For the past few months I've been working on a project for my Photography degree called Portfolio Production. For this project I had to write my own brief to produce a portfolio of images on a chosen subject.
I wanted to create a series of documentary portraits focusing on local cosplayers but portraying them as themselves rather than as the characters they are portraying.
I initially set out to create a series of photos of cosplayer in there normal clothes looking into a mirror and seeing there reflection in costume. Initially I liked this idea but my tutors thought it was too complicated and that a simpler image would have more impact.
I wanted to try and do the series on location with the model in costume but in a normal situation. However, I didn't have enough models interested to fulfil the criteria of the brief. Another idea I wanted to try was to shoot a model in and out of costume in the studio and because this idea was far more popular I decided to pursue this avenue and ended up shooting 12 models.
I shot this in my college's studio using a D610 camera. I decided to use a high-key set-up but after I experimented with a practice shoot I thought a mid-key set-up and black and white filter would set the two images apart and a graduated grey background would work better on the black and white image.
I then edited the photos into a series and submitted them as a portfolio. I thought I'd post some of my favourite photos here with Chris as The Riddler from DC Comics and Gwyneth as Harley Quinn from Batman: Arkham Knight.
Enjoy.
