penny laine

pinterest inspiration: nails

2012-03-02T08:41:00.002-08:00

splatter paint nails [via]

baby blue nautical themed nails [via]

lady and the tramp manicure [via]

neon lime green essie [via] which i've been searching for like crazy and it almost looks like essie doesn't make this color anymore :( boo

pink and red ombre heart nails [via]

northern lights celestial nails [via]

green ombre chevron nails [via]

being that i spent years working in a pizza place, i've never been big on having my nails painted. even after i quit and moved on to having a real "adult job" i still just rarely take the time to do it. that doesn't, however, stop me from drooling over gorgeous nail art on pinterest. these are some of my absolute faves that i have been obsessing over so bad that i might have to break down and get a mani-pedi.

me, me, me

2012-03-01T05:00:00.000-08:00

so since this is my 300th post on this blog i thought i'd make it all about me and post some of my own pictures.

f.name m.name: holly anne
height: 4'11 (ish, maybe i've grown a little since high school, but that's the last time anyone officially measured me)
shoe size: 5.5-6
a/s/l: 26/female/blacksburg, va
tattoos: 5 so far (c) 1985, a tramp stamp of the immaculate heart with swallows, a black and white dandelion, bubble wand w/ bubbles, and a pink dinosaur. maybe when karly comes to bburg i'll finally get some photo documentation of these alleged tattoos.
relationship status: taken and we have a baby (toddler actually)
turnons: cut lines, tattoos, artistic abilities, nerdy style
turnoffs: frat boys (cocky d-bags in general, but i live in a college town so that's why i'm picking on frat boys specifically)
favorite movie: anything that judd apatow has made
what i want to be when i get older: a photographer, duh. i'd love to do editorial work for nylon magazine or shoot magazine spreads for urban outfitters or free people
my biggest pet peeve: people who feel entitled and think they are the most special snowflake in the world. you are no better than anyone else, pop, there goes your bubble.
my idea of a perfect date: picnic, climbing trees, ice cream, and a funny movie
where i would like to live: anywhere but here, for really though, i've always thought myself to be more of a west coast personality than an east coast personality. maybe one day i'll move to cali.
one of my insecurities: writing anything without using a pseudonym, writing is a true window into someones heart, soul, and mind so someone reading anything that i write makes me feel very vulnerable which is why you don't see many text posts from me anywhere even though i do a lot of writing elsewhere under fake names.
my childhood career choice: computer engineer. don't ask me what happened to that, crazy kid.
last thing i ate: a jalapeno cheddar bagel with garden veggie cream cheese from abp
three random facts: (not that all of these things weren't random facts)

i love gardening/plants and started my first garden plant of the year on monday... last freeze for this year is april 6 so i can start my seedlings
i have a deep rooted desire to be a dirty hippy
blood freaks me out so much that sometimes i cringe when i think about the fact that it is running through my veins

wish list: a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket, health/wealth/happiness, all of these things

did i leave anything out? any questions for me?

photographer feature: esben bog

2012-02-29T05:00:00.000-08:00

Name
Esben Bøg - Jensen

Flickr

Age
25

Location
Denmark, Copenhagen

Who or what sparked your interest in photography?
A friend of mine was really into the whole technical aspect of photography. Always talking about how sharp he could get a picture with this lens or how much he could zoom with that lens. He spend a ton of money on the best camera and lenses. I kinda wanted to show him that it wasn't about all that stuff. I can be a tech-geek at times, but I believe photography is never limited by the equipment you use. So I started shooting photographs to show him that you can do great work with nothing but the basics.

Who are some of your favorite photographers?
There are so many. I don't even know where to start. I've always been a great fan of Aaron Feaver [photographer feature], Tamara Lichtenstein, Greg Williams, Lauri Bartley and Signe Vildstrup. And so many more...

Do you have any formal education in photography or are you self taught?
I'm self taught.

Is photography your career?
No. It's just for fun right now, but I am doing small assignments now and then. But not enough to be able to call it a career.

Are you currently working on any photography projects?
Not really. I'm very spontaneous so something might just come to mind and I'll shoot if I have the time. But I guess that I'm always working on a couple of ideas that I wanna bring to life.

If you won a $400 million lottery how would you use it?
I would probably buy a flat, a new Macbook, a Canon 5D Mark II and travel the world some more. Wouldn't know what to do with the rest of the money.

What is your favorite thing to photograph and why?
People. Everyone has something in them worth taking a picture of. The uniqueness never ends when your shooting different people.

Where do you find and how do you instruct your models?
I find models amongst my friends. And I rarely do anything else but tell them where to stand. I should be better at that though...

Do you listen to music while you shoot? If so, what is on your photo shoot play list?
Not unless there are speakers close to where I shoot. I'm highly addicted to music though and is rarely seen without my headphones.

