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    Cosplay Photography
    Cosplay Photography
    Cosplay Photography
    Ebook50 pages27 minutes

    Cosplay Photography

    By Marc Whipple

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    About this ebook

    Here's how to tell if this book is for you:

    Do you like cosplay? Do you like taking pictures of cosplay? Would you like to be better at taking pictures of cosplay, but when you try to learn, somebody starts talking like... this?

    "Oh, yeah, I shot that image at f10, 60mm at a hundredth, metered at f12 with bounced fill and a snoot on the key."

    If that sentence made little or no sense, this is the book for you!

    Cosplay Photography is a simple, straightforward book, with very little technical jargon and a whole lot of interesting, easy ways to make great photographs of cosplayers at any skill level, with any camera. Whether you have an iPhone or a dSLR, you'll find great advice that will make your cosplay photography pop!

    Cosplay Photography focuses on five key factors:

    1) Respect
    2) Lighting
    3) Environment
    4) Angle and Perspective
    5) Equipment

    Real-world examples illustrate each concept as it's discussed. And not only is this book logically laid out, it's concise. In other words, it's easy! You can keep it on your phone or tablet and read it before you walk a Con or have a fun cosplay photoshoot with friends. The concepts will be fresh in your mind and you'll be amazed at what you can do!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarc Whipple
    Release dateMay 1, 2015
    ISBN9781311047601
    Cosplay Photography
    Author

    Marc Whipple

    I grew up in a small town in Iowa which had, as so many small towns do, a library with librarians which were far better than it deserved. Thanks to them and my parents' indulgence, I grew up reading science fiction and fantasy and whatever else I could get my hands on. After studying physics and math in college, I semi-randomly decided to become a patent attorney. That too worked out far better than I deserved, and I've spent my career working for amazing companies patenting everything from jigsaw puzzles with fuzz on them (it's way cooler than it sounds) to highly complex methods of controlling the volatility of computer games (ditto.) But a person does not live by law alone, and my love of science fiction, fantasy, and the enduring sense of wonder they brought me never went away. With the encouragement of my lovely wife, herself a talented author, I've begun writing and publishing my own fiction. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it. (Well, I hope you enjoy it *more.*) Random Interesting Things About Me: 1) I used to participate in Old West historical recreations under the moniker, "The Devil's Advocate." 2) I've taken over 80,000 photographs, including at least a hundred good ones. :) One of my photographs was used by Louis Leakey during a presentation on biodiversity during NY Science Week. 3) I once walked on to the set of a Mel Gibson movie by mistake, and at least three different security guards saw me and didn't think to stop me. When they found out I wasn't supposed to be there, they all said the same thing: "He looked like he knew what he was doing." 4) I've worn a beard since not long after I graduated college. You'd think that would cause problems for a lawyer, but for some reason, beards are fairly standard issue for patent attorneys. I don't know why. I've only shaved it once: My mother bribed me. Hi, Mom!

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      Book preview

      Cosplay Photography - Marc Whipple

      Introduction

      Hi there! I’m Marc Whipple, a contributor to a website for cosplayers called Sew Your Cosplay! This book is a collection and expansion of a series of articles I wrote for that website. I thought it would be helpful if our website about cosplay had information on how to photograph cosplay. I mean, you went to all that work, why not get some nice pictures? Once the articles were done, I thought it would also be helpful if I collected the articles into a convenient little e-book for easy reference - and here it is! Whether you’re photographing your own or someone else’s cosplay, this book will help you get the most out of your pictures.

      Please be advised (and I hope you’re reading this as a sample first) that this book is not intended to be an in-depth how to photography book. It is deliberately simple, straightforward, and concept-oriented. Ideally, you’ll keep it on your computer, or even better on your phone or tablet, and give it a quick read before you walk a Con or do a quick photo shoot with your cosplaying friends, so that the basic ideas will be fresh in your mind. While I think this book is a great place to start, it’s not meant to be a textbook or definitive.

      Here are the elements I’m going to cover:

      1.   Respect

      2.   Lighting

      3.   Environment

      4.   Angle and Perspective

      5.   Equipment

      Right away, you should take note that equipment is the last thing on the list, because it’s the least important, and I don’t want anybody to think for a second they can’t make cool photographs without an expensive camera. The great photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, pioneer of decisive moment photography, once said, The best photographer in the world is not as good as the worst camera. As usual when it came to photography, he was right. If you know what you’re doing and are mindful, you will get better pictures out of your iPhone than someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing and isn’t mindful will get out of a multi-thousand-dollar DSLR with all the latest whizbangs.

      So don’t be afraid, grab your camera and let’s make some photographs!

      Part One: Respect in Photographing Cosplay

      The first thing to be mindful of in cosplay photography, like all photography and all other parts of life, is Respect. Do not act

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