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Category Archives: Conventions
Taiyou Con 2013 Photos and Photography Talk
Please read the related article on cvfta.blogspot.com for a convention report and more information that isn’t technical. Facebook Galleries (tag-able): Friday, Saturday, Maid Cafe, Masquerade, Sunday I ended up with around 715 photos and a few video clips. My technique was varied and depended on the level of effort at any given point in time. I didn’t bring my manual flash and RF triggers. They take a certain level of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, convention, cosplay, taiyou, taiyoucon
Anime Apocalypse 2012 Photos
Please check out my convention report on cvfta.blogspot.com for more information about the convention. Another convention done with more photos to show everyone! This time I was fully loaded with equipment. Two camera bodies, a number of lenses, and two flash units. I managed a pretty elaborate setup for 1 1/2 days, but eventually pared it down to less than half. I’ll get to the technical side of things after … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, General, Photography
Tagged anime apocalypse, anime convention, convention, cosplay, hallway photos
Kollision Con 2012 Photos and Tech Talk
Another convention has come and gone. This time it was Kollision Con 2012 located in St. Charles Illinois at the Pheasant Run Resort. Please view this article on cvfta.blogspot.com for my convention report. All of the Photos: Facebook (Masquerade, Saturday, Sunday) Photography Banzai (Masquerade, Saturday, Sunday) Edit, here is a video I put together to go along with the articles: For this convention, I was pretty limited with the DSLR … Continue reading
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Tagged dual card slots, full manual control, kollision con, on-the-fly backup, photography, tech talk, wireless flash, yongnuo
Edwards Apple Orchard Cosplay Meetup
Yesterday I went to a cosplay meetup that my friend organized. It was located at Edwards Apple Orchard Cosplay in Poplar Grove, IL. If you frequent this website or my Youtube channel, you probably know I’m in the process of switching out my DSLR equipment. Right now I only have the Pentax Optio WG-II, so I used that. Edit: Check out this video set to music that I made from … Continue reading
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Tagged cosplay, edwards apple orchard, fall season, optio, pentax, wg-2, wg-II
Ramencon 2012 Photos
I went to a convention in Indiana called Ramencon. You can see more about it on their website. I was planning on staying two nights, but decided to check out on Saturday morning instead. I was still able to get a good deal of images on Saturday afternoon, which was nice. Here are my photos from the event (various ways to view them): Right here on PhotographyBanzai.com: General Photos Lollipop … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, anime, convention, cosplay, indiana, ramencon
Wizard World Chicago Comic Con 2012
What is Chicago Comic Con? It is a large multi-day Comic/Science Fiction/pop-culture convention held at the Donald E. Stephens convention center in Rosemont, Illinois. It consists of an extremely large dealers room, a vast number of artists showing and selling their work, a large number of famous people, various scheduled events, and a lot more. This year I felt that they stepped things up to another level with a nice … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, articles, chicago comic con, compilation, convention, links, photos, pics, sci-fi, talk discussion, wizard world
Cantigny Gardens Cosplay Meetup
Before Comic Con, I attended a small meetup at Cantigny Gardens in Wheaton Illinois. It is a large park with a lot of green space, flowering gardens, buildings, a tank park (yes, military tanks), and other various structures. The equipment used: Pentax K-01 with the Pentax FA* 85mm f1.4 lens Pentax K-5 with the Pentax FA* 24mm f2 lens and Sigma flash. The LCD screen is a lot more vibrant … Continue reading
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Tagged cantigny, cosplay, garden, meetup, photosession
Chicago Comic Con 2012 Saturday Photos
I finished processing and uploading my photos from Saturday at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con 2012. I have the images uploaded to this Facebook gallery (you can tag yourself after liking the FB page). A few highlight photos. Friday Photo Article
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Tagged chicago comic con, convention, cosplay, costumes, photos, wizard world
