I learnt from my past mistakes from Cosfest. I had just purchased my lousy camera a day before and made some wrong choices on the settings. This time, I (1) Switched off the beep and shutter sound, which led to almost unbelievable improvements on processing speed. I also set the setting to portrait, and activated the flash. All in all, I managed to salvage a passable photo album from the event.

Fantastic. The cosplayers were stunning. It might be me (and my camera), but the lighting outside the hall was perfect for taking pictures. It brings out the detail and effort the cosplayers put into their costumes. My first thoughts upon alighting off the escalator was: Wow... so many people. And look, such an airy and bright place. Hey! Are those meidos from the Cosafe Maid Cafe? Auto-follow mode~

First of all, there were many people. They spilled from the conference halls all the way into Coffee Bean. I also spotted some people in red saffron robes cosplaying as monks- nods head; and a group of old men got off the escalator from the second floor (I went downstairs again for a while before heading back). The Anime Expo garthered a variety of on-lookers, from the interested teenage anime-phile to... old men.

I spent an hour outside the hall waiting for my cousin. He arrived at around 2.30. I was waiting for him outside the MRT enterance. We headed to the Anime Expo via the second story walkway.

This is your first time going to a cosplay event no? I questioned.

Yah. My father thought we were going to visit the Buddha exhibit. Told me not to go.

Lol. Then there was a pause. I think you will be impressed by the standards here.

And I was justly proven right. A few minutes into the hall, watching me snap pictures of the cosplayers, my cousin, who came unprepared to the event; just like me to Cosfest, held out his handphone. You think they'll be offended if I take pictures with this or not?

I gave him a wry look. I think it's the sentiments that matter.

We paid and went into the hall. It was dimly lit. Music poured from somewhere. In the crowd, I had to tread carefully lest I knocked into someone else' expensive SRL camera. (In fact, someone's camera knocked into me, and I got a bruise on my elbow. The camera emerged victorious.) Below are some pictures taken inside the hall.


And now- complains. The stage lighting is poor. All the photos I took from the back of the hall came out as dark grainy pictures. A photographer in Sgcafe mentioned about it also.

I am also seeing red over the ticketing. Why did they make us pay $12 only to throw open the gates to the public at 3-4+ later. My friend paid at around 3, and came out of the hall later to gape at the disappearance of the red tape. Poor thing.

As for the emcees, I have no problem with them... except, they could had been less critical of the cosplayers. Remarks like: "Same pose. Reverse stance. Etc" brings down morale (However, it could led to better performances by the cosplayers.) I really didn't patronise the interior much.

I am also PISSED that I didn't get the Playworks magazine or the event schedule. What did my $12 do? Go off into the pockets of the organiser and other earlier paying participants? Clearly, they didn't anticipate the amount of people who will be turning up for the event. (Or choose to play safe.)

Enough of rants. The rest of the entries will be all pictures and comments.



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