Oftentimes when I post pictures from a photoshoot I have done recently, I get some some really sweet, flattering comments. I don't kid myself that I'm model material (even if I had 0% body fat and perfect features, I'd still be too short) so I chalk it up more to 1) my family and friends being incredibly sweet and supportive and 2) very good photographers. (And 3), luck.) Usually I just thank people and try to leave it at that. But one type of comment that I've never known how to deal with is when people say stuff like, "You're just naturally pretty!" or "You can't take a bad photo!" I don't want to disagree with them necessarily, because they ARE being nice, and for me to tell them they're wrong would, I think, come off as rude. But I *do* disagree, at least in part; I don't walk around like that (in the makeup and hair and outfits I would wear for a photoshoot) every day, and I DO take more than my fair share of bad photos--you just don't see them, because part of the photoshoot process is tossing the bad and accentuating the good. It's like a book or a movie--they don't just spawn fully formed, ready to go. There is a lot of work in the planning stages, and a lot of editing along the way. And cosplayers don't do it alone; it's a joint effort between them and the photographers, at least. (In my case, it can be even more: I don't make my own costumes, so someone has to make them for me. I don't know how to straighten hair, so I go to a hair salon. Etc., etc.) So I figured it was time for people to see the non-photoshoot me, and see what goes in to making Everyday Crissy, that most of you haven't seen, into, in this case, Sailor Mars. David Ng and I have been shooting together for a long time by this point, and I knew he'd love to try this new concept for a shoot.