Hey Big Spender!
I'm really tired today. With all that's been going on I haven't been eating right and I certainly haven't been exercising, so I've been feeling flabby lately, and very, very bitter about the lack of time to spend on myself. Finally on Wednesday I got fed up and decided that sleep is overrated, and that I'd make sure I squeezed in the full half hour of Wii Fit (plus Body Test et al) before bed come what may. This isn't working as badly as I feared, as no matter how tired I am the workout wakes me up and makes me feel great, but I am suffering for it today. I hope my body will adjust within a week or so. If not, I don't know what I'll do.
But I didn't bring you here to talk about that. No, what I actually have on my mind is American Cosplay Paradise's new sister site/section/whatever you want to call it, American Cosplay Snapshots. This means finally the photographers on my list (I'm looking at you, docthestampede, dr_teng, dressdragn, kaine_maxwell, ngmaster, popecerebus, ryusen, thehoodwatch, tyrus, and vampricyoda, off the top of my head. Some people I skipped because they're either cosplayers already on ACP/ACE already and therefore should know about it, or because I saw them comment on ACP's LJ and I know they know about it) can get some of the recognition they so richly deserve. The owners of ACP are right; these days cosplay is like half costume, half photoshoot. An okay costume can look astounding with the right photography, and an outstanding costume can look better than our wildest dreams. Photographers are just as much artists in their own right as the costumers are, and this is a great way for them to display their work and grow in their art. There are a lot of other benefits, too; this should make it a lot easier for cosplayers to find photographers to shoot them at cons, for photographers to find models to shoot, and for people to find their pictures after the convention is over. Celestial members get even more benefits; I really need to get around to getting myself a membership (it's only a one time fee! Why do I keep procrastinating on this? Because there's always SOMETHING coming up, you know?) one of these days. (Then again, it is the ONLY cosplay site that's blocked here at work, for God knows what reason. Still, I do <3 it.)
And thus ends my cosplay babble for the day. What can I say, I miss it. Anything I can do to try to feel close to it, until I have time for it again. <3
But I didn't bring you here to talk about that. No, what I actually have on my mind is American Cosplay Paradise's new sister site/section/whatever you want to call it, American Cosplay Snapshots. This means finally the photographers on my list (I'm looking at you, docthestampede, dr_teng, dressdragn, kaine_maxwell, ngmaster, popecerebus, ryusen, thehoodwatch, tyrus, and vampricyoda, off the top of my head. Some people I skipped because they're either cosplayers already on ACP/ACE already and therefore should know about it, or because I saw them comment on ACP's LJ and I know they know about it) can get some of the recognition they so richly deserve. The owners of ACP are right; these days cosplay is like half costume, half photoshoot. An okay costume can look astounding with the right photography, and an outstanding costume can look better than our wildest dreams. Photographers are just as much artists in their own right as the costumers are, and this is a great way for them to display their work and grow in their art. There are a lot of other benefits, too; this should make it a lot easier for cosplayers to find photographers to shoot them at cons, for photographers to find models to shoot, and for people to find their pictures after the convention is over. Celestial members get even more benefits; I really need to get around to getting myself a membership (it's only a one time fee! Why do I keep procrastinating on this? Because there's always SOMETHING coming up, you know?) one of these days. (Then again, it is the ONLY cosplay site that's blocked here at work, for God knows what reason. Still, I do <3 it.)
And thus ends my cosplay babble for the day. What can I say, I miss it. Anything I can do to try to feel close to it, until I have time for it again. <3