Waiting for Deckard Vol.2
Added 2025-04-14 14:07:11 +0000 UTCWaiting for Deckard, but make it noir...
For this Blade Runner-inspired shoot, I wanted to capture a very future-noir, moody vibe, so I talked with my usual photographer (Monsters Inside) and we did A LOT of different lighting tests. We scheduled one entire day without cosplay, just for testing different lighting setups and to take some simple shots for comparison... In the end we narrowed down the different options and created 5 different light combinations, named each one and went on to do more smoke testing. And for the final photos and shooting day we finally used 3 of those light combinations from the test day.
I even considered doing this session in black and white, but many nuances were lost. Maybe I will shoot in black and white on the indoor set :3
So the goal wasn’t so much to copy every detail-color by rewatching Blade Runner, but rather to channel my own vision of the film’s atmosphere, what comes to mind when I close my eyes and think of it: neon reflections, smoke-filled air (we actually used two different smoke machines), and that slow-burning tension that lingers in every frame...
I only wish I had the resources and budget to flood my entire studio and build a full-on rain system for a set like this, lol!
In this new bunch of photos you can see from less to more smoke on the set... How do you like it more?
Hope you enjoy this cinematic set; more to come soon, and thank you so much for supporting these little sci-fi cosplay dreams of mine 💛
Comments
These really are amazing. You've really got an authentic blade runner feel to these, with so many different details going on. A mix of smoke is good, but I think generally less is probably better - where it's obscuring other details like the fabric of your dress, it makes the pictures feel less vivid. Where the smoke is mainly in the background, with just a trace in the fore, I think that's the best effect. Then again, the picture where Rachel's leaning back against the bar, with a cigarette, in a haze of smoke is really cool!
Richard Coates
2025-04-15 09:09:01 +0000 UTCLooks really good. Feels very authentic to the film
Alexander Phillips
2025-04-15 06:08:11 +0000 UTC
