What’s this? An Update!!!

What’s this? What’s this? There’s photos everywhere!
What’s this? What’s this? There’s flashes in the air!

What’s this? Anita shooting for the cover of issue 3 of Thrill, Australia's first cosplay magazine! Woohoo!

We have been very hard working here at Thrill, we had a very special and important meeting the other day, that we can't wait to tell you about! When the time calls for it of course.

We hope to live up to your standards in the new issue!!

See you then, Thrillseekers!

-The Thrillers

This girl is on FIRE!!!

I would like to issue a huge apology to Saffy! I honestly thought I had put up her photos from Melbourne Armageddon 2013, when it turned out I hadn't. I am so sorry! So here you are! Saffy as Flame Princess from Adventure Time! (I love her expression in the last one!)

Convention prices and information for Anita G Photography!

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

The Sunday Special: Slinky and Deer

I have decided that each Sunday (until I run out) I will be featuring one (or two) friend(s) of mine who I have photog'd with! I'll tell you a bit about them, their character(s), and what else they do!

To start this off, I'll be introducing my friend Brianna L. and Amy J.

They are two of the coolest people I know. We've been friends since high school and I'm still soooo glad I met them. They're fantastic people.

Bri or Slinky, likes to cosplay many different characters and is a fantastic make up artist. She's been to Canada and successfully completed one of the more experienced make up courses for prosthetics and more. She's always happy to help and also helps me create amazing images.

Amy or Deer, has a wicked mohawk, which I haven't had a chance to get a picture of yet but it will happen. She likes to cross play a fair amount, meaning cosplaying, but cosplaying the opposite gender. Deer is an amazing artist, I wish I had that much skill with a pencil.

Without further ado, Slinky and Deer! (I'll post some singles and doubles!)

This is one of my favourite shoots with them as Fionna (Slinky) and Marshell Lee (Deer) from the canon genderbend episode of Adventure Time! 

Nick (Deer) and Ellis (Slinky) from Left 4 Dead 2

And some nice pictures Slinky and I took in the grass at a park one when I got my new lens!

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

Deer can be found at DeviantArtSlinky can be found on Tumblr

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.

Let's start this party!

Hi,

I'm Anita G (also known as Neitz) and I am a cosplaying cosplay photographer from Melbourne, Australia.

Myself as Flame Princess from Adventure Time!

This blog will be a mixture of cosplay, photography of cosplays, cosplay tips and tutorials, issues in popculture, and much much more! (Also some previews of my zine (Thrill Of) when I start work on it.)

So tell me about what you would like to see and learn! What you want to read about and if you want me to talk about any issues in the cosplay/popculture community!

-Neitz Out