My posts to this thread concentrated on the word "killer". I take thousands of portraits. Many are personal/private/candid photos which I do not feel comfortable publishing. For "Killer" portraits, my favorite venue is Dragon*Con, an Atlanta science fiction, fantasy, cosplay, etc. convention. Photography is expected, and for the most part welcome there. I shoot thousands of candids each time I'm there, and of course, many of the subjects are of "killer" attributes.
So here are two more from Dragon*Con:
To get a feel for what this venue is like, here is a very large only-slightly edited sequence of photos that I took there one year, over about a 3 day period. There are some good portraits in there, but the mostly unedited sequence give you a feel for the variety that exists in such a venue. I don't self-edit the subjects much. Even those I find objectionable are to be found in the series, along with my favorites. Sometimes my favorites ARE objectionable, because if this work has a subject, it is the human condition, which is often depraved, of course.
Dragon*Con 2003 Portraits
Another reason I don't publish these photos much is that I don't have any idea who the people are, and their costumes are either their own original work, or derived from the work of others. If you look in my portfolio, you'll see that of the four submissions to this thread, none are for sale, except for the terrifying self-portrait. I think I'll add another, just for fun, perhaps more of a killer than the 4 so far:
This is the last sight seen by many a cookie. Note that gluttony kills, to go along with this theme. I just got 4 heart artery stents for my 64th birthday. Lucky me! Bad news for a few delicious treats, but perhaps fewer than before!
