“I think there’s something to be said that people want physical memories of their time at a con or at an event. So I think seeing that puts a lot of smiles on people’s faces.”
KYLE NORRIS, KEN IMAGERY
yle Norris is a Pacific Northwest photographer who absolutely loves attending cons and capturing the essence of cosplay. As the creative mind behind Ken Imagery, Kyle is a former journalist turned photographer and videographer. His passion for cosplay doesn’t just stop at capturing the scene. Kyle’s interest in the tales of the cosplayers he captures adds an extra depth to his artistry, infusing authenticity into every frame.
Let’s discover Kyle’s stories, tips, and tricks to unmask creativity using his passion for cosplay and photography!
Kyle Norris: Howdy. Thank you BOOM Rattle BOOM for the amazing opportunity to be here. I’m so stoked, not only to work with you guys, but also just put the brand out there, be interviewed, and just have a good time. Let’s rock it out.
Kyle Norris: Yes, I am an Air Force veteran turned teacher as well as freelance photographer here in the Portland area. I also bounce up to Seattle on occasion, so you’ll see me up there, and offer photo shoots up there in that area. I specialize in cosplay, studio, and street fan photography, as well as some portrait work. I’ve been doing this on my own for about two years now. A little over two years at this point. It’s been a blast. And then I’ve been a teacher now. I work. I’m a high school teacher. Been doing that for about a year now. And before then, I was in the military, as well as working to become a contractor. It’s been a lot of fun doing all of that. I love to really help people become confident in themselves as well as be able to showcase their best selves and really showcase their costumes and their cosplay, their, their fashion, the clothes that they’re, they’re wearing that day and make them feel amazing, and just show them like, “hey, you can have some fun while also looking great.” I started out as a journalist for my undergrad, and then did that for about a year. And I helped a startup down here in Portland, did that for about nine months. And then, 2022, I swapped over to my own brand, Ken Imagery, and it’s been taking off ever since. And I’ve been digging it with that. I was in the military. I was in the air Force. I was a mechanic. But when I got out, I wanted a career change and started my path down as a teacher and freelancer.
Kyle Norris: Great question. So my passion for attending comic cons and making cosplayers smile, I’m going to start with that, break it down into a few different sections. So my passion for making or attending comic cons, making cosplayers smile really stems in 2017 when I went to my first con with my friend Tyler Mansfield, MCM Comic Con in London in 2017. Give him a follow @blackacecosplays. He does great cosplays and great work. When I attended, I felt like I was, you know, found so many friends. It was great. And so when I came back from my, for my time in the service, started as a journalist for my undergrad. So I had the opportunity to work at Sakura-Con one year. As soon as I got that opportunity to go, I was like, okay, I want to really return the favor to the cosplay community, and I want to make them feel empowered and feel safe, like how I did when I went to my first con. You know, for a lot of people, they struggle with like depression or PTSD, like myself. So I wanted to create the community as well as give back. Now, how long I’ve been working with cosplayers is the next question. So for about five years now, when I started in my undergrad as that journalist, I first started when I doing like YouTube videos, quick little interviews with them, like, hey, how to make the cosplay, what’s your favorite part about the character? And then as well as offer some free photos for them, you know, it’s kind of in return for their time as well as they will also get the video as well. And then I swapped over to doing more photography work as well as general social media content is when I started to gain more attraction and as I started to make my own brand. And what first inspired you to photograph them? Also great question. What inspired me was actually my friend Mansfield. He would post a lot of work. My buddy Mansfield would work with hahex.arw in the UK and I was inspired by both them as well as just the quality of cosplays just grazed my eyes. I got to see icons every year since 2017. And so, you know, that combination was, I think, the first real gear to get all that turning. As I got to get more comfortable behind the camera myself, and learn what cosplayers wanted as well as how to balance expressing myself, I began to really dive into where I am now. What inspired me was my friends as well as my wanting to contribute to the scene as well and give back to the scene.
