4th Times Is A Charm
and why
https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits is a long term project.
I took the photo at the left in Jan 2014. Unfortunately, Colleen / Princess Agitha left ALA before I could take her casual photo. Then at FAnime, we met up and the photo was ... misfocused Then we met at a cosplay gathering and I accidentally tugged on the film holders and one sheet (out of six) got exposed to the Sun and OF COURSE it's the one with her on it :-[. Finally, this weekend I drove a thousand miles to Sacramento and nailed it. Enjoy!
From the audio notes:
I met Peachy Pie at Anime LA 2014. She is a full time student majoring in art design, and has been going to anime cons for 5 years. While she makes her own costumes, she calls herself “pretty new” at sewing.
Peachy Pie: “The best part of cosplay is getting it done, wearing it, and becoming the character."
"If you play the game (Zelda games), Princess Agitha seems to have Asperger. She is quirky and seems to be shy... she has “something”, like the positions of her hands. She won't really make eye contact very much. I have Asperger myself, but it's not really bad. If people ask, I would tell them... Now that I am older, I can see from her that that's how I was.”