McEnery Convention Center. San Jose, September 2018.

CrunchyRoll Expo 2018

Cosplay portraits shot on 35mm and 120 film at CRX. I’ve shot 35mm before at previous cons but this was my first time shooting 120 at one. I didn’t realize just how shallow the depth of field can be at only f3.5. Definitely will have to be more conscience of focusing next time. Since the Yashica Mat is a twins reflex (there is a viewing lens and a taking lens, when the subject comes within a certain distance, what you see in the viewing lens is no longer accurate), parallax effected the early images (Padme) and they definitely were not framed how I had intended. I ended up cropping them to 4.5x6 ratio, which I prefer anyway. Once I adjusted (one grid line up) the results were much better. I posted the entire roll even though not all of them were perfect, for the ones that were not there was still a certain charm and immediacy to them that I liked.

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EQUIPMENT USED: Minolta Maxxum 9 with 50mm f1.7 lens and 35mm Kodak Portra 400 rated at 320 and Yashica Mat 124 and 120 Kodak Portra 400 rated at 320.

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