More samurai cosplay with my neighbor. We got a lot of great pictures that day, I learned a lot and it sure was fun. If I just hadn't forgotten my mood board with poses at home! Anyway, I think this is the last photo of this series I'm going to post.

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More samurai cosplay with my neighbor. I did a couple of versions of this photo I liked that really pushed the vintage, old paper look, but thought maybe the washed-out yellows weren't too flattering to the model, so I chose this toned-down version.

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I spent weeks setting up a “Cherry Blossom Samurai” photoshoot for March. Finally, the cherry tree blossoms were peaking in downtown Portland, but the day before the shoot, the model had to cancel flying to Portland because her city just locked down for the coronavirus.

With things easing up recently, I used the props and costumes to shoot along the same theme with my neighbor.

Since there were no cherry blossoms, I had to settle for a composited background.

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Samurai cosplay photoshoot with my neighbor at Rocky Butte, which was a jail, then a military academy. The location is so perfect, it almost looks like a composited castle, imo.

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More of the Samurai cosplay photoshoot I did with my neighbor recently.

The view from Rocky Butte Park here is one of the best in Portland. On clear days, you can see Mount Hood and a couple of other mountains, but on this morning, we had to settle for a gorgeous view of the Columbia River.

I really pushed the processing here into fantasy, but thought it fit the theme.

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