Have you heard of Steampunk? I’ve actually never heard of Steampunk until I saw someone blog a Steampunk wedding a few weeks ago. I had to google it, and even then, I’m not sure I fully understand it, but I found it utterly fascinating. To boil it down, it’s Victorian meets sci-fi, and here’s the Wikipedia article if you’re interested in reading more. My friend Heather Baldwin of Forever Dawn Photography organized this shoot and found a huge group of Steampunk enthusiasts in Vegas, and I was very excited to be photograph them. I think they outnumbered the photographers, which usually doesn’t happen in a photographer get together!
Everyone had these elaborate costumes that they made themselves or bought through Ebay and Etsy. We should have tried to get a group shot at the beginning, but we weren’t organized enough, so here are most of the Steampunk enthusiasts that showed up for the shoot. We shot this at the Clark County Museum, which is fairly large and I could take individual portraits of each person without running into another photographer. I just love the details that everyone put on their costumes.
As you can see by the variety of costumes, everyone has a different interpretation of Steampunk and the costumes reflect their personalities. A lot of them had guns too, of all shapes and sizes.
I was really impressed with her gun and how it is modified from one of those Nerf guns!
This is my interpretation of American gothic juxtaposed by a warmer portait on the right. I really wanted to show off her beautiful eyes!
I photographed this couple separately because I just love these portraits. He is dressed up as a Prussian soldier, and yes, that is his real mustache!
