Author Archives: Susan Onysko

I was so amazed at Heimdall From Thor! We had a great time in Des Moines, Iowa and photographed some really impressive cosplayers. Now the countdown to Colossalcon in Sandusky, Ohio is on – 10 days!

We are in Room 104 this weekend at Wizard World Des Moines. Looking for some amazing cosplayers to photograph. This is Aguilar From Assassin’s Creed photographed at Wizard World Cleveland. Show Hours: Friday, 4:00-9:00 p.m. Saturday, 10:00- 7:00 p.m. Sunday,… […]

Four days until Wizard World Des Moines, can’t wait to see who I find there. This is a lovely Angel from Heaven I met at Wizard World Cleveland.

My Apple Watch face has always been a bit boring. While it displayed a lot of information, the background was a simple solid color. When the option became available to use your own photos as a watch face, I experimented… […]

I love playing in post to desaturate the color in an image so that just a hint of color comes through. This technique has worked many times with my travel portrait images to create a hand-painted, timeless look that seems… […]

So excited to announce that I will be at Wizard World in Iowa! Iowa Events Center 730 3rd Street Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Friday, May 19, 2017 – 4:00pm – 9:00pm Saturday, May 20, 2017 – 10:00am – 7:00pm Sunday,… […]

Remember the movie The Fifth Element with Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich?  This is the incredible Yamino Cosplay as Leeloo.

I am thrilled to be asked by Erie Shores Photography Club to talk about my newest photography passion: Cosplay Photography. I have photographed intriguing people and adorable animals in some of the most awe-inspiring locations of the world, but the… […]

I just arrived back home from a wonderful trip to Baja California, Mexico.  The trip had quite a variety of photographic opportunities including close encounters with whales, sea lions, dolphins, many birds, and some of the most beautiful sunsets and sunrises… […]

Sadly, my laptop died the first day of Wizard World Cleveland.  It was a lovely new 13” MacBook complete with touchbar that died really hard.  Even the geniuses at Apple failed to breath a spark of life into it and… […]

We opened at 5:00 pm yesterday at Wizard World Cleveland! We are in Room 7 right next to the entrance to the Hilton. Can’t wait to see all the amazing cosplays! I am pretty sure this great guy will be here.… […]

I will be at Wizard World Cleveland this weekend. The show is located at: Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland (Cleveland Convention Center), Cleveland OH Friday, March 17th, 2017 – Sunday, March 19th, 2017 Show Hours Friday, March 17, 2017 –… […]

A question that I still get asked a lot “What is cosplay?” and “How do you get all these amazing models to photograph?” Cosplay is basically where a person dons a costume that represents a character from television, movies, anime,… […]

I embrace technology.  I was one of the first to jump on the digital photography bandwagon and I live in Photoshop.  One way, however, that I consider myself old-school is print photography.  Sure, I post images to so many social media outlets that… […]

Black Cat aka Felicia Hardy. Countdown to Wizard World Cleveland begins… 14 days! Can’t wait to see some familiar and not so familiar faces there!