What kind of camera(s) do you use? What is your "go to" lens? Do you have a preferred brand/type of film?
My favorite camera is my Hasselblad 500 CM - such a great machine. I also use a Bessa R3A, a Canon Ae-1 and the small Yashica T3 for film.But the one I use the most is probably my old Canon 450D with a Tamron 17-50 2.8 lens. If that's not on I'm using a Sigma 50mm 1.4 lens. That's actually the only two lenses I have for my Canon.

What do you do when you are feeling uninspired?
Listen to music, go through blogs or watch a film.

Future photography goals?
Do more schedule shoots and series - with a cool model and a great location. Right now my flickr is a mess consisting mostly of stuff from the archives.

What does your work flow consist of?
A lot of shooting and a lot of computing - whenever it be editing of scanning negatives.

Three interesting facts about yourself?
I'm studying Modern Culture and is currently working as an intern at a cool place called Artrebels. But i don't really think my life is that interesting to anybody else than myself.

What, if anything, do you do to promote your photography? Approximately how much time do you spend per day/week on promoting your photography online?
I post a photo to flickr put it in a few groups and tweet it. Takes about 2 minutes.

tat-tuesday

2012-02-28T05:00:00.000-08:00

for some reason i've been rather obsessed with bears lately so naturally, i love this mama bear and baby bear tattoo [via]

anchors away... i've always wanted to get a tattoo behind my ear [via]

swallow/bird neck tattoo [via]

real men love cats so much that they get kitty tattoo sleeves [via]

black and white elephant tattoo (by bryanatastad)

mostly animal tattoos today, till i threw in the shot of the anchor.

flickr faves

2012-02-26T05:00:00.000-08:00

J. Sullins (by James Fitzgerald III)

Fabiano Iacomino

untitled by day lightning

forest dream (by Amorrr Burakova)

(by Aëla Labbé)

(by Daniel_Castañeda)

(by natasa adzic)

(by travisxchiral)

photographer feature: natalie kucken

2012-02-22T05:00:00.000-08:00

Name
Natalie Kucken

Website | Blog

Age
17

Location
detroit, michigan, usa

Who or what sparked your interest in photography?
i got into photography by completing a project where i created an image every day for a year in 2009, which was an impulse decision and at first just a way to document my life and growing up and changing, but soon progressed to a love for portraiture and i quickly developed a style and a following. later on i realized that i wanted to focus on fashion and storytelling through my work.

Who are some of your favorite photographers?
my favorite photographers are clarence h. white, sally mann, crystin moritz, and david hamilton.

Do you have any formal education in photography or are you self taught?
i am completely self taught.

Is photography your career?
no, i plan to make it my career when i graduate from high school.

Are you currently working on any photography projects?
i am working on many shoots, mostly fashion-based things where the entire production is by me which is a huge amount of organizing and creating.

If you won a $400 million lottery how would you use it?
i would never want that much money! i would use it all on plane tickets and ridiculous creations i think.

What is your favorite thing to photograph and why?
my favorite thing to photograph is people, and to create something of them and their surroundings. people tell a story and you can capture a fleeting moment with them and their emotions.

Where do you find and how do you instruct your models?
my models are either friends or agency models. i instruct them differently depending on what i want, which can be very specific or very natural.

Do you listen to music while you shoot? If so, what is on your photo shoot play list?
usually no, most of my shoots are too hectic to have music to worry about too. if i do, it's mostly cocorosie, mum, amiina, or the album leaf, quiet and dream-like things.

What do you do when you are feeling uninspired?
sleep and write in my journal about things that have nothing to do with photographs.

Future photography goals?
to be represented and to simply shoot enough to support myself and create beautiful things- whether through paid work or candid moments.

Describe a day in your life that includes photography:
my shoots take up the entire day usually- waking up early to set out and prepare each pre-determined look and location and props, meeting the people i work with in the early afternoon, having coffee or tea and talk over the photos to be created, clothes makeup hair props and location, shoot, repeat clothes makeup hair props and location, repeat, repeat, hopefully eat somewhere in between, send the team home in the evening and try to clean up the destruction of creation.

Three interesting facts about yourself?
i'm always terrible at these things. i can't think of anything in particular or that is a concrete fact about myself- most interesting things are not like that.

What, if anything, do you do to promote your photography? Approximately how much time do you spend per day/week on promoting your photography online?
i use flickr, tumblr, facebook, email things that i like, just the easy things right now.

tat-tuesday | watercolor tattoos

2012-02-21T05:00:00.000-08:00

watercolor bird and cloud tattoo by amanda wachob

red watercolor poppy tattoo [via]

birds and brushstrokes
"This is a memorial tattoo for my grandpa. I first got the doves on 2/14 because he passed away on valentines day 7 years ago. The doves are based off of his favorite hymn “I’ll fly away.” I chose doves because it’s a very biblical bird and my grandpa was one of the heavy influences of my faith. Doves are referenced from the book of Matthew when Jesus is getting baptized and the Spirit comes down as a dove. The paintbrush strokes represent my grandpa’s job as a painter for most of his life.

