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>>8873591
i like the crop. how would you crop differently?

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>>8878220
This isn't going to end well when only he can delete it off his album lol

>>8878494
They were referring to >>8873551

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Dude could've at least shopped out the flash

>>8873551
same poster. Not that it matters, but I made the costume. I wasn't the photographer. But thank you for the critique.

Sage for politness sake.

>>8871946
who's the chick?

>>8878393

the best eevee group at katsucon

>>8871957
Isn't this the girl who was posted in bad cosplay thread.

>>8878043
What kind of camera does this guy have? The quality seems fairly nice despite the shit composition. It kinda makes me mad someone is walking around with that setup and being that shit.

>>8878051
I swear to god that Michael Garcia guy is the OP of the creepshot photo thread.
Has the Nonon ass picture that was deleted from the original photos

>>8883021
I can believe this is true because the level of autism seems similar.

>>8882748
should have used a slower shutter speed for that smooth water effect

>>8878142
Eyebrow painting trend? Do you mean colouring your eyebrows the same colour as your wig or?

>>8883021
Anon that's not even the same cosplayer or version of Nonon from the album. That's not even Katsucon.

>>8883082
Yeah, but people do it in a very gross way. They can't be bothered sealing their eyebrows properly so it's just a mess of concealer, hair, badly draw new eyebrow and goopy eyeshadow.

I don't mind when it's done properly or when it's just subtly painted, but recently everyone and ther mother decided to do it the harder way.

If you pay attention to the girl in the pic, she has a concealer mess above and under her badly painted eyebrow. You can see hair sticking out covered in concealer.
Which sucks since she is so cute and her costume looks cute as well.

>>8883116
Man that's a super nitpick.

>>8883128
Actually it's not. It comes up pretty frequently at the bad makeup thread.
Saddens me a bit that her makeup could look even better and cleaner.

>>8883066
Professionals know how to shoot water anon

>>8882932
D7100 with 2 zoom lenses

>>8882932
Kinda mad that you think those are "fairly nice".

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>>8883618
Again lets reiterate half this board knows shit about photography, just like majority of the cosplay photographers who act pro, do shoots at cons, but then can't get work outside of cosplay.

>>8883618
There's no way you can get that kind of bokeh without at least a mid tier lens. The guy obviously dropped some cash on that gear, and I was just curious exactly how much he dropped to take butt shots of strangers.

>>8883926
Or they don't try to go pro? Easiest way to not like something is to start doing it for a job. While that doesn't happen 100% of the time to hobbyists going pro it happens enough to get a saying

>>8884060
If you have a telephoto at max zoom and distance between subject and background you'll get you bokeh thanks to the power of physics no matter what lens it is.

>>8884087
Can confirm, this is why I now have an office job and save the photography for cons and models.

Nothing like deadlines and pressure to suck the fun out of something.

>>8884105
Tfw press and I have to deal with that shit. I get access to guests and concerts but I wonder if it's worth it sometimes

>>8884093
400mm would do that.

You can get a zoom lens for around $500. Not cheap but nothing top tier

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>>8884236
You can get an 800mm zoom for about $300, it'd be manual, but yeah the option is out there

>>8884245
Is that 800mm?

>>8884236
>400mm
>hallway shots
>at Katsucon
no amount of sorcery can make that work

>>8884236
Canon has a shitty 70-300 for about $100. Also the less shitty but still cheap and average at best 55-250 for $150

>>8884248
Nope, just adding a photo from Katsu to the thread since there's more comments than photos

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>>8884282
Both are shitty, because they aren't L lenses. The L lens variants are so much more costly. These cheap ones are targeted to parents looking to get photos of their kids but no jack about shooting

Photo attached, WTF?!

>>8884309
I can see what he was going for. He pulled it off horribly, but I can see what he was going for.

