[Leica] Shoot from the Dark Side as Vampires cast no shadow...

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

I should also add that most of these costuming pics are not set up 
specifically as photoshoots. They are mostly taken when these costumers are 
in costumes, meaning most of them are from Anime conventions and the like. 
So for example, in past July 4th was the annual Anime Expo with well over 
30,000 people. Probably at least 5000-6000 (yes, thousands) have at least a 
costume on at some times over the 4 day period. The hardcore ones have 6-12 
costumes. My wife has seven and our oldest daughter has eleven!!! While 
most are simple, some are fairly complex. My wife's vampire costume is part 
of a group that won Best in Show in the May Costume Con, one of the highest 
honor is this sort of thing. Anyway, for the costumers, they just want to 
see photos of themselves and the costumes!

In fact, early on, I notice that some interesting things: one is that to 
the hardcore costumers, if they see a picture of themselves, they will zone 
in whatever minor mistakes they may have one their costumes. e.g. one 
button out of 10s or 20s may be slightly off. OTOH, you show them pictures 
with color cast or even len distortion problems, they wouldn't care!!! They 
just want to see their costumes!

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