Getting more dynamic range with Fujifilm jpgs is so easy! Just bump the Iso +1 stop past base to enable the DR menu then choose DR200 and the camera secretly captures 1 stop below what you picked to save the highlights and pushes the shadows up in processing. :P

The final season of Stranger Things is coming out soon and I'm eager to see how they tie everything up. Cosplayer: astra.coz #strangerthings #cosplay #cosplayphotography

Some really great stuff in here for artists fighting with their own brain all the time. youtu.be/JZ39YlqS5dc?...

This month im embracing some self compassion and allowing myself to make some bad art while I learn new things. No pressure or fear of failing just the goal of starting and doing and learning. You have to give yourself room to not be perfect if you want to grow.

Ready for Halloween? Here's breakdown for a Sabrina photo set I worked on. This was before AI was even a thing so I also had a backplate in there with no lights at all. Cosplayer: thefanged4 #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography

Model: thefanged4 #spooky #horror #occult #witch #halloween

Things are looking up lately for me and this seemed like perfect way to hold onto the mood

Hey check out one of my recent photo projects. These two had such great details which is always a treat to capture. We lucked out with the weather too!

As an artist that loves rethinking process and techniques I can tell you that the one thing that isn't productive is frequently rethinking your motive for why you make things. Just find your reason and lean into it and save the identity crisis energy for making actual art.

This tutorial by Jeremy Vickery is great practice for photographers as well as painters. If you can't draw just download a coloring book for practice and think about where the light should go for impact and mood. #cosplayphotography #tutorial www.youtube.com/live/jATWOt_...

Wandering down the rabbit hole of books that are actually games and ran across this gem. Which is a 4 part series BTW

Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable as I do more with video. I am finding problems with every attempt but also learning fast from mistakes and gaining powers. Sometimes you just have go suck at something for a while until you don't. As long as you don't give up you'll get there.

All of my photo art has a really fun memory tied to it. Either visiting a location or running into unique people or even things going wrong we laugh about now. It's like a surreal scrapbook of fantasy anchors to moments in reality. I don't want any of those memories to just be well I typed a prompt.

I appreciate this platform letting me operate at the speed of an artist vs cranking out daily nonsense under threat of being being restricted. Recently I found ig demotes single image posts. I'm no Leonardo da Vinci but imagine the insanity of Mona Lisa getting tossed because it's only one painting.

This might be my favorite in this photo set of Maria from Castlevania. You really get to see a lot of the little details that went into it. Cosplayer: @etaru-to-you.bsky.social #castlevania #symphonyofthenight #MariaRenard #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

More Maria from Castlevania photos just outside the castle. Cosplayer: @etaru-to-you.bsky.social #castlevania #symphonyofthenight #MariaRenard #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

As a digital artist I find some new revelation to using curves every few years: 1. General contrast 2. RGB contrast 3. RGB vs CMY 3. Curves with layer modes 4. Saturation vs luminosity 5. Curve locking 6. Filmic curves 7. Subtractive RGB 8. Color space middle gray 9. Preventing breakage

First preview of Maria photoshoot! Chris is a master of finding a small space like a corner stairwell and making it into a castle level. Can you spot the Easter egg? 📸 @infinityspiral.bsky.social #castlevania #symphonyofthenight #MariaRenard

I headed to Bristol's cosplay weekend with my friend @etaru-to-you.bsky.social last Sunday and we got some casual Keira photos just wandering around. Worth the heat and humidity! #keirametz #thewitcher #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography #videogames

Found in Chicago

The best thing I've gotten from cosplay is a deeper awareness and sense of empathy for other people especially those different from myself. Art opens the heart to listening and learning.

One of my secret curves that I use while editing to get shapes talking to each other at the right intensity. This really helps control where the eye travels throughout the image and at what velocity. 🎭ki_ann_ #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

Looking back at old photos and found my first collab outside of a convention We did this in a hot garage in the middle of summer 😱 🎭tyrannosauruslexcosplay and kkreationscosplay. #wonderwoman #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

Using cleaning scrub pads is such a clever way to build out a hedge maze because you can make it as minimal or complex as you want! #dnd #trpg

Just doing it is too easy. The trick is to stress about it for 2 months and then do the thing that ends up taking 10 minutes.

