Chicago Comic Con 2012

Earlier this month I went to Wizard World Chicago Comic Con as a media organization under my photography centric website, PhotographyBanzai.com.  The main benefit there is that I have less chance of having issues while I take photos, which is always nice. You can see my coverage of the event here: http://photographybanzai.com/2012/08/13/wizard-world-chicago-comic-con-2012/ If you have only been to Anime conventions, you might want to check......

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Cantigny Gardens Cosplay Meetup Photos

Before Chicago Comic Con, I attended a small meetup at Cantigny Gardens in Wheaton Illinois. It is a large park with a lot of green space, flowering gardens, buildings, a tank park (yes, military tanks), and other various structures. You can also see my first article on Photography Banzai where I talk a bit about the equipment I was using. Here are a few photos from the event, enjoy! (entire gallery here) Link leading the charge... on a......

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Ellicott City Photoshoot Sampler

Hello everyone! I'm Sai and one of the Trifecta that is CVFTA! The convention scene isn't new to me but I have only begun taking photos since April last year when I invested in my first DSLR camera. I've learned and defied much from the teachings of Scott W. but it's been a fun ride so far. The number of backlogged photos to edit just seems to grow with each week that passes. Here's a small sample of a shoot I was invited to that happened in Ellicott......

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Video Interviews: Anime World Chicago 2012

I completed editing and uploading our first video collaboration.  Mixed Visuals and I worked together to interview 13 people at Anime World Chicago.EDIT: I eventually put a bunch of cosplay and convention videos into one and moved it to my cosplay/crafting website:  The interview video consists of mostly cosplayers who made their own costumes as well as one popular Midwest photographer and a person who makes his own costumes and does a large amount of commissioned work. The interview contents (in order, my best guess on what they said for attribution):I'm turning most......

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Anime World Chicago From A Noob's Perspective

   Since this is my first post to the Conventure Fire Team Alpha and "The Adventures And Ramblings Of A Mixed Guy" blog, might as well introduce myself.  My name's Erik, I'm one of the contributors to the site!  I'm more of a beginner compared to the other members of the team, so they help me out with my photography a lot!  I'm pretty pumped to have these guys helping me out, and I'll be learning as I go!  I'm also......

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Anime World Chicago 2012 Photos & Talk

Hey, this is Scott of Photography Banzai.  I'm one of the contributors to this new media team known most simply as CVFTA (Conventure Fireteam  Alpha).  I'll be posting articles about various events we attend, but one of our main staples will be conventions.  We attended Anime World Chicago on Saturday August 4th to take photos of cosplay as well as some clips for a few different videos.  I recently finished processing my......

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