I am so fortunate to have spotted this amazing Tinkerbell Cosplay at Wizard World Chicago.  She was headed out for the day so we only had about five to ten minutes together but I was thrilled to get any time… […]

I photographed this stunning Batgirl Cosplay at Wizard World Portland earlier this year.  This is the beautiful Alice Leask on Facebook and alicex44 on Instagram.  Thanks also goes out to her amazing mom tracey_who_sews on Instagram for making this eye-catching… […]

Thanks so much to A Smile and A Song Cosplay for sharing this photo and giving a shout out to the Cosplay 50 Project.  I never even thought that it was possible for 19,000 people to even see my photos… […]

I loved this Aladdin Cosplay from Colossalcon 2017.  Red Solo Cup as a hat….brilliant! Seems fitting to share this one right after The Genie.  I still have many older cosplay  photos to process so now one will go up each… […]

The Genie from Aladdin Cosplay has been on my wishlist for a long time and I have to admit I nearly tackled Micheal Wilson (Knightmage) at Wizard World Chicago to photograph him.  I bring a solid grey seamless paper background… […]

I was so excited at Wizard World Portland this year when I saw this amazing Dolores Umbridge Cosplay!  She has been on my cosplay wishlist for a long time now and I was thrilled to check her off.  Please check… […]

What can I say about A Smile and A Song Cosplay, who I met and photographed for the first time at Chicago Wizard World? UNREAL is the word that comes to mind. This is her Mina Ashido Cosplay from My… […]

The last week has truly been a blur. We photographed 50 people over four days at Wizard World Chicago and there were so many more cosplays I wanted to photograph but sadly we had to sleep! I thought having three… […]

We had another great day in Chicago.  This has been by far my favorite convention I have ever photographed at.  Amazing cosplays were still out today even after the convention closed!  We photographed a Yondu/Mary Poppins mashup, Skeletor from Masters… […]

We had a great afternoon today!  We photographed Lady Olenna Tyrell from Game of Thrones, Zelda Breath Of the Wild, Delores from Westword, Shuri from Black Panther, M. Bison from Street Fighter and Miguel from CoCo.  Neva (my oldest and… […]

One post isn’t enough, another one coming shortly! We photographed too many people today for just one post.  Part of our day today was spent with a lovely Tinkerbell, a Viking which was an original character (and so amazing), and… […]

We had a great first day!  This convention is so gigantic that I honestly have nothing to even compare it to. I was thrilled to find Milo and Kida from Atlantis (they have been on my cosplay wishlist for a… […]

We are always trying to make this project more special and fun for us and the cosplayers we photograph. In Chicago we will be handing out Golden Tickets with appointment times.  We are located in Room 46 and will be… […]

Chicago Wizard World will check off our 12th state in our quest to 50! So thankful for all the patient, kind, fun and loving people I get to photograph and work with on this project.  We are in Room 46… […]

We will be on the convention floor looking for amazing cosplayers to photograph for Cosplay 50: The United States of Cosplay.  (Next post will explain more about the project.) Donald E. Stephens Convention Center 5555 North River Road  Rosemont, Illinois… […]

I had the honor of photographing this lovely Moana Cosplay at Wizard World Portland earlier this year.  Please check her out at RainyChickCosplay on Facebook.   We head to WIzard World Chicago on Tuesday, hoping to find a Maui!

First, thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes.  I had a fantastic weekend with friends and family and even saw Hamilton!  After all that celebrating it was time to get back to real life. My daughter had four of… […]

This Vanellope Von Schweetz Cosplay from the Disney movie Wreck-It Ralph is probably the most adorable cosplay I have ever seen.  I met Léthe at Wizard World Portland and was blown away by the design, creativity and detail in her… […]