Okay! That's it! Fanime is all done! I posted the last of the photos to BlankLogo just a few minutes ago. I've also posted them to my Facebook and tagged everyone. I'm still waiting on a few friend requests to finish tagging that lot. Gotta update Flickr next. And probably add another one or two here today or tomorrow.

BlankLogo: http://www.blanklogo.com/gallery2/thumbnails.php?album=81
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2021956&id=1532029927&page=2#/album.php?aid=2021956&id=1532029927&ref=mf

And finally...I took just shy of 700 photos at the convention. I posted 55. So there are juuuust a few that didn't make it, for one reason or another. I have posted thumbnail archives on my server that can be downloaded. The thumbnails are only 500px, so they're just for previewing, not posting. If you like a specific shot of you I didn't post, comment me here with the photo #s and I'll Photoshop them for you (or if you prefer I'll send you the file to PS yourself).

Archives:
Day 1 (Fri) - http://www.blanklogo.com/fanime-day-1.zip
Day 2 (Sat) - http://www.blanklogo.com/fanime-day-2.zip
Day 3 (Sun) - http://www.blanklogo.com/fanime-day-3.zip

About halfway through my Fanime photos. Current progress: http://www.blanklogo.com/gallery2/thumbnails.php?album=81

I should be done around Sunday...I hope. I'll also zip up all the files and let everyone pick through the leftovers for any they're interested in.

Hehe...well it's just one photo...not much of a preview...but it's such a good photo of one of my favorite cosplayers I had to share! Quality over quantity, you know! Exclamation point!

Introducing the lovely Rydia!

In keeping with making http://www.blanklogo.com my main blog, I've updated it with my Fanime adventures. No photos yet! :P They'll be coming in bursts over the next week or so...or so...

Miss a bunch of you already! You know who you are! :D

Well it was supposed to be that time of year again - when the Sakura (Cherry blossoms) bloom and everyone heads up to Lake Balboa for wonderful pink vistas and hours of posing and shutter snapping. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out that way. Anyone who recalls last year's amazing bloom (http://blanklogo.com/gallery2/thumbnails.php?album=41), will remember you couldn't walk five feet without running into another tree in full pink regalia. This year was nothing like that. The trees were sparse, the best of them being, maybe, halfway in bloom. And
waiting didn't seem to help the cause.

On Februrary 28 and again on March 15 I headed up to the park with friends and other photographers in tow. In the end there was little pink to be found and the schizophrenic weather - warm, sunny patches interspersed between harsh, cold winds - was little help.

Still, I came away with some really awesome photos, just not many with cherry blossoms in them. Got a great small Street Fighter set, a few shots of a friend as Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura and a VERY impromptu fashion shoot. ;)

To say my Winter Fashion photos are "eclectic" would be an understatment. :( I haven't been this concerned about a group of photos in...well I can't remember how long. I'd appreciate any comments on these from those involved. Models, if you're unhappy with any of these, please let me know and I will remove them.

( Photos in the cut... )

Only princesses may ride unicorns!

WOOT!

In the last two weeks, BlankLogo's been featured in 2 "e-zine" spreads. :D

So they're not quite magazines...but Imma working my way up to it!!



Last week a few shots of StarSlay3r were used for an interview on her in Girls 'N Gaming Magazine (http://gngmagazine.com/). The photos were taken at PAX.




Today, my friend Kendra was used as the main image in an article at Cosplay. The photo was taken at Mikomicon. Extra thanks to Maguma for introducing us!! :D

I think I may be the last one posting anything for AX.  I know it's been a wee bit since AX ended, but paying clients come first, so AX photos were at the end of the queue.  Despite the fact that LACC is pretty lackluster when it comes to spots to shoot, I think I was able to use whatever was handy effectively.  Most of the shots came out pretty cool, if i do say so myself. :D

This was the first con (probably since Comic-Con last year???) in a while that I did some floor coverage.  It felt weird grabbing random people for a photos - I've been doing nothing but planned portraits for a while.

There's 80 photos in this set posted on BlankLogo.  The most ever for a single convention...though I'm certain Comic-Con will be far surpassing that new record. :D  Check out the full set here: http://www.blanklogo.com/gallery2/thumbnails.php?album=49


Things are wrapping up down here in SD.  Got 2 days left at work, then 5 days of Comic-Con, then I'll be back in LA apartment hunting again.  My last attempt didn't go so well, but I think I've got my preferred area figured out.  Looks like I'll be in Koreatown around Hancock Park - seems like a nice part of town and it's central to everything.  Being central is a going to be a big part of getting my in-house studio a lot of use.  :D

Wish me luck!!