Comments on: How to Photograph a Convention http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-a-convention Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erin http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-a-convention/comment-page-1#comment-44341 Erin Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:18:35 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph-a-convention/#comment-44341 This post has good and valuable information, thank you. This post has good and valuable information, thank you.

]]> By: Karsten http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-a-convention/comment-page-1#comment-39706 Karsten Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:51:53 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph-a-convention/#comment-39706 I've been taking pictures at anime conventions for about ten years now, starting with screen grabs from a video camera, to film, to digital, to DSLR, and I still love articles like this because there's always something new to learn. Most recently, I took pictures at San Japan in San Antonio, TX: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kse3/collections/72157606626757098/ In a month I'll be at Ikkicon (in Austin, TX) with yet another camera upgrade and a bit more knowledge. I’ve been taking pictures at anime conventions for about ten years now, starting with screen grabs from a video camera, to film, to digital, to DSLR, and I still love articles like this because there’s always something new to learn.

Most recently, I took pictures at San Japan in San Antonio, TX: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kse3/collections/72157606626757098/

In a month I’ll be at Ikkicon (in Austin, TX) with yet another camera upgrade and a bit more knowledge.

]]> By: Beth http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-a-convention/comment-page-1#comment-39647 Beth Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:55:18 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph-a-convention/#comment-39647 Wow, this is great! I photographed my first convention this past August, the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas. I was pretty pleased with the results, despite the fact that the low light, movement and a very long lens resulted in lots of noise. Here's the Costume contest: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixellle/sets/72157606692201110/ And here are the rest: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixellle/collections/72157606694147583/ A few months after the convention, I started learning Photoshop, so I was able to go back and correct the skin color a bit more, but I never re-posted the corrected ones to Flickr. But I was pretty satisfied that I'd captured some good expressions and actions. Wow, this is great! I photographed my first convention this past August, the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas. I was pretty pleased with the results, despite the fact that the low light, movement and a very long lens resulted in lots of noise.

Here’s the Costume contest:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixellle/sets/72157606692201110/

And here are the rest:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixellle/collections/72157606694147583/

A few months after the convention, I started learning Photoshop, so I was able to go back and correct the skin color a bit more, but I never re-posted the corrected ones to Flickr. But I was pretty satisfied that I’d captured some good expressions and actions.

]]> By: Hexlord http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-a-convention/comment-page-1#comment-39615 Hexlord Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:20:12 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph-a-convention/#comment-39615 Thanks for writing this article, it is excellent stuff :) Thanks for writing this article, it is excellent stuff :)

]]> By: Nakey http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-a-convention/comment-page-1#comment-39475 Nakey Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:11:57 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph-a-convention/#comment-39475 Reputation wise, it does help when the cosplayers cosplay at events outside of the convention. you keep going to events, and make your name that way. this way, the cosplayers will start specifically asking for you. Even to stuff that isn't specifically cosplay And when you're that well known, even being a little late with the PP and uploading isn't that bad as they'll start chanting your name to encourage you to do it =] course, it is always good to do it ASAP. Having a press pass or being someone that's seen predominantly taking photos of cosplayers will make you "that guy taking the photos". Relish it, it's generally a good thing. people who cosplay generally do it for the attention they get. in 7 years of Anime conventions, 4 as a cosplay photographer, i've met 2 that cosplayed that didn't want their photo taken. One good thing about some conventions is that there's fellow camera newbies floating around. I think i spent time with about 3 DSLR shooters at Manifest last year helping them get better shots. Doing that sticks in the minds of people. I wouldn't be into cosplay photography as much if a certain someone didn't spend the time to help me. You learn from the way they shoot, the way they interact with people. Reputation wise, it does help when the cosplayers cosplay at events outside of the convention. you keep going to events, and make your name that way. this way, the cosplayers will start specifically asking for you. Even to stuff that isn’t specifically cosplay

And when you’re that well known, even being a little late with the PP and uploading isn’t that bad as they’ll start chanting your name to encourage you to do it =] course, it is always good to do it ASAP.

Having a press pass or being someone that’s seen predominantly taking photos of cosplayers will make you “that guy taking the photos”. Relish it, it’s generally a good thing. people who cosplay generally do it for the attention they get. in 7 years of Anime conventions, 4 as a cosplay photographer, i’ve met 2 that cosplayed that didn’t want their photo taken.

