MegaCon 2014 - Private Shoots!

Kanimia Joan/Syber Digit as shot by Short Fuse Pinups

Are you a cosplayer? Will you be attending MegaCon 2014? Maybe we should work together!

Although I've been shooting cosplay at conventions for a few years now, I've never actually done any private shoots at a convention besides a few shots for friends. I've always felt creatively stifled by crowded con halls and less-than-flattering lighting, so I've decided that 2014 is the year to change that, so I'm offering private shoots at Mega this year!

MegaCon is the convention where I feel most comfortable, so it made a lot of sense to use it as a kind of trial run for private con shoots. I also won't be charging for the shoots at all (only if the cosplayers want a copy of all of their images in high-res).

I'm a little bit surprised by the number of cosplayers & groups I've already had sign up for spots, and I'm fairly excited to take a day trip over to the convention center soon to scope out good photo spots in & around the South Concourse, Mega's new home for 2014.

If you're interested in scheduling a session with me, you can find more info in this facebook event, and my shoot inquiry form for MegaCon 2014 is here on my website.

Beyond MegaCon shoots, the only other news to report is adding two new sites to my growing list of social media for Short Fuse - a brand new deviantART account, and a very lonely flickr account. I'm not sure how fully I'll be using either yet, but there seem to be some issues arising with facebook pages, and at least this way I'll be prepared with a few different options if need be. We'll see.

I think that's it for now. If you want to see photos from our most recent Chan Sterling Presents event, check out this album on facebook - our models for our post-apocalyptic Drink & Draw went all out!

Drink & Draw at the Geek Easy! - Chan Sterling Presents

 

Drink & Draw is back! Chan Sterling (former emcee of Orlando's Skill Focus: Burlesque - and also my life & business partner, if you didn't know) is now running his own production company, and hosting the newest event at A Comic Shop's hidden gem & nerd haven of a bar - The Geek Easy. Every second Thursday of the month, Chan brings in a model (or two!) for figure drawing sessions lasting a few hours. The $10 cover includes a drink from the bar, basic art supplies if you don't have your own, and a raffle ticket for a prize sponsored by A Comic Shop. Each month's even has it's own theme - so far we've done "The Dark Art Knight Rises" in November and "Holiday Edition!" in December - that the models dress up for, and that the prize coordinates with (for example, our November prize was a copy of the newly released Bat-book 'A Death in the Family').

November's event was our first Drink & Draw, so we were still getting our feet wet and seeing what our audience was looking for. Our lovely first ever model, Freckle Sue of Cosplay Deviants, was a great guinea pig - plus, she makes a super cute Harley Quinn! The event was only two hours, with two costumes and more shorter poses rather than longer ones. We plan to start each event with quicker poses and lead up to longer ones so the artist can warm up, but we've already learned that the more longer poses we do, the happier the artists are, leading to us bringing in two models (the long poses are definitely hard to hold!) and lengthening the event for more breaks to stretch (and drink, obviously).

Though we've had a smallish turnout at the event so far, our artists have been really fun to work with and to get to know - we've already had some repeat artists, which is awesome! Hopefully the event will grow a bit, but it's nice to have such a relaxed atmosphere. Also, we've seen some amazing artwork already! Orlando, you have some serious artists in your midst.

We welcome all mediums at the event, and my favorites so far have been an artist who does some gorgeous (and fast!) watercolors, like the ones of Freckle as Harley at the top of the post, and an artist who did some phenomenal charcoal work at this month's event (she also has gorgeous mermaid hair that I'm jealous of). As a former art major who loved figure drawing, I feel equal parts blown away but what people can accomplish so quickly and also totally lacking in any type of artistic skill that doesn't involve a camera.

This month, we had two fantastic models in a variety of festive & Holiday-themed lingerie for our artists to draw - Miss Terri Guest from Derpy Show, and Syber Digit. We alternated between models, allowing both girls to relax a bit between poses, and to also allow us to have a wider range of outfits for out artists to draw. I personally liked the two model version of the event - it meant we could have longer poses for our artists, which I think is a real benefit.

Below you'll find a few more photos from the December event - enjoy! Also, be sure to like Chan Sterling Presents on facebook to find out about upcoming events we have in the works - our next Drink & Draw will be on January 9th, with details TBA. You can also check out the #ChanSterlingPresents hashtag on instagram for more photos from Chan's events so far.

Blogging and Google+? 2014 is the time for new things...

Hey all! Or rather, hey anyone who is actually reading this! I've attempted to start blogs for Short Fuse in the past, but previous platforms haven't worked too well, and my tumblr is more about reblogging nerdy fanart and mostly-naked ladies, not news. So! I'm trying again!

Blogger is pretty different than it was the last time I used it, and one of the features is that it can be connected to a Google+ account...I guess it was about time for me to make one of those, too. No guaranteeing that I'll use it, but at least it exists. :)

Anyway! If you don't know me, I'm Emily, and I run Short Fuse Pinups, a cosplay, pinup, and glamour photography company based out of Orlando. I'll probably be using this blog to talk about shoots I have, conventions I go to, and maybe even nerdy happenings - who knows? For now, though, enjoy this previous unpublished photo of one of my favorite models to work with...

Model: Syber Digit
Photography: Short Fuse Pinups