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As always, only a tiny snapshot of the immense talent on display at Blizzcon every year! Please like/share if you like my work :) Cheers!

#blizzcon #cosplay #blizzardcosplay #overwatch #diablo #worldofwarcraft #heroesofthestorm #hearthstone #blizzcon2016

#Blizzcon 2016 cosplay album...stay tuned :)

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'Widow: @[1046065345443004:274:Leila Idrissova Cosplay]
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(turns out this is Jessica Nigri lol)

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So I've been wondering for a while now why a lot of my photos seem to lose a significant amount of color vibrancy once they're uploaded to Facebook.

WELL, it turns out this is actually my fault! Facebook and Windows use a color profile called sRGB, while Photoshop default exports a proprietary format called adobeRGB. When you export an aRGB photo, Windows tries to "translate" it to sRGB.

A simple fix -- tell Photoshop to export in sRGB. See before (bottom) and after (above)

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Taken last year at #Blizzcon 2015! JUST A FEW DAYS UNTIL BLIZZCON 2016 :)

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I really only get to go to 1 or 2 cons a year now so the #Blizzcon hype is so real right now! Check out some of these photos and stay tuned for the 2016 iteration in a few weeks :)

John Jiao Photography added 77 new photos to the album: Blizzcon 2015 Cosplay — with MOKUMOKU and 3 others at Blizzcon 2015.

My first Blizzcon! Definitely not my last :) Thanks to all the talented cosplayers who made this weekend such a success!

#cosplay #blizzcon #blizzard #blizzardcosplay #photography #portraits

Eyyyy congrats to Oshley Cosplay for her win at the #TwitchCon cosplay contest -- Best Armor!

Looking forward to seeing her and all you at Blizzcon next month :) My microbiology Board exam is the same morning, so I'm going to be the happiest MFer there that day! #Blizzcon

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Hey everyone, question for my followers who are cosplay fans. Where besides Facebook do you typically go to see cosplay photos?

It's becoming more and more apparent that Facebook only really caters to Pages that are trying to sell things or promote a business. They treat every post like an assumed ad and prevent most of your followers from seeing it unless you buy a Boost. Instagram used to be great, but they've started going down that route as well ("curated" feeds).

I love what I do and I'm happy to share my photos with anyone who will see them, but it can be very discouraging to work so hard on something and then have a business model decide that 4500 out of 6000 people won't see it, almost arbitrarily.

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Here's my full Otakon album -- remember to share with people who you think would like it!

Real talk though, Facebook, you're garbage. Why would my album get split into 3 different posts (so you only see part of the album if you click it), none of which I can pin to the top because it's bugged out? Baffling.

John Jiao Photography added 49 new photos from August to the album: Otakon 2016 Cosplay — with Cheebang & Scourageriot Cosplay and 3 others.
August

The Better Late Than Never Edition!

My favorite kind of shot has always been the candid! I used to shoot weddings and I found the best, most memorable photos were always ones that captured a genuine moment rather than a posed one. Humans are notoriously bad at "acting natural" -- we have many muscles of facial expression that we use without thinking when being candid, but are incredibly difficult to consciously control and contort.

I'm still working on focusing down my #Otakon list but this candid I got of Byndo Gehk caught my eye. Hopefully I'll have the album done some time next week!

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Finally back from Otakon! Albums will be slower than in years past because of my work backlog but here are some previews of shots I took this weekend. Can't wait to show you them all!

#Otakon #Otakon2016 #cosplay

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John Jiao Photography added 9 new photos from August to the album: Otakon 2016 Cosplay — with Cheebang & Scourageriot Cosplay and 3 others.
August

The Better Late Than Never Edition!

John Jiao Photography added 13 new photos from August to the album: Otakon 2016 Cosplay — with Sister Cacao Cosplay and 3 others.
August

The Better Late Than Never Edition!

It's that time of year again -- OTAKON!

#tbt to last year's #otakon #cosplay shoots

John Jiao Photography added 37 new photos to the album: Otakon 2015 — at Otakon.

This is an incomplete album--photos are still being added as they are finished. Stay tuned :)

John Jiao Photography added 65 new photos to the album: Anime Expo 2016 Cosplay.
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Remember to Share if you think your friends would like my photos too :) A lot of blood, sweat, and tears (actually, just a ton of sweat) went into getting these shots!

Special shoutout to Jill from Squidbot Cosplay for getting me a badge this year!

#AnimeExpo #AX #AnimeExpo2016 #cosplay

I was at premiere of the Warcraft movie in Hollywood today! Unfortunately I didn't get to take many photos since we got corralled into an enclosed area, but here's a favorite of mine from tonight :)

Cosplayer: Squidbot Cosplay

#warcraftmovie

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Sev Cosplay at #Colossalcon 2015!

This photo may be familiar to some of you; that's because it's a photo I posted last year (and an artist rendition is on this year's Colossalcon badge). I've never had to re-post photo before, but this photo, my most popular photo ever -- featured on Kotaku, Buzzfeed, Forbes, and other clickbaity sites -- was deleted without ANY message or warning. I have no idea when or why it happened! It's simply...gone.

Facebook is becoming radically unf...avorable for creators to share their work :( Please help out by Liking, Sharing, and Commenting!

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Portrait photographer specializing in cosplay!

Photos featured in: Kotaku, Dorkly, Buzzfeed, Forbes

Upcoming conventions (2016): AX, Otakon, Blizzcon
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