One good thing about some conventions is that there’s fellow camera newbies floating around. I think i spent time with about 3 DSLR shooters at Manifest last year helping them get better shots. Doing that sticks in the minds of people. I wouldn’t be into cosplay photography as much if a certain someone didn’t spend the time to help me. You learn from the way they shoot, the way they interact with people.

]]> By: Michael Warf http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-a-convention/comment-page-1#comment-39467 Michael Warf Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:44:18 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph-a-convention/#comment-39467 I would add "pack portable light" to that list (David Hobby style). His monopod flash mount idea has become the staple for additional light at conferences and events. I would add “pack portable light” to that list (David Hobby style). His monopod flash mount idea has become the staple for additional light at conferences and events.

]]> By: Alex http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-a-convention/comment-page-1#comment-39462 Alex Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:22:49 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph-a-convention/#comment-39462 Wow this post is fantastic! I only wish this was available last year when I went to photograph New York Comic-con '08 (Flickr Set http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/sets/72157604660596483/), I went under the guise of taking photographs for my digital photography class final where I tried to recreate art and historical photographs with cosplayers (the results http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/sets/72157604801669070/). These tips are great and I definitely did not think of most of these while shooting, I ended up running around the convention hall looking for different cosplayers which just frazzled me when I should have planned much more in advance, but it was a last minute decision to go to the Con and to do the photo project. I really should have talked more to the people I was photographing, some of the cosplayers were very serious about their character which did make it rather hard and actually made me quite nervous just asking if I could use them in a photo. A lot of the time I was incredibly shy about asking people to pose for a shot. I actually shot most of my photos in the hall, which I can now see as being a bad idea, I was too shy to ask the cosplayers to come with me to another location, which I now regret. Although I did take a photo of one group of Star Trek cosplayers recreating the Kent State massacre that did have an interesting effect where I had some onlookers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/2432691901/) in the photo. My reputation is definitely something that needs to get fixed, during the last con after a day or so some people I asked to photograph already seemed to know about me as "that guy" I wasn't sure if this was a good or bad thing, they would just sort of go "oh hey, so your that guy taking the photos", I probably should have asked if that was a good thing, but I was taken off guard, do you have any suggestions about how to go about doing this? I also screwed up by waiting a week or more after the convention ended, and I didn't process any of my photos, only the ones I used for my project and just put all of them in one big flickr set which I now just cleaned up and hid some of the repeats and shots of the same person from different angles, although I still need to do more of that but I have trouble choosing. Wanted to know if anyone from the dps community would be going to the '09 NY Comic Con, I would love if we could set up something like a photowalk through the hall. Wow this post is fantastic! I only wish this was available last year when I went to photograph New York Comic-con ’08 (Flickr Set http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/sets/72157604660596483/), I went under the guise of taking photographs for my digital photography class final where I tried to recreate art and historical photographs with cosplayers (the results http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/sets/72157604801669070/).

These tips are great and I definitely did not think of most of these while shooting, I ended up running around the convention hall looking for different cosplayers which just frazzled me when I should have planned much more in advance, but it was a last minute decision to go to the Con and to do the photo project.

I really should have talked more to the people I was photographing, some of the cosplayers were very serious about their character which did make it rather hard and actually made me quite nervous just asking if I could use them in a photo. A lot of the time I was incredibly shy about asking people to pose for a shot.

I actually shot most of my photos in the hall, which I can now see as being a bad idea, I was too shy to ask the cosplayers to come with me to another location, which I now regret. Although I did take a photo of one group of Star Trek cosplayers recreating the Kent State massacre that did have an interesting effect where I had some onlookers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/2432691901/) in the photo.

My reputation is definitely something that needs to get fixed, during the last con after a day or so some people I asked to photograph already seemed to know about me as “that guy” I wasn’t sure if this was a good or bad thing, they would just sort of go “oh hey, so your that guy taking the photos”, I probably should have asked if that was a good thing, but I was taken off guard, do you have any suggestions about how to go about doing this?

I also screwed up by waiting a week or more after the convention ended, and I didn’t process any of my photos, only the ones I used for my project and just put all of them in one big flickr set which I now just cleaned up and hid some of the repeats and shots of the same person from different angles, although I still need to do more of that but I have trouble choosing.

Wanted to know if anyone from the dps community would be going to the ’09 NY Comic Con, I would love if we could set up something like a photowalk through the hall.

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