Katsucon Thread: In Media Res Edition

[Anonymous No.10106614]

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Are you currently there? How did Thursday and Friday go? Best costume you've seen so far? Has anything funny or interesting happened?

[Anonymous No.10106618]

>>10106614
Some guy asked me if I wanted to smoke some crack with him last night. What the fuck?

[Anonymous No.10106620]

>>10106618
were you by the fountain?

[Anonymous No.10106621]

>>10106614
How long in advance do you have to book to get an atrium room? I'm considering attending in 2020 but if it's a colossalcon deal where you have to be ready on the monday of the previous year I need to know that quickly

[Anonymous No.10106640]

>>10106621
Usually the rooms get booked up when they open. Then you just have to keep peeking for cancellations.

[Anonymous No.10106646]

>>10106640
Do you know when exactly they open? March 1st maybe since I see it's currently open until January 31st only?

[Anonymous No.10106710]

Damn, they ran outta lanyards. Not a good look for a con that wants the badge out at all times. This will increase badge loss and theft.

[Anonymous No.10106783]

Taking a break from being a fancy 2hu (Patchy). Anyone going to the shoot later at the gazebo?

[Anonymous No.10106795]

/k/ here, drove by to get a look at things.

Have some questions

* How are the anti-ghosting measures working out so far?

* Saw cosplayers walking from the MGM, really? There's no shuttle?

* Does anyone stay at the cheap motels in Alexandria and drive across the river?

* Why is traffic management such shit this year? Yeah, part of it is the Big Apple Circus but it just seems the traffic flow was bunged up and local law enforcement was in IDGAF mode.

* Whats the best place to eat and people watch?

[Anonymous No.10106813]

Gib me Asian cosplay gf

[Anonymous No.10106907]

>get rid of ghosting
>con is probably more crowded that it’s ever been
What fucking sorcery is this? There’s really nowhere you can stop to take photos anymore because there’s heavy foot traffic everywhere. The fountains have huge cosplay meetups/photo shoots that take up pretty much the whole space. Third floor has the space around the gazebo closed off, the whole floor is effectively non stop foot traffic to get from one side to the other. Every other part of the convention center that has good lighting has constant foot traffic. Please tell me I’m not going crazy but I don’t think it’s ever been this bad before.

[Anonymous No.10106925]

>>10106795
Anti-ghost stuff is probably working pretty well. There have been a few points at which I ended up getting past a staffer with no badge check, but it's hard to believe that someone could evade ALL of them.

Nothing on the MGM because I drive from home to Katsu.

I definitely know people who do. It seems to me that more people have done so with the advent of Uber/Lyft. However, being at the Gaylord for parties' sake still seems to be a draw to National Harbor hotels proper.

No idea on the last 2.

[Anonymous No.10106935]

>would you stick your dick in momos back fat?

[Anonymous No.10106953]

>>10106935
Delete this you fat shaming shitlord

[Anonymous No.10106956]

>>10106935
That looks so painful :(

[Anonymous No.10106999]

>>10106953
>implying fat shaming is bad

[Anonymous No.10107007]

So no meet up?

[Anonymous No.10107041]

>>10106907

thats easy, the people who used to be ghosting had to buy a membership and are now going to wander about aimlessly.

Traffic was downright ridiculous today, thanks for >>10106925 telling me a lot of it are Uber/Lyft drivers clogging up things for the filthy casuals

[Anonymous No.10107056]

>>10106953
So is that a yes?

[Anonymous No.10107085]

>>10106935

Also this con is so boring. The vibe at magfest is a lot better. Making fun of momo is the most entertaining thing so far

[Anonymous No.10107088]

Does anyone know what happened at the vendor room?

[Anonymous No.10107093]

>>10107088

Give us a clue sempai, I know people who would've been in there, make it worth my while con tact them

[Anonymous No.10107107]

>>10107093
Tried to swing by after dinner at 7:40 or so and there was a county sheriff talking to the con security and enterance was closed.