(doves by Scott Sketo/ paintbrush strokes by Scott Parsons both from Enigma Studio in Richmond, VA)" [via]

yellow finch watercolor tattoo [via]

hummingbird watercolor tattoo by ondrash znojmo tattoo [via]

for the love of music watercolor tattoo [via]

watercolor eyes [via]

watercolor pirate ship [via]

watercolor rain/umrella tattoo [via]

flickr favorites

2012-02-18T05:00:00.000-08:00

(by davidmichaelweller)

(via el.sun)

1/oh my love by polinabrz

(by binky-gutman)

photographer feature: baohien ngo

2012-02-15T05:00:00.000-08:00

Name
baohien ngo

Website | Facebook

Age
17

Location
houston, texas

Who or what sparked your interest in photography?
My interest in photography originated from a desire I had to document every face I met and everything that happened to me.

Who are some of your favorite photographers?
Tim Barber and Wai Lin Tse.

Do you have any formal education in photography or are you self taught?
I'm mostly self taught. When I was in the 7th grade, I took a publications course and we had a photography unit but I didn't pay attention and nearly failed so I never got anything out of that. I took a class for digital photography in Maine for two weeks when I was fourteen, but at that point I already understood how to use a camera for the most part.

Is photography your career?
I wouldn't really call it a career. I'm still in high school, so being a student takes up the majority of my time. But since I don't have a job, I take commissioned assignments sometimes for money, although that doesn't happen often either.

Are you currently working on any photography projects?
I'm in the process of planning two or three different shoots but they aren't a part of a collective project.

If you won a $400 million lottery how would you use it?
I have a hard time bringing myself to spend even $30, so if I won a $400 million lottery I probably wouldn't know what to do with it and end up giving most of it away.

What is your favorite thing to photograph and why?
Faces. They tell so much. Or nature landscapes. I love nature landscapes, but Houston doesn't provide a lot of interesting nature landscapes for me to capture so I mostly take landscapes when I travel.

Where do you find and how do you instruct your models?
The majority of my models are friends or mutual friends. I don't have to direct most of them too much because they are experienced and/or with agencies so they'll usually know how to pose themselves. Most of the time, I'll just position them, like I'll ask them to stand in a certain spot and they'll just do their own thing.

Do you listen to music while you shoot? If so, what is on your photo shoot play list?
Yes, always. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Lana Del Rey, Beach House, Girls, and Los Campesinos! while shooting. My friends and I also play music so on my last shoot, we had a ukulele and just sung songs most of the time instead of listening to a playlist.

What kind of cameras do you use?
I use my Canon A-1 most of the time but I sometimes bring my Instax too, depending on whether or not I have film for it because it's expensive.

What do you do when you are feeling uninspired?
Stop taking photos and let my creativity regenerate. I try not to force myself to take photos or push myself too hard because that takes the fun out of it for me.

Future photography goals?
I don't care about shooting huge campaigns or anything like that. I'm happy with doing this for fun, but I like traveling so it'd be nice if I was asked to fly somewhere for an assignment in the future just so that I'd be able to see more of the world.

Describe a day in your life that includes photography:
If I'm shooting with a full team, I'll usually go to a studio for hair and makeup and then look over the clothes with whoever is handling wardrobe and put outfits together. When everyone's ready, we'll head off to the location and shoot for a bit but I'm really laid back during my shoots. I don't like working everyone to death so we'll usually take a lunch break or something.

What does your work flow consist of?
I use film so I have to get my photos processed at a store or lab. I can't afford prints all the time so I just have my negatives scanned straight onto a CD and I'll upload the photos onto my computer and go through them, and edit out dirt spots from the scanner but that's pretty much all I do.

Three interesting facts about yourself?

My cat is my best friend.
I spend a lot of time reading about serial killers and rare medical conditions.
I can rap Gucci Gucci by Kreayshawn from beginning to end by heart. It's embarrassing.

