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Shoji-Aoyama
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[2010-07-04 23:01:37 +0000 UTC]
"I AM The Stig"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 0; Deviations: 223; Watchers: 80
Watching: 40; Pageviews: 7053; Comments Made: 284; Friends: 40
# Interests
Favorite bands / musical artists: Tiesto, Tritonal, BTTools of the Trade: Nikon D7000, Nikon F100, Nikon FA, Nikkor Glass
Other Interests: Driving, Photography
# About me
Enthusiastic amateur photographer, when im not shooting im driving and evolving my skillsCurrent Residence: Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Favourite genre of music: Electronic
Favourite photographer: My Cousin 'Bee'
Favourite style of art: Photography
Operating System: Windows, Is there any other?
MP3 player of choice: Nokia
Favourite cartoon character: Takumi Fujiwara, Tatsumi Saiga
# Comments
Comments: 30
Thought I'd already watched you. Oh well, fixed now.
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im the Lawrence from the spice and wolf pics you took they look awsome sir. ty for the pics
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ahh, youre very welcome. . . it was a pleasure working with yall, and nothing says great like a satisfied customer
unfortunately I dont update this account as much as Id like to, but thanks for watching, and youre more than welcome to stick around
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I as well. Maybe we'll run into each other.
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maybe so 
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Love your photos!!! I was looking through the forums on Cosplay.com, saw your sig, and thought I'd ask some questions if that's okay! So far, I've only been to a convention once (A-Kon this past year) and now I'm trying to start on my very first cosplay for A-Kon 23! Also, because I guess I'm just a masochist like that lol, I want to try my hand at cosplay photography. Any tips or words of wisdom? Anything from the standpoint of "when taking pics do/don't do this..." or "when getting pics taken of you do/don't do this..."
Keep doing your awesome work and congrats on doing cosplay photography for over a year!
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NOOO, questions are for the weak, gtfo. . . just kidding, but you had to ask
first off, Thank you so much, im glad you like my work
as for trying out Cosplay photography I too started at A-Kon (except last year [2010]), took it slow getting comfortable with things as I went along, sticking to close friends that invited me out, as it was my VERY FIRST CON at all. . . I thought Massochism would be a big word when I started getting out on my own, but its really not all that bad, Cosplayers for the most part see a professionally dressed plain clothes photographer (I try to be presentable, slacks of some sort, and full button-up [untucked] or Polo shirt) with an SLR (or two... or 3 once at A-kon this year 
tips wise I dont have much as I play it by ear, as it were. . . but after a while behind the camera you start to understand what angles work best with what type poses, what sort of lens to use to emphasize something, that sort of thing. . . IN GENERAL:
- if I have time to setup a shot Ill get on one knee and shoot from there, possibly off-center in relation to their facing (back to angles and different poses), avoiding the standard shoot you standing up straight on look that most Con shots end up being
- MAKE SURE THE COSPLAYER/MODEL IS COMFORTABLE... an uneasy, uncomfortable, annoyed, or whatever Cosplayer doesnt make a good picture... believe me, it shows... on private shoots I try to keep talking to them, laughing, tossing in a funny line here and there, anything to help keep them happy
AS FOR WHAT TO DO IN FRONT OF CAMERA, speaking from my personal opinion, DO NOT look at me, interact with something or another person, its just an awkward picture when theyre staring straight down my lens. . . AND most importantly, KNOW the character, LOVE the character, BE the character, back to the whole comfort thing, if you love your character and get into it it shows versus somebody cosplaying something because its popular, or whatever, its the subtle things that matter
OK thats about enough of that novel. . . anything else you need just lemme know
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I love your cosplay photography! Will you be doing photoshoots at Oni-con?
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THANK YOU!!!!
and Yes if at Oni Con I will be out taking shots, Availability is up in the air as im usually tethered to friends that drag me around by the neck
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YOU! YES YOU!!! WE NEED TO SET UP A PHOTOSHOOT!!!!!
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wait, is that Me?. . . yeah it is isnt it. . . Im all for that 
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Gotta say! I really like all the shots you took at A-Kon! I can't wait for AX next week!
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Well thank you very much. . . I do hope you have fun out there
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Im sorry, Youll have to Excuse me, the Japanese is quite rusty, Too Americanized
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lol I apologise for assuming.
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ahh, no worries, it's all good
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Yup, I was skimming pics and one looked familiar and there was your tag... so I just had to add you
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ya think? thanks! though i still have a looooong way to go haha!
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theres always room for improvement, no matter who you are, we're all our own hardest critic. . . but yeah it looks nice, and your cosplays are wonderful too
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Yup. . . its just me
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finally got in and got one of these because I figure, why the hell not. . . youll still get most of the cosplay stuff though. . . Yoroshiku
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Awesomesauce. :3
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