[Barmaid cosplay] Identity V tipsy atmosphere convention photo at Jing'an Joy City

Today, the convention photos for this Identity V Barmaid set have finally been sorted out. To be honest, from the early preparation to the end of the shoot, the complexity of this styling exceeded my initial expectations. The texture of this costume is very delicate in reality, but the process of wearing it is quite cumbersome. The green beret on the head plus the metal spider hair accessories need many hairpins to be fixed on the dual-color wig, and the weight is not light. The thick choker on the neck and the three stacked golden necklaces will collide with each other and make a sound when walking, so I needed to pay attention to their positions at all times during the shoot. A lot of effort was put into the makeup. The grayish-blue lip makeup is actually very demanding under real light, and it will look abrupt if you're not careful, so the eye makeup part deliberately strengthened the smudging of the pink color system, combined with bright green contact lenses, trying to create a tipsy sense of conflict visually. The base makeup uses a whitish foundation, plus the moles on both sides of the cheeks. After the overall makeup is completed, it indeed has a sense of drama detached from daily life. Since it's a convention photo shoot, we chose Jing'an Joy City for filming. The lighting and crowd on-site were uncontrollable factors; there were always passing tourists and convention attendees in the corridor, which greatly tested the composition. To avoid clutter in the background, the photographer and I constantly adjusted our positions, using the lines of the door frame and the backlighting of the light stand to increase the layering of the picture. Preparation for the props also took thought. For that dark glass wine bottle, the label was a custom-designed retro style, and the bottle mouth was wrapped with a circle of hemp rope to increase the handmade feel. The green small bucket was stuffed with some aged English newspapers, which made the elements in the picture richer when matched. During the shoot, holding the bucket with one hand and supporting the brim of the hat with the other, or holding the wine bottle and extending it toward the lens, these actions all required keeping the body upright, otherwise the tailoring advantages of the clothes wouldn't show. The wine bottle and bucket actually have a certain weight, and after shooting a few sets of actions, my arms indeed felt tired. Once again, the liquid inside is completely water; minors should not drink alcohol, and everyone must pay attention to safety when taking photos. Regarding posture, the character Barmaid comes with a lazy yet slightly aggressive temperament. I didn't use too much complex body language, mainly relying on eye contact. The grayish-blue lip makeup made the overall facial expression look relatively cold, which actually helped a lot; I didn't need to deliberately pose, as long as I looked at the lens naturally, a sense of detachment was produced. The photographer for this photoshoot is very good at utilizing the corridor overhead lights and fill lights in the environment, and the cool-toned lighting produced matched the green-gold color of the costume very well. The whole set of pictures took about two or three hours to shoot. In order to wait for a gap with a clean background, we stood in the corridor for a long time. From ironing the clothes, managing the wig, fine-tuning the makeup details, to communicating with the photographer on-site, every step directly affects the final photo output. The material of this costume leans towards glossy and is prone to reflection; special attention was paid to the processing of highlights during post-processing to preserve the texture of the clothes. Because the costume design features a lot of cutouts and straps, great patience was required when wearing it, and even the metal chains of the belt needed to be rearranged for draping every time changing postures to prevent them from tangling together. Although the process was hard, seeing the texture of those metal accessories and the cool-toned atmosphere in the final photos made everything feel worth it. Afterwards, I will continue to try characters of different styles and record these meaningful shooting daily routines.