Hayley Stein Photography

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

“I am the Vampire Lestat. It’s my era. I’m a rock star now. Thousands of fans love you. I want millions. Billions. Why music? Why now? We’re doing a rewrite.”

Who is watching ?? Absolutely obsessed with this season, bloody good time ❤️🩸

Cosplay: “how macabre!”
Event: FAN EXPO Chicago 2024
Photo: Hayley Stein Photography
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06/16/2026

Happy 25th anniversary, Atlantis! Take some Helga 🌊⚙️📚

Cosplay: Noell
Event: Light Fantastic AKA AnthonyCon 2023
Photo: Hayley Stein Photography
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05/19/2026

“I got so excited watching everyone’s live performance! I really love school idols after all!”🌸💖📚

Throwback to the cherry blossoms in bloom last year- I’m trying to post my huge backlog of photos I swear!

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05/07/2026

✨C2E2 Crown Contest 2026 ✨

Incredible job to everyone involved in this contest; one of my favorite shows all year! Absolutely amazing work; always very humbling to be in the same room with some of the most talented people around. Sadly I can only post 20 images, but full album on my website 💖

Shoutout to , , & .shot.efx for being fabulous judges & for moving onto MCM London!

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04/17/2026

✨AMKE Masquerade 2026✨

Disappeared from social media to do back to back conventions, time to share some contests! Honored to be the main photographer for this contest this year with . Proud to be able to give back to my favorite part of conventions- it’s always so inspiring and exciting to see so much talent in one room! Tagging limits will not allow me to get everyone, but congratulations to everyone involved 💖🥳

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04/09/2026

04/01/2026

✨️😈𝕀𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕖 𝟙5 𝔸𝕧𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 ℕ𝕆𝕎!😈✨️
Issue 15 is our Villains issue! 🖤

Our Featured Cosplayer is 👏🖤
Get a copy and read all about this wildly fun cosplay and about being a professional costumer!

is the very talented photographer for our featured set ✨️🖤

Thank you to all our dastardly cosplayers who so gloriously fill the pages! ✨️🖤😈

Whos your fav Villain?

Available now! Link in Bio.