Comments for Mananiplay! http://mananiplay.com All Things Manga, Anime and Cosplay! (currently undergoing reconstruction) Thu, 20 May 2010 18:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Anime Expo® 2010 Announces World Premiere Screening of BLACK LAGOON Roberta’s Blood Trail by AndyR http://mananiplay.com/world-premiere-screening-of-black-lagoon-roberta%e2%80%99s-blood-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-38 AndyR Thu, 20 May 2010 18:44:20 +0000 http://mananiplay.com/?p=210#comment-38 Wow AX is getting better this year :D :D Awesome!! Wow AX is getting better this year :D :D Awesome!!

]]> Comment on Cosplay Interview Featuring Etaru! by Devil Crystal http://mananiplay.com/cosplay-interview-featuring-etaru/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Devil Crystal Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:41:17 +0000 http://mananiplay.com/?p=170#comment-37 You"ll cosplay just perfect, I like it very much... You”ll cosplay just perfect, I like it very much…

]]> Comment on Would You Like Better Photos Taken of you? by Cosplayers: How To Improve Your Posing | Somewhere In The World http://mananiplay.com/would-you-like-better-photos-taken-of-you/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Cosplayers: How To Improve Your Posing | Somewhere In The World Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:35:44 +0000 http://mananiplay.com/?p=159#comment-31 [...] If you’re a cosplayer, I recommend reading the following post. It has some very useful info on how to improve your posing and tips on making photoshoots go more smoothly: Would You Like Better Photos Taken of You? [...] [...] If you’re a cosplayer, I recommend reading the following post. It has some very useful info on how to improve your posing and tips on making photoshoots go more smoothly: Would You Like Better Photos Taken of You? [...]

]]> Comment on Would You Like Better Photos Taken of you? by Quito http://mananiplay.com/would-you-like-better-photos-taken-of-you/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Quito Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:46:42 +0000 http://mananiplay.com/?p=159#comment-30 Thanks! On the basic level, you're right, it's all about trust not only to to photographer but also the other way around. The cosplayer trusts that the photog will take the most flattering pictures of them they can and the photog trusts the cosplayer to communicate difficulties, visions or things they're uncomfortable with. Things like lighting help give the cosplayer an understanding of why a photog is asking certain things (hopefully helping to build trust). Practice not only helps the cosplayer and photog to be looser and more comfortable but also gives the photog more ideas with less direction. Haha, very true. Costumes are sometimes very complicated and very fragile and both parties knowing the boundaries of a costume is very important. Conversation is one of the best ways to help both parties relax and (as an added bonus) you usually make a new friend afterwards because you've been asking about the other person and learning about their life. ^_^ Thanks! On the basic level, you’re right, it’s all about trust not only to to photographer but also the other way around. The cosplayer trusts that the photog will take the most flattering pictures of them they can and the photog trusts the cosplayer to communicate difficulties, visions or things they’re uncomfortable with. Things like lighting help give the cosplayer an understanding of why a photog is asking certain things (hopefully helping to build trust). Practice not only helps the cosplayer and photog to be looser and more comfortable but also gives the photog more ideas with less direction.

Haha, very true. Costumes are sometimes very complicated and very fragile and both parties knowing the boundaries of a costume is very important. Conversation is one of the best ways to help both parties relax and (as an added bonus) you usually make a new friend afterwards because you’ve been asking about the other person and learning about their life. ^_^

]]> Comment on Would You Like Better Photos Taken of you? by Bekalou http://mananiplay.com/would-you-like-better-photos-taken-of-you/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Bekalou Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:54:18 +0000 http://mananiplay.com/?p=159#comment-29 Good stuff! Basically the long and short of what I'm understanding here is to trust that the photographer's goal is to make us cosplayers look good by directing us, so we don't have to worry about that. I personally like a bit of direction during a photoshoot; I have an idea of what works in my head, but I'm not looking through that lens, and what I'm visualizing in a pose just might look weird or awkward in a photograph if the photographer doesn't bother to ask me to adjust my pose. It's also worth noting that we cosplayers can be a bit twitchy ^^; Let's face it - being in cosplay is, for the most part, pretty uncomfortable physically. So keeping a friendly stream of conversation during a photoshoot can really help the cosplayer forget about that bobby pin that's been poking them in the head for the past five hours and relax into the process, which makes for better photos, in my experience. Good stuff! Basically the long and short of what I’m understanding here is to trust that the photographer’s goal is to make us cosplayers look good by directing us, so we don’t have to worry about that. I personally like a bit of direction during a photoshoot; I have an idea of what works in my head, but I’m not looking through that lens, and what I’m visualizing in a pose just might look weird or awkward in a photograph if the photographer doesn’t bother to ask me to adjust my pose.

It’s also worth noting that we cosplayers can be a bit twitchy ^^; Let’s face it – being in cosplay is, for the most part, pretty uncomfortable physically. So keeping a friendly stream of conversation during a photoshoot can really help the cosplayer forget about that bobby pin that’s been poking them in the head for the past five hours and relax into the process, which makes for better photos, in my experience.

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