Cosplay !

Here are a couple of cosplay shots taken ten days ago at a small convention. Said convention is held every year in Paris, in Bercy Park, and it's a wonderful location for photoshoots.
I did not really feel like shooting that day, though, so I only got to do a shoot with two of my usual models when they asked me.
Here is Seith :

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It shows that not only you, but also the models did not really feel like shooting that day.
I like the way the light falls through the trees on the second picture.

hennie wrote in post #10957870
It shows that not only you, but also the models did not really feel like shooting that day.

I love the compostion on #2.

what exactly is cosplay? Does it stand for costume play?

jra wrote in post #10966669
what exactly is cosplay? Does it stand for costume play?

Pretty much! It's where a bunch of people get to together and model costumes from anime characters they have either made or bought from someone else who makes them. My sis in law makes costumes and sells them and models some herself.

Cool shots!

SkyBaby wrote in post #10966708
from anime characters

not just anime.
Cosplay is about reproducing the costume and attitude of a character from any kind of fiction, be it Japanese or not. I've seen people cosplay from comics of all origins, video games, live action movies and tv shows, music videos...
The activity itself was actually born in America in scifi cons, Japanese scifi fans imported it and named it 'cosplay'.

Thanks for commenting anyway

I know a few people who cosplay, and I shoot it when ever I can it is always something new or different. I want to do a mortal kombat shoot someday

Anyone here going to New York Anime Festival 2 weeks later?

SkyBaby wrote in post #10966708
Pretty much! It's where a bunch of people get to together and model costumes from anime characters they have either made or bought from someone else who makes them. My sis in law makes costumes and sells them and models some herself.

Thanks for the answer I've seen the term used several times but never really know what it meant.

Here are a few more pictures I took during the last anime convention I attended.
I tried a few different things ; a friend lent me his strobe + umbrella for a couple of minishoots :

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