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TK421: Why Aren't You at Your Post?

What is this rather ordinary shot of someone posing with two stormtroopers you ask? Well this photo was taken on the 17th of November 2012 at Supanova Adelaide and was the first photo I ever took at a con! Everyone has to start somewhere.

Little did I know then how many would follow and how finally going to a comic-book conven...

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Major Sam Cosplay - Belle from Beauty and the Beast
Supanova Adelaide 2013

Early days for both of us! Sam refers to this as a baby photo. Officially the second time I shot Major Sam as I had taken some photos of her Jessica Rabbit the day before (poignant because today at AVcon 2018 I did a promo s...

Ardella

From a shoot a few months ago with the amazing Ardella Cosplay. Lots more in this series to follow as well as a BTS clip for the photography tier.

Model: https://www.facebook.com/ArdellaCosplay/

Gelled Perfection

A shot from yesterdays gelled fitness shoot with Tiah. We got some amazing colours happening that worked beautifully with Tiah's extremely toned body.

Model: https://www.instagram.com/miss_zorel/

Assistant: Lor...

Building Up Steam

This is the main presentation I have been I have been giving at cons around Australia for the last year. I think I'm getting better at presenting it, ie less nervous and making it more interesting. I change the slide desk a little each time to try to refine it to make it flow better. Some of the segues flow nicely and other are ...

Before|After - Lara at Morialta

Behind the scenes look at this shot with Mik at Morialta Falls. With this image I wanted to give the impression it was a cave mouth with water and sunlight flooding in.

The original shot had the Jinbei HD400 and softbox in shot which had to be removed. I wish I had positioned the light a little more side on to the model as I t...

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Zalaria Cosplay - Deathwing from World of Warcraft by Zach Fischer
Private Shoot 2015

My second shoot with Zalaria Cosplay, the first had been a month earlier of her World of Warcraft character Sylvanas Windrunner. This time we were shooting another WoW character, Deathwing designed by Zach Fischer...

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Yaya Han - Wizard from Diablo 3
Oz ComicCon Brisbane 2015

I first met Yaya at AVcon in July 2015 and while we got to shoot briefly she said if I could make it to Brisbane OCC we would have more time. So I made the trip, it was the first time i’d been to Queensland and it's still one of my memorab...

Ami Isley In Black Lingerie

Taken earlier this year on the Gold Coast in a duo shoot with with Beke Cosplay. More from this shoot soon.

Model: Ami Isley

https://www.instagram.com/ami_isley/
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AVcon is just over a week away!

Wow did that creep up! They have an amazing cosplay guest lineup including Brisbane bombshell Beke Cosplay! This was taken over  Brisbane Supanova weekend 2017.

Ellie is Oil

No not a painting, actual oil...shiny!

 Ellie Christina - https://www.facebook.com/elliechristinamcneil/ 

Mary Jane - Undecided

I finished this image and at the last minute put a light leak over to add more colour wash, but then couldn't decide if I liked the original more. Just looking at it now maybe I should have just added the light coming from just one direction. What do you guys think?

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Before|After - Zalaria Xmas

Since we are just over half way through the year and xmas is less than 6 months away here's a look back at my 2017 Super Sonico shoot with Zalaria Cosplay. I never shoot on infinite white so this was a fairly new experience. Did get as white as I would have liked and needed to fix in post but all in all great learning experience...

Unbuttoned

One of my fav shots I have taken of  Stefania Lee in our recent white shirt shoot while I was in Melbourne. I adore the pose and how the shot came out.

https://www.instagram.com/stefania_lee_/

Jinbei HD400 battery flash location shoot by Steamkittens

Jinbei Ambassador Leigh from Steamkittens gets early access to the new HD400 TTL battery flash. With just a 1s refresh and long battery runtime, this could be the perfect location light.  Is this lightweight flash, compact size, and 400ws power combination the perfect sweet spot? See how Leigh goes with his first location s...

2019 Cards (Series 3) Preview

As the year goes by I have been pro-active and selecting images for the next 50 coscards as I work through each con/shoot. Here is a preview of the a few so far. I have about 20 of the 50 selected.

Malfoycius Reflected

I love working with mirrors! Another shot with Malfoycius for our shoots on the Gold Coast earlier in the year.

Gamma Con

Another announcement that isn't public yet. I will be making my first con visit to Canberra as a guest for Gamma Con in a few weeks. Last time I was in Canberra I was 12 years old on a school trip. Other guests are Astrokerrie, Hayley Elise and another Adelaidian Jusz Cosplay.

Gamma Con is on 4th - 5th August

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Lightpainting

Haven't done a huge amount of long exposure light painting but I did experiment for a shot time exploring its uses within cosplay photography. This was one of my few favourites.

Green The Destoryer's Lara Croft

Went to Morialta Conservation Park yesterday in the Adelaide foothills for a shoot with Green the Destroyer in her Lara Croft cosplay. You might remember her from one of my favourite con shot of last year, Lorn from Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer cosplay taken at Adelaide Supanova.

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Before/After - Zuko

Time for another Before/After. This time throwing back to AVcon 2016 and  Taylar, half of the  Danha Cosplay duo in her Zuko from Avatar - The Last Airbender.

Cosplayer - https://www.instagram.com/danha_cosplay/

Doom Guy!

Made the front page of Reddit twice with week - firstly with Reinhardt who's video took on a life of its own. But also with this shot of Scrap Shop Props Doom Guy taken behind Cosplay HQ in the storage room just after they had won at the cosplay comp. I had originally shot way back at PAX last year but this time made it to Kotak...

Patreon shoot with Ellie

Patreon shoot with Ellie in Perth, so many photos to get to from the last few con trips.

Goldnova vs Sydnova

Two shots of Malfoycius, first is from Goldnova a couple of months ago and second is from last weekend at Sydnova. Silk has always been one of my fav characters to shoot and I love this shot.

https://www.instagram.com/malfoycius/

Zarya - Overwatch by Dangrrr Doll

New York burlesque performer Dangrrr Doll with her unique take on  Zarya from Overwatch while she was in Adelaide for the Fringe.

Beke Cosplay

Shot from a quick shoot from Brisbane last year.

Ally on the Couch

Impromptu shoot with Alanis on the Gold Coast where we shot a couple of things including this black underwear set.

A Beautiful Mess

This was a test session for an upcoming project. We were a little compromised by the fact is was absolutely pouring with rain. Even though we were undercover half the flour area was a pool of mud and this is where I was going to position lights and model, while is comprised the original setup we still made the area work. The oth...

Another Peak - Zalaria Cosplay - Sonya [Fire Emblem]

Here is another shot from my shoot with Zalaria Cosplay in her Sonya [Fire Emblem] using the new and upcoming Jinbei light which we had access to the only one in Australia. Huge thank you to Leighlan and Loren for assisting.

Before/After - Twe'lik

Posted v2 of the Twe'lik shot yesterday so here is the Out of Camera compared to the final v2 version.