My Colorado trip was full of cosplay! In the two days Ginny Di made her Grey Faerie, I kept myself busy by making some Quidditch robes. These particular Quidditch robes will be the base for my newest costume: Adult Ginny Weasley, Chaser for the Holyhead Harpies (it's canon). And since I was visiting another Harry Potter-obsessed Ginny, it only made sense to cosplay as Ginny Weasley together! I re-used the first pattern I ever made, McCall’s M6818, aka the Queen Regina pattern. This pattern has princess ears up the back and sides, which meant it would be flattering and form-fitting! I’ll eventually lace it in the front, but for now it’s just pinned. It has large iron-on varsity letters stuck to the back, thanks to a random stash Ginny Di found in her craft room! Ginny Weasley doesn’t have a canon Harpies number, so I chose 07 because (a) 7 is considered a magical number, and (b) Ginny is the 7th Weasley child! The shoot itself was on the same day that I my flight left from Denver back to Philadelphia, so we were working on a bit of a time crunch! We woke up at 6AM and drove to Ginny’s parents’ house, which we used as a staging ground for preparations. At around 9 AM, we headed out to the Highlands Ranch Mansion, one of Ginny Di’s favorite photoshoot locations, and it’s not hard to see why! It was pretty toasty by the time we started shooting at 10AM, and the sun had already climbed high with no clouds in sight! This meant we had to stick to the shade, unfortunately keeping some spots out of our reach.
We started with a few individual photos in some bright green grass somewhat reminiscent of a Quidditch pitch with some bushes and sneaky stone wall in the background. We did one of the cliché 'lying on your back with your friends' photos, which we both anticipated to be horrible due to our perceived lack of chins, but everything went better than expected (and these are some of my favorite photos from the set!) Fun fact about this shoot: We tried to make a Quaffle the night beforehand. It turned out... horribly. Spheres are incredibly difficult to make, even more so on a time crunch! So we settled for using a soccer ball with the expectation that a Quaffle will be Photoshopped in later. And last but not least, we have a few videos! First, we have the Instagram bait -- a spin in both slow-mo and boomerang formats! I honestly just love how the cloak moves! It's really comfortable and great for spinning, walking, and probably playing Quidditch. I'll let you know on that last one, I have yet to actually ride a broomstick, heheheh. We also shot a short video featuring a time turner and our beautiful faces! I personally love this and watched it about ten times in a row when Ginny Di first sent it to me. That's it for this shoot! Thanks to Ginny Di for having me, and to Ginny's mother for being such a wonderful photoshoot helper!
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