Good morning and happy Monday! I am excited to get back in the swing of things with my photography starting today. I have some new posts that will be scheduled throughout the week!

I attended Shoboucon at the Chesapeake Library today. It was a very chill time, and it was so nice to see people that I haven't seen in a while, including some talented vendors and artists! I was able to take a couple of sessions, and took pics during the cosplay contest.

A quick update as I catch up with work: I am in the process of working on a price sheet for my website. I know, finally. However, this will be a hidden page with the purpose of sharing my pricing with my potential clients. I am being intentional where I don't want to be just seen with a price tag.

No Otakon for me this year, friends :( I hope to be able to go next year!

"𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚...𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮?" 🪽: #CardcaptorSakura 📸: @atelierreikophotos.bsky.social 📍: #DCCherryBlossomFestival 2025 #yukitotsukishiro #clamp #cosplay #yukitotsukishirocosplay #clampcosplay #cardcaptorsakuracosplay

"𝕄𝕪 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕖, 𝕥𝕠𝕠..." 🪽: #CardcaptorSakura 📸: @atelierreikophotos.bsky.social 📍: DC Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 #clampcosplay #dccherryblossomfestival #yukitotsukishiro #cosplay #cosplayphotography #cardcaptorsakuracosplay

"𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙨𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨." 🪽: #CardcaptorSakura 📸: @atelierreikophotos.bsky.social 📍: #DCCherryBlossomFestival 2025 #cardcaptorsakuracosplay #yukitotsukishiro #clamp #clampcosplay

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐦 𝐈? 𝐀𝐦 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞?𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥... . 🖼️ @rurounichancosplay.bsky.social 💃 Amamiya Red from Persona 5 📍Red Wing Park, Virginia Beach, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography. 🚫Do not edit, alter, or train for AI.

"𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞." . 🖼️ @rurounichancosplay.bsky.social 💃 Amamiya Red from Persona 5 📍Red Wing Park, Virginia Beach, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography. 🚫Do not edit, alter, or train for AI.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠..." . 🖼️ @rurounichancosplay.bsky.social 💃 Amamiya Red from Persona 5 📍Red Wing Park, Virginia Beach, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography. 🚫Do not edit, alter, or train for AI without permission.

Hello, everyone! I will be out of office from Friday through Sunday of this weekend - I will be in Washington D.C. for the National Cherry Blossom Festival!

"𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭." -𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲 . ‼️DISCLAIMER: FAKE 🩸‼️ . 🖼️ Raegan 💃 Original horror character 📍Blood in the Water Convention Wyndham Garden Hotel, Norfolk, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography. 🚫Do not edit, alter, or train for AI.

"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫." -𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐲𝐥𝐞 . ‼️DISCLAIMER: FAKE 🩸‼️ . 🖼️ Raegan 💃 Original horror character 📍Blood in the Water, Norfolk, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography. 🚫Do not edit, alter, or train for AI.

I wanted to share my struggles as I am working on making some posts for my social media: Right now, I am only one person, and as a solopreneur, I can't stress the importance of having a very good time management routine, specifically when it comes to making social media posts. (1/7)

If you are seeing this post at 12pm on 4/4/2026, then that means that my scheduler is working! I am trying to use more of the scheduling so that my posts are automatically working in my stead while I work on some other things behind the scenes!

"𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐘𝐎𝐔." . ‼️DISCLAIMER: FAKE 🩸‼️ . 🖼️ Raegan 🕺 Original horror character 📍Blood in the Water / Norfolk, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography, editing/altering not permitted.

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝." . ‼️DISCLAIMER: FAKE 🔪PROP‼️ . 🖼️ @loganf1107 (IG) 🕺 Staples, an original horror character for Frightmare 📍Blood in the Water Convention Wyndham Garden Hotel, Norfolk, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography. 🚫Do not edit, alter, or train for AI without permission.

"𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮." . ‼️DISCLAIMER: FAKE 🔪PROP‼️ . 🖼️ @loganf1107 (IG) 🕺 Staples for Frightmare VA 📍Blood in the Water Convention, Norfolk, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography. 🚫Do not edit, alter, or train for AI without permission.

"𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦." . ‼️DISCLAIMER: FAKE 🔪PROP‼️ . 🖼️ @logan1107 (IG) 🕺 Staples, an original horror character for Frightmare 📍Blood in the Water Convention Wyndham Garden Hotel, Norfolk, VA 📸Atelier Reiko Photography. 🚫Do not edit, alter, or train for AI without permission.

