✩Vax

Ryeain : I've been following Vax's photography quite a while. One of my favorite series is Mask of Hannya. 

I'm always captivated by the colour and composition in his photography works,  and one more thing, 

awesome backgrounds. As I'm focusing on the backgrounds they are much differ in every photoshoot. 

Plus, his recent work Guilty Crown - EGOIST is so beautiful, it's a must for me to share with everyone.

✩Vax✩

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R:  What type of camera do you use in capturing those awesome photos? 

Vax: Nikon D90. A great camera; awesome tool;
hmm still a great camera, awesome tool; yes, awesome tool.


R: Which would be your favorite lens?

Vax: 50 f1.8. Recently using 24 f1.4


R: What inspires you to start photography?

Vax: Newspaper. Since young, I like to look at those awesome pictures taken by reporter/journalist.
You don’t need to read the description and you understand what was going on by just
looking that those pictures.



R: What makes you want to continue in photography especially cosplay photography?

Vax: Creativity. Especially, in searching/planning to create fantasy feel type of artwork where it does not exist in our normal day to day life.



R: Which is your most satisfied/favorite shot so far? why?

Vax: Not yet. Most of the shoot done, I might have 1 - 2 photos which I like and will keep reviewing them, mainly to critique myself where to improve. Until one day that I find nothing to critique on the particular shot. That will be my most satisfied shot.


R: Which photo you've taken is the most challenging to you? why?

Vax: Underwater. A lot of uncertainty, luck and a lot of practice is required
to get some satisfactory shots.


R: What aspect do you think that you have improved a lot since you started photography?

Vax: Perspective. The way I see things from different angle.



R: What's your goal achievement in photography?

Vax: Unique, or a new photography style. Well, still a very long way to go,
as every shoot is a new experience to me.



R: Who do you look up to or inspires you?

Vax: People. I like to browse through newspapers, magazine, internet for awesome work from different individual. Sometimes I will just look at one picture/drawing for a long time.


R: What do you think the relationship between a photographer and a cosplayer should be during a photoshoot? 
as in cosplayers sometime wants to recreate the scene from the series, hence show u so much references and insist you to follow each and every of it for the whole shoot. How will you react?

Vax: Reverse. Normally, I ask for references from cosplayers instead. Since I have very little idea on most of the anime/manga/games characters. Therefore, I will do some homework for the characters before the actual shoot.



** 35ryo :
During a photoshoot, which do you focus more on, the atmosphere of a scene (a marvelous photo angle) 
or the cosplayer himself (always make sure cosplayer look decent)? How do you link this both together?
在拍摄的过程中，你比较注意照片的场景，还是被拍摄的人?如何着协调这两者的关系?

Vax: Light… next will be angle and pose.



R: Any advise to those are new starter or interested in photography?

Vax: Practice. Keep on shooting every week, anything, any where, any time.


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Thanks Vax!~

✩35ryo

Ryeain: Seriously, I'm blown away by each and every of ryo's photo in is gallery.
The colour and composition of each photo captured your attention as if you were drawn

into the surrounding of the photo itself. Especially Hight School of Dead photoshoot,

the whole picture of it One word to describe, fascinating !!
A must to check on ryo's webpage gallery, much love!!~

✩35ryo✩

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R: What type of camera do you use in capturing those awesome photos?

Ryo: I'm currently using Canon 5D MARK II.



R: What inspires you to start photography?

Ryo: My friends and I first started cosplay, but back then we do not know any photographers

to help us photoshoot our cosplay.
Thus, I decided to become the photographer and help my friends to shoot their cosplays.
I wish to capture the beauty of the cosplay itself.

R: What makes you want to continue in photography?

Ryo: Continuos ideas of cosplay photoshoot along with my group of cosplay friends.



R: Which is your most satisfied/favorite shot so far? why?

Ryo: Currently I don't have the most sastisfied work yet, because for me it's still an ongoing process.
Though NitamagoMix Hard-R.K.mix, is the longest work that I've worked on.
The background itself took me almost a month to complete as it is created using 3DMAX.
背景花了比较多的时间，大概一个月。背景是用3DMAX做的。

R: Which photo you've taken is the most challenging to you? why?

Ryo: High School Of The Dead.
This is much challenging compare to otheres, as this photoshoot requires more than

30 people to work together at the same time to capture the moment.