[Anonymous No.10107113]

>>10107007
This, where is the meetup guys

[Anonymous No.10107114]

>>10107113
At the fountain. Bring some crack.

[Anonymous No.10107123]

Cracksucon 2019

[Anonymous No.10107129]

Maybe we'll get a meetup tomorrow?

[Anonymous No.10107136]

>>10107107

Pffft, sounds like a shoplifter got caught

[Anonymous No.10107142]

>>10107136
That was my guess, I just wanted to know if any gulls were inside when it happened.

[Anonymous No.10107192]

>>10107088
A lanky Jojo cosplayer got caught stealing, they made a show of arresting him outside the entrance to hall.
I saw some of the security and cops taking photos of him probably to show to their friends .

Look, I hate thieves but it was embarrassing seeing this stupid display of power.

Also there is no need for 10 cops to arrest a shoplifter.

[Anonymous No.10107201]

That rave 7ft fem amazon rave cosplayer was the highlight of tonight's con. I know I met her couple of times and I wanted to say you have fucking future as an MMA fighter or professional wrestler or maybe both but goddamn you have potential to be very successful

[Anonymous No.10107210]

>>10106907
if you have enough presence and look good enough, people will naturally walk around your shoot instead of getting in the way.

[Anonymous No.10107246]

Did anyone see that guy trying to “spread his seed” in the bushes last night? Poor guy

[Anonymous No.10107283]

>>10107246
Fucking wut
Was he that drunk?

[Anonymous No.10107294]

>>10107283
crack

[Anonymous No.10107295]

>>10106795
>* How are the anti-ghosting measures working out so far?
They have most entrance/exit points covered. However there's still one unguarded entrance point that'll pretty much give you access to the main con space. Once you're in, no one bothers checking for badges. I kept mine in my backpack because they ran out of lanyards and no one ever asked to see my badge.

[Anonymous No.10107312]

Does anyone want a slice/the rest of this cake? I dont have a container to travel with this.

[Anonymous No.10107317]

>>10107312
What room lad
I want a slice

[Anonymous No.10107320]

>>10107317
12215 be quick tho. Gotta vacate this room in less than an hour

[Anonymous No.10107358]

>>10107294
Does someone have a video of that instagram. Was the dude naked?

[Anonymous No.10107379]

gae con lmao fuck Katsu

[Anonymous No.10107380]

>>10107379
Did you get triggered seeing lesbian and gay men holding hands with each other. Don't worry Magfest last month had that shit too.

[Anonymous No.10107441]

I'm a little bummed I missed this, sounds like a blast with all the crack heads

[Anonymous No.10107447]

>>10107441
>sounds like a blast with all the crack heads

How many people, where was Tyrone?

[Anonymous No.10107463]

Anyone else eat at Nandos and get super fucking sick? My hummus was off and now Ive just been stuck in my hotel all day.
Everythings coming up Nandos, man...

[Anonymous No.10107473]

>>10106614
Whoever was patrolling around with their friends holding “Thot patrol” signs I love you.

[Anonymous No.10107475]

>>10107088
I heard some employees chatting about something about a weed scandal at one of the vendors

[Anonymous No.10107491]

>>10107475
Oh no, not WEED

[Anonymous No.10107495]

>>10107463
When did you eat it? I just got back there from lunch...

[Anonymous No.10107507]

>>10107495
Last night around 8 or so. The hummus I had was so bad, it tasted like really bad BO. I didnt really eat it but im guessing there was cross contamination, or the little bit I had was enough to make me sick.

[Anonymous No.10107681]

>when the sun hits that gazebo level floor just right

[Anonymous No.10107744]

Is anyone still at the Gaylord tonight?

[Anonymous No.10107756]

this was my first convention. I'm lucky I only live like a half hour away. By convention scales how big was this?

[Anonymous No.10107785]

>>10107756
Probably medium large. There are much larger conventions out there, but Katsucon is still large enough to have people fly from across the country for it.

