CCXP 2019 Capture Figures

I had a chance to witness the Comic-Con Experience (CCXP) in Cologne last June 28, 2019, held at Cologne Messe. I captured the famous figures on-site and illuminated them in post-production.  I went to that event for a mission, to take photos as a refresher to my craft. In events like this, you cannot control everything - Lighting is tricky (too dark or bright), people are a hindrance on your view, or cosplayers may be busy. I did my best to get people attention. For the most part, I got some ok shot of cosplayers, yet something is lacking (Character's expression, stillness - because of unpredictable lighting, and my shyness to approach them). 

Well, I may be lacking this but I also tried to shoot some wax figures and toy figures on the event. Thank you to the exhibitors and decorators of the event. I especially want to shout out to XM Studio for allowing me to take pictures of their detail-oriented statues which I will showcase the most images in here. 

The gist how I made these images are just playing around with different color temperature, adjusting the slider of the color mixer, using subjective colors with Split Color and lastly, adding some colorized radial and gradient masks.