30 Wonderful Cosplay Photography Examples

While some photographers love to capture the mystifying elements of nature with the aid of their mechanical lenses, there are others who are more inclined towards taking snaps of human figures as they consider them to be livelier. One of the hot favorite subjects of this genre of photographers are the cosplayers.

Cosplayers or costume players are actors who primarily take part in plays. For molding themselves with the different characters of the play, they have to put on a lot of make up and also wear different kinds of bright colored and unusual costumes. Photographers find the fully decked up cosplayers as an amazing subject as they get the opportunity to explore a lot in this subject. Since they are actors, they can bring out various emotions through their expression easily and thus the cosplayers are the much preferred subject of the photographers. The photographs of the cosplayers in bright colored weird costumes are usually extremely unique and attractive.

We have compiled the list of the best photos of cosplayers, who are dressed up in diverse kinds of costumes and playing the role of different characters. All this photographs are of high resolution and so they are qualitatively superior examples of cosplayer photography. The photographers who are new to this genre of photography can get useful ideas by studying these examples as it will aid them in their venture in this field. Therefore, do not waste your useful time by relentless searching on the internet, just browse through this post.

1. Sheryl, Off-Stage

2. Anim Expo

This photo was taken on October 30, 2009 using a Canon EOS 7D.

3. Vasto Lorde Ichigo Cosplay

4. KAITO

5. We’re All Mad Here

6. Clara

7. Comic-Con

From the 2012 Comic-Con in San Diego..

8. Santa Muerte

Cosplay by Random.

9. Lightness

Cosplay by Mary.

10. Steampunk Poison Ivy

11. Gutter Angel Stocking

12. Le Chevalier D’Eon Cosplay

13. I Reject

14. Anim Expo by Anna Fischer

15. Waiting for u to come

August Bride.

16. Vocaloid

This photo was taken on December 22, 2011 in Gwangju, Gwangju, KR.

17. Colonello Cosplay – Katekyo Hit man Reborn!

Colonello from “Katekyo Hit man Reborn!”

18. Soul Eater

19. Tokiya Ichinose

This photo was taken on December 24, 2011 in Gwangju, Gwangju, KR.

20. Ausa

This photo was taken on November 19, 2011 using a Hasselblad H4D.

21. Versus Zombie Zero

22. Cosplay Portraits

This series of portraits documents people who are into the world of Cosplay. Cosplay is derived from the two words ‘costume’ and ‘play’. It was originally started in Japan, but recently it has been getting bigger and bigger in the UK.