Today’s Post by Blue Moon Staff
Cosplay is a contraction of the words costume play and is a performance art wear participants wear homemade costumes and accessories to represent a specific character.
What to wear for an intimate portraiture shoot can be a question for some of our models, so why not have fun with it? An intimate portrait can be romantic, sexy…and can be fun too.
One of the biggest trends these days in traditional portraiture is cosplay, where the subjects enact their favorite characters in film and fantasy fiction. This kind of session brings to mind one of our favorite catch phrases—Life is one big dress up.
Today’s featured image has Erin dressed as a sexy version of Pokemon’s Pikachu character, although purists might notice the color is wrong. (It should be yellow, I think.)
Subjects can dress any way they like for this kind of session, using wig, wings and costumes far removed from traditional boudoir or intimate portraiture to create an image that’s just plain fun and yet uniquely yours as well. We’d like to help you realize your own fantasy.
How I made this shot: I photographed Erin Valakari in my 11×15-foot home studio.The camera used was my Panasonic Lumix GH4 with a Lumix G Vario 14-45/F3.5-5.6 lens at 30mm. The exposure was 1/125 sec at f/8and ISO 200. It was originally captured in the RAW+JPEG format that I typically use for studio shoots.
If you have your own costume, please contact us via the Contact tab above and tell us what you have in mind and let’s schedule a photo shoot. Call us today to make and appointment for your own unique intimate portrait.
