Cosplay of the Dokomi 2011

To keep up with the Tradition to  post things way too late I present you today the pictures of the Dokomi which was held at the beginning of June. These Pictures have actually been sitting on my Flickr Account for quite some time but my Flickr WordPress Plugin died on me recently and I didnt feel like inserting them manually.  In the end I decided to do this post anyways since there were some pretty nice Cosplays attending. Hit the Jump for the pictures!

First off I have no clue if these pictures might be too big for the screens of some of you.If this should be the case be sure to drop a comments so that I know for future posts. As of now there doesnt seem to be any other proper plugins that would take this workload of me.

This was my second Dokomi and while the program of the convention wasnt any special ,which is to be expected of such a small convention, there sure were some really nice Cosplays present to make up for it. Overall this years public interest was far more than expected and the  loaction was loaded with people. I expect the organizers of the even to switch to a different location next year since there isnt any room left to grow which in itself is a good thing.

I was in the lucky position to make my bro come with me as my lackey which isnt fun since it includes  hauling a softbox around and  reacting to my commands. I dont think that he really did mind though. The next convention ill attend ill have to make do without a Flash-Boy/Girl  and Im sure that itll be an adventure itself…

The weather was a fierce mix of heavy  bright sunlight and  some rainshowers inbetween and it was hard to get the right settings for  these pictures so some  are a lil bit too blown out. Furthermore I  realized that my D3000 is reaching its limits since it isnt offering high speed synch and therefore I am limited to a rather closed aperture on such days without any nice Bokeh.Its a real shame when you outgrew your camera in some areas but are still not up to better ones in other areas so I am really pondering if I should invest into a new body. Guess that this all depends on my next tax refund

One of my biggest flaws yet is still the ability to see what makes a good picture and turning it into reality. Most of the time it ends up in mere Portraits since I know jack about poses or composition.This is something I try to work on yet have problems with to turn into action. I think my pictures are getting better over time on the technical side but this  more creative side seems to be my weak side.

One of the good things that came out of the Dokomi is that I was able to  make some contacts with nice people and that ill be able to take pictures with them in the future which is always a good thing since its really limiting when you are  taking pictures at conventions only.

 

Before you start to doze off I better start posting pictures though huh?

 

Lets start off with this group of Guilty Gear Cosplayers. I started to fangasm when I saw them and I hope that I didnt scare them off to much with my enthusiasm. I am really lucky that Ill be able to meet them again at the Gamescom with even more Guilty Gear cosplayers <3<3<3

 

 

Millia Rage is definately one of my fav characters. She was really happy I recognized her

Next up is everyones favorite Trap

My absolute Highlight of the group was A.B.A though <3

As you probably noticed the light on the GG Cosplayers is rather harsh thats because Iaccidently set my DSLR to 1/250th and my Cam is only able to synch up to 1/200th ^^;;;;;

Next up are two Highschool of the Dead Cosplayers I encountered and luckily I was also able to talk with them a bit and  well be able to take some more pictures  next weekend. Hopefully these will have a better background than these:

I admit that I dont really like either Character but the girl doing Rei is cosplaying as Saeko next week <3

And since all good thing happen thrice Ive met yet another group, this time from Kannagi, which Ill be able to take pictures of later on aswell

Yeah, I sucked ass with the flash in these pics ^^;;;

This is my absolute favorite out of the Kannagi set. The lighting on her is so nice~ I wish I could have done the same with the other girls ^^;

Kami-nisama and Haqua from the World god only knows

Beatrice from Umineko

Kino from Kino no Tabi

The Great Murdercase with the culprit from Gintama, the victim from Naruto and the investigators from Ace Attorney XD

Emma Skye eating snacks way past their prime

Pearl trying to be cute

Pearl trying to be angry

Hakufu and Mou-chan

And then I stumbled across a Gintama Group and I was sure that this was such a successful Convention in tracking down stuff that I like. Even if i can appreciate good cosplay its still the best for me when its from a series I like.

Do you notice something?

Maybe now?

I expected so… Since this always happens to me. These two revealed to me that I photographed them the other day too! Its Kami-nisama and Haqua XD

Aww Kyuubei why must you be so hot? <3

The Birako arc was actually more enjoyable than I thought

Maggie Byrde, Maya Fey and that weird ass cook from Ace Attorney

The Sperm Girl from Touhou err I mean Yomu? I think XD

Rachel Alucard from BlazBlue

DRRR!!!

And now something for the Ladies:

FREAKAZOID!

QUAILMAN!

I always liked the Persona Designs but sadly I have no clue who these two are cosplaying ^^; Oh WAIT! A Bird suddenly told me that its nameless Maincharacter Dude and Mitsuru Kirijou

To round this off ill post some more pictures of the  Girls that opened this post:

I still dont know what to make out of that pose ^^;;

Oh man inserting these pictures manually took me more than an hour. Please tell me there are still some Flickr Plugins that are working with the newest  WordPress Version. Otherwise my desire to post will drop even more….

Heres one last picture for the ladies of an especially sexy fella

EDIT: Damn the dark BG makes those highlights really pop out…. ^^;;;, On a light BG they look just fine …. Another lesson learned XD