Below you'll find a set of photographs I had the privilege of capturing this weekend in Stuttgart, Germany at the 2016 Comic Con. Since I couldn't find the time and somewhat lacked a little inspiration this year, I decided to find said inspiration in a photographic project. The opportunity presented itself when I had to return home and cut my tour with TUI short. I had purchased two tickets as a birthday present for Flo (a good friend of mine) and now just happened to be local...
The day began off real easy as we (Kira, Medina, Kassandra, Oli, Sebi, & I) rode to the convention center at the airport, sporting a thirty-rack of Pabst-Blue Ribbon-- although you'd usually only find us playing ultimate frisbee and drinking on Saturdays but thats a story for another time. We spent the first hour or so catching people on their way in and animate them to have their picture taken by a strange German/American dude with on awkward accent. We had tones of success outside, using the various locations I could find directly outside the center.
As we continued inside we found more and more photographic possibilities and used every opportunity to take a picture here and there-- at the cost of my group eventually getting a little frustrated with me because I wouldn't stop. Everyone knows that 'one person' who always makes the going out with friends difficult...this time that person was me. Anyways, we stoled the grounds, soaked in some of the atmosphere and enjoyed the rest of the day at Comic Con Germany 2016.
For this project I wanted to go 'low-key' and photograph my set under the radar with no equipment but a camera. I opted to use a Fujifilm xt-10 with a 35mm f/1.4 lens instead of my heavy Nikon equipment. This gave me the optical feel I was looking for even though it kind of limited my workspace somewhat. The camera performed fantastically throughout the entire day, only losing focus from time to time-- something that still frustrates my a little about the x-line of cameras.
Above, you'll find two pretty ladies, dressed as super villain badasses-- on the left a retro Harley Quinn and the 'Joker's wife' to the right. This makes things so fun and always interesting, knowing there are so many photo opportunities to take advantage of-- find the character, place them in an appropriate scene and take an awesome picture ;-)