Kyle Norris: Yeah, with so many cosplayers at a con, oh, man, it’s changed so much. Like I know at PAX, and Emerald City, and Sakura-Con, the three biggest cons in Seattle of where you’ll see like 30, 40,000 plus people, and more. So how do I choose to photograph them and how do I approach them? When I first started out, back in 2020, I started out as a fan, right? I would just go up to ask people, “hey, can I take a photo of you or can I take a photo with you?” Very excited, of course, because I’m also a fan of all these different fandoms and everything everyone else. Like, for example, I’m also a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fan. So if I saw a JoJo or a Dio or something, I would geek out with them and do that, and take a photo, ask them politely to take a photo with them. And so I started as that. I was like getting nervous and everything like that, like everyone else. Even now, I still get nervous sometimes. When I started as a journalist for my school, I simply would go into Facebook groups, and put out there, “hey, I am a journalist for my college. Would you like to do a cosplay interview? And this is what you would get for your time at the interview.” And then how that evolved into what I do now for my own brand, I still do a similar version of that, but a little more clean-cut where I now have to do a lot more marketing on my end. And so, yeah, the journalism stuff or the interviews, I now offer photo packages for X Price, you’ll get these amount of photos in the cosplay highlight reel, or for this price, you’ll get more photos and like another cosplay highlight reel. So what I’ll do is I’ll promote that and market that on my socials as well as all those cosplay sites. And if you are in, like for example, the unofficial Sakura-Con group, you’ll still see me in there, post, or the Portland Cosplay community, you’ll see me post in there. So I’ve streamlined a lab process of, “hey, if you want to book with me, here’s what you can expect for your time as well as the package. And here’s when I will expect to turn it around for you.” And so I’ll often do that. So it’s evolved really, from going up and being, you know, really geeking out and being a fan to that process of, “hey, for this price and this amount of time, here’s what you’ll get.” So that’s kind of like the big overarching theme. But now to geek out a little bit, I’ll still go from professional to fan. I’ll have some free time on occasion to just meet people or, you know, and I’ll. And yeah, or just be like, “hey, I literally love, again, like, let’s say you’re Risotto Nero cosplay again, a JoJo character. As a fan perspective, how I choose to photograph and how I approach them now, like, I guess like five years later is kind of like still being really respectful and be like, hey, you know, I would start with an opening question or be like, “hey, can you tell me about your cosplay a little bit? You know, I would love to hear about, you know, how you made it,” as well as just, you know, get them talking a little bit and then I usually help them to relax. And then two, since my time is a little more limited at cons because I have all my work, I do just try to stay to my fandoms of like Jojo or maybe like Demon Slayer. Although, if you see me, please come say hi. I don’t want to close any doors or anything. I love everybody. It’s just like, I tend to try to be pretty open when I’m just hanging out and about. But, you know, just ask an open-ended question and then go in for, “hey, can I have a photo or a selfie with you as a fan?” And it’s always a fun time.
Kyle Norris: So I attend roughly twelve cons a year. I’m trying to do more every year. And so, I’ll typically attend FAN EXPO in Portland. And then, I’m gonna go off the top of my head. So if I forget one, sorry, but off the top of my head, it’s usually FAN EXPO in Portland, Anime Washington, which is the first one this year, Emerald City, Sakura-Con, and then Chibi Chibi Con, and then I’ll do Washington Summer Con, WasabiCon, and then also Washington Summer Con, Rose City Comic Con, Kumoricon, PAX, Anime Revolution in Canada. And then you still try to do at least one throwing, like one random con if I can. Like last year, I went to MCM London Comic Con for the first time in a few years. As well as this year, I aim to go to SacAnime in California. My favorite. Oh, man, it’s gotta be MCM London Comic Con. I have a lot of British friends over there that I love to go see and visit every year, and it’s always been a blast. The Brits are always fun to hang out with, and I don’t know, it’s just kind of like, it’s a very nostalgic home homie con for me because it was my first kind of real con that I got to have fun and enjoy. And so I would definitely go with MCM London Comic Con. So shout out to my peeps over there.
