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I think it was about a month ago that I decided to drag my friends to a local book/record store and had them take photos of me. 

It sounds weirder than it was... I think. 

The result was a very fun day though! They took a good amount of photos, and to my surprise I liked many of them. 

I wasn’t surprised that I liked the photos because they lacked photography skills - yes, neither of them have professional experience, in fact it was one of my friend’s first time doing anything with a camera - I was surprised because I really liked the way I looked in the photos. 

Despite being into cosplay for several years now, and despite having posed for photos before at conventions, I can never get used to the idea of having my photograph taken. 

It was part of the reason I dragged my friends into helping me with the photo shoot ; I wanted and still do want to get better at posing for cosplay photos. I want to be able to capture the essence of a character the next time I’m asked for a photo at a con. Even though I know that I don’t look like many of the characters I choose to cosplay I do want to be able to capture their personalities. 

I’ve still got a long way to go before I can comfortably pose in front of a camera, but these fun little photo shoots are helping. 

Probably 

and if they’re not, at least I’m having fun doing them. 

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