[Anonymous No.10107790]

>>10107756
It's about a good between of medium and large. If the weather is shit (thankfully this year it wasn't) then it's a even worse crowded mess.

[Anonymous No.10107855]

>>10107142
>>10107192
My boy has a pic of the sheriffs tackling the guy to the ground not 10 feet away from him.
Cops were likely bored as pissed and went out for some fun.

[Anonymous No.10107865]

>>10107855
>Cops were likely bored as pissed and went out for some fun.

Cops would have fun seeing all those half-naked girls cosplaying and wanting to take pictures.

[Anonymous No.10107896]

When its 2am and the people next door to you in the hotel are shrieking like howler monkeys in their room.
Stfu and go be loud and drunk somewhere that other people arent sleeping.

[Anonymous No.10107931]

well that was a fuckin' convention

[Anonymous No.10108001]

I assume AX is at least twice as worse from a foot traffic perspective inside the vendor hall/AA?

[Anonymous No.10108003]

>>10108001
last year the ax AA was person-to-person in terms of traffic so yes

[Jkid !!WvRjzRpXDNp No.10108067]

>>10107192
I actually saw and got some footage what he tried to steal: Tabletop games and related shit. Cops was taking pictures of the stuff he stole as evidence.

[Anonymous No.10108094]

>anime convention at a place called gaylord
kek

[Anonymous No.10108101]

>>10108067

Holy shit post it Jkid if you can somewhere

[Anonymous No.10108110]

>>10107246

What do you mean by spread his seed?

[Anonymous No.10108112]

>>10107380

Yeah but at least Katsu didnt have that many trannys and ugly people compared to Mag

[Anonymous No.10108113]

>>10107473

Really? That happened. Glad my legacy still lives on

[Anonymous No.10108115]

>>10108110
jerking off I assume

[Jkid !!WvRjzRpXDNp No.10108167]

>>10108101
Just pulled up the video, here's the screen shots of the footage.

If you want me to upload the video, just ask.

[Jkid !!WvRjzRpXDNp No.10108170]

>>10108167

[Anonymous No.10108181]

>>10108170
please upload the video

[Jkid !!WvRjzRpXDNp No.10108233]

>>10108181
Done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVzaNSRbEsU

[Anonymous No.10108293]

>>10108167
>that Charlie Brown cosplay

[Anonymous No.10108298]

>>10108001
You won’t even move in AX dealers hall

[Anonymous No.10108339]

>>10108112
Of coure I've saw alot of cute lesbians at Katsucon at least that's the good part.

[Anonymous No.10108401]

>>10108113
Please give me your story good sir.

[Anonymous No.10108464]

So what are your post Katsu convention plans. Has Otakon gotten settled in to their new venue yet? How is the venue for photography? Are there any areas people congregate for photos like the fountain and the gazebo at the Gaylord?

[Anonymous No.10108480]

>>10108464
>Has Otakon gotten settled in to their new venue yet?
Mostly. They need to man additional entrances for bag check at peak periods, and if they're going to schedule official meetups they need to not put the popular ones in tiny spaces.

>How is the venue for photography?
Nothing special -- lots of windows and light, but ugly carpet and walls. The Marriott Marquis (connected by tunnel) and the church across the street are nice, though, and you have all of DC around for nice photos. Someone said that City Center banned cosplayers, which is a shame because it's cute and nearby.

>Are there any areas people congregate for photos like the fountain and the gazebo at the Gaylord?
The second-floor bridge between the north and south parts of the convention center, I suppose. It's bright.

[Anonymous No.10108492]

>>10108464
I really want to go to AX this year but I hope the ticket and hotel prices won't boost up because California is a mess there. I'll talk to my friend and see what he wants to do and still going to Otakon again this year.

[Anonymous No.10108618]

>>10108293
That dude has been the doorman for the dealer's hall for many years now.

