[Remilia Scarlet cosplay] Lying Down for a Convention Photo, Unexpectedly Unlocking a Flight Perspective

I said I was tired and wanted to shoot lying down, and the photographer actually went along with the pose to take my photos. I originally thought lying down would look sloppy, but unexpectedly, setting the camera up high for a top-down shot, combined with the stretching of my legs and holding an apple in my hand, actually created a sense of weightless lightness floating in the night sky.

This Remilia outfit has quite a few layers on the skirt hem and ruffles, which tend to bunch up when lying down. Before the shoot, I carefully smoothed out the creases, and with the assistant's timely help in adjusting the positions of the red ribbons, the final presentation didn't fall flat. The red apple as a prop needed to be held firmly in hand; because of the reflection from certain angles, it could easily look like plastic, so during post-processing, I slightly compressed the highlights to make the apple look a bit glossier.

The floating stars and bats in the background were added in post-processing, as the actual venue was just a black backdrop. Handling it this way brought the atmosphere closer to a vampire's night banquet. This kind of "non-standard standing pose" convention photo actually heavily tests the photographer's control over light and shadow. Because the area of light hitting the face changes when lying down, we tried two sets of lighting setups before finding the parameters that preserved the catchlights in the eyes without overexposing the forehead. In the end, that weightless posture in the final photo looks much more vivid than a stiff standing pose.

Having done cosplay for so long, I feel more and more that good convention photos don't always have to be perfectly orderly. Occasionally slacking off and changing the perspective might bring even more pleasant surprises for fans of Touhou Project.