The costume thing I mentioned is that I've been doing shoots for a website:
www.TotallyCostumes.com. You can see the first couple shoots up there (scroll down on the main page). They send me a costume and I find someone to shoot it with. As the model, you get to keep the costume. They don't have anime/manga stuff, but they do have accessories that could go toward cosplay.
The next one will be posted in a couple weeks, then I'm taking a break from shooting cosplay to shoot car racing events for the first half of April. Then it's back to cosplay shoots from there thru AX. AHH! So many shoots to do!
I'm still looking for people to model the totallycostumes.com shoots, so please let me know if you're interested!