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I first met Anita dressed head to toe in red and golden fur: her Monkey King cosplay at Anime Revolution Winter on February 7th 2016. During this convention, I had been shooting for a number of hours outside, and my hands were freezing. As I was packing away my gear, ready to go home, a friend of mine pointed out the Monkey King cosplay about 10 feet away. I looked up just in time to witness the monkey jump up on to a ledge and do a couple of poses for a flock of photographers.

Photo by Ultra Nerdy / Vancouver Sun

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After about 30 minutes of patiently waiting for the crowd of photographers to subside, I finally got a chance to do a mini private shoot with Anita. During the shoot I was careful to make sure my lights were set up correctly while I asked my three primer questions in efforts to “scout” her for my behind the scenes project.

Photo by Ultra Nerdy / Vancouver Sun

Over 100 hours of footage was shot for this behind the scenes project featuring Anita’s Easter Bunny cosplay. Although that may seem excessive, as the final product is only a clip of 2 minutes, such commitment to the project was necessary because the actual cosplay building process for the Easter Bunny was much longer: approximately 1 month.