Newcastle Film + Comic Con- November 2016

Last month I took my camera to King-Con in The Stadium of Light and I was really pleased with the photos I took. So I decided to try and take some more at the Film & Comic Con in The Metro Radio Arena on Saturday.

Like at King-Con, I took these with a Nikon D610 with an 18-85mm lens and an SB-700 speed light, synced with a TTL cable and fitted with a small softbox and once again I was really pleased with the results and I managed to get twice as many photos as King-Con.

I really enjoyed the event and I am really pleased with the photos, so I thought I would post some of my favourites here, but there are lots of others on my Facebook page so please go check them out at; www.facebook.com/NJDunnPhotography.

This will probably be my last convention of the year but I hoping I can do a few more cosplay shoots, either in the studio or if it snows maybe some winter-based characters. But what do you guys think I should? Let me know in the comments.

Fairground at Night

The fairground in South Shields is open at night for a fireworks display on Bonfire weekend. I thought it would be a good idea to try and take some portraits while the lights and rides were on and tried to plan a shoot.

Unfortunately, that night, the weather was terrible and my model cancelled. But luckily, I went with my friend Mccolie and her friend Megan, who agreed to model for us. I only managed to get a few shots before the girls got too cold and the fair became really crowded but I am really happy with them and thought I'd post one of my favourites here. 

I took this using a Nikon D610 with a 18-85mm lens and I used a SB-700 speed light tethered with a TLL-cable and fitted with a softbox, which Mccolie kindly help for me.

Although, the weather was terrible, I think I got really cool photos from the shoot and want to try and do something like this again.

King-Co 2016

As you may have noticed, I'm quite geeky and I go to a lot of conventions around the North East. I usually take my camera to these events, but as I am a "lazy perfectionist", I usually don't use it as I prefer to just talk to people and have a wander around the stalls. And when I do use it, I'm usually really critical of what I do and rarely use any of the photos that I take.

But when I went to King-Con last month, I thought I'd take my camera and have a go. 

King-Con is a weekend convention at The Stadium of Light. I only went on the Saturday and I only ended up taking about 50 photos but I really enjoyed the event and I was actually happy with the photos I took. So I thought I'd post a few of my favourites here. 

I took them with a Nikon D610 and a SB-700 speed-light, fired off camera by a TTL cable and attached to a miniature soft-box. I set my camera to 1/125 shutter speed, f/8 aperture and 200 ISO. This is my preferred setup for indoor events like this and I think it works quite well.

I'm quite happy these photos especially as I usually prefer just to talk to people at events and plan private shoots at a later date.

But what do you guys think? What do you think of these and do you think I should try to shoot more at conventions or should I just focus on proper shoots? 

Let me know.