For years I’ve been wanting to upload every photo I’ve taken during every anime convention I’ve attended in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. For 13 years been the resident cosplaying photographer/videotograther in the DC convention circuit. People call me “Jkid” or “Chopper” based on the chopper hat Every convention I’ve attended you would always see me with a camcorder latterly strapped on my hand at almost all times. I’ve captured many cosplayers, events, panels, the scenery and the atmosphere of each convention.

Each one I do is a record of a convention that happened. I call it otakugraphy. It’s me documenting the convention as a attendee. A form of journalism if you will. Some people call me a otaku journalist, but I’m more of an observer and a hobbyist.

The great lockdowns allowed me an opportunity to upload all photos Ive taken during every anime convention ive attended. Starting with Otakon convention series. For the past week I have accerated the process of watermarking and uploading all photos I’ve taken from all otakon conventions ive attended.

Starting my first Oakton in 2007 on Saturday to their last full convention in 2019. Originally, I was planning to watermark each photo individually and post them on my twitter page.

But life got in the way as usually, and it’s been on the back burner during the Great Lockdowns until very recently. I felt like at that point that I have to release all of the photos I’ve taken for the past 13 years.

With advancements in modern technology, especially visual watermark, I was able to watermark, organize and uploading of the photos within a week. The major issue is the internet connection which took hours to upload photos because for the later conventions.

These photos were much more of a personal record of what happened, it’s a record of the convention in a nutshell. From cosplayers, signs, spontaneous moments, desivie moments, panels, video game rooms, candid photos, photos of peaceful consistence.

These photos were taken in both Baltimore Maryland and Washington DC. 22,814 photos in total. Representing 13 years otaku generation. Only a select amount were posted to the public via 4chan’s cgl or on twitter. For the first time, it’s available to view.

All them can be viewed on my personal website down at the description area.

Future additions will include Katsucon, MAGFest, AnimeUSA, Baltimore Comic Con, AwesomeCon, and even defunct conventions in the area including T-Mode and TigerCon. And I’ll be including New York Comic Con, AnimeNYC, and Derpycon.

Otakon 2007

Saturday One Day Stand - https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZtTRsXZcfMrCUbZi9

Otakon 2008

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/kWbBVKFCd7Bsnj1a8

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/jjkmSPqCr3yHuLPX6

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/RkvFEhogjSsAqhrf6

Otakon 2009

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/efrALq5SdEo2xmi99

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/yYSu4uVH6U1b79nV9

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/YbVStRLrHNym2g6Q6

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/RXykaSUpgs4MSan56

Otakon 2010

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/tYMxLzGSqxwqiVRn9

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/HLgrfRHeKKf8htDr8

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/q16Kx6PGC3Fh4PTv7

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/88MNPirvxizujuhe6

Otakon 2011

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/puD7BibkzMTShwas5

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/7x5J3WXbVtgmrxFBA

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/AWaAghGezdUC1xiQ6

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bct4mgD7hnZP7jPq7

Otakon 2012

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/whwew9whGN3hTAvw5

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/5Dg1oMNyeG6ew1Wm6

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/F4diiZkPV4Eq4DtG9

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/kkhJyThAh5HdeJmP7

Otakon 2013

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/W5Y1V3cAjXRFQSzE6

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/R138RoJCj7GsJXhY7

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/EtBVje9dJghyLxTx9

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/JYBWCqXseT2fQY3L8

Otakon 2014

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/QWEb323uCVccuTXB6

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/EPStvNc3VBYFVMkj9

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/vtx5BEQ6cj2bSqut7

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/eBLdHBtjKUTZFz7v5

Otakon 2015

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/eopzdonnSRjiznFk6

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/AvQCfybsqH6kckp2A

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/Pj5u6tqUXzgwyTp79

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/GrCHRsUBQrJKDHob8

Otakon 2016

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/ww1ZrDdxNPF8gpjt5

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/SYzkHaCC3tjT6Dko6

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/ous3nHNN9prvk6Dp8

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bb6JdAtYiXAkYkxd6

Otakon 2017

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/JqoePFMPkg3JcVZR7

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/QufyXmobKUzNPCng6

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/RnYT1MLYpyBowB8WA

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/SHzJUxMnu6GLbNmm8

Otakon 2018

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/V5DQRpWWarKC9HFh6

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/PvgtHLbzkmYLDETW9

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/z1oaPyEZxznZhUDYA

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/XAB6eQT5wWasCcrK9

Otakon 2019

The Day Before (Wednesday) - https://photos.app.goo.gl/hPmGfgmYaq1c87zJA

Thursday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/SK95s2qYyazFfxeX7

Friday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/tR42Z4W9GNQA7XaeA

Saturday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/KPi7SRHyiR6zhW2q8

Sunday - https://photos.app.goo.gl/QzgCasZQgSXEBNvW8