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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I got to work with some horses a while back on a Witcher project. Ciri: kenna__cosplay Yennefer: Etaru Horses Stable pistakeebaystable

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If Photoshop (even non beta) is suddenly giving you more saturated colors in the latest update try turning off graphics acceleration and restarting PS. I don't understand how this bug is in a public release. Getting color right seems like core competency level stuff.

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P: Color and Contrast issue with Photoshop Beta 27.11 | Community

Issue has not been resolved. I just tested the latest beta 207.11 and the problem still persist where the image in PS has much more contrast that the LR original. See sample included: I turned off ...

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I added some behind the scenes work here as well.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Bayonetta Cosplayer: kenna__cosplay Assistant: sarahatlastlight. A lot of my projects are super low budget. Parking garages are great for cosplay because they're always close to convention centers and aren't really affected by bad weather. #CosplayPhotography #BayonettaCosplay #ChicagoCosplay

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I wonder if this system inspired Michael's favorite color from #thegoodplace "Pleurigloss - the color of a soldier coming home from war and seeing his dog for the first time"

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IRO Vol.1 : The Japanese Philosophy of Color and Imperfection

YouTube video by mono Japan

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I knew colors can mean different things to different cultures but it never occurred to me that different countries might handle color science in different ways as well!

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What Japan Did With Munsell That the West Didn't

YouTube video by Color Nerd

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Bayonetta Cosplayer: kenna__cosplay Assistant: sarahatlastlight. Downtown Chicago #cosplay #cosplayphotography

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I headed to downtown Chicago for this recent Bayonetta set with kenna__cosplay, assisted by sarahatlastlight. Video game projects are really one of my favorite niches within cosplay photography. Lots of images from this set so strap in!

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

You can add edge lights using the new auto selection tools to mask the subject as a base and then use intersect mode to manually paint in the edge areas without painting outside the base subject mask.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

You can create a light ray using a large radial gradient as a base and subtracting with linear gradients or brush strokes to define the borders. You can also subtract a luminosity mask to preserve existing highlights.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Sharing a few secret cosplay photography FX presets I made in Capture One but you could easily recreate them in Lightroom too. Making them a preset helps me auto-generate the layer structure each time with a single click.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Yeah! Really happy with how this one turned out!

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🎭peachy.possum at Anime Central this year. I always use this convention to experiment and try something a little different each time. #acen #acen2026 #cosplay #cosplayphotography

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I headed to Anime Central / Acen yesterday in Chicago to check out all the costumes and maybe approach a few strangers for 1-2 minute photos. I like the movement here it gives you a great sense of the material 🎭 mydeerpichu #acen #acen2026 #cosplay #cosplayphotography

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which put me in the mood to create more photos at the caves. You might not know this but almost every photo I do is on location- it's super rare that have studio access. Most of the time that means only taking equipment I can fit in a backpack 🎭thefanged4

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I'm getting hyped for C2E2. I don't do many on location photo projects during the winter, so I'm hoping to find some cool costumes at the convention! I have slots available you can book me via the link in my profile. 🎭artemismoon45 as Poison Ivy #poisonivy #batman #cosplay #cosplayphotography

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Oh good! It reset my brain into a more positive attitude today. :)

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I found an old post I made that gave me a renewed boost to keep on making things. Maybe it will help you out too.

As an artist sometimes I think I'm just
making fun silly little pictures but I do think
now more than ever we can all use more
that fantasy and escape and joy in our lives.

characters and worlds where they have
power and things feel like how we wish they
could be. It helps us remember and connect
with what makes us happy.

