Stephanie Augnst is a cosplayer and member of the 501st Legion. She also owns and operates Sapphire Studios, where she specializes in Cosplay, Boudoir, Glam and Pin-up photography!
Stephanie Augnst is a cosplayer and member of the 501st Legion. She also owns and operates Sapphire Studios, where she specializes in Cosplay, Boudoir, Glam and Pin-up photography!
Blair has been doing photography of one type or another since the 4th grade. After trying his hand at various different forms, he decided to stop selling his services as a photographer and instead concentrate on photography as an art form. He has been showing his work in various local convention art shows for the past five years, this year adding other forms of art. Blair does all his own matting and also photographs his wife Mitzi’s sculptures. In 2018 he joined with a group of fellow creatives to form the Convention Artists Guild in Colorado. Blair lives in Colorado with his lovely wife of 30+ years, Mitzi, and their feline overlords Koda and Sparo.
Jeremiah Edwards is 3rd Dan in Tae Kwon Do, and has been children’s instructor at the Chang Hong School of Tae Kwon Do. After earning his brown belt, he became an Assistant Instructor. He is an instructor at all levels of students from White to Black Belts, and obtained 3rd Degree Black belt in 2018.
Matthew “BeardedOkie Photography” Pyle has been involved in photography for most of his life. His childhood dream was to become Peter Parker and to shoot photos of superheroes and supervillains. It became a reality when he began photographing cosplayers regularly. He works with costume artists to achieve their desired look and feel, to showcase their workmanship in an artistic format. BeardedOkie Photography has shot thousands of cosplayers at hundreds of professional shoots, cons, and charity events across five states.
Ethan Nahté is an author, journalist, screenwriter, photographer, and musician. He has several years of experience working in TV/Film/Radio. He has over 30 published stories and poems spanning speculative fiction, historical fiction, comedy, pulp, and young adult. He has two story collections, Of Monsters & Madmen and The Undead Ate My Head, plus the novellas The Savage Caged and Wings of Mercury.