Hayley Stein Photography

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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05/04/2026

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.

03/24/2026

03/21/2026

“Just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she began to fly.” 🐛🦋💐💖

Happy start of Spring from the butterfly glam queen herself! How are you celebrating the start of the season?

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03/20/2026

Chicago Cosplay & Photography meetups was founded in 2019 as a safe space alternative to certain conventions on the scene in the area. These free networking events are open to all in the area! Please join us on our socials, this website is strictly a photo sharing site for our events!

03/11/2026

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑒𝓌
𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 🌹💧🗡️

Last but certainly not least, the final part of my lady of the lake series from last summer! I have many more images to share later, but this project was a much needed return to whimsy and joy in a much needed time- cannot wait to keep creating & hopefully host something similar later this year 👀🌊💖 thank you again to all my friends who were down to play in the lake!

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