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Anime Expo! Mantis!

Portrait of Mantis by Jocelyn Sepulveda! This con is insane because it is over 100 degrees each day! Literal death, it is REALLY hard to even stand and shoot this stuff, I have NO IDEA how the cosplayers are handling...

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4x6 prints going out asap after this weekend!

Currently trying to survive the heat at Anime Expo! Expect some cools shots from it here first! As always, thanks so much for your support!

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Portrait of Reilena from #flowersoup

Another shot of Reilena from our recent #flowersoup shoot! Had a lot of fun working with all this radiance haha <3

Had a ladder in the pool to do this shoot from above, with a light above her head pointed downwards...

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Anime Expo is almost here!

Anime Expo is pretty much my favorite 'big' con, so I am always super hyped for it! Anyone else super excited and going?!

I wanted to post a shot from Anime Expo to commemorate it and I realized I never did an edit for K...

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#flowersoup

Another shot of Keikei in our 'icy' soup <3 

Again, tough to shoot but worth! Used the ladder slightly in the pool so I could get the higher angle for this!

Canon 5DSR, ISO100, 35mm, f7.1, 1/125SEC with...

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Power Girl Retouch Work!

Another fun image I did some retouching on from Jennifer! Her vintage styled Power Girl is just amazing! I think I will try to show some speed edits soon for you guys!

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A different image from the #flowersoup series!

Hey guys, first off thanks for being Patrons and supporting me! It's been a fun first month doing this! I want to do more for everyone who supports me here so I will try to add some new things for everything soon!

Ok, so for this image, first of all it's different from the rest because it is basic...

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Retouch Work Sample!

Hey guys, just thought I would show you guys some samples of my editing work here too! I do take paid gigs to do edits, for solo images AND for batch images that people do sets for in Patreon!

 This image is of my friend 2018-06-30 02:39:50 +0000 UTC View Post

#flowersoup 3rd look!

This one features my great friend Rachel! She has an amazing holy aura with her style!

Camera settings!

Canon 5DSR, ISO 100, 24mm, f7.1, 1/160sec!

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2nd Image from the #FlowerSoup shoot!

First look for my Patrons! This image features Jessica Dru!

She wanted to go for more of an evil 'snow' Goddess! I love being able to create stuff like this with my talented friends!

Watch our livestream video fo...

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First image from the #FlowerSoup shoot!

This image is the first one done from yesterdays photoshoot and features model and friend, Keikei!

We went for some 'icy' themes and feels for these! Iridescent 'shards' were made for color and to give texture to the...

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Flower Soup Stream

Hey guys, giving all my patrons a heads-up and reminder that this coming Sunday, on the 24th, I will be hosting a livestream on my Wonderland Twitch channel for my Flower Soup shoot! It is the first time we have ever done this, so if you wanted to see the work and prep that goes into shoots like thi...

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More Psylocke images!

This image was based on fanart by Chester Ocampo! 

Simple lighting setup for this one, just a main light overhead pointed downward and one overhead for the hair!

Camera Settings are as follows!

X1D, ISO100, F4, 1/750sec!

2018-06-15 20:56:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Tips, Info, General things!

Hey guys, I wanted to also start posting some tips, maybe how my thought process works, what all goes into planning bigger shoots, etc etc! So here is one for anyone interested!

The good old saying you always hear from photographers, "try to get it right in camera" or some variation of that. I gua...

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More Fairy work with Maid of Might Cosplay!

Hey all! Here is another shot of Maid of Might from a few weeks ago when we streamed this shoot on Twitch! I am new to Twitch and didn't know this really wasn't acceptable to stream? So I took the video down immedia...

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Psylocke

First image from this shoot with JS Cosplay! I will have a few more up for you guys very soon!

Feel free to watch the IG video I put up to get the positioning of the lights and such :]

As for the camera, the settings...

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Megaman!

Megaman fun with Akemi!

Shot this one with one strobe above at a downward angle to her right side, and one directly overhead aimed straight down.

Smoke effect is real haha.

Camera settings!

X1D Camera,...

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HendoArt - Lingerie

Super cute pic of HendoArt! Made sure we got that S-Curve peaking out here for the shot!

Decided on this background from the studio because it matched perfectly with her robe :]

For lighting I used one strobe a...

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Zero Two

Did some shots of Akemi last night as Zero Two from 'Darling in the FRANXX'!

Here is a BTS snap so you can see how we created this atmosphere!

2018-06-08 19:06:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Regal portrait

Reilena is gorgeous in this regal style portrait! Shot at Wonderland Studios, using a plain black cloth backdrop and a fog machine to...

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Traci Hines- Belle

My amazing friend Traci Hines as Belle from Beauty and the Beast! We did this shot a while back in Pasadena, CA! No strobes were used for this, I had an assistant hold a reflector up for us to block some of the light a...

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Lifestyle shot with HendoArt

Shot this image with my good friend HendoArt in Hollywood! We were testing out my then brand new Leica Q :)

Here is a GIF I made of basically a before and after shot, so you can see kind of what I did with the colori...

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The Phoenix

Older work, re-visited, with model and friend Vanessa (Creature of Habit)!

This INSANELY AMAZING outfit/armor was made by FairyTAS!

All of...

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4 x 6 June Print Reward!

 

The above image is this months 4x6 print! Featuring Anna Akana from our 'BLOOM' set and it will be on metallic paper!

All prints will be mailed out promptly at the start of the next month!

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"BLOOM" - With actress Anna Akana

2018-05-31 20:29:11 +0000 UTC View Post

That Mermaid Life

Hey guys! Shot this portrait of Maid of Might Cosplay as a mermaid in studio! Decided the tub would be a cute fit for this.

So how I shot this, I had one light slightly over head and I shot downward off of a small ...

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Portrait Work with Emily Mei

Hey guys! First post on Patreon, woot! I just wanted to say thanks for joining me here, it means SO MUCH to me, you have no idea. Welcome to the fam guys!!

Ok! Info on this first post!

Model | Emily.Ghoul on Instagram

Shot here at Wonderland Studios! Did this shot with Em towards the e...

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