I know I've neglected this blog for quite some time, but I spent a lot of time during 2014 working on a series of cosplay-themed interstitials to air on TV, titled Jus'Cos. I shot tons of interviews at various conventions, as well as at events where cosplayers would show up, and ended up creating eight one-minute interstitials. Hopefully more will be produced later on, and they can continue to hit the airwaves in the New York City area as conventions and etc. near.
The eight interstitials can be seen for the time being, until after New York Comic Con 2014 is over, on channel 25 (22, for Cablevision), within the five boroughs of New York City, and some air signal leakage into neighboring areas like parts of Jersey City and Yonkers.
To see all the interstitials, check out the videos here!
Showing posts with label conventions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conventions. Show all posts
September 19, 2014
March 16, 2014
SpringFest 2014
Checked out SpringFest for the first time today, at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering in Downtown Brooklyn. I've heard stories, and wow, were they ever true! It was quite the disorganized mess in the very beginning. The lines didn't even start being let in until ALMOST two hours later!
Today was the first day I started shooting video interviews with cosplayers for my new interstitial series, slated to air for the Summer. Pretty chaotic, and it was just so noisy we took the interviews outdoors, but even outdoors it was windy despite the dead mouse on the microphone. So it's quite the experience, since right now I'm recording audio blindly thanks to being unable to listen to the audio until afterwards, due to the way the 5D Mark II is designed. I think next time I'll definitely have to get a lav mic for the Sony EX1 that we were using today as the B-roll camera. Anyways, got some great interviews with Koneko YourAverageNerd, Spectra Marvelous, Negative Stacey, Pixie Belle Cosplay, and Avalon Cosplay. It was also my camera man's first convention, and he was definitely blown away by the types of people he saw at the mini-convention.
February 29, 2012
Wicked Faire & Emilie Autumn
I've been sick for the past two weeks, due to running myself ragged. I was uber-busy on February 18th covering day 2 of Wicked Faire in Somerset, NJ, and the Emilie Autumn concert in New York, NY (Manhattan).
Also a lot of the photos from the Wicked Faire fashion show were picked up by TechRepublic.
Also a lot of the photos from the Wicked Faire fashion show were picked up by TechRepublic.
November 7, 2011
New York Comic Con, Steampunk Day & Exxxotica
2011 was a big year for New York Comic Con (and Anime Festival)! The con saw about 105,000 attendees this year, a huge jump from last year's estimate of 75k! This year was also the marking of the con as a four-day convention, instead of the usual three, though some con-goers managed to whine over Thursday's events, but I'm not going to get into that... Anywho, here's some quick teases of the photos from the four days!
On the Sunday of the Brooklyn Indie Market (Oct. 23), I arrived a few hours before the fashion show to shoot some photos for Berit New York's "Fairy Warriors" collection, but for photos of the fashion show, here's a quick tease!
I checked out the Exxxotica Expo in New Jersey this past weekend, but only Saturday. The convention itself is three days long. I was kind of underwhelmed with this one, but I was also pissed as I had three shoots with actresses attending this and they all flaked out pretty much last second. The first two were true flakes, but the third one was kind of more she missed her flight and shit fell-through, but still some warning would've been nice. This con pretty much threw my whole weekend in the crapper :/
Anywho, here's some quick teasers!
On the Sunday of the Brooklyn Indie Market (Oct. 23), I arrived a few hours before the fashion show to shoot some photos for Berit New York's "Fairy Warriors" collection, but for photos of the fashion show, here's a quick tease!
I checked out the Exxxotica Expo in New Jersey this past weekend, but only Saturday. The convention itself is three days long. I was kind of underwhelmed with this one, but I was also pissed as I had three shoots with actresses attending this and they all flaked out pretty much last second. The first two were true flakes, but the third one was kind of more she missed her flight and shit fell-through, but still some warning would've been nice. This con pretty much threw my whole weekend in the crapper :/
Anywho, here's some quick teasers!
October 14, 2010
New York Comic Con & Anime Festival
Well, the first mega-convention of New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival is over! Crazy weekend overall! I ended up missing a few panels due to last minute schedule changes creating a couple of conflicts, while a few other panels were cancelled the last minute. I didn't have any scheduled photo shoots, which was a good thing in the end, I think, since it was so crowded, especially on Saturday.
Overall I just focused on panels and hallway shoots. Still going through photos from Sunday, but Friday and Saturday are now done with.
You can view the photos on my Flickr, but here's a few samples:
Overall I just focused on panels and hallway shoots. Still going through photos from Sunday, but Friday and Saturday are now done with.
You can view the photos on my Flickr, but here's a few samples:
July 13, 2010
Saturday Is Done!
Finally finished with the photos from Saturday of AnimeNext! Now onto Sunday's photos!
Aside from that been playing some Transformers: War For Cybertron and Crackdown 2 on my Xbox, when time permits :)
Aside from that been playing some Transformers: War For Cybertron and Crackdown 2 on my Xbox, when time permits :)
June 29, 2010
AnimeNext 2010
Sorry for the lack of update, but I've been grinding on photos from AnimeNext since it ended. I took WAAYYY too many photos, LOL.
