Comiket 85 Review

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  • It was my first time at Comiket 85! I opted to take photos all day! Now that I look back, it was one of the most fun experiences I had in Japan, especially as a photographer. Participating in those HUGE photo circles where everyone's constantly taking pictures looks perverted and creepy, but I was there and was like, I need to get a photo somehow, and participated in those. It's really fun to be part of it and even watch people trying to get the down and dirty shots :P

    The photo venues were horrible, but I'd love to attend another Comiket again. The most fun part was probably waiting in line and participating in the huge photo circles. When you're in line early in the morning and the line starts to move, there's so much anticipation and hype. Seeing all the cosplay was amazing. Wonder if the summer is way more insane...

    Does anyone know where I can find out a cosplayer's name? I took a picture of a perfect Kotori from Love Live cosplay ;-; and didn't ask for her name or Koscard, where can I ask others if they know her? I want to send and show her my photo!

  • Last winter comiket was also my first time after coming to Japan! Indeed I also think it's one of the most enjoyable experiences.The amount of excitement, the atmosphere, and not to mention that everyone seems to feel the same things. Makes me come again on the 3rd day even though at first I only plan to come on the 2nd. :D
    The numbers and variety of cosplay really amazed me, the whole day seems not enough to take pictures cause there's always cosplay I haven't seen every time I walk to different areas. Looking forward to the next summer Comiket absolutely!
    By the way that is also one of my regrets, which is I didn't ask for contact info or meishi. So aside from cosplayers that display their information on a board, I don't know most of the cosplayers in my pictures. But you can found some of them in twitter cause usually they communicate with other fellow cosplayer using it. In my case, I found around 10 or more cosplayers by following what they're talking about. Sounds creepy, eh? Hahaha.. I showed some of my pictures to them and usually they're kind enough to reply or start a conversation, too bad my Japanese is still poor though..
    Or sometimes other experienced Japanese cosplay photographers put their works in a blog with the name of the cosplayer itself, so you can search it in twitter or curecos. I followed some of their blog, like [URL="http://mpzerocos.exblog.jp"]here[/URL], [URL="http://shirokai.exblog.jp"]here[/URL], or [URL="http://jcat.exblog.jp"]here[/URL]
    Good luck finding your cosplayer! :)

  • Yeah and the weather was so nice all three days! Most cosplayers have cards so be sure ask for one if you want to send them your pictures ("Meishi ga arimas ka?" should be fine).

    As for your Kotori, my friend was dressed as her. Got a pic?

    I also made my first steadicam video this year. I even managed to direct a group of soldiers in Japanese. Progress!

    [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN3vukhSTVM&list=PL83KwZTR1US3MEpNlKyv0xn9rNUksER_9&feature=c4-overview-vl"]Comiket 85 Cosplay Explosion[/URL]

  • [QUOTE=color;4814223]Yeah and the weather was so nice all three days! Most cosplayers have cards so be sure ask for one if you want to send them your pictures ("Meishi ga arimas ka?" should be fine).

    As for your Kotori, my friend was dressed as her. Got a pic?

    I also made my first steadicam video this year. I even managed to direct a group of soldiers in Japanese. Progress!

    [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN3vukhSTVM&list=PL83KwZTR1US3MEpNlKyv0xn9rNUksER_9&feature=c4-overview-vl"]Comiket 85 Cosplay Explosion[/URL][/QUOTE]

    Saw that video, amazing, since it was so difficult to find any space in the first place. I remember seeing you at Heisei Plaza cosplay event, do you remember when you were shooting that Eli at the fountain? Me and my friend were shooting the Madoka and Akemi cosplayer! What happened to that Eli video? How'd you get her to dance for your video? Please upload :>
    You had a dark skinned friend along with you!

    I'll upload a picture soon, busy with studies at the moment. It sucks because she was no where to be found on day 2 and 3, was only at the fountain place by the garden on day 1 in the morning.

  • Ha no way! Next time say hi. Yeah that shot is actually part of an ongoing music video project I'm working on. She's a friend of mine. It probably won't be finished for awhile.