Lately I'm finding inspiration in The Twilight Zone. Old black and white TV is fantastic for working on lighting skills and controlling values in compositions. Maybe this is the push I needed to try my own series in black and white

I made flash cards for how I direct scenes for cosplay photography to help guide posing for story. I try to capture the before or after action vs mid/primary action since this best represents the motion through anticipation or follow-through which is also use in animation.

Scheduling more fire sessions this month. We had some great results last time so I'm excited to try again this year! Cosplayer ki_ann_ #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

I've got some cosplay stuff scheduled for later but for now here's a mysterious little forest path I found at the Japanese gardens. #photography #japanesegarden

People know schadenfreude as enjoying the misfortune of others but did you know there's an opposite? Freudenfreude is the joy you get from enjoying the fortune of others. It's a lot easier to be friends with and do things for someone that lives in that realm for sure.

🏰 Yennefer in Skellige 🏰 I wish the audio worked but you'll have to just imagine the sounds of lute strings plucking 🪉 🧥Yennefer cosplay made by me 📸 @infinityspiral.bsky.social

Haven't shared these here yet! @infinityspiral.bsky.social thank you for these amazing photos!!!! #cosplay #witch #sakizoucosplay

Happy 10th anniversary, Witcher 3! Best girl #Yennefer from a photoshoot last month with @infinityspiral.bsky.social

We captured #TrissMerigold the following weekend in the equally stunning magnolias. Witcher 3 from CDProjektRed 📸 @infinityspiral.bsky.social

I coded up a new site from scratch today. Lots more edits on the way, but there's some interesting things on there already.

I'm packing things up and charging batteries for Anime Central this year. I'll be there Friday and Saturday Naussica of the Valley of the Wind 🎭nerdshark_ #acen #animecentral #Animeconvention #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

I've been playing with Dehancer lately which emulates some old film styles and this Sheena Queen of the Jungle set seemed like a good set for testing. Maybe I'll do a Bettie Page inspired set if I can find a model interested. #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography

The reason everything Ai has a magic icon and not a computer/chip icon is because companies don't want you to think about the huge resources required for cloud-based actions. Magic comes from nowhere and feels impossible to regulate or tax. It doesn't ruin the environment or displace livelihoods.

A little BTS on an android set. It's not from a series or anything I just thought it would be fun to make something futuristic. Including some outfit sketches and test fittings from her as well. 🎭lawfulgoodcosplay #cyberpunk #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography #fashion #fashionphotography

I like that Bsky has inspired me to post old photos that I assume people on other platforms are already tired of seeing. I think as an artist its easy to get used to seeing your own stuff and you can forget it's new to most people even on other platforms really. 🎭 sorbaecos

Looking through old Anime Central photos prepping for sesions this year and found this gem with @maddydoll.bsky.social and her amazing armor set. How can it be foam? Is she a wizard? #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography #acen #animecentral

I'll be at Anime Central this year offering outdoor data photo sessions and new this year, boudoir/night slots as well so people don't have to choose between getting good photos and attending scheduled events during the day. Booking infinityspiral.com #acen #animecentral #Animeconvention

Y'ALL Your favorite sorceress is done 🔥 Tiny fixes needed that I found during the test wear shoot before she goes to Netherlands with me, but I'm very happy with the results! (This was a real location FYI, we got so lucky with available architecture) 📸 @infinityspiral.bsky.social

Captured in an old NATO base in Italy, Volta 2022 🎭 ladydaniela_cosplay as Quiet from Metal Gear #metalgear #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography #videogames

This is one of the most impressive builds I've ever found. It's an armor build with full natural movement. Captured at PixelMania 2019 (Wroclaw, Poland) 🎭Willow Creative #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography #videogames

More hall shots from C2E2 in years past. I never posted this one before. Unfortunately metadata got wiped at some point so I'm not sure who the cosplayer is now. I think she went on to do costume makeup in movies. #cosplay #cosplayer #cosplayphotography #videogames

I created a fun analogy for picking color palettes. The further you stretch to reach colors on the wheel the more stress you introduce. You can start anywhere on the wheel and it will still feel relatively normal until you pull too far in too many directions without dialing the saturation down.