When cosplayers and photographers meet, it is a win-win situation. Cosplayers like to have photos of the costumes and characters they have spent time and effort to create. For photographers the dressed up cosplayers are an unique photography possibility that brings nice variety to the portfolio. Experienced cosplayers are often also good models with fine tuned posing skills of their own as they have practiced portraiting the character they are playing.

Last autumn we went to one of my favorite outdoor portrait locations at Vantaankoski to take some autumn portraits together with Venla Mantere. It was almost raining but we managed to stay more or less dry. Despite the grey sky and moody environment it was a fun photoshoot and we got lots of nice photos with happy feeling.

Here are some pics from the session.

One of the benefits of the modern era social media is the ability to follow different interest groups and gain information of events, which would otherwise go unnoticed. During the summer there was a photoshoot meeting with cosplay enthusiasts at Sea Fortress Suomenlinna. This event was advertised through social media. I encouraged myself and decided to participate even though I did not know anyone else from that meeting beforehand. The old medieval castle setting was perfect for cosplay photos. There were couple of Assassin characters from Assassins’s Creed games, which would have been especially interesting to shoot in that environment. Unfortunately the other one left before I had change to take photos with him. However, I managed to get some really quick photos of Aguilar de Nerha character played by Laura and in addition to several interesting photos from other themes.

Some photos below about following characters:
Mariah from Beyblade by Elina
Young Remus from Harry Potter by Kirsi-Marja
Tonks from Harry Potter by Milla
Edwards – Full Metal Alchemist character by Essi
Aguilar de Nerha from Assasins Creed by Laura