Just to give you a bit of background myself. I took up photography in 2012 and have been steadily improving over the years picking up tips and tricks along the way and also passing on what I know to others.
Lack of Watermark
During this time, things that didn’t matter or bother me much now do. An example, at the start I didn’t add a watermark on each photo until I found it on a site that didn’t credit me but there was no way to really prove it was my work (see photo below taken in 2012). So from that day, I started adding my watermark. Velma Cosplay by Gina B Cosplay.
Velma by Gina B Cosplay
Road to Learning
But over the last few months, what really has bothered me which caused that massive rant post you can see at the top of this post, is the number of people who edit my photos. Let me say this now, I DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO EDIT MY PHOTOS WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. There are only a few occasions where I have given permission. As I mentioned I am still learning my trade and need to know what I need to look out for to edit or improve a photo. I personally like to keep to the original look as possible but I do understand a bit of skin smoothing, taking out the bumps and slight tuck here gives the cosplayer/model a confidence boost. But I would like to be told of this so I can improve my skill or learn a new skill. I don’t like when I discover that the cosplayer has taken it upon themselves to edit the photo without telling me, even though I have said to them “Please let me know first if you want to edit the photo”.
I am not saying I’m great at editing everything correctly and I will admit I do miss things every so often, and this is why I appreciate people letting me know of areas they like editing, so I know for future reference.
For what I do, basic editing as I call it, I spend between 10-30 mins just colour correcting, cropping, and adding radical/gradient filters to the photos. For everything else, I have to put it through Photoshop. I know 10 minutes isn’t a long time but at a comic con weekend, I have to filter through over 2000 photos and then process each photo individually, which takes me a few days to get through them.
One of my edits
As you can see below, with a recent photoshoot with Squeakehb as Livewire, the image on the left is the finished photo and on the right is the original. This is the level of editing I am comfortable with, before going into major composite editing. It was great to see people like Sqeukahb sharing this photo as I presented it to her.
Instagram filters and anything similar
Instagram filter……again, I do not like it. It’s the same principle as changing the photographer’s original version of the photo. I really don’t think it’s that hard to ask the photographer if it’s okay to edit or add a filter on top before it goes out. But saying that, I think most photographers will like to have their work as it was presented to the cosplayer.
I hope this gives a bit of an insight into why I and other photographers get annoyed when their work gets edited without permission.
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The time has come and you can book your slot with me. Please read the instructions carefully.
Please pick which day, and time slot and detail me the cosplay you’d like me to shoot.
Please only book with me if you know what cosplay you want to shoot with me. If you do not declare your cosplay, I will cancel the appointment
Pick a time that you can reasonably get to me. If on the day you are running late, I won’t be able to reschedule and you will forfeit your time slot as I do not want a knock-on effect of running late for my other appointments.
If you pick more than one slot, I can choose which cosplay I like to shoot. This isn’t a reflection on your cosplay but I want to give everyone a chance to shoot with me at least once over the weekend.
Last thing, I won’t be accepting any group shoots as they affect my anxiety and can cause stress on me.
Please note: I am not accepting any group shoots. I’ll consider a duo shoot.
Should there be slots available after the first round, I’ll allow people to book me up for a second slot.
If you miss out on a slot, do not worry, I’ll be at the event all three days so if you spot me, do come and stop me and we can get a quick photo together.
Good luck and hopefully I’ll see you at Comic-Con.
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The time has come and you can book your slot with me. Please read the instructions carefully.
Please pick which day, and time slot and detail me the cosplay you’d like me to shoot.
Please only book with me if you know what cosplay you want to shoot with me. If you do not declare your cosplay, I will cancel the appointment
Pick a time that you can reasonably get to me. If on the day you are running late, I won’t be able to reschedule and you will forfeit your time slot as I do not want a knock-on effect of running late for my other appointments.
If you pick more than one slot, I can choose which cosplay I like to shoot. This isn’t a reflection on your cosplay but I want to give everyone a chance to shoot with me at least once over the weekend.
Last thing, I won’t be accepting any group shoots as they affect my anxiety and can cause stress on me.
Please note: I am not accepting any group shoots. I’ll consider a duo shoot.
Should there be slots available after the first round, I’ll allow people to book me up for a second slot.
If you miss out on a slot, do not worry, I’ll be at the event all three days so if you spot me, do come and stop me and we can get a quick photo together.
Good luck and hopefully I’ll see you at Comic-Con.
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