Photography : Shiro Ang

Photography by Shiro Ang

Shiro Ang is a cosplay photographer from Singapore. His photos are all well composed taking much consideration about the anime characters and the surrounding environment. In order to capture the emotion and attitude of a certain character from an anime, you must first understand the characters and how they behave in the anime. Locations scouting are really important to match the characters and the anime itself. The subject of his photos are cosplayers, mostly female cosplayers. He uses high-key lighting to beautify the model and emphasize the dreamy and fantasy of such an anime.

From what I observe, the formatting and framing of the images will have to depend on the characters as a whole and the feeling that the characters want to convey. But most of them are portraits and landscapes format. 

For my project, I would like to photographs a cosplayer, their hardships and their achievements. Focusing on their activities and routine for cosplaying. Although I myself don't cosplay, I was always interested in cosplayer. I think that they are very confident and interesting. The things that I will shoot are the preparations before photo shooting, their clothes, wigs and equipment for cosplay. The characters that my model has chosen are Inori from Guilty Crown and Kise from Kuroko no Basuke. These characters are chosen by my model as I want her to be comfortable with what she wear or rather cosplay as. Building relationship with your model is important as well, for him/her to be comfortable with your presence and thus it will be easier to capture the expression that the characters are trying to convey.