📌PINNED POST!📌 . Hello everyone! Here are the current events and booking specials that will take place in April and May 2026: . April: . 🗓️4/21, 4/23, 4/25, 4/28, 4/30 - Mothers Day Portraits in Virginia Beach, VA - limited timeslots available (1/3)

Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you all that I will be taking a social media break on Wednesday, April 1st.

What a beautiful golden hour time enjoying the cherry trees~🌸🌸🌸 @atelierreikophotos.bsky.social got some gorgeous shots of me as Protagonist. I can't wait to show you guys the pics~ 📸💕

Cherry Blossom Shoot w/ @atelierreikophotos.bsky.social as Protagonist.🌸🌸🌸 I haven't pulled this cosplay out in so long. I've lost some weight to the point where my pants almost falls down.🤣🤣🤣 #persona5 #persona5cosplay #akiracosplay #atlus #p5cosplay #renamamiya #persona5royal #cosplay

"𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞!" . 🖼️ waves_on_the_beach (IG) 💃🏼Duo Maxwell from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz 📍Hampton Comic-Con/ Hampton Roads Convention Center 📷✍🏼 Copyright Atelier Reiko Photography 2026. Please do not copy/edit without consent.

🌸🎵Tip-tap 恋はいつだって candy🎵🌸 . 🖼️ K-Chan and @atelierreiko.bsky.social 💃🏼Sakura Kinomoto and Cardptor Tomoyo Daidouji from カードキャプターさくら/Cardcaptor Sakura, original fanart by enosstart 📷 In collaboration with SG Photography ✍🏼 @atelier.reiko.photography.bsky.social 📍Red Wing Park, Virginia Beach, VA

🌸🎵I'm a dreamer ひそむパワー🎵🌸 . 🖼️ K-Chan and @atelierreiko.bsky.social 💃🏼Sakura Kinomoto and Cardptor Tomoyo Daidouji from カードキャプターさくら/Cardcaptor Sakura 📷 In collaboration with SG Photography ✍🏼 @atelier.reiko.photography 📍Red Wing Park, Virginia Beach, VA . Copyright Atelier Reiko Photography

It was a fun day today!~♡°•* But yep made Cardcaptor mayhem springtime magic with my Tomoyo @atelierreiko.bsky.social. With laughs, jokes, and singing anime tunes in deep voices, its always fun time. ❤️ #cardcaptorsakura #TomoyoDaidouji #SakuraKinomoto #cosplay #cute #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

Hey Virginia Beach locals, I have slots for cherry blossom portraits starting tomorrow! This special offer is for a limited time only, and the blossoms will only be here for a short amount of time! Booking details can be found here: atelierreikophotography.pixieset.com/booking #virginiabeach

Photographers, just some food for thought: if you are not the one in front of the camera every once in a while, how will you learn to be able to direct your models in producing work where you all look your best?

Doing some work in the office today. I'm also going to take a peek at the cherry blossom trees at Red Wing Park on my way to see my dogwalking client. If things are looking good, I will be taking cherry blossom sessions very soon! This is welcome for family portraits as well as cosplayers!

"𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭". . 🖼️ @nighthowlerthe1st 💃🏼 Rafayel ver. Abysswalker from Love and Deepspace 📍@nekocon_official / NekoCon, Hampton Roads Convention Center . 📸 Copyright Atelier Reiko Photography. . #nekocon #loveanddeepspace #rafayelcosplay

"𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤." . 🖼️ @nighthowlerthe1st (IG) 💃🏼 Rafayel ver. Abysswalker from Love and Deepspace 📍NekoCon, Hampton Roads Convention Center . 📸 Copyright Atelier Reiko Photography. . #nekocon #nekocon2025 #loveanddeepspace #rafayelcosplay

"𝐓𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧". . 🖼️ @nighthowlerthe1st (IG) 💃🏼 Rafayel ver. Abysswalker from Love and Deepspace 📍Hampton Roads Convention Center . 📸 Copyright Atelier Reiko Photography . #loveanddeepspace #rafayel #rafayelcosplay #nekocon

I'm about to go do some bold things today, wish me luck 🤞🏼

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞." . 🖼️ @detullocosplay 💃🏼Kitagawa Marin from その着せ替え人形は恋をする/My Dress Up Darling 📍Virginia Beach Town Center . 📸 Copyright Atelier Reiko Photography. . #その着せ替え人形は恋をする #mydressupdarling #kitagawamarin #kitagawamarincosplay

Not my family already giving me a bit of a mini-heart attack on events happening later this year that may affect my summer photography... It's not finalized yet, but I am mostly frustrated because my family doesn't really talk to me about certain plans and I have to adjust for their convenience.