Kyle Norris: Sadly, I have not had the opportunity to photograph a robot. If a robot finds me at a con, please come find me. I would love to take a photo of a robot. Oh, I’ve done video work. I’ve grabbed, like, small, random clips of Daleks. However you pronounce it, Tomato, tomato. At MCM Comic Con. So I don’t know if I would count that one properly, but I’ve done video of Daleks before. I’m probably gonna get so much feedback about my pronunciations of Dalek or Dalik online. But anyways, most of my clients or most of the cosplays that I do rock out, I have. I get a lot of, I don’t even know, a lot of demons, a lot of ghouls, and ghosts, a lot of, like, angels or what have you, a lot of those kinds of creatures. But I’ll go in from that route. A memorable moment from the shoot was from a recent shoot I did. I did a Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss meetup this past weekend where a lot of those kinds of characters are photographs of little angels and little demons and devils. And the memorable moments was just all the Gremlin energy. I’m gonna quote as Gremlin energy because, like, you know, you’re very, like, devilish. You’re very, like, very, like, manic energy. It was a small group, but the memorable part of it is the passion that the cosplayers and attendees had for the event. I had people legit, like, making stuff last minute, like the night before, I saw, I watched a friend who attended make, like, the Alastor cosplay that night and, like, live-streamed it. Just the collaboration, since camaraderie is a lot of fun, I actually made a mini vlog on it. You can check it out on YouTube. But, yeah, just the memories and just the energy of the clients were just great when they came out with the meetup.
Kyle Norris: Okay, so this is going to be a fun one. So a mythical creature that I would love to photograph. Kind of a different take. I would love to do, like, a Mari Lwyd, which is a Welsh mythological creature with a skull, particularly, I believe, like a deer, not a deer, like a horse head with, like, a sheet over it, and with a Mari Lwyd, he goes around various towns, and you have to, like, almost rap. You have to basically rap battle it. Yeah, rap battle this ghost of a, of a head. If you, as the homeowner, lose, the Mari Lwyd comes in to basically eat all your food and all your beer or gets, like, spicy water. Adult beverages as it were. But if you win and the Mari Lwyd loses, they just walk off. So how I would set up this shoot is so actually pretty similar to how I do a lot of the, these other kind of, like, mythologicalesque clients or photo shoots. I would ask the client what kind of style they want to do, and I would then collaborate off of that. However, I prefer to really bring in a lot of color and a lot of pop to photos. And so I would kind of set it up similar to how I did this Helluva Boss, Hazbin Hotel photo shoot where I would want to do kind of like, this larger than life, almost like a movie production set as type of ordeal. How I would set up this shoot for the mari Lwyd, to be honest, like, I would want to do almost like what we do in the shadowesque type of photo shoots. I would start with the color theme of a lot of blacks, purples, and greens, make it, like, give it a really menacing aura. And then, what I would do is use some external flashes to use greens and blues and purples to get that menacing color. And then what I would do from there is do a lot of dramatic angles to showcase that menacing vibe. Grandeur, movie, movie studio set aesthetic. Yeah. The mari Lwyd would be my top tier guest.
Kyle Norris: A fun one that I still kind of laugh at was, I was doing a photo shoot down in Portland. Actually, It was, I think, last month, and I was working with a cosplayer named jinxteaparty. They’re also on Instagram, where we’re out in the woods and kind of got this main hiking trail area. So, you know, you would not expect to see really anyone else out there at the time of morning that we were out there. We’re about 7:30, 8 o’clock, and, and my client was doing a Frieren photo shoot. To be fair, we were in the middle of this walkway and getting our shots. And then halfway through the shoot, some hikers started to come up and the trail started getting a little bit busier. And out of nowhere, we had, like, back-to-back-to-back people going, “oh, my goodness, is that Frieren?” And from, like, Beyond Journey’s End. And of course, my client goes off like, “oh, my goodness, you know, you know, Beyond Journey’s End. Dude, hold on a second. We gotta take a selfie together.” So, like, three times back-to-back-to-back we had to, like, stop, take a selfie. And so that one was pretty funny. And I, you know, I still get bit of a kick about that on occasion, so that was gonna be my favorite. Again, jinxteaparty, they’re a great cosplayer. Give them a follow.