It's a big challenge no matter it's arrangement or management of people.
这一张是比较有挑战性的，因为要组织30多个人同时拍摄，不管是组织还是管理都有很大的困难。

I wish that I'm able to try much challenging photography, as I want to obtain differnt results
and of course the similar the photo with the orignal work the better it is.


R: What aspect do you think that you have improved a lot since you started photography?

Ryo: I'm now more integrated into the imagined comic composition, story telling and

the whole atmosphere of the photo.



R: What's your goal achievement in photography?

Ryo: My goal is to shoot lots of COSPLAY photos, and share out love for cosplay through photography.

R: Who do you look up to or inspires you?

Ryo: Hybridre and Bai917. They are my favorite photographer and they are cosplayers too.


R: Any advise to those are new starter or interested in photography?

Ryo: Try every possibility and ideas that you have in your mind, don't be afraid of

the insufficient of equipment and technology.



** R: I'm really impressed by the vibrant colours and effects of your photos.
Some photographers disagree to edit their photos, as it would ruin the originality of the photo.

*especially photoshop. What do you think?

Ryo:

I will ps some of my photo but not too many, as Photoshop has the ablity to achieve and

increase the fantasy elements and atmospher of the whole photo.
I'll process 1 or 2 sets of photos per week.


** Kirawinter :
How do you improve your technically skills?

Ryo:
Continuosly trying diffrent and new photography techniques and style, and keep on practising

your photography skills through photoshoot and others.
不断尝试全新新的拍摄方法，而且不停的拍摄。

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Thank you Ryo!~

✩KiraWinter

Ryeain:
Besides fangirl-ing her *coughs*howl*coughs* cosplay, Kira is one of those who I've often update with basically because I love the way she framed up the cosplayers in her photos, very straight forward and direct.

✩KiraWinter✩

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Ryea: What type of camera do you use in capturing those awesome photos?

Just Canon EOS450D. I'm only a beginner, so I don't think that I need a lot of equipment that I cant even fully use. So I just slowly learning the basics of photography and hope, someday I will be good enough to be called "pro".


Ryea: What inspires you to start photography?

My love for cosplay. I was cosplayer for many years, but each time when I was looking in photos I got feeling that something isn't right, that I see only costume on photo, but there are no special meaning, I don't feel anything looking on that. So I've decided to try bring that feeling to life through my own lens.


Ryea: What makes you to continue in photography with passion?

Its so naturally for me, that I even didn't think about that. How to say... Sometimes, of course when I am very depressed I got thoughts like "You need to stop that, you just can't do something nice", but than shiny days come, and I don't give a damn, ahaha.


Ryea: Which is your most satisfied/favorite shot so far?

Each time have something nice inside. Its like small epic stories. Most remarkable for me is Hetalia shoot, on the field covered with snow, but it's more about working in group, that about result. Now I am in love with night shoot that we made at Chengdu with Vocaloid-Durarara!!! crossover.


Ryea: Which photo you've taken is the most challenging to you?

I like to take photos in the dark. So, when I try to do that, each time it's a challenge. You need to do it in a place without any lights, you must made it nice-looking, and finally find your model in the dark room! Of course its not that simple...


Ryea: What aspect do you think that you have improved a lot since you started photography?

I don't know. My weak point is Technic. I dot many crazy ideas, but technically I am not that good, so I am trying to work on that part. I can tell that I become better, but still long way to go.


Ryea: What's your goal achievement in photography?

To be a pro. To tell the truth, my biggest dream is start taking fashion-photos, but I am far from that.


Ryea: Who do you look up to or inspires you?

Basically people who I met. I look on their faces and all I want is too capture that beauty. For me everyone is pretty. I think there are nothing more inspiring for portrait photographer, that people themselves.


Ryea: Any advise to those are new starter or interested in photography?

I think you need to practice more and more. As Chinese people says "Failure is mother of success". So, even if today you made something bad, you need to try tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, and the next day... and you will succeed for sure. Just believe in that. I saw a lot of people who got a very expensive equipment but cant do nothing with that. Just a plain photos... I think your own style is much more expensive than any lens. You can buy things, but can't buy talent.


** Itismoi : What do you think sets apart cosplay photography from the other portrait photography?

Cosplay is much more about pretty faces, I think. Only beautiful cosplayers usually considered as good one, people says that they "looks like characters" but I can call that "in our dreams we see anime characters as pretty person". Personally I prefer more artistic photos, that can describe much more about character, not only his clothes and face.