Event archive
Katsucon photographs
Choose a year or day to find the full gallery. Start with a photograph, then follow the people, colors, and places that catch your eye.
Explore Katsucon 2020 through Noticing fringe in a costume portrait → · Making a portrait with playing cards → · Comparing two endings for a portrait sequence →.
Explore Katsucon 2019 through Noticing snowflake patterns in a costume photograph → · Making a portrait with a racket → · Connecting pairs through a group portrait →.
Explore Katsucon 2017 through Noticing sequin textures in a costume photograph → · Making a portrait with a sword prop → · Following a portrait subject into the evening →.
Explore Katsucon 2016 Sunday through Noticing mixed patterns in a costume portrait → · Making a portrait with an apron → · Ending a portrait sequence with an interaction →.
Explore Katsucon 2016 Saturday through Noticing illustrated fabric in a portrait → · Making a portrait with a prop hammer → · Connecting portraits through a hand-on-hip pose →.
Explore Katsucon 2016 Friday through Noticing pointed shapes in a costume prop → · Making a portrait with a veil → · Ending a portrait sequence with a wider view →.
Explore Katsucon 2016 Thursday through Noticing zippers in a costume portrait → · Making a portrait with a cardigan → · Sequencing portraits by changing background color →.
Explore Katsucon 2015 through Noticing neckties in a costume portrait → · Making a portrait with folded arms → · Connecting standing and seated portraits →.
Explore Katsucon 2014 through Noticing ribbed textures in a portrait → · Photographing a group gathered around a phone → · Build exercise: Connect two individual portraits with a shared frame →.
Explore Katsucon 2013 through Noticing small chains in a costume portrait → · Making a portrait with a hoop → · Build exercise: Connect a portrait with two small details →.
Explore Katsucon 2012 through Noticing wrapped ribbon in a portrait → · Making a portrait with a backpack → · Build exercise: Connect two instrument portraits with a shared frame →.
Explore Katsucon 2011 through Reading flash and background light in a portrait → · Using a zoom deliberately for portraits → · Build exercise: Bring an atrium, a portrait and a roof detail together →.
Katsucon 2020
Katsucon 2019
Katsucon 2018
Katsucon 2017
Katsucon 2016 Sunday
Katsucon 2016 Saturday
Katsucon 2016 Friday
Katsucon 2016 Thursday
Katsucon 2015
Katsucon 2014
Katsucon 2013
Katsucon 2012
Katsucon 2011Inside the frame · 2018
A portrait with
room for the world.
Study Blue Fairy beside the water: a wide-angle portrait with a foreground, a horizon, and a sky that all contribute to the composition.
Read the photographic lesson →