Kyle Norris: Okay, luckily, I’ve worked with quite a few superheroes in my life. So, I have an idea of how I would do this everyday life. I would change up my style a little bit to do more journalistic. So, I would go back to my journalistic roots, and really capture the mundane of the superhero, as well as aim to capture the less exciting stuff of the superhero. So maybe they’re making coffee or they, maybe them having to order Uber eats. And in my approach to the style and set of each photo, again, being journalistic, kind of like as is mental editing as well as I would take a lot of inspiration from like, Casey Neistat as well as Peter McKinnon. And lastly, David Suh, having a very, you know, just upfront vlog style, kind of everyday style, but you’re still aiming to make something for the intent of a post or maybe a print, or you’re teaching people how to do something, or you’re still trying to inform the audience, like, hey, this is what, you know, making coffee is like for a superhero. Like Superman or Peter Parker. And then David Suh, take inspiration from him of adding a little bit of flair to the photos. Maybe at like, little bit of color in there, make the superhero pop a little bit. But still, I would capture it through a combination of vlog style, but also keep the audience in mind with a little bit of pop and flair for you. Very few superheroes are gonna feel super every hour, every day. Maybe, let’s say, like Tony Stark or something. You know what I mean? So sometimes, you know, it’s fun to see the less. Sometimes the less is more of things, right? So I would take fun in that approach.
Kyle Norris: It’d be either. It would have to be either instant teleportation or earth bending powers, like either Doctor Strange or Afterlife Airbender, because I could instant teleport anywhere, or I could alter the area that we’re at to make it more dramatic or even get a better angle. And so I could take the clients to, like, maybe a cool location, make a really cool, like, dramatic shot, or we’d alter at the on spot to make the scene more dramatic. So for me, that would open up a lot of opportunities with that, I think it would be really cool to just like, “hey, you know, what do we want to try to do, like, a real dramatic, like, earthy, kind of, like, scene, or do you want, like, a lot of water in this scene? I can help create, like, a little river, something like that or, hey, let’s go just teleport to Japan. Do, like, a japanese shoot?” That’d be super amazing. So I would have to go with one of those, too.
Kyle Norris: Okay, so this is gonna be a lot of fun because I sometimes do event work, and so I’m trying to build my event work portfolio. So one time I went to a concert in downtown Portland, and I started taking, like, event photos, kind of, like, just low key, bust out my camera, and I was like, “oh, yeah, I’m definitely with the concert and with the group,” I wasn’t, and I got a few photos, and one of the organizers saw me after, like, probably, like, 20, 30 minutes, and they’re like, “hey, man, you know you can’t be doing that!” He very kindly told me to put the gear away before he pushed any further. So I’m like, okay, I’m not gonna push it. So thank you very much for your time. And I grabbed a few photos, but, yeah, after that, I was like, be a little smarter about that, moving on.
Kyle Norris: With this one, I would. I would either say, like, the gothic Renaissance era. So, like, the 1200s through, like, the 1400s, 1500s. I would just love to be, like, nomad, like an Artesian artist going through, like, just Europe, photographing what that whole period was like, to drop me anywhere within that period. Just because everyone from the peasants down to the royalty, just the architecture being built at the time. I think just that whole gothic Renaissance era would be amazing to look through at the time. But then also, I would want to photograph also 1980s Europe, either a lot of, like, the discotheque scene, post punk, or punk scene of that time, just because, like, all the fashion and a lot of what those groups were doing at the time were just really inspiring. As I’m a little bit of a goth myself, I would love to kind of get in real time, like what the Eurotech scene, the goth scene, punk scene was at that during that decade of the eighties. I think it’d be a lot of fun photograph, and I don’t know, just even looking at the old granny folks, it seemed like a totally different world too at that time.
