2014 Phoenix Comicon

2014 Phoenix Comicon
This year’s Comicon in Phoenix Arizona has an expected of 70,000 people this year. (abc News source).2013 drew a crowd of people in as of 55,000 people that had attended the event.  The Comicon is the Largest Comic Nerd festival in the nation. The Comicon is a National Event and this is the 14th annual Convention.
People join forces and part their way to come to the Down town District Phoenix Arizona Mesa Convention Center. It doesn’t matter if you spend up to $50.00 for a ticket to go inside and attend all the events, or maybe you want to check out the venders inside. Walking out side downtown Phoenix is also another adventure. This is free besides the gas for your drive downtown and 30.00 parking fees.
However you want to spend your weekend enjoying the Comicon is your new fun moments.
To make sure that this adventure will be a wonderful moment for you there was over 300 volunteers to make sure the Comicon runs smoothly. When standing in lines for tickets, a Police officer was sitting at booth exhausted eating a 2 pound burrito.  He had said, “the south building was like swimming upstream and it was horrid walking against the people to get to an emergency.”
Walking from event to event be very mind stimulating. No matter where you looked something was going on or walking by as a haunted house or a weird creature. Not knowing all my characters was a hot mess for me, I was calling everyone Pikachu!
The registration is passing out booklets with all the events, vendors’ star guest and advertisement’s, it is literally 89 pages long. I received the programming guide on Thursday and it took me almost two days to read everything that was going on. After I had read all the wonderful things I wanted to do without getting lost, the events had already passed me up. Maybe the programming guide needs to be revised for people like me and have a shorter version for dummies.
Thursday night to start the event of up comes a fire alarm malfunction, so if you are walking around inside with the wonderful air condition, now you will have to evacuate and go outside in this beautiful Arizona heat of 110degrees. Lovely, how does the trigger from heat sensors go wrong and go off during one of the largest events? Here comes the Fire Marshalls
At the beginning of the South building, you will walk by one of the coolest venders, the Moon Mermaid Lagoon. Seeing the Mermaids made me so jealous and I wanted to jump into the huge pool of mermaids with them. On to the side you will find a gentlemen named Ryan, now Ryan has the hardest job in the whole convention! Ryan’s Job is to carry the mermaids from on spot to the other around the pool of mermaid’s area.  What a lucky job!
Going to the North Building pushing threw the crowds walking up to the celebrities section, which me and several others were trying to see them but has no success, here is a triple cover of a black cloth around the expo, But far from an eyes view in the far back is Danny Glover. In front of the rope is a sign say’s “No pictures”... What are you kidding me? Another sign says meet and greet Danny Glover for $50.00. Uhmmm what a disappointment. I slowly raise my camera pretending to take a picture of people around the rope and a heavy set older guy comes running at me and the pictures had been deleted before he reached me.  That was a close call, I really didn’t want to be dismissed from the expo because I didn’t want to pay a fee to see Danny Glover.
Adventures continued to the hotel Hyatt Regency. I heard that they are having a huge party and my thoughts are wondering what could be going on in there. So my walk to several blocks away from the main building of the expo begins. Back outside I go and pass a guy with a guitar, I raise my camera and he turns his back to me. I turn to the other side of him and he turns his back to me again.. What the hell is this guy’s problem? His case is open and only has a dollar in it. I know understand why he only has one dollar, shit he doesn’t want any attention showed because he keeps turning his back against me. Wouldn’t you want your picture token and I throw a couple pity dollars in your case? “But turning your back on me or anyone else, isn’t going to get your case filled mister”
The monsters, the creatures, the people keep walking into me. I guess only being 5’3 is not tall enough for people to see. I was told maybe I should of put a Sim’s light on top of my head and then people would see me. A Sim’s light, what I would die. There is no one on the computer to feed me!
Walking into this party, to the left side of entrance is a full beer, wine and hard liquor bar. Wow this is where the party is at! I didn’t think I would need a drink walking into this room. Also this was the only spot in the expo so far that I have found where I can get drunk at.
MINECRAFT Party! Oh I see now why the beer was at the entrance you will need several drinks to walk in this room and watch children of all ages run around the ballroom with large boxes on their heads!  I get it now! Looking around this party is about 20 tables with sadden and drunken parents watch their children run around this room with boxes on their heads, forming a train, dancing around with a dj at the stage, TV screens with minecraft videos playing and laptops on the side of the room with games and games of minecraft.
What a sight to see.
Cosplay is the act of “dressing up and pretending to be a fictional character”.  Usually a Sci-Fi, Comic Book, Anime Character, Disney Character or a horror character from a movie. Men and women all are doing this as you do for Halloween. The outfits may or may not be appropriate for children’s eyes or maybe your own.  To this there is a group committed to rooting out sexual harassments. “Geeks for CONsent” I really never thought until now that there was a problem with this. I have learned that someone in the past years have collected pictures of the women’s characters butt’s. The person has made a complete website of this.  Now I am not a Cosplayer but I do know that if I choose to dress up as Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy really doesn’t have much clothing. People are going to take pictures and videos of me in my very revealing outfit. So the smartness has to be in to play do I want that kind of attention? Do I really want a chance of my butt to made public to perverted sources. Well so I am just saying there is always a chance of someone taking from your fun and making it into their own. Maybe just to perfect yourself maybe a less revealing outfit….?   So I am glad that there is group committed to try to prevent these actions from being taking.
Back on to the streets I go and on 3rd st I run into a wonderful car show to show off all the zombie killing to Transforming vehicles. I should have paid more attention to and asked for locations of them just in case there ever is a Zombie apocalypse.  Well I guess I will have to wait for October to come and find the location from the Oct Zombie walk.
Also outside on 3rd st you can see the medieval knights fighting their way to show you how you can kill someone with a sword. I really didn’t think they would really be trying to kill those self’s. One small turn of the knife should actually hurt someone! The power of their hits and blows is scaring the crap out of me even though I know they are wearing protective gear I just don’t want to watch someone die this weekend because of wardrobe malfunction. So I don’t have much to post on this subject besides they are recruiting victims.
Walking around this event I am seeing more and more people with tattoos. The tattoos that I am seeing are more of the out of the mind tattoos of fictional characters. Wonderful Hanna and beautiful artwork of the Tattoo land. So Many Tattoo colors. If there was any tattoo artist vendors at least passing out there information I am sure they would be making a killing from the leads they would of received from one of the largest events in town. But as too a disappointment I saw none! Yes I do know it was not the Tattoo convention and this was a Comicon but if one tattoo artist was smart they would have known that these cosplayers love these events and would have loved to be inked on of their fictional characters!  Maybe for future events and thoughts maybe one artist will promote their work at the next year’s event!
Thank you and see you Cosplayers Next year and have a great year!
Kalyn – Blue Rapture Photography

