Bambi Graves wrote:
Japanese culture is so much than cosplay & anime, and the true traditions are being lost. I think people who just think harajuku fashion/cosplay/anime etc is Japanese culture are the people that are insulting them.

Although I find this fashion really interesting I agree with your point about this.

Bambi Graves wrote:
wow a bit over generalized there.

Are you aware that this is actually a huge problem in Japan. Kid's miss school & steal in order to make their costumes.

Japanese culture is so much than cosplay & anime, and the true traditions are being lost. I think people who just think harajuku fashion/cosplay/anime etc is Japanese culture are the people that are insulting them.

Learn the origins and then you can truly appreciate a culture.

I think I know the root of Neko's problem.  Methinks he's got a bit of the Wapanese disease.


(Excerpted from the above linked article)

The Wapanese (also called Japanophiles or "Weeaboo") much like wiggers, are cultureless white people trying to fill this cultural void by pretending not to be white. In this case, by humping the giant Godzilla leg of the Land of the Rising Sun until they are assimilated into its culture, as if being azn is some kind of acquired communicable disease. So badly do they wish this, in fact, that they are willing to dedicate whole afternoons to memorizing up to five common phrases in Japanese and then misusing them at the mall or furry conventions. They frequent sushi bars, the Panda Express in the food court and Sanrio stores on a weekly basis. Their bathing is inconsistent, as they have no time for this - they're usually too busy watching anime or buying plastic crap from the internets.

Soma Stardust wrote:
i just started getting into cosplay. i shoot a lot of it at anime conventions. anyone going to AX? XD

~soma~

yup, we'll be at AX!

With a studio set up in the hotel room!

Curt Burgess wrote:
yup, we'll be at AX!

With a studio set up in the hotel room!

Soma's good shooting 

Livingston Photography wrote:
This is something I have been curious about shooting.
If your a newbie, do you recommend a knowledgeable stylist to get started or are most of the experianced players going to have their "look" nailed so that you just need to come up with an appropriate set or location?

Anyone in MI?

Cosplayers are their own stylists.  It kind of goes with the territory.  Some cosplayers however will take commissions for the costumes, but not all.  And the cost of said comissions can sometimes be as much or more than the cost of a studio light/camera body. 

Your best bet is browse your area for people with elaborate costumes (they're probably cosplayers).  I'd avoid posting on cosplay.com looking for cosplayers for reasons previously noted.

SLE Photography wrote:

Bambi Graves wrote:
wow a bit over generalized there.

Are you aware that this is actually a huge problem in Japan. Kid's miss school & steal in order to make their costumes.

Japanese culture is so much than cosplay & anime, and the true traditions are being lost. I think people who just think harajuku fashion/cosplay/anime etc is Japanese culture are the people that are insulting them.

Learn the origins and then you can truly appreciate a culture.

I think I know the root of Neko's problem.  Methinks he's got a bit of the Wapanese disease.


(Excerpted from the above linked article)

Considering im half japanese by blood, i dont think theres any "wannabe" about me. So go bash on something you actually know something about.

Loveless_Neko wrote:
Considering im half japanese by blood, i dont think theres any "wannabe" about me. So go bash on something you actually know something about.

Really?
Wow
The blue eyes, skin color, and eye shape all really threw me.
Got a picture of your parents? 

Loveless_Neko wrote:
I dont because I dont remember my father,(japanese). He died in a car accident when i was 5. If I went to my mothers house i might be able to find one.

Interesting.
I'd like to see it if you can find it.

SLE Photography wrote:

Interesting.
I'd like to see it if you can find it.

i will. If you look up anna suchya shes a favous half asian half american singer in japan and she looks full on american. Its all about the random genetics lottery man. And like i said earler i was in a wierd mood and didnt really mean what i said about cosplay lolitas. I was just saying that a lot of people refer to being lolita as a lifestyle, not a cosplay. If you want i could use visual aids.

Loveless_Neko wrote:
i will. If you look up anna suchya shes a favous half asian half american singer in japan and she looks full on american. Its all about the random genetics lottery man. And like i said earler i was in a wierd mood and didnt really mean what i said about cosplay lolitas. I was just saying that a lot of people refer to being lolita as a lifestyle, not a cosplay. If you want i could use visual aids.