Kyle Norris: And this is a big question for sure. Shooting in manual, no matter where you’re at, whether you’re outside or in the studio, or on the street, whether it’s morning or at night, or maybe you’re in the middle of the day, how do you work in manual? So how I adjust my camera settings when I want to capture that very fine metallic sheen and the intricate details of metallic characters. Again, I have not had the opportunity, sadly, to work with robots. But again, if a robot finds me out and about, please ask me for a photo. I would love to send you a photo. So how I would set everything up would be a combination of where we’re shooting, what time of day it is, what kind of theme or vibe that we’re going for for the photo shoot, and then, as well as what kind of persona do you want to give off in the photo shoot. And so, I would take this combination of information as well as both the internal conversations that myself and the client would have, as well as the external of the environment outside, day, night, rainy, sunny, and I would judge it based on that. And then, I would also, considering the kind of poses that would work best to give off minimal glare of the robot or metallic character. Actually, a good example is my good friend caz.tastrophe.cos You can find them on Instagram where they do an amazing bash to stampede, where there’s a lot of, like, actually some goth metallic boots, a lot of, like, leather. Like I said, consider the poses that would best make them look as amazing as possible, very dramatic, but also get as minimal glare as possible, because you want to make sure the client and the robot or vast stampede, you want to show your best amazing features. Like, we want to make sure, like, hey, you’re not oversaturated, or hey, your half of your body’s, you know, just overexposed or blown out because of the sun. So with all that in mind, I would definitely make sure that you’re all squared away. So again, just to verify, we want to do is just adjust according to what’s going on outside, where we’re at the time of day, as well as what the client aims to do for the photo shoot.
Kyle Norris: So, my practice of full manipulation editing is I’ll typically start off with my own software that I subscribe to. So, like Topaz and then Lightroom, and Photoshop, and then Luminar Neo are the main software that I use to cull, develop galleries, and then send out galleries to the clients, and then make file edits if it wouldn’t need it. And then usually what I’ll do is start culling. So what culling is, what you do is you try to minimize all the duplicates, all the blurry pictures, all the maybe not-so glamorous shots of the clients, and then to pick out the highlights that you want to send to said clients. From there, I would develop the gallery, which kind of going into that photo manipulation, I started in Lightroom, where I start with a generic preset. Usually it matches the general vibe that I go off of. And then from that, I’ll touch up that preset with my own style to finalize because my belief is the presets are a starting point, not an end goal. Start the preset, make my own touches to make sure, you know, to freely finalize the initial vibe I want to go off of, and then I would then copy that style in line to all of my photos, because you can mass copy and paste your edits to the photos. So what I do is I’ll pretty much start with one photo, get that nice and right and tight, and then I’ll move to the other photos, and then create a gallery from that send to the clients. And then I’ll collaborate with the clients on what kind of photos they want, and then make any feedback. So from that, I’ll take the photos back. And then I would begin to edit, manipulate in Photoshop. I would add any special effects, any details, any lens flares, or clean up any photo as needed. Sometimes you might need to maybe delete some hair, you know, some fly away hairs or you might need to delete a pimple, or maybe they want like some cool fire effects. So then I would add all that in Photoshop and then Luminar Neo comes in where they have some more presets that I like to kind of experiment with. So I’ll experiment there. If I can’t seem to get just the initial galleries just right and then bring it back to the Lightroom, touch them up, and then send them back out to the clients.
Kyle Norris: The three that I’m really excited about is like, drone and aerial photography, mobile photography, and then as well, like, a little bit of retro is coming back. So with drone and aerial, I think it’s cool to see like, the different perspectives you can get that you normally don’t get when you’re just on the ground. And then like, I have a little DJI mini that I use to get like some like, above looking down shots. We’ll get a really dramatic sense of scale with those. I think it’s really neat. And then, and then see people engage with like, the drones, I think are really cool. Being able to like, “oh, man, you’re really….” Like, some dramatic, like, action shots are really cool. And then two way mobile photography, I think for me is having access to decent cameras nowadays is super important to everybody who is curious to get started with photography. As a teacher, I get a lot of questions, what can I do to just get started? And a lot of modern cameras, I think, for the last four or five years are so good that really you can get started with even just your mobile phone. I have an iPhone 13 Max or 13 Pro. And even that, I can get some pretty cool on-the-fly shots on that. The biggest thing I would say is learn your basics, learn ISO, learn shutter speed, learn f-stop, and depth of field, learn to work in manual so you can at least build those good habits. But being able to just grab and go people at a comic con or, hey, let’s go grab like some quick, you know, just on the cuff street photography, it’s great to have that literal starting point at your fingertips. So I encourage at least use that to get started. And then being able to post, like, “hey, here’s my journey so far.” To tell that angle, I think is really neat. So mobile photography, the way it’s going, I have this positive, mostly positive for people who are curious to just even get started. Now, I see a little bit of retro photography, a lot of, at cons, I see a lot of people with like, a new take on the old of, like, those polaroids. In fact, I’ve dabbled in that a little bit myself, where I see people busting out, like, a Polaroid camera and having printed on the fly and seeing that come make a comeback. I think it’s really cool. I think there’s something to be said that people want, like, physical memories of their time at a con or at an event. So I think seeing that puts a lot of smiles on people’s faces. Like, kind of the drone and aerial work, where it’s a different angle that people, I think, kind of don’t see too much. So when they do see it, they. I think they appreciate it that much more. And so seeing these areas kind of, like, provide an extra flavor to a normal, like, “hey, can I take your picture?” Is really neat. So those are the areas that I’m really excited about.