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My First Photo Shoot with Aaron Grubb Tattoo Artist for Magazine

My publisher called me and said hey I have the first shoot for you for the magazine and it is with Aaron Grubb. Here is his number give him a call and set it up to get Grubby in your studio.

I am so stocked... Who in the Hell Is Aaron Grubb?

Artist: Aaron Grubb

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Contact: 602-339-2346

To learn more about Aaron: http://facebook.com/aaron.grubb1

Well this is what I have found and when I did the photo-shoot I asked him how many tattoos he had? This is actually funny Aaron really don’t have many. I was really confused, of how someone could be a tattoo artist and don't have many himself.

 so as we did our photo-shoot we had Kevin Take pictures of Aaron Tattooing my wrist for a dedication of Kevin's Cancer - I have learned that each ribbon for each cancer has different colors. I was not aware of that. I only knew of Pink and yellow for the troops.

So Aaron Gave me a Burgundy Color (Multiple Myeloma) Ribbon on top of my wrist

After we got Grubby on my wrist then Aaron and I got serious and got done a casual photoshoot. 

He had wore a tshirt that says Ominous and him wearing that shirt introduced me to the Tattooed Ominous Models and That had taught me that these models comes in packs and a very tight niche.. We have use Rachel Hoffman already for cover and layout for the magazine Tattooed art and Culture. So another model Steve Had brought Rochelle to me and I dont read our magazines and didn't put two to two together. 

So Thank you Aaron Grubb and Congratulations to the both of us for making cover! 

My welcomings to Blue Rapture Photography

January 2014...

Kevin and I decided to open our own studio of Blue Rapture Entertainment and Blue Rapture Photography.