What, if anything, do you do to promote your photography? Approximately how much time do you spend per day/week on promoting your photography online?
I maintain a flickr, photo blog, and facebook page for my work but they're just kind of there, I don't spend too much time with promotion.

tat-tuesday

2012-02-14T04:36:00.000-08:00

the peeking octopus... damn i love her outfit, so perfect for valentine's day and i've always wanted an octopus tattoo [via]

"My favorite photo of my grandma wearing the ring my grandpa gave her when they were high school sweethearts. I feel so lucky to have it now." sentimental tattoos are the best - [via Radeo Suicide's tumblr]

"how strange it is to be anything at all" - quote from neutral milk hotel’s “in the aeroplane over the sea.” [via]

umbrella [via]

"always latte" - this should be on my body, i'm always late as a result of making coffee [via]

flickr faves

2012-02-11T04:53:00.000-08:00

Natasha Terry (by jarrodreno)

(Ryan Mathieson)

porcelain on 669 by shaneoneill77

sin título by OhhhLordy

(by Alyona)

tat-tuesday

2012-02-07T10:28:00.000-08:00

"Love" knuckles [via]

Courtney Love and Frances Bean Cobain photographed by Hedi Slimane
Frances Bean has the same ‘K’ tattoo on her chest that Courtney has for Kurt Cobain.
[via]

tat-tuesday

2012-01-31T05:00:00.000-08:00

text garter... love the placement [via]

rolleiflex and cherry blossoms [via]

connect the dots and you get LOVE [via]

flickr faves

2012-01-26T08:38:00.000-08:00

(by Le gardien des rêves)

(by changer。。)

(by violaidi)

Ebba Rodhe (by Olof Grind)

little girl in the snow (by laura makabresku)

enchanted (by londonscene)

hasselblad cm- polaroid back (by lanakilamacnaughton)

my flickr faves from this week... if you like the photos, please go show the artist some love and if you want to share them to your blog/tumblr, please share from the flickr page so the photographer gets proper credit!

tat-tuesday

2012-01-24T07:50:00.000-08:00

via

paint and poppies... i have seen a few of these recently where there is a basic black tattoo with water-color-like paint around/over it. makes me want to add on something similar to my black dandelion tattoo! [via]

floral and foxy [via]

"put a bird on it" [via]

some model... i don't know who or what it says, but it is cute. and so are the clothes. do any of you know who the designer is? who the model is? what the tattoo says? [via]

i had a request in the comment section of my last post from secia to bring back tat-tuesday so here's a post for ya!

flickr favorites

2012-01-19T10:46:00.000-08:00

(by Jovan Todorovic)

(by Mariam Sitchinava.)

emma (by jackie luo.)

molly (by rebekah.campbell)

(by kelly.marie)

(by Dennis Auburn)

(by karly.p)

i've been struggling for content on this blog in case you didn't notice. i've been really busy with my own photography [finally] and have rarely been posting, ugh, i feel like i say it in ever post... so considering the increased amount of time i've spent admiring other photographers work on flickr, i'm going to start doing a weekly/bi-weekly post with some of my favorite photos that i found on flickr. if you like the photos, please go let the photographers know!

if you want to see your work here, feel free to submit to the penny-laine flickr group and i'll take a look! and i'm always looking for photographer features, only about 1/3 of the people ask personally respond so please fill out this survey to be considered.

photographer feature: tiffany dawn nicholson

2012-01-11T05:00:00.000-08:00

Name

Tiffany

website | flickr | tumblr | fb

Age

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Who or what sparked your interest in photography?

Initially An ex boyfriend but then I remember different photo shoots I Liked to set up as a kid and think the interest was there all along.. I just didnt rediscover it until I met him.

Who are some of your favorite photographers?

Lina Scheynius, Stephen Shore, Tamara Lichtenstein, Stephen Tamiesie, Ryan Mcginley

Do you have any formal education in photography or are you self taught?

I graduated from Miami University of Oxford in Oxford, Ohio in December of 2007 with a B.F.A concentrations in photography.

Is photography your career?

I have managed to make a living in the past year but that has not always been the case

How long did it takeyou to turn photography from a hobby into a career?

I have been out ofschool now for four years. In those four years my career has had various forms.It wasn’t until last year that I began working solely as a photographer. I findmyself in 2012 in a new city (Chicago) and in some sense starting over again. Ihave no idea what is in store for me in 2012 but I do know I have some excitingshoots coming up.

Do you currently do portrait work as part of your career or does your incomeprimarily come from print sales and publications?

Right now my incomeis coming mostly from assisting other photographers but just two months ago Iwas shooting catalog for the Zappos website and then doing editorial for A-LineMagazine in Cincinnati OH. A fun side project that my boyfriend, roommate and Ihave put together is our Etsy store- The Merchant Royal I sell prints on thereand then collectively we find vintage goods to sell as well.

Do you have any tipsfor photographers who are trying to move from hobbyists to full time andearning a livable income?
I do. Its all about keeping yourself active everyday even when you don’t have apaying gig. Hard work pays off. Staymotivated and keep yourself inspired. This is advice that I often have toremind myself.

Are you currently working on any photography projects?

I have a few projects I am working on. The one I am currently involved in is photographing portraits of individuals in the moped army

What is your favorite thing to photograph and why?

People. Annie Leibowitz said it best- “When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.”

