[Komeiji Satori cosplay] Touhou Project Chireiden sisters' daily garden chronicle

This time, partnering up to cosplay Komeiji Satori and Koishi Komeiji from Touhou Project's Chireiden, we actually wanted to explore a normal sisterly relationship. In many derivative works, their stories are often portrayed as very tragic or extreme, but I feel there is actually a very natural bond between them. As the younger sister Koishi, whom I cosplayed, she is a girl who closed her third eye and is in a state of unconsciousness. To express that light and slightly ethereal feeling, I deliberately chose this light blue and pink spliced dress, and the white lace edge of the skirt hem easily creates layering in the breeze. The small yellow decoration on the headband and the red third-eye prop are both indispensable details to faithfully restore the setting. My partner cosplayed the elder sister Satori, whose classic styling of a yellow long-sleeve top paired with a dark green waist corset, along with the black lace at the cuffs, wonderfully showcased Satori's composure as a young lady and a hint of a scheming aura.
Our outdoor location this time was chosen in a botanical garden, filled with purple hydrangeas and pink-and-white vine plants, practically a natural Chireiden backyard. In the first bench photo, we wanted to showcase the daily feeling of the two sisters resting among the flowers. I half-leaned against the bench, lifted my head slightly, and raised my hand a bit, making a gesture of wanting to touch the flowers, while Satori sat quietly beside me. The flowers were very dense, just enclosing us and forming a private and cozy little space. The lighting of this photo was extremely soft without glaring harsh light, making the entire frame look like it has the fairytale texture of an old photo album.
For the second standing composition, I wanted to showcase a slightly different dynamism. I stood up, bending down slightly to look at Satori sitting on the ground, wearing white ruffled short socks and light-colored small leather shoes on my feet. This angle just highlighted the leg lines, and the white short socks formed a great color echo with the light blue and pink dress hem. Satori, sitting on the ground, looked at me with her hands propping up her chin, and her short green hair and black hat stood out prominently against the backdrop of green leaves and purple flowers. During the shoot, we kept communicating on how to make our gazes and actions appear more natural, rather than stiffly forced poses. For instance, for Satori's chin-propping action, I deliberately had her tilt her head slightly to add a bit of adorable and focused feeling. Throughout the shooting process, the natural breeze helped a lot; the fluttering of the skirt hems and hair filled the photos with vitality.
Choosing not to do a studio shoot this time was also because outdoor natural light and environmental colors can impart a greater sense of reality to the characters. Although the terrain was somewhat undulating, coupled with mosquitoes in the grass, it took quite a bit of effort for us to find angles and maintain postures, but seeing the finished photo results, it feels like everything was totally worth it. In this process, we were not merely portraying these two characters, but rather interpreting and understanding them in our own way.