If Lucas based the character of Chewbacca on his Malamute, I’m thinking BB-8 must be a Brittany: the color scheme, the smarts, the energy level, the agility…. At least that is what Sargon is telling me.
Category Archives: Geek Culture
Photo of the Day: Welcome Back John Constantine!
Michelle spotted the surly magician at DragonCon 2015. Perhaps he was on a detour before heading to Star City on tonight’s Arrow. I wonder if the CW will let him smoke. ©2015 Garber Geektography.
Picture of the Day: Gotham’s Selina Kyle Cosplay
When we saw that Gotham was premiering today, we immediately remembered running into this awesome Selina Kyle at DragonCon 2015! We both love the show, and Selina has to be our favorite character (though Harvey Bullock comes in a close second). This cosplayer was so in character when we bumped into her that I made sure to check my camera bags to see if anything was missing. Hold onto your cell phones! Who else is watching tonight?
DragonCon 2015: Portraits of Skyrim
One of the best things about DragonCon is the chance to see cosplayers go all out for their favorite fandom. We knew the Skyrim cosplayers would not disappoint, so we went to their photoshoot on Friday to grab a few shots. Skyrim is an immersive action role playing game set in a fantasy setting. I have only played the game a little because there is so much to it and the possibilities are endless. For someone as indecisive as me, I find it simultaneously beautiful and overwhelming.
One of the great things about cosplay for such a game is the fact that you can cosplay a NPC (non-player character) with established attributes, or you can play your own character that you build in the game. Again, the possibilities become endless and you can have a great deal of variety without the added pressure of the “did I get it right?” question that plagues those cosplaying established characters. At any rate, these costumes were fun.
If you don’t know how these meet and shoots go, many times they assemble the whole group and then little subgroups of characters. We tend to focus on individual characters, so we practiced our portraiture in taking these shots.
Flashback Friday: Seven Days to DragonCon!!!
Not sure who this character is, but she’s rocking’ the dual lightsabers. Taken at DragonCon 2014. ©2014 Garber Geektography.
Playing with Fire and Light at the Georgia Renaissance Festival
A couple of weeks ago we went with our niece, Sarah, to the Georgia Renaissance Festival. We try to make it out there at least once a year, and had some fun playing with light this time. There are still a few weeks left to go out to the festival, which closes on June 7. Here are some of the highlights of our day:
This lovely gargoyle greeted guests at the Georgia Renaissance Festival.
I love the eyes on this gargoyle, who was heckling visitors (in a fun way) as they entered the gates.
We rushed to the Dynamo Dogs show where Michelle captured this border collie playing with medieval frisbees.
Both the trainer and the dog were great.
This rehabilitating owl’s orange eyes can stare right through you.
We never miss the Birds of Prey show.
I like to call this “A Prayer to the Fiery Serpents.” Aaron Bonk with his flaming whips before the Birds of Prey show.
I love capturing fire entertainers. It does make me wish that they had some evening shows at the festival. This is from the Cirque du Todd show.
I caught the tail end of the joust when Michelle and Sarah were practicing their archery. I had some fun processing this with some new Lightroom tips I learned from Ron Clifford in my new cohort in The Arcanum. I used a combination of radial filters and adjustment brushes to direct the light to the main action of the scene.
Hawky Valentine’s Day!
Hawky Valentine’s Day from Garber Geektography!
Photo of the Day: Xena, the Warrior Princess
Xena, the Warrior Princess at DragonCon 2014. Model: Bernadette Bentley http://www.bernadettebentleyactor.com/
Fall Fun Fest, Chapter Three: Halloween Edition
Halloween is one of our favorite days of the year. It’s like a DragonCon that everyone attends! We’ve been saving up some creepy and Halloween related photos for today, taken with a variety of techniques. Hope you enjoy!
Here are a few from the Gwinnett County Fair that we’ve been holding onto for a creepy day:
A beautiful, partly cloudy day for the happy clown.
The creepy clown gets sleepy a little later in the day.
Sunset brings out the somber tones in these clowns.
The next week, we attended Historic Oakland Cemetery‘s Spirit of Oakland special tour. It was a lot of fun, with costumed actors playing the roles of some of the more famous people buried at Oakland.
Apparently, whoever this character is, a bullet to the eye precipitated his burial at Historic Oakland Cemetery.
This was one of the tour assistants. They were all dressed in old-timey garb. I was happy to catch him in a moment of reflection.
We are rarely at the cemetery in the evening, so I took advantage of the timing to light-paint one of my favorite mausoleums.
The following night, we went to Corn Dawgs corn maze. It was a great place to do some more light painting and long exposure photography and try to catch the creepy spirit of the season.
I took this one from the top of one of the stands overlooking the corn field. I had to wait for people to walk through the maze with their flashlight in order to capture the spirits.
“The Phantom Michelle.” This was a fun combination of three different photos to get different elements into the picture. If was hilarious to see the other attendees reactions to Michelle walking back and forth with a red spotlight under her face through the corn maze.
The next week took us to Owl-O-Ween in Kennesaw. I had a lot of fun trying to capture the fire dancers, something I’d like to do more of in the future.
I was able to practice some rear-sync flash techniques while doing a long exposure to capture the trail of the flame.
I channeled my inner street photographer to capture this ice sculptor in the process of fashioning an owl. I had to go with an old-school Fujifilm-type processing on this one.
Have a safe, happy, and tolerably creepy Halloween!!
Banshee Michelle in Honor of the Constantine Premiere Tonight
Banshee Michelle in honor of the premiere of Constantine tonight! More fall fun fest material coming soon! This was taken at the Corn Dawgs corn maze in Loganville, GA.
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