Went to check out Circus Vargas at the Irvine Spectrum this Saturday, bought a front row seat ahead of time so I could get a really good spot. The whole show was a lot of fun, I really loved all the acts they had, especially the new magic acts with disappearing/reappearing people.
Shooting was a bit of a challenge because of the constantly changing lighting. I was initially going to use my 50mm f/1.4 but I switched to the 24-105mm f/4, even though I sacrificed a couple aperture stops. That meant I had to work with a slightly slower shutter speed and higher ISOs, but sitting this close I needed a wider angle to be able to capture some of the larger acts.
Went to my second Lindsey Stirling concert last night, this one at the House of Blues in Anaheim, right next to Disneyland. I thought I’d gotten there pretty early but there were already people in line! They were cool people to hang out with though, and we all got spots right in front of the stage.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to bring my camera into the venue. They searched my bag and I had to check-in and have them hold my camera during the concert. Which means I had to make do with the camera on my cellphone. I got some okay pictures, since I was right up at stage, but it really made me wish I’d been able to use my Canon. Still, it was an amazing concert, incredible performance and even better than last time.
Attended WonderCon 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday and Saturday. I’ve previously gone to the San Diego Comic-Cons before, although I usually took pictures of the crowds and various booths rather than of individual people.
This time I tried to make more of an effort to get photos of the different cosplayers and their costumes. I still felt a little odd asking to take people’s pictures but it wasn’t as awkward as I’d feared once I started doing it. Didn’t get as many as I’d hoped but it was still a good start. Some of the details on some of them were amazing. I can’t imagine how much work had to go into several of the costumes I saw. I’m certainly looking forward to next year.
I think I really like taking pictures of cosplayers, especially with the way they get into character when posing.
Ohh, and I also attended a couple panels, like the one for Superman Unbound. Managed to get a couple pictures of the voice actors: Matt Bomer and Molly C. Quinn.
Attended WonderCon 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday and Saturday. I’ve previously gone to the San Diego Comic-Cons before, although I usually took pictures of the crowds and various booths rather than of individual people.