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

Fashion Victim {Part One}

I couldn't resist and had to edit all the photos from the shoot last night! So here we have Part One of my latest photography series (more to come in the future, none planned now though); 

Fashion Victim

 .Outfits to die for. 

.Part 1.

Make Up Artist: Brianna L.
Model: Amy J.
Photographer and concept: Anita G. (Me)

Sneak Peek: Fashion Victim

Have some sneaky shots from my latest shoot!

Stayed tuned for more coming soon.
{MUA: Brianna L.
Model: Amy J.}

Whoops!

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to apologize for the lack of posts, it's been busy over here for a bit. I think I'll be doing the Sunday Special every month. So 12 in a year. BUT i'll find other things to write about as well! Sorry this blog isn't being as populated as I hoped.

Hopefully once I finish uni things will calm down in the break before I go back to another course!

So hopefully I'll put some image up tomorrow!

Keep an eye out!

Neitz out!

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

Les Femmes and the Male Minority

Some of my favourite images that I took at Red Bennies a month ago from 'Les Femmes and the Male Minority'

A fantasy tale set in a world where women are the empowered ones. Travelling through eras of time, fusing together circus, burlesque and dance, Les Femmes is a seductive and tantalising adventure.

Set in an era similar to the Renaissance, the first act reverses the classical role of men and women in royalty. Closely inspired by the 1967 film, 'Prehistoric Women', the second act is a very literal exploration of an Amazonian culture of women, in which the male minority are used solely for labour, and as sex slaves.

The final act takes a more modern turn of the concept, inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut'. The males of this act are more willingly entered into a world of BDSM-inspired submission to the females, while the society of women is portrayed more as a cult, a darker turn on the sex party style of the second act.

Les Femmes is brought to you by Danny Golding Entertainment, featuring his Circotic troupe as seen on 'Australia's Got Talent' (2012 semi-finalists), and the top 12 of 2009's 'So You Think You Can Dance'.

Excuses, excuses, excuses

I was sick for a while so I was unable to continue this blog due to lack of creative anything.

But I'm back!

And I will have some cool shoots to share with you soon! I went to a Burlesque show at Red Bennies, called 'Les Femmes, and the Male Minority'. It was amazing and I high recommend it!

I have also been volunteering at a new Melbourne magazine called 'Colosoul Magazine' and I do photography for them at music gigs! I so far have covered two. One being a cute woman named Sam Buckingham and another (which was actually just tonight) was Fun Machine from Canberra.

So images of those and some tips for gig shoots will be coming up within the next few days!

Also more photography brief from uni. I have an interesting idea for this brief and will see how it works on Sunday when I shoot!

Have a lovely night everyone!

-Neitz

Here it comes!

And that time of the year is upon us again, Con Season.

Ah yes, the time of year where cosplayers are frantically finishing costumes they started two days ago for a con in a weeks time. The time where we round up all money favours people owe us in order to spend money on fanart and merch. And the time when the city groans at the fact that yes, once again we shall be taking over the trains and trams.

This weekend (6th&7th July) Melbourne will be hosting the second year of Oz Comic Con. Many people are hesitant as last year there were extremely long lines, crowded areas everywhere and lots of confusion. Not so good eh?

However! This year OCC has moved to a new venue! The Royal Exhibition building, near The Melbourne Museum will be hosting this large affair of comic book lovers and cosplays.

Personally I can't wait, I'll be doing cosplay shoots, selling aprons and prints, and hanging out with my friends!

Can't make it to Comic Con? No worries, within the next few months Australia will also be hosting:

• AVCon (in Adelaide, 12-14th July)
• SMASH! (in Sydney, in August 10th)
• Manifest (in Melbourne, 16-18th August)
• Armageddon Expo (in Melbourne, 19-20th October)

So get your comic on and come down this weekend for a adventure of a time!

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Definitions for those who aren't in the know:
Cosplay: Costume play, the act of dressing as a character from a series of books/comics/tv shows/etc.
Fanart: Images created by artists of different characters from tv shows/books/comics/etc.