Where do you find and how do you instruct your models?

I photograph mostly people I know or want to know. If I end up working with an agency model it is typically because I was hired on a gig and that's who the creative team chose but often when I shoot for my self I'm its people I know

Do you listen to music while you shoot? If so, what is on your photo shoot play list?

ALWAYS. I feel its important for setting the mood. I generally ask if they have anything they want to listen to. Go to choses for me if I'm making the decisions- yeasayer, arcade fire, animal collective or miami horror

What is in your camera bag?

Nikon d300 leica dlux5 and an array of lenses but the one that almost never leaves my side is my 50mm 1.4

What is your favorite lens and why?

50mm 1.4 Its an old vintage lens that gives me this amazing depth of field and it also captures color beautifully

Where do you find inspiration?

in dreams

Future photography goals?

To some day be peers with Ryan Mcginley. haha

Describe a day in your life that includes photography:

Everyday includes photography. I would like to say that I'm shooting all the time but an unfortunate amount of time is spent editing and doing others thinks like setting up shoots.

What does your work flow consist of?

Shoot. Edit. Plan.

Three interesting facts about yourself?

Whenever I burp it comes out in words.
I have a constellation of the big dipper on my chest in freckles.
I have a crooked pinky I received while reading a book at the age of 13.

What, if anything, do you do to promote your photography?

I belong to most social networks and am continuously updating and then there is places to submit your work. Im constantly looking

It sounds like you have a great system for sharing your work, approximately howmuch time do you spend per day/week on promoting your photography online?

It goes in waves butI would say that I probably spend a total of 15 hrs a week, sometimes less.Sometimes it is submitting to a magazine or a blog such as this one and thenother times its contacting other photographers for assisting or companies forjob inquiries.

merry christmas

2011-12-25T05:00:00.000-08:00

photographer feature: laura makabresku

2011-12-14T05:00:00.000-08:00

It's been quite a while since I've done a photographer feature so I'm excited to post this one. I have loved Laura's work from afar for a while now so I was extremely thrilled when she agreed to answer my questions and allow me to feature her work on Penny Laine! I feel a little bad because I have held on to this interview for a few weeks, but I have been a very bad blogger. Thank you so much Laura for this interview, I love your work!

Name

Laura Makabresku

Blog | Flickr | Print Shop

Age

Location

Polska

What sparked your interest inphotography?

I think that it is darkness in me, that needs to get out,needs to express - this darkness makes the pain which needs to be healed withart. it is a vicious circle. without beginning and ending.

Who are some of your favoritephotographers?

Alison Scarpulla, Ellen Rogers, Aëla Labbé,Sofia Ajram, Hortense Lagrange, Margaret Durow, Heiner Luepke, Robin Mellway, and Robert Moses Joyce

Do you have any formal education in photography or areyou self taught?

No, I've learnt everything by myself.

Is photography your career?

I don't know if it would be right to tell that it is mycareer. I treat it completely different. Though, I'm happy and proud for everydistinction, publication, interview, many of my recent photos ends up notpublished anywhere, I don't show them to anyone, I even tend to avoid them.

Are you currently working on any photography projects?

I have lots of ideas, but recently there is lots ofsadness and passivity in me that I can't break and which block me in realizingany of them. I try to make a video - I have a script, all I need is to get outof home to take first scenes, but... it can't be done. I can't. and it hurtsmost now.

What is your favorite thing to photograph and why?

every symptoms of sensitivity and darkness. aspecially, Ilike to take photos of silence hidden in dead animals - these which can be metin forests, on a snow, or stuffed. they hide many of untold tales, which I tryto evoke, evolve and tell with my photos. I like to take pictures of my Ladwith me - it helps to see yourself from a distance, cut off from a real world -make different, fairy world, only ours.

Where do you find and how do you instruct your models?

Usually it is me and my Lad. but there were few timeswhen I took photos of some people - usually it was people who were close to mein some way, and who now about my "weird things" so they weren'tsuprised when I told them to make a wound on their body for me. I always tellthem a fairy tale which I would like to express in photos. we often drink wineor somehting like that. it's easier this way. darkness and instincts must beset free.

Do you listen to music while you shoot? If so, what is onyour photo shoot play list?

I sometimes listen to music when I'm take photos at home.it depends on the mood, but it is rather new wave music, sometimes progressive,psychedelic rock, sometimes jazz. I like music that I know really well, musicwhich means something to me. Examples of more known artists: Doors, JoyDivision, Cure, Stranglers, King Crimson, Out of Focus, Gaa, Miles Davis,Horace Silver, Paul Desmond, Glenn Gould, and many, many more.

What is in your camera bag?

Lots of analog cameras - zenits, canons, kiev, etc.

What is your favorite lens and why?

