[Okita Souji cosplay] Fate/Grand Order: Red and white of the sickly genius swordsman

This time we shot Okita Souji's styling from FGO in the studio. Being a "sickly genius swordsman," in controlling the overall temperament, I focused on a swordsman atmosphere that carries a sense of fragmentation yet remains extremely fierce, choosing to restrain my sharpness rather than deliberately displaying flambuncy.

Let's talk about the styling part first. The silver-white wig was trimmed into layers and slightly naturally tousled, which fits better with the temperament of a swordsman who travels constantly. The golden contact lenses are the soul; paired with a somewhat cold makeup style, they add sharpness to the gaze. The outfit is a light-colored sleeveless high-collar design, embellished with black lines on the sides and chest. Both hands wear black leather-textured sleeves, and the black waist belt and dangling fabric enhance the layering of the overall attire. Combined with the pure red background of the White studio photography, the four colors of red, white, black, and silver form an extremely high visual contrast.

Speaking of props, the bunch of Spider Lilies held in my hand is the finishing touch. I deliberately prepared a large bouquet, dividing it into holding a bouquet and taking a close-up single stem in front of the lens. The red petals and red background formed a color echo, but due to the high color saturation, this heavily tested the lighting. When shooting in the white studio, the lighting team spent a lot of effort balancing facial lighting and background exposure to ensure the person wouldn't look dull in front of the red backboard, while also retaining the three-dimensional feel of the cheek edges.

Emotional mobilization during the shooting process actually took a lot of energy. To present the setting of being sickly, I deliberately maintained a slightly hunched chest posture throughout, and my gaze was mostly directed downwards or sideways to avoid the excessive aggressiveness brought by staring directly into the lens. When raising a flower to the side of my face with one hand, I exerted a little force in my neck, and my gaze needed to carry an inner tension of "even though the body is weary, drawing the sword is still fatal." When wrapping the other arm around the large bouquet of Spider Lilies, the state of the shoulders needed to be relaxed, presenting a rare quiet moment during a lull in combat.

Photographer @Chuan was very patient when guiding the actions. The entire shooting process required constant fine-tuning of postures, such as the position of the fingers pinching the flower stem, the curve of the hair, and the height of the chin raised, to capture the frames that best fit the settings. The advantage of White studio photography is that the light quality is clean; with slight post-processing adjustments to the color temperature, the skin texture and clothing material details can be fully displayed. Overall, this set of pictures did not overly retouch the background, retaining the purest photographic texture.

Actually, wearing this outfit and props is not easy, especially the fixing of the wig and the tightness of the sleeves, which required advance adaptation to ensure unrestricted movement in front of the lens. Through the entire shoot, my understanding of this styling deepened another layer. Seeing the final photos present this contradictory temperament makes all the previous hard work feel completely worthwhile.