[Anonymous No.10108628]

>>10107201
Do you know what happened in the rave on saturday night?

[Anonymous No.10108660]

Looks like I'm going next year. Almost all of my GA con friends went and had a blast. I just hope to get a room in the host hotel and figure out the best way to get up there. Don't know if I'd wanna drive the 10 hours.

[Anonymous No.10108741]

>>10108660

Take the Amtrak Crescent Sempai

[Anonymous No.10108744]

>>10108464

The DC Convention Center is massive, and there are lots of places in close waking distance to eat.

This year is the 25th Anniversary, so it might be worth checking out

[Anonymous No.10108745]

>>10108660
>>GA con friends
>> Had a blast.

No that was them just being fake. They are one step behind Vic Mignoga VA circle jerk.

[Anonymous No.10108752]

>>10108744
>>10108480
I've been at the venue for Awesome Con, which from what I can gather was much smaller than Otakon. I mostly saw cosplayers in the main area with the artist alley/dealer room. So I was wondering if there was some meeting place I missed. I'll probably check out Otakon this year.

[Anonymous No.10108769]

So few cosplay photos in this thread. Anything noteworthy? Any favorites or disasters?

[Anonymous No.10108827]

>>10108628
I had much more fun in the Gazebo Rave, but HOLY SHIT when she showed up she was massively built like an amazon warrior everyone lost their shit over that giant rave/fire emblem Camilla cosplayer. She looks built as a MMA/Boxer fighter or wrestler.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuDCfhbhCcM/
https://www.instagram.com/lizardhearts/

[Anonymous No.10108829]

>>10108769
People threw teeth at Momokun if that's what you're looking for

[Anonymous No.10108832]

>>10108827
The Saturday night gazebo rave was awesome!

I saw all the wizards showed up, and threw on my wizard garb to join them. Eventually, they all left the gaylord to who who-knows-where. I would love to see video or photos from gazebo rave

[Anonymous No.10108841]

Anyone run into the black dudes that were doing bondage outside the Merch hall? My friend and I just finished our shopping Saturday and sat down for a moment, they set up some tripod-looking thing and started tying the one dude up, he was getting a boner and everything.

Some short girl came over and yelled at them and eventually they got thrown out, anyone else see it in motion?

[Anonymous No.10108845]

>>10108827
I just can't stop thinking about her she has THE IT factor all around her having that body and those tree trunk legs. Just a truly beautiful speciman out of nowhere for me.

[Anonymous No.10108847]

>>10108827
Oh no I was talking about the person who got chased out by half the rave and then like ten security ran in...but that sounds cool

[Anonymous No.10108850]

>>10108847
What happened there?

[Anonymous No.10108855]

>>10108752
It depends when you went to AwesomeCon. Otakon had 24,894 in 2017 and 26,590 in 2018. Meanwhile, AwesomeCon had 7,000 in its first year, but I'm seeing sites claim that it hit 50,000 or 70,000 in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Having been to AwesomeCon in 2017 (and to Otakon 2017 and 2018), I think AwesomeCon's numbers may be overstated, but it definitely used parts of the con center that Otakon doesn't, so I believe that AwesomeCon is at least as big if not substantially bigger.

There are definitely more cosplayers at Otakon, though.

[Anonymous No.10108856]

>>10108845
Getting into creepy territory here buddy.

[Anonymous No.10108859]

>>10108856
Sorry I'm expressing myself that's all. I never said anything bad.

[Anonymous No.10108862]

>>10108769
I'll post some I guess.

[Anonymous No.10108864]

>>10108862

[Anonymous No.10108866]

>>10108864

[Anonymous No.10108867]

>>10108862
>>10108864
>>10108866
wtf, this isn't even pics of cosplays, just headshots...

[Anonymous No.10108869]

>>10108866
We live in a society.

[Anonymous No.10108873]

>>10108867
Who are you the cosplay police?

