[retro: 2025-02-28] Geek+Pop Alpha 2025 (day 1)

I think this is the first time I've ever attended a convention on a Friday.

Unsurprisingly, there weren't a lot of attendees, but Jay Tablante's workshop on gravure photography was quite educational.

[retro: 2024-10-05] Cosplay Mania 2024 (day 2)

[retro: 2024-08-31] Otaku Expo Tanabata Festival 2024 (day 1)

This event marked the con debut of my DIY flash projector, a personal project that I had been working on intermittently for almost a decade.

It took a while to brainstorm, patch together, and refine, but the clunky contraption had several advantages over the commercially-available solutions (specif. the Light Blaster from 2015), namely

• The gobo / film slide is not confined to the traditional dimensions of of film (24mm x 36mm rectangle), so I could take full advantage of the entire image circle of the attached lens.
• Using a metal lens adapter as the mounting point allows me to securely mount much heavier zoom lenses for the projector.

[retro: 2024-07-21] Otaku Expo Pre-Tanabata Festival 2024 (day 2)

[retro: 2024-06-16] Toycon 2024 (day 3)

[retro: 2024-03-24] Cosplay Carnival 2024 (day 2)

[retro: 2024-03-23] Cosplay Carnival 2024 (day 1)

[retro: 2024-02-25] Sakura Festival: Ayala Malls Feliz (day 2)

[retro: 2023-11-04] ESGS 2023 (day 2)

Another challenging event to shoot at given that they didn't allow even monopods, let alone light stands.

[retro: 2023-10-29] CosMeet 2023 (day 2)

Flash wasn't permitted for this event, so it was a golden opportunity to try out something different with my less orthodox lenses.