Otaku High Cosplay Photography

It has been so slow trying to get all these MechaCon IV photos completed.    I did say up to two weeks and today, Sunday, is the last day of that two weeks and I think I can get the rest done today.   :D    It has not been easy to do since I am preparing to move to and have had to spend time every day packing and tossing out stuff I don’t want.    There are only a few photoshoots left to process and then I need to upload the cosplay competition and then its off to AnimeFest at the end of the month!

It was a long drive home from MechaCon IV in Louisiana, made longer by the fact I did not want to come home from this 3 day party.   I give a deep bow to Pete and John, founders and owners of MechaCon for throwing an incredible well organized convention.    I met a lot of industry guests and had some amazing experiences with the voice talents and musical guests and of course just a blast with all the cosplayers.     Somehow I survived the swamp heat and humidity around the hotel to hopefully have captured what you will consider to be great artistic photos.

As I write this article my main workstation is chugging away on the 25 gigs worth of photos, prepping them for editing in my CS3 studio.    It should take me about 2 weeks to get everything online.    Con sponsored events have to be processed first before I can get to you cosplayers.   That is what I am working on today.   There may be a slight delay in getting all the cosplay photos up as I am moving on the 25th of this month.   Hopefully I will have most of the photos processed and online before that week of moving madness begins.

In conclusion; MechaCon may not be the biggest con I have been to but it is certainly one of the best run in the country.    I hope they will invite me back next year.   I will gladly make the 7 hour trip again!

Thanks go out to Pete and John again for being wonderful hosts and providing such a fun party for anime fans to rock out too.

Jesse gets extra special hugs and kisses for pitching me to Pete and John and getting me down to the convention.  I luffs yous!

I learned several things that will make me more prepared for this con next year!    It was a great experience and opportunity!    Now… off to edit 3000 photos!

If you look up on the main menu bar you will see a new menu feature; Top 50 Photos.   This is a flash driven display of 50 of my favorite cosplay photos I have taken during the last year and half of doing cosplay photography.   Go have a look see and thanks for all your support!

Sign ups for private photoshoots is now closed for MechaCon. Thanks to everyone that signed up! I can’t wait to see you all! Look for a letter to appear in your PM box with information on where to meet and what to expect. 9 days to go!

I have opened my photoshoot scheduling for MechaCon IV. If you are going to be hitting up that con and want a photoshoot then head over to this: MechaCon Photoshoot Sign Up Thread

Post your reservation in that thread and I’ll see you at the con!

I have opened up the website now to user registration so you can comment here if you like. You must be registered and logged in to post comments on any articles here. To combat spammers and spambots comment moderation is on. Your comments will be approved frequently as I am always lurking in the shadows of my website as I work throughout the day. Come on in and say hello!

I replaced my dead external HDD with a new Maxtor 500 gig monolith looking drive that has a glowing eye on the front of it like Hal 9000 from 2001; A Space Odessey.   Bigger, Faster, Stronger… inspired by Daft Punk.   I’ll be moving all the refuge files back on the drive today.    The good thing about this drive is it has a 5 year warranty vs. the 1 year craptastic warranty of the former drive.    It will probably still break after just a year of use but at least I can get my files restored for free if the drive fails because of faulty workmenship.   Now I can get back to working on photos!

My 300 gig Maxtor external HDD that I use to store all my photo images and my music collection died on me a month ago and I thought I had lost everything.   Two days ago on a whim I turned it back on and was surprised to see it fire up and start working again.    I quickly saved two super important folders to my main internal drives and prepped the drives to receive more refugees from the external.   But before I could do so it failed again with a “Delayed Write Error” message.   That was a new one for me.     I sighed and resigned myself to the fate of over 30 gigs of images and 20 gigs of MP3z lost… but to my delight the drive started working again last night.    After a few hours of moving files I was able to save most of my stuff.      I reformatted the drive this morning and it reported no problems with the platter inside.     I don’t know what is wrong with it… maybe the USB cable is going bad and the drive is fine?    Needless to say… I need a new drive or cable.   Looks like it’s time to go shopping!   Happy Friday!

Some people have reported having a hard time finding where the cosplay photography galleries are now.   Look up at the top menu.   Menu option #2 is where the galleries are now.   ^_^   Just click on it and you’ll be wisked away to the magical land of cosplay.   Enjoy!

Hello boys and girls out there in Cosplayland. I have added a FAQ to the menu above. Many common questions and answers can be found in there. Thanks!