[Anonymous No.10108878]

>>10108873

[Anonymous No.10108880]

[Anonymous No.10108881]

>>10108855
Considering that AwesomeCon closes down fairly early in the evening, I have a hard time believing in AwesomeCon's numbers unless the guests they bring in really pull in them in. I do think that Otakon is using a good portion of the convention center's space though poorly. There's more than enough space for Otakon to set up photoshoot scenes similar to AX. Can even have inside the Marquis' ballrooms.

[Anonymous No.10108886]

>>10108855
I've only been to Awesome Con in 2015 and 2016. They didn't really feel that big to me. But I was too busy collecting autographs to really explore everything else they had going on. I dunno, I guess it's just weird going to a new con/venue that you're not familiar with.

[Anonymous No.10108889]

>>10108112
omg if i have to see another fucking pronoun ribbon at magfest....

[Anonymous No.10108900]

>>10108889
You can learn the names of 150 pokemon but you can't learn my preferred pronouns?

[Anonymous No.10108901]

>>10108900
You're lucky you're referred to as a person at all you degenerate freak

[Anonymous No.10108903]

>>10108900
I'm stealing this for the next time someone disrespects someone else's pronouns lol.

[Anonymous No.10108904]

>>10108900
for as long as time theres been man and woman. if i cant decipher that from looking at someone, either youre doing it for attention or to make yourself special, or your reassignment doctor was Nick Riveria.

[Anonymous No.10108912]

>>10108900
yes. because pokemon have more value than your dumb ass

[Anonymous No.10108932]

>>10108903

Same desu xD

[Anonymous No.10109057]

>>10108829
... Teeth?

[Anonymous No.10109060]

>>10106925
Idk about the whole anti-ghosting thing I pretty much ghosted the whole con without a problem and was able to have a blast

[Anonymous No.10109105]

>>10108900
Its easy to know and identify the difference between a Blastoise and a Charmander. Hard to differentiate these constantly evolving unidentified walking objects that roam conventions that want you to call them X.

[Anonymous No.10109226]

>meet someone and chat for a bit
>They say something the lines of we should hang out later, I'll DM you, we should grab dinner, etc.
>Never end up meeting with them
>Never end up chatting with them via DMs
>If I see them again we end up chatting for another 10 mins before leaving and repeating the same "I'll see u later pls hang out" line
>This happened numerous times over the weekend & at previous cons
Is this normal?

[Anonymous No.10109256]

>>10109226
I hope so cause that happens to me every con

[Anonymous No.10109393]

>>10109226
Cons are spontaneous as fuck. You really cannot plan ahead for anything cause something always pop up.

[Anonymous No.10109478]

What was with all the flapper outfits on Thursday and some on Friday?

[Anonymous No.10109542]

>>10109478
Gatsby themed dance

[Anonymous No.10109697]

Where do people bother posting their photo albums these days? It used to be common to find a thread full of flickr, imgur, photobucket, etc. albums on cosplay.com

It's slim pickins on tumblr these days, same with deviantart (both of which used to have plenty hosted). Are people not even bothering any more?

[Anonymous No.10109704]

>>10109697
Facebook katsu photography groups it seems

[Anonymous No.10109709]

>>10109704
Facebook? You mean the thing old people use?

[Orb of Tornami No.10109724]

>>10108832
Got ya covered. I spent a good portion there late Saturday into early Sunday morning before I went to the main rave. From there, I went back to the Gazebo.

Switching topics: I missed the whole sex deal I read about that might've went on late Friday into early Saturday morning.

[Anonymous No.10109732]

>>10109724
>I missed the whole sex deal I read about that might've went on late Friday into early Saturday morning.

What happened there?

[Anonymous No.10109736]

>>10109724
>sex deal
wait, is this worse than that incident with a bathtub full of gummy bears from a few years ago?

[Anonymous No.10109738]

>>10109732
Some guy was offering crack in exchange for a blowjob.

[Anonymous No.10109800]

What if Katsu was held in the spring along with the National Cherry Blossom Festival? Would it work?