I like prime lenses because they give best blurs and verygood sharpness. I aspecially like helios lenses - these are fine piece of workwhich can be find on ebay at reasonable prices.

Where do you find inspiration?

my imagination sends me many of pictures which ispires me- when sleeping, when in mania time (which, in contrary to depression time,brings really amazing feelings and lets to create without end). beside that..i'm of course inspired by other photographers and painters, and moviedirectors. i'm a visual kind of person, so visual things affects me strongest.

What are your future photography goals?

my goal is to make a short movie - photography started tobe painful - in the same way as writing poems, that it started to limitate me.imagination is still evolving, wants more and stronger - this is why i seek fornew tools. i hope that movie will be that tool.

Three interesting facts about yourself?

my private life is strongly controversial and i try notto talk about it "in public". and i usually say, that i don't haveanything in common with me.

What, if anything, do you do to promote your photography?

i think that publishing photos on such websites likeflickr, deviantart, tumblr, blogspot or facebook fan page gives a really goodchance to promote your art. besides, there are always some kind people, likeyou, who draw up blogs with art of many people and it does promote.

christmas spirit, christmas wish list

2011-12-08T08:42:00.001-08:00

a reminder to everyone... just breathe, try to stay sane during the holiday seasons xoxo

here's most of what is on my amazon.com wishlist right now:

i'm hesitant to even give the link out to family members because most of the stuff that i've had on there in the past has been my ultimate photo gear bookmark with ridiculously expensive items on it, but i have rounded out the list now that it's too close to christmas to ask for things haha.

oh yeah and the rest of my wishlist is for my entire house to be refurnished with ikea things... why can't we have one less than 4 hours away from my house?! i drool [and cry a little] every time i get a catalog.

what did you ask santa for this year?

tilt | things i love thursday

2011-12-08T08:18:00.001-08:00

christmas things... cookies, hot chocolate, snuggling under warm blankets with my baby, having amazing christmas photos taken by my good friend katie estes, time off from work, everything about christmas [other than the stress of trying to find perfect presents for everyone without spending my life savings]
my good friend katie estes moving back to town so i finally have someone to make art and amazing photography with... her stuff is in her new place, but she won't be living here for over a week and the anticipating is killing me.
my photography being shown in places [floyd tattoo and arts gallery in my old hometown floyd, va and the photocopy club exhibit in brighton, uk] and a couple of my photos were featured in the recent food issue of apricot magazine [pg 46-49]
the updated version of blogger. i was using the old version forever and karly and i have a blog together called chaque-semaine and every time i touched it i ruined the whole thing, switched to new blogger and no more issues.

i've been focusing on trying to earn some income on photography lately so sorry i have been absent here.. i have been updating my photography blog but lately it's been mostly family holiday photos. i'm going to try to be a better blogger i promise! i have a really amazing photographer feature queued up for next wednesday [december 14]. and now that it's cold i don't want to go outside which means less pictures and more time in front of my computer screen. christmasy posts coming up soon.

and yes, my boyfriend is more than a foot taller than me and my baby's hair is made out of cotton candy.

merry christmas card

2011-12-07T13:30:00.001-08:00

Stationery card

View the entire collection of cards.

remember a couple months ago when i had the shutterfly holiday card giveaway? well i finally placed my order and here's my christmas card for this year yay! the photo was taken by my good friend katie estes who will be my photography business partner soon!

i went with the initial wreath card even though we don't have the same last name... oh the joys of being an unmarried happy little family at the holidays :)

print sale!

2011-11-26T10:11:00.001-08:00

just added some new photos to the print store and lowered the prices down so as of right now the holiday sale is good to go!

5x7: were $15 now $3.50
8x10: were $25 now $5
11x14: were $35 now $10
16x20: were $45 now $25

there are discounts on the canvas wraps too, but not quite as drastic as these. prints make great gifts folks so stock up now!

CHECK IT OUT NOW! please?

sorry for being so absent by the way... next week there is going to be a truly amazing photographer feature so make sure you check back!

tat-tuesday

2011-11-08T13:10:00.000-08:00

are camera tattoos too cliche? i really like this one because of the fancy pants design around it

anyways.

i've been a bad, bad blogger lately! sorry, i'm having a blog-dentity crisis and i have no idea what i want the "purpose" of this blog to be... maybe it doesn't need one. but joli from actin' up with books reminded me that today was tuesday and it's been a very long time since i did a tat-tuesday post [which i know lots of you love] so here ya go!

also, please leave me a comment and let me know what you guys would like to see here, i feel like it has been all over the place lately! special requests welcome!

and winners of the holiday card giveaway have been notified, i sent out the codes this morning.

