I wonder if this system inspired Michael's favorite color from #thegoodplace "Pleurigloss - the color of a soldier coming home from war and seeing his dog for the first time"

IRO Vol.1 : The Japanese Philosophy of Color and Imperfection

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I knew colors can mean different things to different cultures but it never occurred to me that different countries might handle color science in different ways as well!

What Japan Did With Munsell That the West Didn't

YouTube video by Color Nerd

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Bayonetta Cosplayer: kenna__cosplay Assistant: sarahatlastlight. Downtown Chicago #cosplay #cosplayphotography

I headed to downtown Chicago for this recent Bayonetta set with kenna__cosplay, assisted by sarahatlastlight. Video game projects are really one of my favorite niches within cosplay photography. Lots of images from this set so strap in!

Sharing a few secret cosplay photography FX presets I made in Capture One but you could easily recreate them in Lightroom too. Making them a preset helps me auto-generate the layer structure each time with a single click.

🎭peachy.possum at Anime Central this year. I always use this convention to experiment and try something a little different each time. #acen #acen2026 #cosplay #cosplayphotography

I headed to Anime Central / Acen yesterday in Chicago to check out all the costumes and maybe approach a few strangers for 1-2 minute photos. I like the movement here it gives you a great sense of the material 🎭 mydeerpichu #acen #acen2026 #cosplay #cosplayphotography

I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which put me in the mood to create more photos at the caves. You might not know this but almost every photo I do is on location- it's super rare that have studio access. Most of the time that means only taking equipment I can fit in a backpack 🎭thefanged4

I'm getting hyped for C2E2. I don't do many on location photo projects during the winter, so I'm hoping to find some cool costumes at the convention! I have slots available you can book me via the link in my profile. 🎭artemismoon45 as Poison Ivy #poisonivy #batman #cosplay #cosplayphotography

I found an old post I made that gave me a renewed boost to keep on making things. Maybe it will help you out too.

More haunted cosplay photography edits from Uchicon with Ranni the Witch from Elden Ring! This was a fun photography challenge to capture and make all those great details reveal themselves in the right order. 🎭 @cat-capris.bsky.social Booking now for C2E2 and Anime Central - link in bio!

I find this stuff so interesting even for post work in photography. The more years I edit the more I move away from global changes and instead find these little pockets of an image that need help. I'm constantly bouncing techniques and theory between illustration and photography.

How does Studio Ghibli paint trees this good?!

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Getting more dynamic range with Fujifilm jpgs is so easy! Just bump the Iso +1 stop past base to enable the DR menu then choose DR200 and the camera secretly captures 1 stop below what you picked to save the highlights and pushes the shadows up in processing. :P

The final season of Stranger Things is coming out soon and I'm eager to see how they tie everything up. Cosplayer: astra.coz #strangerthings #cosplay #cosplayphotography

Some really great stuff in here for artists fighting with their own brain all the time. youtu.be/JZ39YlqS5dc?...

It Sucks, But This Smashes Uncertainty Every Time...

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Ready for Halloween? Here's breakdown for a Sabrina photo set I worked on. This was before AI was even a thing so I also had a backplate in there with no lights at all. Cosplayer: thefanged4 #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography

Model: thefanged4 #spooky #horror #occult #witch #halloween

Things are looking up lately for me and this seemed like perfect way to hold onto the mood

Hey check out one of my recent photo projects. These two had such great details which is always a treat to capture. We lucked out with the weather too!

Etaru@etaru-to-you.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Maidens of the Spear Chiad and Bain from the Wheel of Time (Amazon series). These were a 2-month, 2-person effort to bring to life. Erin handled all fabric parts, I made all leathers and weapons (with 3d print help). I couldn't be more proud 🧡 📸 @infinityspiral.bsky.social

This tutorial by Jeremy Vickery is great practice for photographers as well as painters. If you can't draw just download a coloring book for practice and think about where the light should go for impact and mood. #cosplayphotography #tutorial www.youtube.com/live/jATWOt_...

Etaru@etaru-to-you.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Very fortunate that beautiful locations like this exist near me to capture #MariaRenard in. I'd, of course, take going to Europe any day, but the gothic vibe was perfect. 📸 @infinityspiral.bsky.social #Castlevania #symphonyofthenight

Wandering down the rabbit hole of books that are actually games and ran across this gem. Which is a 4 part series BTW

The book with a multiplayer first-person shooter inside

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All of my photo art has a really fun memory tied to it. Either visiting a location or running into unique people or even things going wrong we laugh about now. It's like a surreal scrapbook of fantasy anchors to moments in reality. I don't want any of those memories to just be well I typed a prompt.

This might be my favorite in this photo set of Maria from Castlevania. You really get to see a lot of the little details that went into it. Cosplayer: @etaru-to-you.bsky.social #castlevania #symphonyofthenight #MariaRenard #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

More Maria from Castlevania photos just outside the castle. Cosplayer: @etaru-to-you.bsky.social #castlevania #symphonyofthenight #MariaRenard #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

As a digital artist I find some new revelation to using curves every few years: 1. General contrast 2. RGB contrast 3. RGB vs CMY 3. Curves with layer modes 4. Saturation vs luminosity 5. Curve locking 6. Filmic curves 7. Subtractive RGB 8. Color space middle gray 9. Preventing breakage

First preview of Maria photoshoot! Chris is a master of finding a small space like a corner stairwell and making it into a castle level. Can you spot the Easter egg? 📸 @infinityspiral.bsky.social #castlevania #symphonyofthenight #MariaRenard

I headed to Bristol's cosplay weekend with my friend @etaru-to-you.bsky.social last Sunday and we got some casual Keira photos just wandering around. Worth the heat and humidity! #keirametz #thewitcher #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography #videogames