[Anonymous No.10109819]

>>10109800
Only if they changed the venue to somewhere in DC. There's no cherry blossom trees at the Harbor, so what's the point.

[Anonymous No.10109871]

>>10109709
It's still one of the major platforms for cosplayers and photographers even though it sucks

[Orb of Tornami No.10109936]

>>10109732
Not sure. Read about it as some of the activities one attendee saw at Katsu via twitter.

[Anonymous No.10109937]

>>10109732
You mean the hentai/cake party?

It's gross, I saw the video.

[Anonymous No.10109950]

>>10109800
Doubt it. It would end up splitting the attendance between those two events, actually.

[Anonymous No.10109954]

>>10109950
The national cherry blossom festival is a month long event. You’re thinking about the parade and street festival which are one day events that occur within the festival. You can easily squeeze in a convention during that time frame.

[Anonymous No.10109968]

>>10109936
seee>>10109738 ?

[Anonymous No.10110003]

Did anyone get pics of a Dizzy and Ky on Saturday? I saw them going down an escalator but I was in the long ass line for bag check so I couldn't leave

[Anonymous No.10110029]

>>10109937
>ooga booga smashing her naked obese ass into cake over and over
Why

[Anonymous No.10110030]

>>10109937
Where is this video

[Anonymous No.10110343]

>>10110030
twitter. search for katsucon cake party, or something like that. i really dont want to see it again

>>10110029
alcohol was involved, im sure

[Anonymous No.10110384]

>>10110030
just a girl humping a cake
nothing to see here

[Anonymous No.10110392]

>>10110030
Same

[Anonymous No.10110413]

>>10109954
You could, but adding guaranteed warm weather to the equation, Katsucon would have to have a badge cap otherwise you will see a massive jump in attendance which will choke out the harbor with the crowds.

[Anonymous No.10110427]

>>10110343
I can't find it, do I need a twitter to see it or something?

[Anonymous No.10110575]

>>10110427
Look up Asia Nymph on facebook or filthyfairy420 on twitter

[Anonymous No.10110678]

>>10109954
No. I mean it could be done, but Sakura Matsuri is already pretty crowded with other members of the public and Katsucon is the same with attendees. I don’t see people willing to leave an expensive con like Katsucon to go into downtown DC to pay an extra $10 to see the already overcrowded festival.

I would keep those events separate.

As far as the trees are concerned katsucon attendees can’t even treat a nice venue properly. I wouldn’t want to see the damage done to the trees.

[Anonymous No.10110700]

>>10110413
I mean they should badge cap regardless but whatever.

[Anonymous No.10110719]

The time of year that the cherry blossoms bloom varies a lot from year to year, and peak bloom is a short window. You couldn’t plan a con around it.

The Tidal Basin is crowded as fuck anyway. Kenilworth and Dumbarton are where it’s at.

[Anonymous No.10110805]

>>10109937
>when you were at that party for like 5 minutes

Damn, I miss everything

[Anonymous No.10111222]

>>10110003
I saw them while I was in line for food with a damn bowl of Mac and cheese in my hand myself. Seriously if anyone got them, I'd appreciate it too.

[Anonymous No.10111224]

>>10109724
Anyone got more pictures or video of the wizard rave?

[Anonymous No.10111244]

>trying to sort through and cull all my shots from shoots
>just now realizing I barely got any useable shots because I'm shit
>did 10 shoots though they were all free
B-bros help

[Jkid !!WvRjzRpXDNp No.10111258]

>>10111224
I actually did and I also recorded the Limbo sesson they have as well.

[Anonymous No.10111267]

>>10111244
Let 'em know you're a beginner, it was free, and thank them for their time. Share what you can and learn for next time.

Angles, cheerful personality, bokeh, and flattering focal lengths.