This chick right here?

I think you exaggerate.  She looks very Asian in every pic I found of her.
Lottery aside, while it IS possible to have one full Asian parent and have virtually no characteristics INCLUDING recessive Caucasian characteristics like blue eyes, it's EXCEEDINGLY rare.

And some people in Japan and America DO treat Lolita as a lifetsyle.

SLE Photography wrote:

Soma's good shooting 

XD
i'll be super kawaii, too. lmao.

~soma~

Soma Non-studios wrote:

XD
i'll be super kawaii, too. lmao.

~soma~

ugh, posted with the wrong profile ^^;

SLE Photography wrote:
And some people in Japan and America DO treat Lolita as a lifetsyle.

yes. they do. it's not cosplay.
will be dressing gothic lolita at AX, at least on one day.

~soma~

Loveless_Neko wrote:

Considering im half japanese by blood, i dont think theres any "wannabe" about me. So go bash on something you actually know something about.

On your myspace page it says you are White/Caucasian.

Carry on...

Loveless_Neko wrote:
Considering im half japanese by blood, i dont think theres any "wannabe" about me. So go bash on something you actually know something about.

Roshar wrote:
On your myspace page it says you are White/Caucasian.

Carry on...

You noticed that too, huh?

SLE Photography wrote:

Loveless_Neko wrote:
Considering im half japanese by blood, i dont think theres any "wannabe" about me. So go bash on something you actually know something about.

You noticed that too, huh?

Im sorry i dont want people adding me because im part asian. I had to change it. What makes you people so driven to try to prove me wrong? What did i do to you people? Im trying to be as polite as possible, id expect to get treated the way i treat others.(And my eyes are green btw.)

Loveless_Neko wrote:
Im sorry i dont want people adding me because im part asian. I had to change it. What makes you people so driven to try to prove me wrong? What did i do to you people? Im trying to be as polite as possible, id expect to get treated the way i treat others.(And my eyes are green btw.)

Well that would REALLY be odd, since blue eyes are already a recessive Caucasian trait & the odds of a child being born with them of a mixed race couple where one parent is 100% of non-Caucasian ancestry are alreay ENORMOUSLY against, but green eyes are a very specific mutation and the chances of THAT occuring are pehnomenal

SLE Photography wrote:
Well that would REALLY be odd, since blue eyes are already a recessive Caucasian trait & the odds of a child being born with them of a mixed race couple where one parent is 100% of non-Caucasian ancestry are alreay ENORMOUSLY against, but green eyes are a very specific mutation and the chances of THAT occuring are pehnomenal

Meh, what can i say. They change colors from grey to blue to silver to black during different moods and seasons too. No clue what causes that either.

SLE Photography wrote:

Well that would REALLY be odd, since blue eyes are already a recessive Caucasian trait & the odds of a child being born with them of a mixed race couple where one parent is 100% of non-Caucasian ancestry are alreay ENORMOUSLY against, but green eyes are a very specific mutation and the chances of THAT occuring are pehnomenal

This nitpicking really isn't necessary. There was a Eurasian girl in one of my classes this quarter with green eyes, so it obviously can't be that unheard of.

/hijack

Revel wrote:

This nitpicking really isn't necessary. There was a Eurasian girl in one of my classes this quarter with green eyes, so it obviously can't be that unheard of.

/hijack

Thank you. And i dont recall insult him or anything. Odd how people work on this site.

Soma Stardust wrote:

yes. they do. it's not cosplay.
will be dressing gothic lolita at AX, at least on one day.

~soma~

Do you know anyone thats going to be doing a lolita panel at AX? It doesnt say anything on the official site. (PS I love the port)

Loveless_Neko wrote:

Do you know anyone thats going to be doing a lolita panel at AX? It doesnt say anything on the official site. (PS I love the port)

i have no idea. i sure hope so though! the one at fanime was awesome.

~soma~

Soma Stardust wrote:

i have no idea. i sure hope so though! the one at fanime was awesome.

~soma~

Too bad mana isnt coming back to do it this year. I feel he is the authority on the subject. ^^