NaNoWriMo

2011-11-02T06:31:00.001-07:00

Oh hey you guys... Just taking a break from writing. I'm participating in NaNoWriMo this year. National Novel Writing Month takes place every November where the goal is to write 1,667 words (or more) per day with no editing. At the end of the month you have a novel, it's just a rough copy, but you did the hard part already and busted out a novel that is around 200 pages.

Anyways, yesterday was rough for me and I thought about quitting. Then when I went to bed last night it hit me that I need to change the story a little bit and things started rolling along quite nicely again today... So yay for that.

So if you are counting I've committed the following to myself:

project 365 [taking a photo every day for a year, you can see the pictures on my flickr]
chaque semaine [my 52 week project with karly]
nanowrimo [thank god only for the month of november]
plus the regular stuff that mamas with a full time job and photography side hustle do.

If you are wondering where I've disappeared to, probably one of those places. But I like to procrastinate so I'm sure I'll keep blogging (in fact I *think* I have a really amazing photographer feature/interview in the works).

P.S. Why the hell have only two people entered my Christmas card giveaway? It's November now, you need the cards, enter the giveaway. And if by some small chance you are living in southwestern Virginia (Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Floyd) I am giving away an senior portrait session and an engagement session on my photography blog.

Ok, back to writing now loves!

shutterfly holiday card giveaway

2011-10-28T05:00:00.000-07:00

Last year I got Shutterfly Christmas cards and madly loved them, the printing was amazing as was the quality of the card stock. I was thrilled last week when I was invited to participate in their 2011 promotion where I will get to host a giveaway where three readers will win 25 free holiday cards! The card shown in the beginning of this post is the Initial Wreath Christmas Card which I added a photo of Auden to [but not the one we'll be using on our real cards]. Here are a couple of my other favorites from their new Christmas card lineup:

Retro Stripe Frame Christmas Card

Sparkle Joy Holiday Card

My favorite designs are the photo Christmas cards with a strong focus on the photograph so I'm leaning really hard towards the Initial Wreath Christmas Card, hopefully Trey can agree with me on a design again this year. Since our Christmas card experience was so positive last year, we have ordered multiple photo books as gifts for other holidays and probably will do the same for Christmas.

Anyway, I'm sure you are more excited about the giveaway than what I would do with the free card credits...

Rules:

US only
One entry per person [please be fair, after all there will be 3 winners!]
Fill out the form below
Contest ends November 6, winners will be notified via e-mail with the code to collect your free cards!

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And if you have any desire to see our Christmas card from last year, you can view last year's post here, we choose the first design!

black and white

2011-10-27T05:00:00.000-07:00

[oops this post has been sitting in my drafts section for almost 5 months now, i guess it's time i publish it!]

bout of books readathon | book giveaway

2011-10-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

witch craft: wicked accessories, creepy-cute toys, magical treats, and more!

this is a ONE DAY ONLY giveaway so don't procrastinate! i'm a particihosting with joli from actin' up with books [so go check out her page, she is doing a giveaway too!]

rules:

you must be signed up for the read-a-thon [it isn't too late, you can sign up here]
shipping to the US only

how to enter:

leave a comment with your e-mail address or some other form of contact information

winner will be notified via e-mail on thursday, ideally i will get your address back from you immediately so the book will reach you in time for halloween so keep your eyes peeled!

halloween party prep | bloody brain cupcakes

2011-10-25T05:00:00.001-07:00

basically all you need to make some awesome bloody brain cupcakes is:

a box of red velvet cake mix
cream cheese frosting
a brain candy mold [could also look awesome with an anatomical human heart candy mold or one of the others at the end of this post]
wilton red decorating gel
wilton pink candy melts

yes, i do things the easy way and make cupcakes from boxed mixes. there is a great recipe for those of you who like to do things the hard way on food network!

Amazon.com Widgets

[image and idea via xsomnis]

bout of books starting line

2011-10-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

i am participating in the bout of books read-a-thon that started today... stay tuned because wednesday i am hosting a giveaway along with co-host actin' up with books where i will be giving away a copy of witch craft which is full of all kinds of halloween diy projects [you have to sign up for the read-a-thon to enter so go ahead and do that here if you are interested]

my goals:

read the girl's guide to starting your own business which has been sitting in my hoarder room for a few years untouched to try to get some motivation for the business side of my photography
read through and pick out favorite ideas from the pocket muse to help me prepare for NaNoWriMo... i thought i had so many ideas for a book and now that i'm actually going to try it i'm drawing a complete blank, one week to prepare myself before i have to get started!

updates:

i'll update you guys tomorrow on my status here when i put up the official giveaway post

p.s. the above photo is from my first installment of "bookish" go check out the full post on my photo blog

halloween party prep | bloody brain shooters

2011-10-24T05:00:00.000-07:00

Bloody Brain Shooters

Channel your inner mad scientist with this Bloody Brain Shooter. Add chilled vodka and lime juice to a shot glass, then use a straw to drip Irish cream into the glass. The acidic lime juice will cause the Irish cream to curdle, creating realistic strands of “brain.”

