This week, we conclude our review of portraits from The Gala of Everlasting Change live action role-play event held in early September, 2022. The session was shot onsite at the event in a small bunkhouse on a campground. The details of the event and the photography setup are summed up in part one, but here’s a brief refresher:
The Gala of Everlasting Change was a live action role-playing game event created by Nathan Pease that occurred in Yorkville, Illinois, on September 10–11, 2022. In this event, the fey/faerie courts of autumn, winter, spring, and summer met to engage in politics and tricks and decide who will rule their various courts. The participants play various members of these faerie courts over the course of an afternoon and into the evening, interacting with one another and engaging in meaningful moments of role-play as these characters.
Distant Era photographed portraits for the gala in fifteen-minute mini sessions. Anyone who wished could be photographed and could purchase their portraits after the gala if they wished. These portraits were commissioned by the subjects as their selections from the session.
In our first post, we saw the Harrowhawk the leshy and Eirwin Mirafiel, fey from the courts of autumn and winter respectively. In our second post, we showed a second portrait commission of Brie’s character Eirwin, as well as Gwanwyn, a fey of the spring court created by Coco, and Cladhaire, a shining summer fey created by Meredith. In our third post, we revealed Raedrial’s mortal character Oriens, who infiltrated the fey court during the event.
This week we feature the final four client portraits from The Gala of Everlasting Change—two of Deana’s character Eira the winter fey, one of Jeff’s character Swarmingmist, a summer fey, and one of Tim’s character Corda Briste, who did not belong to a fey court.
TOP RIGHT: Swarmingmist, by Jeff.
BOTTOM LEFT: Corda Briste, by Tim.
The Portrait Patron
Some of this week’s portraits were funded by a patron who wished to generously donate a fund so that someone who would not be able to afford a portrait might have one. I deeply respect and admire this act of kindness and generosity, and I’m grateful to the patron who made it possible for me to do the work.
The Gallery of Everlasting Change
Here is the final gallery of commissioned portraits from The Gala of Everlasting Change. With one exception, these portraits were shot in fifteen-minute sessions back to back on the day of the event, without planning, makeup, or any amount of production. It took much longer to edit each of them into finished work than it did to photograph them, but that’s just how it is. Lots of improvising, figuring things out as we go. It helped to ask the players about their characters so as to get a feel for the mood of the portrait. If a player ordered multiple portraits, we tried to go for contrasting moods for the sake of variety.
And with that, editing on The Gala of Everlasting Change 2022 is complete. Thanks to all those who commissioned portraits so that this work might be done. It was an honor to make them for you!
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