Early yesterday morning, Izza (Thanks dudette!) gave me a heads up about an arts and music festival being held at SM Mega Mall. I checked the event schedule and I found two two events that seemed to be good photo shooting opportunities: a body painting fashion show and a cosplay fashion show. As luck would have it, they’re scheduled one after the other. How convenient can that be? And because it’s been some time since I last did any shooting, I made it a point to go.
I got there early and positioned myself right in front of the stage. About thirty minutes and two bands (Julianne and Juana) later, the body painting show started. The models were good. They definitely know what they’re doing. They moved then paused to give photographers ample time to shoot. I can’t say the same for the cosplay models. They moved around without coordination, sometimes bumping against each other, and they just don’t stop long enough for a shot. You need to aim and shoot fast. Coupled with the poor lighting, the whole shoot was quite a challenging exercise. That, in a way, made things a bit more interesting.
Photos of the body painting fashion show and cosplay fashion show posted at the gallery.