Moving stuff into the studio and getting everything together in opening our doors to the public. Well maybe not to the public, maybe just to a certain kind of clientele.
Kevin is one kind of Photographer and I am another. I am finding out that not one photographer has the same kind of photography style. Some may be similar in ways but most likely there is a difference. this even goes to editing skills.
I do not have as much as experience as Kevin does, but that's OK. I do not let that bother me. I look at it as a learning cerve. I am very crucial of my self and what I do with my life,  so this will be the challenge of working with others.
Several years ago Kevin was diagnosed with Termly Cancer and his dream was to open a Photography studio and be successful with the studio. His other dream was for me to be successful with what I do as well. I was not happy with my other career with the teeth as a fault.
Knowing Kevin as long as I have it very hard to keep in mind that I have came into business with a friend and an terminal ill one at that fact. Its hard to deal with him not feeling well because Kevin has more down time then I do. That does get frustrating that he isn't feeling well to work, I would love to share these moments with him. being at the studio and doing a shoot does take alot out of Kevin and tires his body and leaves him with no energy quickly.

SO now that we are moved in to our Brand new studio, one of my long time dearest friends has called me and told me about a great opportunity for me to work for his magazines and establish some credits and get some experience to better my Photography title. What....? Really...? Heck yeah I am jumping on to this train. My publisher friend has been a publisher for Magazines for over 15years for over 22 Magazines. Very creditable for me and my new world.

My Photography Hero’s are Daveed Benito. I am sure many of you may or may not of heard of him, But I love his style, his work, his art, his drive. I had printed out his bio and price list and posted it on my way as a tool of motivation. I want to Be better than him with what he does and do.

Daveed has always been my mentor, Now that I have opened my own studio, now he is my COMPETITOR!

When I model I would of loved to work with him, but his rates are crazy high and I could never offered his services. But I watched and watched and watched and every month watching him then every year his skills just got better and more impressive.

Two weeks after we moved into our studio I have my motivation tool hanging on my wall, I decided to go to a bar and relax before the storm hit's and I look over and OMG....... There at the bar is Daveed Benito! You got to be kidding me I tell myself.... omg. omg.. what do I do... so I just stared. Yup for over an hour I couldn’t take my eyes off him. What would I say? Yup then I felt like a stocker creepy feel over my self and decided while he was still there getting burned down with my intense vision rays and thoughts I had to go over there and say something.

Ok.. Here I go. I walk over there stick out my hand and say “ I know you don’t know who I am, But I know you and I think it is a honor to shake your hand before I tell you that You have always been my mentor until a week ago I opened my own studio and now I look at you as my competor, and I always here your name, give 5 years and then you will only hear mine because I am coming for you like Donkey Kong!”

With his reply was something like… well… wow… I thought you were going to ask me about modeling. But what a surprise, I am excited and I love the fact that you are speaking your mind. I was where you are and I never gave up, I starting to shoot in a alley and I never said no.” Please keep in contact and let me know how things are going for you. “

WOOOOOOOPPPPP.

That made my whole week. I actually just posted his info on my way and what are the odds of me running into him a week later.

OMG…. I just told him I am coming for you… I hope he don’t take that the wrong way.

I actually Ran into Daveed Benito at the Tattoo art and Body expo in Phoenix. I was in there with a media pass Taking lovely pictures and Daveed Benito was in there as a vender, Selling his wonderful Masterpieces. 

That actually made me feel real good. 

Here is a picture of my Publisher and Daveed Benito

Introduction to Me and Blue Rapture Photography

Hello Everyone,
My Name is Kalyn and I am a Photographer for Blue Rapture Photography.

I once was a model for over 20 years. I have done so much in my modeling career, and tried all forms of modeling,  But as I am getting younger, my body is getting older and going the other direction and starting to decay away. Photographers frown when so much editing needs to be done, if not needed. No matter what types of modeling you do your teeth is very important. I am  lactose intolerant and my teeth are decaying quickly and it cost so much money to keep getting them fixed for the modeling career. Not being able to get the Calcium that my teeth and bones need, without consuming more pills to help with sucks. Not being able to eat all the wonderful thing as Ice Cream sucks too. The positive side on being Lactose is that food does not stay in me long. My digestive system is quick and that's how I am staying so thin. So My Modeling career is retired and I am now in the Photography World!

I never went to school for photography, or have done any educational classes for the photography industry. Everything that I am doing and going to share with you is from experience only and self taught. soooooo......

Welcome and this is My Story!