Sunday Special: Beth G

During a photoshoot earlier this year, I met a wonderful costume designer by the name of Beth! We started talking and soon found out both of us did cosplay and had atended many of the same conventions. Then I saw her costuming skills, was I in awe or what.

Beth graduated from Swinburne Costume for Performance in 2011 and had an amazing final piece where the actors were performing on silk ribbons hung from the ceiling. I didn't know it was her at the time, but it was still one of my favourite parts.

Fast forward to 2013 when we met, we discovered we would both be attending the popular Melbourne convention Supa Nova, we were very happy to agree to meet up and hang out. It was going to be great, then tragedy struck at their groups end when their photographer dropped out and wasn't able to make it to the con. Lucky for them, Beth remembered me and asked me to take photos for them.

Since then I have also photographed her at Manifest and for a uni brief. Here are some of the images we have created together! She has made all of these costumes and I can't wait for more opportunities to work with her.

  Ursula from The Little Mermaid (Designer Villains Costumes)

 Euphemia from Code Geass

Belldandy from Ah My Goddess 

Thank you for reading/looking! Tune in next month for another friend/character/amazing person!

Beth can be found on DeviantArt

Light Painting Photography

So the first semester for my TAFE course is coming to a close, so I have much work to photograph and show! But I really want to share with you my photography project!

For photography we were given the theme of 'Time'. Not having to focus on time as being clocks or numbers or watches or anything, but ANYTHING to do with time. I chose to use long shutter speeds for light painting.

• What is light painting? 

Light painting is a form of photography, it involves using a long/slow shutter speed to capture the light as you draw with it.

What I personally do is using flash to capture the scene for a second and then run in with the light/sparkler/fire and draw images in the air.

Here is a fantastic example by Darren Pearson!

I love dinosaurs a lot! And the colours are so fantastic!
Got the idea? (I just really wanted to share that piece!)

• Okay, I understand, now what have you been doing Neitz?
  My work for uni not only involved light painting, but also cosplay! I spoke to some of my friends and they were more than happy to help me out! All photos were arranged by me; however with the last four shots, I had someone else hit the button while I did the light painting.

Brea M. as Rose Lalonde (God Tier) from Homestuck

Brianna L. as Stiles Stilinski from Teen Wolf

Beth G. as Belldandy from Ah My Goddess!

Throughout the year I will be doing two more briefs for Photography. And I plan to use light painting as often as I can!

Hope you all have a good weekend and fantastic Friday night!

-Neitz Out.