I think it's really easy to get gloomy with
everything happening all at once these days.
There's a lot of things going wrong and
finding a space to be happy is so hard. One
reason I really enjoy cosplay photography is
that it gives people an escape into

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Think small and try to internalize your locus of control as much as possible by listing things you can affect. It reorients your focus to things that are possible and movable. Also mindfulness exercises like focusing on your immediate 5 senses for 3 minutes a day can stop draining thought cycles.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

White balance cards do help a lot with nailing color every time. I switched to a crumpled up piece of white paper. The folds reflect light from a wider sample of angles across a bigger surface area. You can use it for exposure too if you know how many stops to overexpose the paper after the reading.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Heck yeah have to make braving the polar snap worth it

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

More haunted cosplay photography edits from Uchicon with Ranni the Witch from Elden Ring! This was a fun photography challenge to capture and make all those great details reveal themselves in the right order. 🎭 @cat-capris.bsky.social Booking now for C2E2 and Anime Central - link in bio!

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I find this stuff so interesting even for post work in photography. The more years I edit the more I move away from global changes and instead find these little pockets of an image that need help. I'm constantly bouncing techniques and theory between illustration and photography.

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How does Studio Ghibli paint trees this good?!

YouTube video by Marco Bucci

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Getting more dynamic range with Fujifilm jpgs is so easy! Just bump the Iso +1 stop past base to enable the DR menu then choose DR200 and the camera secretly captures 1 stop below what you picked to save the highlights and pushes the shadows up in processing. :P

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The final season of Stranger Things is coming out soon and I'm eager to see how they tie everything up. Cosplayer: astra.coz #strangerthings #cosplay #cosplayphotography

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I do think it's a good option but be aware if you're trying it out that it flips your file associations without any warning on Windows. For example psd files don't automatically open Photoshop anymore and many image file types won't open in the default system photo viewer.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Some really great stuff in here for artists fighting with their own brain all the time. youtu.be/JZ39YlqS5dc?...

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It Sucks, But This Smashes Uncertainty Every Time...

YouTube video by The Illustrator's Guide

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Also really interesting is how much a color grade really snaps focus and declutters all that background noise of multiple browns and greens that always occurs when you're working in a forest area.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Ready for Halloween? Here's breakdown for a Sabrina photo set I worked on. This was before AI was even a thing so I also had a backplate in there with no lights at all. Cosplayer: thefanged4 #cosplay #cosplayphotography #photography

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I hope things pick up for you, really sorry to hear.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Things are looking up lately for me and this seemed like perfect way to hold onto the mood

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Hey check out one of my recent photo projects. These two had such great details which is always a treat to capture. We lucked out with the weather too!

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This tutorial by Jeremy Vickery is great practice for photographers as well as painters. If you can't draw just download a coloring book for practice and think about where the light should go for impact and mood. #cosplayphotography #tutorial www.youtube.com/live/jATWOt_...

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Wandering down the rabbit hole of books that are actually games and ran across this gem. Which is a 4 part series BTW

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The book with a multiplayer first-person shooter inside

YouTube video by Questing Beast

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Also at the end is one of the best times to ask about goals if you want to optimize planning for next session. Why prep for all the things when you can prep for just the direction they've picked and the next step in each player's goal?

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

That's the nice thing about this platform is that you can make things at your own pace.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

All of my photo art has a really fun memory tied to it. Either visiting a location or running into unique people or even things going wrong we laugh about now. It's like a surreal scrapbook of fantasy anchors to moments in reality. I don't want any of those memories to just be well I typed a prompt.

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Hey thanks! I really enjoyed making this one

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I'm glad you like I'm trying some new things lately!

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

This might be my favorite in this photo set of Maria from Castlevania. You really get to see a lot of the little details that went into it. Cosplayer: @etaru-to-you.bsky.social #castlevania #symphonyofthenight #MariaRenard #cosplay #photography #cosplayphotography

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

As a digital artist I find some new revelation to using curves every few years: 1. General contrast 2. RGB contrast 3. RGB vs CMY 3. Curves with layer modes 4. Saturation vs luminosity 5. Curve locking 6. Filmic curves 7. Subtractive RGB 8. Color space middle gray 9. Preventing breakage

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