Critique Welcomed Comicon 2012

[Chris Dodkin]

It's that time of year again - down-town San Diego fills up with nerds, geeks, zombies, and some very very strange looking folk!

It's impossible to get tickets, but there's nothing to stop someone like myself heading down to the convention center, and people watching for free.

Parking is a nightmare, so the Coaster train is the best option to get there and back.

Millennium Falcon in the shop again I guess!

Leia and Han take the train

Stormtrooper on shore leave

Promo girls

Promo girls ham it up

Joker

Zombie Nurse

No idea, but her ears revolved!

Man from Worcester?

Daft Punk

Daft Punk B&W

Steam Punk

Facebook

Booth Babes


All shots X-Pro1 and 35mm Lens - 3 Stop ND and occasional fill-flash at -1/3 EV

Full set on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodkin/sets/72157630550335250/

 

[Davie Hudson]

brilliant !!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

And how does this differ from normal downtown fashions?

Good batch, Chris!

 

[Beth Carter]

love the costumes. i bet that place is a circus. sucks you can't get tickets, i'd love to go someday.

 

[Darren Turner]

BRILLIANT set love them all Chris.......just been looking at these on Flickr...!!!

Great work

Daz

 

[Pete Askew]

Wonderful set Chris. Clearly a man happy at his 'work'!!

Was that guy bouncing the flash off a cloud?!!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks everyone

Yes it's a complete circus, crazy number of people, almost too much to take in.

Took me an hour to get into a routine to stop and shoot the more interesting costumes.

You could spend days there just shooting 'street' candids.

Rob - this is clearly just normal dress for Californian's - we put on a good show for people coming in from out of town!

Would love to go myself one year - but the tickets go on sale months before, and sell out in about 5 mins

Pete - 'pro photog' and 'flash man' were a hoot - spent all day walking around but didn't seem to take many photos

There was also a guy with a crew of two lighting people, and a huge ring light on his 70-200 - no idea how he used all that.

And I saw one crew with a RED camera - very nice.

 

[Lesley Jones]

It looks as though you had a field day Chris. What an incredible set

 

[Kev Pugh]

Sooperb Chris all are great but love the Daft Punk B&W but I don't remember attending (Joker) and why was the bloke from Wuzza there, gosh he gets everywhere.......LOL

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Lesley - it was a tough job, but I pushed on through!

Kev - you look great in that orange jump-suit - where did you say you'd been again?

 

[Davie Hudson]

it's something i'd love to go to being a fan of some of the shows and movies that were having panels

 

[Pete Sykes]

Great Set