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I'd never thought I'd see a photo where self-molestation could be so creepy

>>8884327
She's touching her upper arm you dumb add

>>8884309
The 70-200 f4 at $500 is probably people's best bet for cheap and good

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why do photogs upload shit like this

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Wow I heard bad shit about the photographers of We Rise, but damn this shit from the group/magazine's head sucks.

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Here's a photo from one of the photogs who were charging by how many lights they were using

>>8884985
> that crop

How much do you reckon this shot cost? Looks like one light.

>>8883926
Is this a "case in point", or...?

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Saw this on my feed

>>8884327
Your vendetta is showing. If you don't like him, why not say something to him?

>>8885024
His name sounds so familiar... I think this dude was involved in some major drama on facebook a while ago. Can't remember what happened but it was a mess.

>>8885031
He was charging per lights

>>8884309
I got a seizure from this

>>8885032
I'm talking like a year ago.

>>8885031
Try harder. I'm bored

>>8884994
I think she was charging $60 for one light

>>8884309
What's better and what's different about L lenses?

>>8884959
To make you jealous.

>>8885032
I wonder how much she charges per night?

>>8885287
I'm a big fan of Seiken Densetsu / Secret of Mana. I wish I would have run into this cosplayer at Katsu. :(

>>8885352
The big difference is L lenses are way heavier and durable, as well as weather-sealed, so you can shoot in a torrential downpour and not worry about water getting in. I've dropped my 100-400 before from a table, not on purpose mind you, but it was fine still after a four foot drop and after I recovered from my mini-stroke. The L lenses also have better motors and image stabilizers compared to the standard lenses. The L lenses are also white to prevent heat absorption, and that helps slow down overheating, in theory, from constant shooting in sunlight.

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>>8885399
Oh, and image to contribute

>>8884970
this train wreck looked so terrible in person.

>>8888038
salty much? It looks fine.

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Wow, just saw these stunning photos posted! Apparently the mods are mad jealous of this guy's skills since they banned him from the Katsucon Photography Groups

>>8888527
How could anyone not love that beautifully designed watermark? TOTALLY not distracting from the actual picture. Though his work is so mediocre maybe that's the point

>>8872473
oh god this is super shooped tho.. i know the coser irl and she looks way better here than i've ever seen them lol

>>8888527
I know he's trying to get all fancy with his cropping because he probably read about it online but he's just failing miserably at it

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>>8888536
>>8888796
you haters can hate all you want, but yo boi made covers son! stay salty mofos!

>>8889144
that's his own "published" magazine retard

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Shot by Stella's husband

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>>8888527
>>8888536
>>8888796
>>8889144
>>8889221

His photos are still the best ones in this thread. There aren't even any real criticisms here, just "his watermarks are ugly". lol

Git gooder at photography, losers.

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>>8889265
No, and hi Eugene

>>8888527
This looks fucking terrible. This image looks like it was taken by accident.

>>8889275
Why didn't the photographer smooth her skin out?

Like, shit... it only takes a few seconds to clone out acne and airbrush skin.

These guys suck.

>>8889350

That's his style. It's mostly all out of the camera. I think he's fine with other people editing it.

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Ugh, this guy's cosplay page just sounds conceited - America's Greatest Otaku

>>8889357
His style is making cosplayers look ugly? Awesome.

>>8889362
I've met Chris. He's a little autism-y, but still cool people.

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>>8889279
Nigga, please.

Excessive salt can lead to high blood pressure, which has a whole host of nasty symptoms.

>>8889379
>>8889357
>>8889350
Ebk's style is never doing post processing, ever

>>8889397
You probably think people are getting mad or salty but it's more like "wow that's a shit photo" and going about their day

>>8885403
Is she a smoker?
whitening strips cost way less than a boobjob

>>8890635
I don't think those are smoke stains, and she's probably smoking something different in her mouth

>>8885287
she looks like shes in pain

>>8890922
>1026572350737660
what's even in focus

>>8890922
kit lens

>>8891767
ARMS ARE IMPORTANT

>>8892525
this edit is giving me a headache

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Someone paid for this. Considering it's GooJunky, probably a hefty price too.