[Anonymous No.10111270]

>>10111267
>Let 'em know you're a beginner,
I wish I could use this as an excuse but I've been shooting for a year at this point and they were all fairly excited and enthusiastic about shooting with me.
Definitely going to try to salvage what I have and apologize but I feel pretty bad man.

[Anonymous No.10111347]

>>10111244

Remember, too, that you're your own harshest critic. In particular, any editing you do to salvage will be less obvious to everyone else because they didn't spend forever painfully staring at the raws.

But yeah, live and learn. I did most of my editing last night and wish I could almost every shot... a gazebo shoot was the most painful, it should have turned out so much better but I didn't adjust to the lighting very well. But the people are still happy with their pictures and I know better for next time.

[Orb of Tornami No.10111419]

>>10111224
I do. Will edit 'em & might post a few here or on IG.

[Anonymous No.10111739]

>>10111270
Wanna post something kind of average from the shoots you did and get general tips?

[Anonymous No.10111778]

>>10111270
Why the fuck would you offer to shoot with someone if you're not confident in your own skill?

[Anonymous No.10111798]

>>10111778
I mean it's why I don't charge.
8 of them DM'd me first.
>If you're not confident in your own skill
>be a little bitch and sit on the sideline and do nothing or actually get out there and do something about it
I'm not going to get anywhere if I dont step out of my comfort zone. I would love to make a disclaimer that I'm completely unconfident in my abilities but that would be extremely off putting.
This was a huge learning experience and shooting in such a packed space really opened my eyes to a lot of things that I need to work on like really drilling in my head that I really need to start understanding poses & angles, being able to direct people better, planning out a hell of a lot more pre-planned poses/compositions especially in case someone doesn't want to go to the location I had in mind, etc.

>>10111739
I've been very tempted to post on /p/ for criticism but I really don't feel right about posting the faces of people who I've shot with on 4chan.

>>10111347
>You're your own harshest critic
>No one else looks at all the raws
Definitely keep trying to tell myself this as I sit in LR/PS.
>But the people are still happy with their pictures
At the very least this is the one thing that matters at the end of the day.
>Gazebo shot
Fug I'm sry m8
How long did you wait for a spot at the gazebo?

[Anonymous No.10111905]

>>10111798
>I'm not going to get anywhere if I dont step out of my comfort zone.
You step out of you comfort zone on your own time. Not when you're working with other people. Specially if you don't give them a heads up about your skill level and they're expecting you to deliver something that you can't give them.

>but that would be extremely off putting.
Working with someone who's inexperienced IS off putting in it of itself. But you should be upfront about it and let those people decide if they still want to work with you or not.

[Anonymous No.10111931]

>>10111905
Nah, photographer did nothing wrong. They were free shoots, it's not like he's getting paid money and then delivering an inferior product. If he'd actually charged them something it'd be different, but he didn't, I assume because he was very well aware that he might mess it up and he wouldn't feel comfortable taking people's money without the experience to back it up.

[Anonymous No.10111941]

>>10111905
>You step out of you comfort zone on your own time
If you ain't gettin paid, it IS your own time. If they wanted professional work, then they'll pay for a professional.

[Anonymous No.10112132]

>>10106614
Thursday and Friday were great. Bit crazy on Saturday with all the people. Sunday felt empty.
Dealers room was meh.
Artist alley was awkwardly packed. they could have used the space better for traffic.
As my first katsucon I really enjoyed it for the people and cosplay at display. I would really love to go again next year.


Any idea when hotels open up for 2020?

[Anonymous No.10112151]

>>10112132
What'd you do on Thursday?

[Anonymous No.10112181]

>>10112132
I feel like if they moved the photosuite into another room they could've utilized more of the area for Artist Alley. Also, iirc they had one in the Artist Alley and another photosuite in the hallway connecting the hotel and convention center??? No con needs 2 photosuites! I missed a lot of tables because I was literally sandwiched between people, especially in the last row closest to the exit.

[Anonymous No.10112215]

>>10108862
Photog-chan, how do I get my headshots to look as nice as yours?

