I was just too tired and my sweetie had to cancel in order to work / do MAL in D.C. I'll miss going to Frolic I guess. A few furs are there that I wanted to see / meet but otherwise I'm an unknown and greymuzzles seem to not fit in as easily anyway.

For my next con the photographs I take will be even better. I got a lot of new equipment including a 35mm (equiv.) f/1.8 plus new flash, diffuser / softbox combo, CTO gels and TTL cord - with a 2 stop advantage, I'll probably be able to settle for 640-800 ISO rather than 1600 to 3200. I look forward to experimenting with the setup and then trying it out at the next shoot.

Missing out on suiting doesn't really bother me much as it is surprisingly stressful physically and it seems no one connected with it anyway. I've made some additional mods to the overcoat so it is much easier for me to get into and out of, and that may dramatically improve my suiting experience next time. I should actually be able to get in and out of it, maybe even myself!

I think the most important part of lowering the stress levels when suiting is to make sure that I stay at the con hotel - at MFF I was in the overflow Hilton and it was a physical drag, having to walk 10 minutes through corridors and hallways to get back to the room when I was already tired and stressed. Next time, no con hotel = barely suiting.

Rubber, however, is such common street wear for me that I'll switch more to that instead. The problem with me in full rubber is no pockets and squeaky clothes, so it is nearly impossible to do photography. There is always neoprene, I guess.