EXP-0 Video Game Convention February 2018

This is quite an old one that I forgot to post but I thought "better late than never".  I know my work has really improved since this event it was one of my first wins of the new after taking over my new studio and I still wanted to share this with you guys.

In January, I was asked to shoot a photobooth at Northumbria University's Students Union EXP-0 Video Game Convention. I was a bit nervous as before this I had only done photo booths at university and I'd never done on my own before.

I setup my gear the night before and got to the event nice and early to get setup. Unfortunately at the start of the day the Maids from the event's cafe, that had also setup nearby my backdrop decided to borrow the backdrop to shoot some polaroids. Despite this I got some pretty good photos on the photo booth then at lunchtime I packed away my gear and when down to the main hall to get some photos of the Cosplay Competition on the main stage.

I then setup my tripod and camera in-front of the stage so I could get a good shot of the contestants without blocking the stage for the audience. The competition went on for about an hour and a half and I managed to get another set of photos of the contestant. The event closed up pretty quickly after this but I managed to snap a few more photos before everyone headed home.

Overall, I really enjoyed the convention and I was really pleased with how the photos turned out. I also think I learnt a lot from the experience and I'm going to try and attend more conventions next year and possibly try to do some more photo-booths as well.

Cosplosion

A few weeks ago, I was invited along to shoot some photos at Cosplosion by the event's organiser Amy. Cosplosion was her first independent convention held at The North East Land, Sea and Air Museum (NELSAM) located next to The Nissan Factory on the outskirts of Sunderland. 

I was really excited and proud to be invite as their official photographer. The museum was a really interesting location for a convention and there were plenty of fantastic cosplayers at the event. I spent most of my time at the event photographing the main stage. Starting with the Princesses Performance and The Cosplay Competition. Because I spent most of my time shooting at the stage, I didn't get a lot of posed cosplay photos but I'm still really happy with the ones I shot and I've posted some of my favourites below. 

I really enjoyed this event and I hope Amy organised another one next year. Anyway please check out some of my favourite photos from the event and let me know what you think.

Evie Brown #1

These might be a little overdue but here are some of my favourite photos from my first shoot with Evie Brown. Our first shoot was on location around Newcastle starting in Central Station where we took these. These were just taken with my Nikon D610 with my 50mm 1.8 lens using natural light with Evie posted against the copper plated ticket booths. 

I've worked with Evie a few times now and I always enjoying shooting her but I'm a bit behind on my editing and so I'm trying to get caught up and thought I'd start with these.

What do you guys think? I wouldn't mind doing another monochrome natural light shoot like this again sometime.

York Unleashed Aug 2018

Hey everyone!

I hope you won't mind but this is quite a bit post, here are a some of my favourite photos from York Unleashed 2018 at York Racecourse in August early this year. It was my first time at this convention and I really enjoyed. It was a bit of a drive for me but really worth it; the race course was an awesome location for a convention, I got loads of photos and I even got to meet Ser Barriston Selmy, Septa Unella and Walder Frey from Game of Thrones.

Anyway, here are some of my favourite photos from the convention. Have a look and let me know what you think!