Kyle Norris: All right, so this is gonna be a little bit twofold. So what my message is that I aim to convey to my photography is that, hey, anyone can cosplay. You can rock the cosplay that you’re in. And you know what? I want to be here to be with you on that journey. Right. Valid. Absolutely. Whether, you know, you’re starting to cosplay for the first time, you’re coming out of your shell, or you’ve been doing this for, like, 12, 13 years and you do your own work as well as a content creator or what have you, my message is, hey, this creates a very open, collaborative experience just so that we can get the best, you know, photo and the best part of you available and out there for people. The feeling I aim to convey with my photography, though, like, from a technical sense, is I really aim to make a very cinematic, very, like, almost like a cutout from, like, a theatrical scene or a movie set scene, where you see some of my examples here on my Instagram. If you go to my Instagram, my Hazbin Hotel meetup that I’ve done, or my work with my friend and cosplayer temmoplusdoof, where they’re doing this Elysium indie game film scene, or my friends cometclysm on Instagram, where they’re doing Present Mike and so, or even my… another friend I have, we’re gonna do wakeupslayer (shout him out), where it’s very, like, cinematic and, like, very just ready to go, and ready to kick butt and just like, hey, let’s bring out the best version of yourself, and this gives us the sense of feeling of the character. I grew up in an engineering and teacher household where both my dads were teachers and engineers or work with people that had work done, and so I approached that mindset. But also being a fan of pop culture and all these various mediums, I wanted to combine both worlds to create a very cinematic and timeless piece. And so I just want to bring both of those together with that. I truly try to aim to showcase a “anyone can do this,” “everybody can cosplay,” “everyone has an amazing side to them” that, hey, you may have not thought you have, but you absolutely do. However, and then, too, this is also collab to make this cinematic piece that we can absolutely just kick butt on and collaborate on.
Kyle Norris: For any budding cosplayer on how to prepare or act during a photo shoot, we’ll do some bullet points for you. The first tip on how to prepare is do some homework to make sure that you find the right photographer for the photo shoot. Make sure that you have a vision in mind of what you want out of the photo shoot. There’s a certain style, or you want to emphasize a certain aspect of your cosplay in the shoot. Find a photographer that can help out with that, even if you don’t have a certain style or aesthetic in mind. Find a photographer that will very happily, like, talk with you through that, because it’s a two-way street with a photo shoot. So make sure you find that. And then two, maybe you find some references to your cosplay. Like, find some poses that you like to try or maybe some references. Whether you go on Pinterest, or Instagram, or TikTok, find some poses or find some ideas that can help you get into your character and communicate that to your photographer that, “hey, let’s try out these poses.” Number three is remember that for the photo shoot, you ARE the center of attention. This is your time to shine. So never feel bad to ask a photographer any question that you have, because again, you’re the client, you are the rock star. So please let us know. And it’s a two-way street like, we are here for you. Never forget that. So, yeah, do some homework on both. Find the right photographer as well as your cosplay. How to act at a photo shoot is just be calm and remember, it’s your time to shine. And you don’t need to rush through the sets. The poses you can take the time that you need within that lot of time. If you want to retry a pose, please let the photographer know because when you’re at the photo shoot, remember it’s you and the photographer, so it’s your time to work through the poses as we’ll have some fun. So remember, have fun, but also be a little bit professional. Have fun. So you’ve done all this homework. You talk to the photographer, you guys are top tier, ready to go. Have some fun with it. Remember, you’re the rock star at this photo shoot, so it’s all about you and you have to talk with the photographer that, “hey, let’s try this post instead.” And then two, just kind of also be a little bit situationally aware that there’s gonna be other people around. So in that sense that if you have, like, a prop or something, please just, you know, try not to bop anyone in the head by accident. But yeah, just have fun with it because you prepped to be with this photographer and then also to grab your photos, have your photos done. But yeah, then it’s kind of relaxed because I know it can be a lot and… but the photographer should also be able to help keep you on pace and on track for, hey, let’s walk you through all these different poses and everything. Ready to go. So remember, it’s a two way street. You’re here for them, they’re here for you, and you’re here to ultimately create some amazing content and grab some amazing photos. So the preparation of doing your homework, being able to talk to the doctor who can also give you some ideas, would also be able to help you get all that squared away.