[Anonymous No.10112220]

>>10112215
>buy 85mm lens
>crush blacks in lightroom
There you go

[Anonymous No.10112239]

>>10112220
Is 50mm good enough?
Actually, what lenses do people use for con photography anyway? I saw people running around with some zoom ones but I couldn't catch the focal lengths on those.

[Anonymous No.10112257]

>>10112220
>crush blacks
based

[Anonymous No.10112315]

>>10112220
Not crushed, lifted

[Anonymous No.10112319]

>>10112239
check the web sites they post on, some sites have the exif data

[Anonymous No.10112511]

>>10112239
>Is 50mm good enough?
APS-C yes. get f1.4 or f1.8. F1.4 being the better of the 2 options.
Fuji x mount the 56mm f1.2
Sony E mount APS-C Sigma 56 f1.4

[Anonymous No.10112513]

>>10112151
walking around doing a shoot and seeing the dancing. Likely was the shock of all of it happening likely improved my enjoyment.

>>10112181
I have to agree with you on this.

[Anonymous No.10112570]

>>10112511
I have a full frame Nikon. What focal length should I be using? My 50mm prime can kind of carry its weight, but is there any lens that goes from, say, 35mm to 85mm with a similarly wide aperture?

[Anonymous No.10112616]

>>10112181
I concur, the photo shoot areas took up way too much space. The one by the upper hallways junction eliminated a nice sitting area I've always enjoyed. The one in the AA could certainly have been downsized, if not shifted to some smaller room off to the side, or perhaps along a hallway somewhere else. They always allocate those guys a shitload of space that gets unused.

[Anonymous No.10112650]

>>10112239
Sony FE here, 85 1.8 Zeiss is a good lens between the G MASTER.

>>10112570
lol no senpai even on crop the 1.8 50-100 is equal to a 2.8 so just buy a 85mm,

[Anonymous No.10112694]

>>10112570
>I have a full frame Nikon.
>35mm to 85mm with a similarly wide aperture?
The options are the 24-70mm f2.8 for zoom. 70mm at f2.8 you will get blur.
Your best option Nikon 105mm f1.4 for the best in weight and size and blur the background for full frame camera.
Sigma 105mm f1.4 is the better option with the trade off weight. Price and performance is better.
The next option is the 85mm f1.4 nikon or the Sigma 85mm f1.4.
Get the Peak design lens kit for nikon F mount and carry a 35mm and the 85mm primes. Swapping lenses is fast. I do this with the sony FE lenses and its easy.


From my time at katsucon I leverage the 35mm f1.4 the most as the space was tight. Still get head shot blur and not much distortion.
If I were to go back I would bring only the 24mm f1.4 GM and the Zeiss/sigma 50mm f1.4 for Sony FE.

[Anonymous No.10112727]

>>10112570
It depends entirely on your style and how you want to shoot.

[Anonymous No.10112759]

>>10110575

[Anonymous No.10112763]

>>10110575

Holy shit wtf is this shit!?

[Anonymous No.10112765]

>>10110575

[Anonymous No.10112768]

>>10110575

>mfw

[Anonymous No.10112924]

>>10112763
Thats the person who participated and hosted the cake party.....I should have warned yall of her other hobbies. Sincerest apologizes

[Anonymous No.10113143]

>>10112616
Yeah, those tables were always a great place to sit down and I'd see people even play board games there. By getting rid of that space it makes it more crowded because if people needed to sit, they'd just plop their groups asses on the floor. I am personally not a fan of photosuites, especially in such a photogenic location, so I'm biased but there HAS to be a better spot.

[Anonymous No.10120360]

>>10111419
>>10111258
>mfw still waiting for deliveries

[Anonymous No.10120560]

>>10111798
Dude, don't feel bad. Next year you'll look back at how much you suck now. In 5 years you'll still in ways you won't recognize until even later. Just keep shooting. There is no substitute for experience.