StarFest!

StarFest concluded yesterday and while the cosplay element wasn't as strong as other conventions there were some amazing turn outs! Of course with the heavy Star Trek influence there were a lot of Star Trek uniforms which I wasn't inspired enough to grab some shots of. However I am always a sucker for Storm Troopers: Overall there were some wonderful cosplayers walking around. These Disney princesses were a treat; certainly the best Rapunzel I've seen: A fixture of StarFest is the 501st Mountain Garrison. The past few years that I have gone they have an excellent photo opportunity setup with some classic scene from the films that you can be a part of. My favorite was the tunnel from the Hoth rebel base a year or two ago but this one also spectacular with Han Solo in carbonite: My absolute favorite costume of the weekend is this Silvermoon City Guard (the Blood Elf capitol) from World of Warcraft: The detail on her whole costume was exquisite and I particularly liked the attention she paid to the book she included. She was rightfully very proud of the way it turned out and thrilled to have so enthusiastic get some pictures after all of her hard work. I even caught up with her again later in the day and I had changed lenses to get a few more full figure shots: Another happenstance photo shoot occurred when this Black Cat crossed my path: We ran outside and she spent about 5 minutes with me and I was grateful to have some more model help/exposure. Many thanks to all of the excellent costumes at StarFest this weekend! Especially to Ms. Blood Elf and Black Cat. They were both natural models with some great posing and I hope to continue to learn from people like this to help future cosplayers during our shoots!