As an artist and businessperson, I am very irritated to see that other photographers and businesses are not only using ChatGPT and AI tools to make lazy art and photos of themselves, but also using them to promote themselves and their businesses. It's tacky, lazy, and insulting!

“ꪱׁׅtׁׅ ɑׁׅ֮ᥣׁׅ֪ᥣׁׅ֪ ⨍ꫀׁׅܻꫀׁׅܻᥣׁׅ֪꯱ׁׅ֒ ꯱ׁׅ֒ᨵׁׅ ⨍ɑׁׅ֮ ꩇׁׅ݊ꪱׁׅᥣׁׅ֪ꪱׁׅɑׁׅ֮ꭈׁׅ. ꪱׁׅ’᥎꫶ׁׅꫀׁׅܻ ᧁׁᨵׁׅtׁׅ tׁׅhׁׅ֮ꪱׁׅ꯱ׁׅ֒.” 🛹: #Sk8TheInfinity 📸: @atelierreikophotos.bsky.social #sk8theinfinitycosplay #langahasegawa #langahasegawacosplay #renga #cosplay #cosplayphotography #cosplayphotoshoot

NOW BOOKING - Hampton Comicon Saturday 2/21/2026 . 📍Location: Hampton Roads Convention Center ⏰ Times: 11am - 2pm, 3pm to 5pm (LAST SLOT 4:30pm) . 🔗 atelierreikophotography.mypixieset.com/booking

“ⅈ𝕥’ડ ᭙ꫝꪮ ⅈ ડ𝕜ꪖ𝕥ꫀ ᭙ⅈ𝕥ꫝ 𝕥ꫝꪖ𝕥 ᦔꫀᠻⅈꪀꫀડ ꪑꪗ ᠻꫀꫀꪶⅈꪀᧁડ.” 🛹: #Sk8TheInfinity 📸: @atelierreikophotos.bsky.social #langahasegawa #sk8theinfinitycosplay #cosplay #cosplayphotoshoot #langahasegawacosplay #cosplayphotography

Hello everyone, I am back to posting on here. I hope you all are doing great :)

Maaaaaaan I got so worked up about writing a new blog entry, I have to take a break from it today. I'll revisit it again tomorrow during my power hour. This is what happens when you get into the moment and you catch yourself before going in way too deep. It hasn't happened to me in a long while.

mportant: When asking for photographer recommendations, please be sure to add your location so that if someone is local to you, you can be in contact with them. Thank you!

It is honestly very upsetting and discouraging as a photographer when you see those who are consistently using AI to generate fun photos. It negatively impacts the environment globally, and discredits to the friends/family/businesses who do photography and art for a living.

On Saturday, November 29, 2025, my petsitting client, Miss Bean, left her pawprints on the hearts of all who knew her. To give back to the generosity that her mom gave me and the community, I would like to ask for your consideration for donating to the LGBT Life Center. ko-fi.com/atelierreiko...

I lost one of my pet-sitting clients yesterday. At Sweet 16, she was the healthiest and happiest pup I have ever worked with. Just shy of 4 years, she was my little bestie, and biggest supporter of my little business. Now I am making moves to do bigger things, coming 2026. I love you, Miss Bean.

Finished culling all of the Friday Nekocon photos. It was so hard to choose the best of the best photos because everyone had such amazing energy - ALL of my weekend clients did! It makes me so grateful that we have such fantastic alchemy together!!

I'm at the car dealership getting my car in for maintenance - guess who is busy for the next hour or two? :)

Slowly working through some backlog today. I am wrapping up with an album from Superstar Anime for deliver, and then I will be working on finishing culling photos for Nekocon customers for final selections. Thanks everyone for your patience!

I am powering through editing a photoshoot I did yesterday that needs to be done tonight. In the meanwhile, Last Minute Cosplay pull all the stops when it comes to the Cards from Cardcaptor Sakura at Nekocon!