The Patopian Blog
The Patopian Blog
Well, this is embarrassing. I’ve let the webpage thing languish for quite some time, so I guess it’s time for a series of catch-up posts. I’ve done several shoots since the last post (almost two years ago! Ouch!). I’ll start creating posts for them, and maybe some other bits and pieces, and see if we...
About 18 months ago I did one of my first big cosplay shoots that had the intention of the end result being heavily composited images. This was a Fallout shoot using local cosplayers Chris, Zelda, and Ian. I was pretty happy with the results, especially as I was just dipping my toe into using a...
The Godox Propac pb-960 I have several speedlights which I use for most of my cosplay shoots. One of the main annoyances is having to constantly swap out batteries in the units. I bought a bunch of rechargeable AA batteries to try to save money, but even so still had to replace them frequently during...
As well as photography, another of my interests is writing. In the past I put my energy into film scripts, but this year, inspired by a friend, I decided to start trying my hand more at prose fiction, starting with a few short stories for some horror anthologies that had open calls. A few days...
My friend Anna wanted to do a Star Wars themed shoot so that she could have a new profile pic for social media. This was going to be a shoot mainly just for funsies, rather than a proper cosplay shoot, so the plan was to play it a bit loose with the costuming requirements, rather...
So, my friend Chris Wolfe does some amazing cosplay fabrication under the name of combustible props. His latest completed build was of a suit of space armour from the video game “Star Citizen” for his friend Loni (Diabolus Works) who also worked on the build. When Loni came down from Sydney to pick up the...
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