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/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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Dear /cgl/.

Im amateur photographer than works hard to be better. I like making cosplay pictures and sharing them with models, usually for personal satisfaction but also to give something to the community and it's really nice to see somebody made happy by good picture. Therefore, I want to learn what kind of photo editing most cosplayers want.

I wanted to ask you then, what do you expect from photos you receive? What kind of edits cosplayers like? Intense colors or more realistic? Bloomed or more contrast? Full body or dynamic close up?

Thanks for any replies!

>> No.10241702

any and all as long as it looks good. make it your style whatever it is.

>> No.10241721

>>10241702

To be honest, when I asked at /p/, one professional cosplay photographer said that my post processing is either none or amateur so before I start to dig in more, I wanted to understand target audience better. Myself, I don't like too much changes and prefer to setup everything at the moment of photo shooting and do slight corrections like cropping or noise removal later but at the same time cosplayer themselves might expect stuff like blooming or skin smoothing.

Normally when I sent photos (or link to them as I usually upload to my own site - I don't have FB/IG) via email, I rarely get replies so I assume they didn't went out as expected.

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>>10241336
If you know the series and character, I'd recommend doing it based on that.
Intense character? Intense lighting and contrasts. Bubbly character? Bloomed and less realistic. That being said this is a lot of effort for obscure shows, but a quick Google search + visual cues from the cosplay itself would be great.
Naturally, you should also ask the person as well.

>> No.10241779

>>10241721
i would say look at photos you like and try to incorporate what you like about them into your own style. from working with cosplayers myself i find that most like a variety of up close and full body, maybe some detail shots. i always ask them what they want to show off about the cosplay if its something they've made

>> No.10241780

>>10241721
you should also really make an instagram. when cosplayers are happy with the pics they'll link back to your account! then you'll know whats working and maybe get some more clients!

>> No.10241786

>>10241779

Okay then. I mostly shoot at cons so far, never had personal session before and most models were nervous and many surprised that somebody want to make their photos. With very few had actual longer conversation about what they want to do and it turned out visibly better than other pics.

>>10241780

Sadly, when I tried making IG, account got blocked right away after creation. I didn't had a chance to enter any info, except than (real) name and surname and email at creation itself. Didn't receive email about making account either. IG didn't respond to any form of contact about this matter either.

I know that they are trying to fight with fake accounts but this is simply not fair.