Happy September everybody!
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I'm sad to say that KumoriCon private cosplay shoots are not booking well. Even though charging $40 for nearly an hour of private one on one time, edited photos, and rights to use the raw images for printing an sharing is a KILLER deal (and very, very low cost in terms of photography), I understand why people are not booking.
Apparently there is a flood of amateur photographers who are providing shoots for people for very low cost, or free. To me, that is awesome. Cosplay photos have pretty much always been for fun. Only now am I trying to merge cosplay with my normal photography. I would love to start some calendars and books and what not, but that's still in the process in my brain.
With all this in mind, I will be dropping my price to $30 in general and $25 for people I've photographed before, or individuals that I have a good rapport with. We'll see how that goes.
If I could score a couple press passes to the convention, that would be really great. I could take photo journalistic images and have fun and still do private shoots. The problem with that is, even though I have received press passes in the past for
KumoriCon,
SakuraCon,
Wonder Northwest, Etc - KumoriCon has been ridiculous about denying me access. I require a press pass to not have to muck around with volunteer staff hassling me for whatever reason they feel. lol.. I'm gonna stop talking about that because I may start raging.
We'll see how things go! I will have prints available for purchase on the site if anybody wants any.
Speaking of sites, I have been progressing on solidifying things for JailBreak's move to Portland. The site is looking nice, pricing is flowing along, working on package plans today.
