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Saw lots of beautiful dolls again at Smash this year ^^
I brought Carillon and…
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Baschet, who I just received this morning =)
Will give her a proper introduction soon~
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Met up with Vermillion yesterday to take some photos ^^
Does Maneki look like Alice with blue hair?
Went to a doll meet at the Royal Botanical Gardens yesterday ^^
The sky was clear and blue, and it wasn’t as hot as it could have been. Unfortunaly though I discovered I can’t see my camera’s screen in bright daylight. The screen goes really dark and the surface is so reflective, I had a hard time seeing if my photos were blurry or correctly exposed @_@;
Thankfully most of my photos turned out alright. I see what people talk about now when they say this lens’ bokeh is a pentagon. Before when I take closeups the shape never shows up, so I guess for things far awar that aren’t focused it turns into this shape.
Attended Animania this weekend ^^. Animania is another manga and anime convention in Sydney.
This year there was a makeshift lightbox next to the doll table, which is where the above photo was taken =3. Makeshift because it was pretty much made out of cardboard and paper. But as you can see the results look quite nice~
There was also a photo competition and masquerade competition, which I’ll update my journal for later!
Cosplay (click for more photos)
And a bit of cosplay photos. The venue was the Australian Technology Park. The inside doesn’t look as nice as Town Hall, however the lighting turned out suprisingly well. Unfortunately I didn’t get many photos cause of attending panels.
Yesterday SMASH! 2010 was held in the Town Hall. SMASH! is a manga and anime convention that happens once a year in Sydney.
This is the BJD table. This year we also had a vendor table, but I didn’t get a good photo of them.
My camera was a success! I hand held for all of these shots and most turned out non blurry <3, which was the main reason I upgraded. Sad to see that many people I know didn't turn up. However the table was very full. But didn't get to meet many new owners, they were probably wandering around seeing the rest of the event. This time I brought Tareneko and Little Alice with me.
Cosplay (click for more photos)
Though I mainly go to see the dolls, there were alot of great cosplayers and I had a go at taking some photos. Discovered that my lens doesn’t take full body shots in crowded places which is a shame =(. I was already standing back quite far for all of these. If I backed off any further people started walking in front of me ^^;
But what I was able to take I quite like, so I suppose this lens suits portraits well. I love how everyone I asked to take a photo of posed for me!
When I first got there, there was someone outside the entrance in a yukata playing the guitar. He was probably there to make waiting a bit easier as the line was huge, even though I got there an hour(?) after the opening time. But by the time I came back out to take a photo he was gone =(
Town Hall Building (click for more photos)
My first time seeing the inside of Town Hall. It’s so beautiful~
I particularly loved the blue organ at the back of the main stage.