Emerald City Comic Con 2012 Photos — Seattle editorial photographer

Tim Craig, 23, from Silverdale, Wash. as Simon from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Portraits at Emerald City Comic Con Saturday, March 31. Photo by Daniel Berman/www.bermanphotos.com

I went down to check out Emerald City Comic Con on Saturday for a fun and exciting self-assignment. It was the chance to explore on my own time and make some different kinds of portraits of the great costumed attendees. Initially, I set up a small studio in the corner of the main lobby of the exhibition area, but decided to try something new. For a few hours, I roamed around with an Alien Bee, Vagabond Mini Lithium battery pack and 46″ Photek Softlighter II on a light stand with the legs folded up. Despite negotiating the large setup through a crowded environment, my biggest challenge was just making natural pictures. Everyone, understandably, wanted to give me their best pose — something usually that they have just done for ten other people — and that couldn’t be farther from what I sought to shoot. 

Olivia Jones, 5, from Tacoma, Wash. as Princess Leia. Portraits at Emerald City Comic Con Saturday, March 31 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Photo by Daniel Berman/www.bermanphotos.com

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