We are heading out this friday morning to Columbus OH for A&G! Hoping to arrive around 1pm and start getting in some photos and videos. If you would like a photoshoot friday will be the day for it. Just send an email to the contact button above and let us know! The masq will get filmed and the skits put on youtube over the next few weeks.
We missed the press badge application for Anime Boston by a week but I am still trying to get them to consider us. If you know someone on Anime Boston staff please throw them a friendly reminder that we would love to come and cover the convention!
Ron will be heading to Anime Milwaukee this weekend. He will be doing photoshoots and getting video of their masq. Expect those on the site in the next few weeks!
We have put in our application to C2E2 Chicago for press badges. Ill let you know when we hear back from them. If they say yes we will be covering that as well.
I have spent HOURS browsing around this site downloading AWESOME video game remixes. There is some really cool stuff here. Just type the video game you would like to find some tracks on in the search bar.
Some of you might already know of Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw from his weekly series on The Escapist called Zero Punctuation Reviews. Check them out for a great time! Did you know he also makes his own 2D oldschool adventure games? They are along the lines of Secret of Monkey Island and Space Quest. You can download his games for free (or the special editions for a donation, they are WORTH it). While slightly annoying at points the story telling is great with mystery, horror and suspense.
Anime of the week: Toradora
Convention Videos:
I was not able to get any new videos done this week. Im hoping to buckle down tonight and knock out at least 1 to post in this spot tomorrow.
Contest News:
We have a Nintendo DS Lite in our hands and ready to give away. However we just cant seem to come up with a really GREAT contest to do so. If you have some awesome ideas go ahead and send us an email by clicking contact in the title bar. We hope to have everything put together and ready for next weeks update!
Remember to check out our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter. We are posting all our photos on facebook for you and your friends to tag. I will be adding older convention photos as I have time.
Random linky of the week: The WOS Experience
Destroy your competition by cranking Carameldansen with this in the back of your truck. Or maybe as a supporting wall in your house.
Anime recommendation of the week: Shugo Chara!
Website to visit: Dany Choo
Awesome figure reviews and fun little photoblog of the Tokyo Storm Trooper in Japan.
News:
A Nintendo DS has fallen from the sky into my hands. I would like to give it away in some type of contest. If you have a neat idea for a contest send us an email by clicking contact at the top of the page. Look to next weeks Wed update for the contest start and what it will be. Fans on the fanpage might get a headstart… >.>
We are working on Anime Boston instead of Sakura because it would be much cheaper to do. I will have more info on that next week. Ronald is heading up to Anime Milwaukee next weekend. He will be filming the masq and taking pictures all over. If you want to schedule a photoshoot, send us an email!
Brandi and I will be heading out to A&G Ohio that same weekend. Really looking forward to it!
Forums are being setup on the site by Brandi and should be operational soon. She has some fun ideas to get some good threads going.
If you are 21+ and live in the Chicago area you might be interested in this show. It’s a Alice in Wonderland themed fashion show. I will be a photographer here so let me know if you plan on attending so I can say hi!
Its news time! A bit earlier than Wed but we wanted to get some info out there. As you can tell from the title we have 3 events to talk about.
Chicago Auto Show: Soulcrash was able to get out and cover this. He got some great shots that you can see over in his gallery if you like cars.
Anime Milwaukee! We heard about this about a week or so ago and decided to get up there and cover the event. Soulcrash once again volunteered to do this event and we are really excited to see what he brings back. He will be taking pictures and filming the masq there. If you will be at Anime Milwaukee and want to schedule a photoshoot with him you can do so through his facebook account.
Sakura Con! We are working on the numbers and hope to attend this awesome convention. The farthest west we have been is … Illinois. We are based in Illinois. So yeah, we need to get some west coast action! Ill post here when we are 100% going. Sakura has already granted us press passes for the weekend (you guys are awesome!) so things should be coming together. If you will be at Sakura and want to schedule a photo shoot you can do it through our facebook fan page!
In other news be sure to follow us on twitter and fan us on facebook (where you can upload your own fan photos!). If you are a fan or photographer at a convention we would LOVE to see your photos. Click CONTACT above and send us a link to your flickr, photobucket, facebook, personal webpage or whatever and we will post links to you on the site so people can find their photos! If you are looking for a place to post your photos we would be happy to (with your watermark) do so!
UPDATE!
We will be attending A&G Ohio in 2 weeks! Planning on attending all day friday and saturday through the cosplay contest. If you will be at A&G and would like to schedule a photoshoot with us just click contact above and send an email. We will put something together! Hope to see you there!
UPDATE! 2/26: Attendance at Sakura Con canceled.
Unfortunately getting to Seattle is just going to be a bit too expensive for us. We will be canceling our attendance at Sakura and hopefully be able to attend next year. Sorry for everyone who was excited about this event. We are disappointed as well.
Starting to upload all our Ohayocon 2010 photos! The first 100 are up in the gallery and on our facebook fan page! Follow us on twitter so you know exactly when new photos are live! We decided to change the watermark a bit after talking to a fan at Ohayocon. Hope you like the smaller more un-obtrusive watermark. Just remember that if you like your photo please buy it from us! Its cheap and helps us keep getting to all these conventions so we can take your picture and do video.
Calling all DSLR photographers! If you got good shots at Ohayocon and are looking for a place to post your photos send us a email by clicking contact above. Put in a link to some of your work and if its good we will host you as a guest photographer! Your pictures should be watermarked with your information and of a size no smaller than 1024×1024 for posting in our gallery and facebook fan page. If people offer to buy your photos we will pay you $1.00 per photo.
We are gearing up to head out to Ohayocon next weekend! 3 Car loads of Enthusiasts are attending this one!
Most of our time will be spent at different photoshoots and wandering the halls looking to take your picture. Here is our tentative schedule for the convention so far:
If you have some other great photoshoots or would like to try to schedule a private photoshoot with us click the contact button above and send an email! We will try and set something up.
Really looking forward to this convention. Some highlights we are putting together are: Interview with the “Say YES to Gurren Lagann!” group from Youmacon and some more great photos of The Guild cosplay group.
Hope to see you there!
Update! (1/26/10)
We will be trying some live streaming of Ohayocon for those of you who cant make it via UStream. Im going to embed the show here and we will be tweeting when we are live! I tested it a bit earlier and its not so bad actually. About a 5-10 second delay.
And we are off! Leaving tonight at 7pm for the 6 hour drive to Ohio. Be sure to follow us on twitter for notifications when we are streaming live from the convention!
I found out about Windy Con from a friend on facebook about 2 weeks before the event and was really surprised and excited. A steampunk convention only about an hour away?! Excellent!
Taking a look at the website showed that Windy Con was not “technically” a steampunk con, but a science fiction one with this years theme being steampunk. Yup, still sounds awesome. So I put together my gear and headed out Saturday morning to the Westin Hotel.
Windy Con 09 Pictures are up in the gallery! Im working on a review for the con that I should have up monday / tuesday but did not want to keep you all from the pictures. Basically, really awesome people and a really good time. Enjoy!