Saturday was the longest day for me, as I was pretty much shooting non-stop from 6am to 8pm. That's fourteen hours! I also shot two events, the Cosplay Burlesque performances on Friday night, as well as the Hangry & Angry Fashion Show on Saturday. Still unsure of how many shoots I did total, but I had a few no-shows, a few reschedules and a couple of shoots that were added on later. Met a lot of new people, as well as hung out with friends who were there. Ran into a few faces I didn't expect to see. A few people recognized my alias, as soon as I gave them my card, so I'm happy about that! :)
Anywho here's a few teasers with more on my Flickr. Remember, I'm still on Friday's photos!
Just to point out, this was my second time using my Canon 5D Mark II, and after getting the pics back, I can still see I need to do a little more fine-tuning on my end. The LCD of my camera shows the pics to be way brighter than the pics actually are, so I ended up adjusting my F-stops and ISO based on that, which in the end, gave me much darker pics. So now I know, and knowing is half the battle! Yo Joe! ;)
June 8, 2010
Geek!
Tonight I attended Geek Girl Productions' video game cosplay burlesque event, Players, at Public Assembly in Brooklyn.
It was fun, got to meet some of the performers, some of whom I've been trying to keep in contact with to do some shoots later this month at AnimeNext.
Tonight was the first time I used my Canon 5D Mark II! Figured it was time to break this baby in, after sitting on it for months. All was well, except I ran out the door and grabbed the wrong camera lens! D'oh!!!
Still got some good photos though :)
It was fun, got to meet some of the performers, some of whom I've been trying to keep in contact with to do some shoots later this month at AnimeNext.
Tonight was the first time I used my Canon 5D Mark II! Figured it was time to break this baby in, after sitting on it for months. All was well, except I ran out the door and grabbed the wrong camera lens! D'oh!!!
Still got some good photos though :)
May 18, 2010
Steampunk World's Fair Overview
The Steampunk World's Fair was insane! A lot of great events!
I ended up taking just under 3,000 photos. Got to see a great band, Unextraordinary Gentlemen, who I didn't know was going to be there until I actually saw them! Met up with some new friends, as well as old ones. Did many photo shoots, as well as attended many presentations and panels.
Only down side was the end of Saturday night when my camera battery died. This was my back-up battery, while my main battery was still recharging back in my hotel room. Of course it died during the performance by Cosplay Burlesque and The White Elephant Society :\
The only other downside was being woken up by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band at 4-5am in the morning on Sunday... awesome. Not.
I stayed at the Embassy Suites hotel which was nice, but the only downside was I needed to pay for wireless internet in my room, to which I said, "Fuck that!" Luckily they had a internet cafe that was free for guests in the lobby.
Now I'm slowly going through the photos. I was going through them in order, but the designers from Sunday's fashion show already started asking me about them, so I'm trying to finish up their photos first before I handle the regular photos.
Here's some quick previews:
I ended up taking just under 3,000 photos. Got to see a great band, Unextraordinary Gentlemen, who I didn't know was going to be there until I actually saw them! Met up with some new friends, as well as old ones. Did many photo shoots, as well as attended many presentations and panels.
Only down side was the end of Saturday night when my camera battery died. This was my back-up battery, while my main battery was still recharging back in my hotel room. Of course it died during the performance by Cosplay Burlesque and The White Elephant Society :\
The only other downside was being woken up by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band at 4-5am in the morning on Sunday... awesome. Not.
I stayed at the Embassy Suites hotel which was nice, but the only downside was I needed to pay for wireless internet in my room, to which I said, "Fuck that!" Luckily they had a internet cafe that was free for guests in the lobby.
Now I'm slowly going through the photos. I was going through them in order, but the designers from Sunday's fashion show already started asking me about them, so I'm trying to finish up their photos first before I handle the regular photos.
Here's some quick previews:
January 18, 2010
2009 Year-In-Review
I attended a record amount of conventions... which isn't actually that much, but considering the last convention I went to was nearly a decade ago in the basement of a church... This year was intensive for me! I hit the New York Comic Con, AnimeNext, Mokucon and New York Anime Festival. I also hit the press day for the "Brooklyn Botanical Garden's Sakuri Matsuri.
Cosplay photography aside, I also got the chance to do a lot of photo shoots this year, both from meet-ups, as well as private shoots. Met plenty of great people, photographer and models (some cosplayers, others not, others both).
A lot of activity this year on my FlickR, which I was happy for! Got to do the concert photos for The Azoic and September Mourning, as well as studio photos for Cruel Black Dove and Blacklist.
Cosplay photography aside, I also got the chance to do a lot of photo shoots this year, both from meet-ups, as well as private shoots. Met plenty of great people, photographer and models (some cosplayers, others not, others both).
A lot of activity this year on my FlickR, which I was happy for! Got to do the concert photos for The Azoic and September Mourning, as well as studio photos for Cruel Black Dove and Blacklist.