/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10613085

I'm happy with my wardrobe, coording and posing abilities but I don't have a good-quality camera, and I also can't get nice photos in my apartment because there are no well-lit blank walls (and I can't take them outdoors except at meets because I have no friends to take them and it's not safe to set up a tripod or camera on a timer where I live). People have pointed out the less-than-stellar photo quality in CoF threads before, or even assumed I'd not put any effort in, when I always spend a good 40 minutes walking back and forth with a self-timer and old digital camera even to get the subpar shots I do. Likewise, I spent 40 hours on my wardrobe post last year and still felt like it was shit compared to others'. It feels like I'm wasting so much effort but not getting a good record of my coords, and it makes me more frustrated when I go to meets and none of the meetup pics turn out flattering.

I know technology marches on and all, but my photos were considered fine a couple of years ago but now it seems like everything not taken on a DSLR gets crit. I keep toying with the idea of buying a DSLR or a light box but I'm in a much worse job situation right now than I was a year ago and can't really afford it, and I have no interest at all in photography outside of lolita so it's kind of a waste (plus, even if I bought a DSLR I'd have nowhere to set it up in my shitty apartment). I guess I should try to get friends that have the patience to take photos of me outdoors or something.

>>9436804
Dec 2003
http://web.archive.org/web/20031205004448/http://www.metamorphose.gr.jp:80/