Toronto Photography Meetup Group

A year ago, I went to Anime North (Toronto) to take some pictures of the cosplay there after a brief day at the Henry's Photography Show to practices what I've learned. That day, I had a Canon Xti with my 50mm f1.8. Those pictures turned out to be one of my favorite sets of all time.

A year later, I go back to Anime North trying to reflect on my year in photography. This year's con seems to be bigger than ever. Previous years, if you go on the Sunday, the crowd becomes a lot less. However, the parking on Sunday forced me to park 5-10 mins away from the con. Nonetheless, this place was cosplay galore.

For all the photo shoots and pictures, check out my blog entry:
http://saikit.ca/blog/anime-north-2010-cosplay/

Here are some of my favorite cosplays pictures from Anime North 2010:







My Videographer friend recorded some sick footages with his lensbaby and his steadicam suit (I called it him Iron man all weekend):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rm0qc_LEjw&playnext_from=TL&videos=Rr5rE-j_ko4&feature=sub

this must have been a cool ad-hoc event..... make sure you suggest this as an official or ad-hoc event so we can also take some pictues of it, I dont know with others but I like these type of events.. kinda fun... nice pictures

this looks wicked. Sorry i missed it!

wow.. better cosplayers this year. great photos. what lens is that?

Interesting - truly a global village. Here kids dress up as Japanese cartoon characters. in Japan youths dress up a Elvis/rockabilly stars.

great stuff! I saw you guys goin' around with your gear while I was shooting.

I did more conventional stuff for my blogto post:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdaddyha ... 159483612/
http://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/201 ... orth_2010/

Don't forget the fascination with Anne Of Green Gables in Japan too....

Excellent pictures!! My friend invited me to go but I don't know why I didn't Anyway, my friend told me of another event at the end of August called FanExpo Canada on Aug 27-29 2010 which might make for a good ad-hoc/official event. It's not exactly just anime but also comic book, sci-fi, horror and gaming expo.

http://www.fanexpocanada.com/

Has anyone had any experience going to this event? How is it like? Can we expect a lot of cosplay/costumes?

Would like some feedback if any on this Pictures would be great

i went to the fax expo last year to get a picture of spock before he retired.

if you want to take cosplay pictures, you don't really have to buy a pass for the venue since they all hang outside on the lobby or outside of the building. however, if you wanna take pictures of them during their cosplay contest or shows, you'll need a pass with those privileges.

that's how it was last year, don't think it changed for this year.

Thanks for the feedback. Definitely interesting

Thank you all for your comments!



I was using my 135mm f2.0, 50mm f1.4 and 70-200mm f4



I agree with madelica. You don't need to pay the entrance fee if you want to take cosplay pictures.