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A little story behind my Frieren cosplay photoshoot in a cave near Ufa, Russia.
First, I already know someone will say that my figure isn’t very canon. There was actually a reason for that. I had a small joke planned: Frieren was supposed to have drunk a “breast enlargement potion,” and I wanted to include a little bottle in the first photos to explain the difference.
Unfortunately, I didn’t want to make the shoot too silly while we were actually inside the cave, so my photographer and I completely forgot about the bottle afterwards. We only remembered it while driving back. We stopped in a field and tried to take a few extra photos with it, but the wind, expressions and everything else went wrong, so none of those photos worked.
We started by putting on helmets and going down into the cave. We had to descend about four stories down using a very steep staircase — two sections at roughly a 60° angle and another two that were almost completely vertical, around 90°. After that, we spent hours climbing over slippery rocks, finding places to sit and pose, and trying to use every interesting corner of the location.
The whole trip took about 6 hours there and back, while the actual photoshoot lasted around 3–4 hours. We photographed inside the cave among huge rock formations, moss, plants and very slippery stones. I climbed and sat pretty much everywhere I could to make the most of the location, including going almost all the way down to the water for some shots.
Afterwards, we also took photos outside, with beautiful views of the surrounding fields and forests.
was my first time doing a photoshoot in a place like this, and I think that’s what I love most about these photos. They’re not just cosplay pictures — there was a whole little adventure behind them.
I’m also adding one unedited photo from the shoot.
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<!-- SC_OFF -->A little story behind my Frieren cosplay photoshoot in a cave near Ufa, Russia.
First, I already know someone will say that my figure isn’t very canon. There was actually a reason for that. I had a small joke planned: Frieren was supposed to have drunk a “breast enlargement potion,” and I wanted to include a little bottle in the first photos to explain the difference.
Unfortunately, I didn’t want to make the shoot too silly while we were actually inside the cave, so my photographer and I completely forgot about the bottle afterwards. We only remembered it while driving back. We stopped in a field and tried to take a few extra photos with it, but the wind, expressions and everything else went wrong, so none of those photos worked.
We started by putting on helmets and going down into the cave. We had to descend about four stories down using a very steep staircase — two sections at roughly a 60° angle and another two that were almost completely vertical, around 90°. After that, we spent hours climbing over slippery rocks, finding places to sit and pose, and trying to use every interesting corner of the location.
The whole trip took about 6 hours there and back, while the actual photoshoot lasted around 3–4 hours. We photographed inside the cave among huge rock formations, moss, plants and very slippery stones. I climbed and sat pretty much everywhere I could to make the most of the location, including going almost all the way down to the water for some shots.
Afterwards, we also took photos outside, with beautiful views of the surrounding fields and forests.
was my first time doing a photoshoot in a place like this, and I think that’s what I love most about these photos. They’re not just cosplay pictures — there was a whole little adventure behind them.
I’m also adding one unedited photo from the shoot.
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