Personal Favorites

Personal Favorities, for those of you new to my coverage, are selections of my personal favorites from the coverage of a particular convention.  Noting in particular determines a category, in fact sometimes I just make them up.  ;)

Bascally, for some reason I feel like gabbing about a particular photo.  For Animazement, there are definitely a few nice selections, for either photographic or humor content.  So, in no particular order...
 

Best Photo It was hard for me to decide on a paritcular shot for this convention.  IN the end, I had to choose Kat in her Sakura (Manga) Costume.  This is actualy a fairly heavily edited photo, as it started off as a problem picture, but the final results make for a decent, albeit impossible photo.
Strangest Hallway Moment I see way too many feet for that small a space, and they all look female. I'm told it was a meeting of the local chapter of SAH! "Strike against Heterosexuality!"
Cutest Costume Again, I have to give the prize for this one to Kat and her Neko-Ruri Costume.  This was made all the more potent because it was, to date, totally out of character to Kat's usual portfolio of costumes. I hear they're great as jammies too.
Highest Amount of Pink Fabric These two had the most pink I've ever seen in costumes. Combined with well crafted costumes and good looking people, and the camera wants to break from the color scheme. ;)
Best Uniform Everyone loves a well dressed man, and women love a man in uniform.  Aaron here, who also sidelines as one of the Lain MiB's, has become known for his costume of Maximilian Jenious. Oh and ladies, he's available, and military's a good catch! ;)
Favorite Photoshop FX I've taken to editing photos more often for effect.  In this case I had an extra, so I decided to play a bit with the motion of the arms and a little bit of selective radial blurring.  The results are less flashy than some of my other experiements but still clear, and my favorite from this batch.
Best Posed Group The three Lain MiB Recruits are lined up here in a great posed shot. Are they scanning the crowd, searching for Lain? Are they playing games on their headsets? Or are they just napping?
Best Portrait Shot Jenny's Ice Fairy closeup here came out strangely posed and lit.  Something about it made me decide to give it some special Photoshop treatment, and the result was a fairly airy feeling photo that works well with the costume.  Definitely my favorite portrait of the con.
Best Costume Its honestly no coincidence that the costume I picked also happened to be part of the skit that won Best of Show at Animazement's Cosplay.  Its definitely one of the more intricate costumes, in its careful design and construction, and its natural look.  This costume is a beauty.
Moodiest Photo The Dead Dog party always sets the tone for the eventual trip home.  Unlike some conventions, we had a very good Dead Dog, good tmes were had by all.  As cars loaded up and prepared to go home, I caught Octavian dancing away to the music, setting a perfect ending mood.