Why is East Coast full of shit photographers who charge insane prices?

>>8893066
what is this fucking fuck

>>8882748
Is that December?

>>8893066
the edit overall is horrendous but I can't believe she obscured the girl's face so much. If I got an edit as awful as this back but my face looked cute at least I could consider posting it

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>>8893066
>Why is East Coast full of shit photographers who charge insane prices?

Because cosplayers book people their friends tell them to like, not people who actually know how to photography.

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>>8893066
East Coast is full of photogs who spam themselves hardcore, as well as friend recs, but the funny thing is when the big cons come around, you can see who's the good ones are, because the good ones who open up shoots are quickly gone, while the ones who appear popular are still booking up until the con. Just see who's constantly posting on their pages or groups for the con

>>8893082
It is. She's super gorgeous.

>>8893121

That's hardly fair, GooJunky booked up in under 45 minutes and her work is subpar.

>>8893121
>TFW you could easily book several $50+ shoots per con
>TFW you never do because you don't want to cut into your cosplay time

Booking east coast shoots is so aggravating because I don't want to pay a boatload of money for someone whose photog skills are the same or worse than mine. I have no problems paying for quality but even the people who are goodish but not great tier charge professional rates.

>>8893066
I'm really sorry I can't stop fucking laughing at those damn goombas

>>8893121
That's not true at all. Some photogs don't talk themselves up a lot/don't have a big following for whatever reason (usually because they don't self-promote and/or go to a lot of cons) and are still really good.

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>>8893569
went through her photog page and found this gem

>>8893583
Wow she did a really great job making a mediocre costume look like complete shit.

>>8893575
Agreed, some of the photogs with the biggest followings are the worst shit talkers and just center around the Midtown Comics crew and their events. Now they're using the "fame" to start boudoir shoots.

>>8893627
What photogs are we talking here? I thought the biggest photogs on the East Coast were mostly anime-related

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>>8893795

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>>8893797

>>8893798

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>>8893798
>>8893807
Oops, forgot pic

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>>8893811

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>>8893813

>>8893795
>>8893797
>>8893798
>>8893811
>>8893813
>>8893814

The majority of the pictures in this thread don't even count as photography. It's just some motherfucker with a couple thousand dollars worth of equipment taking snapshits.

If you can take KayBear and MisaLynn, of all people, and make them look bad, you're not a photographer. Period.

>>8893795
Wow, what a dumb picture. Why focus on the back of her wig instead of her face?

>>8893583
arrrgh.....my eyes,,,,,my brain......

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>>8892525
JJ Abrams wants his lens flares back

>>8893641

Wow, they did a pretty terrible job at cloning out the flash. At least try to semi line the bricks up.

>>8893905
Holy shit, does the bikini girl lacks so much shame as to go outside wearing that? Geez.

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>>8893641
I can see half of the flash, really man?

>>8888071
no salt, just truth.

>>8893066
The edits made the cosplays look better at least.

>>8893814
Who's this cutie?
10/10 would take her on a nice date. Does she have a page?

>>8894339
its Blue Shell's favorite cosplayer to accidentally leak nip slips of - Cosplay Love Pro

>>8893569
>▶
anyone knows where she stole the goombas from?

>>8894497
Just google goomba and you'll see one the ones she used is the first result and the goomba tower is like the tenth pic.

>>8894422
NIP SLIPS? Of Cosplay Love Pro?

Point me in the right direction, old chap.

>>8894771
Isn't that infringement?

>>8895299
Only if she gets reported by some law-abiding citizen.

>>8895270
Me too, anon, me too.

>>8877072
EMCP surely like nostrils.

Bump.

Surely you guys have more shitty photos from Katsucon.

>>8893941
> bikini girl
> not even knowing space dandy
> that grammar