Kyle Norris: So where in the cyberspace can we find this work that I have? Great question! I’m on Instagram. I’m on TikTok. I’m also on Facebook, and I’m on YouTube. On Instagram, it’s ken_imagery. You can find my channel on YouTube, Ken Imagery @kenimagery8468, and then my Facebook as well. It’s also just going to be kenimagery9 on Facebook. And then TikTok, I’m ken_imagery5. And so, yeah, those are all my links to my socials.
Kyle Norris: Can I do two shoutouts? So the first one is neeko. His Instagram is neeko_wk. He’s an amazing cloud cosplayer and just overall amazing cosplayer in general, but he mostly does cloud from Final Fantasy. So check him out. He has also helped me so much with my own material, my own brand, an amazing person. And we’re going to geek out on neeko here for a little bit because he has helped me so much, my own brand, and helped me get started with my own confidence and skill sets. The dude also makes prop works. He does amazing props. I’ll say with a bit of an ask that he’s currently taking commissions. I’m helping him with his own brand. I’ll be the bit of a goober and say like, “yes, he’s taking commissions,” but I’m helping him out with that. I only say that they asked me because I minored in digital marketing in my undergrad. So I kind of putting that to use and help him amount in return. But, he has done interviews for me, he’s done photo shoots, he’s helped model for me. The guy is almost what can neeko not do for me and just for anybody? So I cannot give him enough high regards. And then Mothlic is the second shout out just because they are a art student aiming to be a college professor and art. So I want to give them a shout out that they’re also starting to get into photography a little bit more. So I’m going to encourage them to hopefully get the start that they need as well.
Kyle Norris: I have a few right now where I have a Chainsawman meetup actually this weekend. And then I have a Jujutsu Kaisen photo shoot that Sunday after. I have a couple other meetups in July. And then I have Washington Summer Con and WasabiCon that I have bookings for. And if interested, please dm me about any opportunities for them, and prepare to see a lot of amazing Chainsawman material as well as Ju Kaisen, and it’s another convention here in the summer. Super stoked about it.
Kyle Norris: Oh man. So how can we make the world a better place? So for that, I feel like there’s gonna be a few layers to that. There’s a lot of redistribution of resources. So not only wealth, but food, access to education, and healthcare. You redistribute that to a lot of the majority. Here in the states, here overseas, a lot of people need resources. You know, we see people, you know, like the 1% or even like the top 10% with massive access to resources that one person has that 99% doesn’t. And so, what I think we need to do is break down those barriers like people need food, people need access to sustainable information, people need access to the Internet. And so being able to break down those barriers so that, you know, let’s say little Suzy and Oklahoma can have the same type of opportunities as, let’s say, a child in India can have. Everyone should have the same kind of access and healthcare. Also, working overseas, I’ve seen the differences here overseas in the UK, or, you know, everywhere, anywhere else in the world versus here in the States. And it’s just, I wish that here in the states we could have, you know, a lot of people could have the similar opportunities, or vice versa. Also too, like, would be a little bit of a hippie, but I wish wars weren’t a thing. I know wars generate a lot of money for certain people, but I just wish wars weren’t a thing anymore. So those would be the big areas that I wish to make a world better place.
Kyle Norris: And thank you guys so much for allowing me the opportunity to not only talk about myself and what I do, but being able to help you all out. And so, yeah, I thank you very much and I hope to work with you all again.
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