I have all my photos of the costumes at Balticon's Masquerade online. There are in a free access area. http://www.costumegallery.com/Balticon/2009/ . There are 35 sets of costumes with 144 views. Some costumes may have multiple views, front, back, side, fabric, and detailed close-ups. The software I use for extreme close-ups is Zoomify. You may used the software on several museum sites. I love it because you can view so close to be able to count individual beads, such as in this costume: http://www.costumegallery.com/Balticon/2009/LGimages/set1/PAT1010091.htm
There is one lady whose costume, Amethyst Princess Moonlight Fairy, was at Balticon and Costume Con. Also the entire second index page, http://www.costumegallery.com/Balticon/2009/page2.htm , were at both events. H-costumer, Judy Mitchell, coordinated a special photo session with me for their large group called "Steam-punk Costume-Con 1889." This was the funniest presentation at both events. There were 17 members in the group. Their costumes are wonderful! I have two slideshows online from Costume-Con in the same software. You can get to them at: http://www.costumeslideshows.com/ . I am working on my third and final photos from Costume-Con, the Sat. night masquarade. This section will be massive. For example, there are nine photos of Sandy and Pierre's wonderful presentation of Egyptian Gods. The photos are so cool! We have had the best time traveling this year to photograph costumed Cons and museum collections. It is so much fun to meet the people and have them tell us about how they made their costumes. One of my favorite collections to photograph was Liberace's costumes. I was drooling! I grew up watching Liberace. That collection will go online after Halloween. I have a really big Halloween project to get online (hopefully next month). My crew is working on the Halloween trade fashion shows' video. We will be putting the videos online...a first for us! My crew is wanting to go back to Vegas. They got addicted to gambling, the shows, and buffets! (The children must play!) Our next trip will hopefully be to Pennsic or World Con to photograph costumes. We are trying to figure out which one is better and the expense. We have to travel to Mississippi the prior to take our son to college. Following Pennsic or World Con week, we are in Scranton, PA (hubby's business and my antique shopping), and then hopefully to NYC for the weekend. Off to play with more photographs! Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 11 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
