Focal.
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Find your
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Photographers who shoot your character, not just anyone in a wig.
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—per 2 hours
—cosplays shot
—day turnaround
What's included
Open days
Rates
Reviews · from cosplayers who booked
How sealed reviews work · the rule that makes this app →
You're a photographer? · no booking between shooters, just collabs →
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Request a shoot

Sat, Nov 7

with —
Who are you shooting?
The photographer uses this to plan lighting and props. Not shown publicly.
Session length
Deposit now
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Request sent.

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Photographer repliesWithin 24h. They can counter with another day.
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Deposit is held, not paidCard is only charged when they accept.
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You get a shoot briefLocation, call time, what to bring. Cancellation terms sit here, not in fine print.
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Sealed reviews

Nobody reads a review
while writing one.

Only a cosplayer who actually booked this photographer can review them. You can't read anyone's until you've written yours. Nobody reads yours until they've written theirs. Or 14 days pass. No anchoring, no hostage five stars.
Your review of —
Rate the shoot
☆☆☆☆☆

Sealed. Other cosplayers can't read this until they've written their own.

What other cosplayers said
Something unsafe happened?report goes to a human,
not into the stars →
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What I'm guessing

This is the first real slice. Green means "close", red means "wrong".
NUMBER ONE

Browse-first? I assume cosplayers open this looking for a photographer. If they actually pick one on Instagram and this app only handles money and dates, the whole first screen is wrong.

NUMBER TWO

Deposit before accept. I hold 30% until the photographer says yes. You said money moves after the shoot. So: authorize on booking, charge on the day?

ANSWERED

Who counts as both sides? Settled: cosplayers review photographers, one direction. Photographers don't book each other. Collabs are a separate surface with no stars attached.

NUMBER THREE

One city or anywhere? Right now the calendar pretends everyone is in the same place.

NUMBER FOUR

The name. Focal. Settled 30 Oct.

NUMBER FIVE

Which side is first? I built the cosplayer side because that's my guess. If getting photographers to sign up is the real problem, this is the wrong door.