Ingredients:

1 1/4 oz. strawberry vodka such as Stoli
1/8 oz. Rose’s lime juice
3/4 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
Splash of grenadine

Preparation:

Chill vodka for better smoothness. Add vodka and lime juice to a shaker, shake and strain into a shot glass. Using a straw, dip some Bailey’s Irish Cream into the shot. Once you submerge the straw into the Bailey’s put your finger on top of the straw to hold the Bailey’s in the straw. Dip the straw tip into the vodka and slowly release your top finger. The Bailey’s will curdle a little bit due to the lime juice and you should be able to make strands of Bailey’s.

Repeat the straw/Bailey’s process to build a “brain” in the shot glass. Add a splash of grenadine to the concoction to add the ‘blood’ to the mix. Down the hatch as a shot.

Recipe courtesy Dan Goss, Downtown Grill and Brewery, Knoxville, Tenn.

[image and recipe found here]

tilt | things i love thursday

2011-10-20T07:15:00.000-07:00

negative nancy gotta check herself and do a things i love thursday blog post... things that rock:

friends: standing up for me, motivating me artistically, and telling me to stop acting like i'm still in high school... and coming over to play with my baby
talking to strangers i want to take pictures of [this one is thanks to friends too], joli wouldn't take no for an answer when i said i liked this girls shoes and style. i gave her my card, she added me on facebook, liked my page, and said she'd model for me sometime
people like chaque semaine already, or maybe those people are just me and karly that are totally digging it, but it took me a while to build up the kind of traffic we have gotten over there with only two posts so thank you guys for checking it out
thursday is mcdonalds day and i got a monopoly piece for free coffee burning a hole in my pocket
occupy wall street. i wasn't even paying attention, yeah it's been going on for a month, i'm so out of the loop, but it's moving to see people taking a stand at a point where we are all feeling hopeless. and seeing other countries follow gives a different perspective because you feel like they aren't dealing with the same issues, but everyone is.
taking pictures for me > taking pictures for other people [there are some exceptions like the engagement photos over the weekend, that was the BEST couple ever]
freckles... on faces, shoulders, clavicles, and fingernails like above... need to try that asap

i need your help folks... what's a good spooky dessert for a halloween party that isn't the graveyard dessert [that one is already taken]? it's a work place emergency, it needs to be amazing, my reputation depends on it!

halloween party prep | dirty pirate popsicles

2011-10-18T05:00:00.000-07:00

Dirty Pirate Popsicle

2 1/2 cups Coke
1/3 cup Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
1/3 cup Kahlua

i saw this idea on pinterest and had to do some further investigation... and it looks like a winner in my book. full on instructions on how to make the dirty pirate popsicle can be found over at endless simmer!

chaque semaine: welcome!

2011-10-17T07:53:00.000-07:00

alright, not sure if i mentioned this before or not, but karly and i have started a 52(+) week project. each week there will be a theme that we shoot for and then we will post them to the blog we just created:

chaque semaine: welcome!: Welcome to chaque semaine , a weekly photoblog by Holly and Karly. Inspired by the work over at Words to Shoot By and other theme projects,...

right now we just have the intro post done because like a genius i decided to shoot film so even though we started taking photos back on october 1 i don't have my film back yet for the first week... make sure you bookmark it/start following it on bloglovin if you use their site!

the header image is not my photo of the week [even though the theme of the week is party], but is actually day 3 of my 365. hopefully i'll stick with it this time, i won't bore you all and post all the photos here, but to the right there's a little flickr widget so you can keep an eye on that if you are interested.

photographers market

2011-10-13T08:22:00.001-07:00

2012 Photographer's Market

i have the 2008 version of this book and now i'm debating whether or not to buy the new edition. after talking more to allison dandrea i want to try to submit my photography to publications, websites, and blogs, but i just don't even know where to start. i feel like this book is a good start, but honestly there aren't many publications listed in the 2008 edition that i thought fit my style, i'm not trying to be a stock photographer and it seems like there are very strong niches that you need to shoot within to submit to those magazines.

anybody have any advice? know of any magazines, websites, or blogs that i could submit my photos to?

photographer feature | allison dandrea

2011-10-06T05:42:00.000-07:00

Name
Allison Dandrea

Age
27

Location
Lady Lake, FL

Who or what sparked your interest in photography?
I was a fashion major at art school and decided to take a beginner photography class. I fell in love instantly and changed my major as soon as I could.

Who are some of your favorite photographers?
Ellen von Unwerth, Paolo Roversi, Alexei Hay, Idha Lindhag

Do you have any formal education in photography or are you self taught?
I went to Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography & Art History :)

Is photography your career?
Yep.

How long did it take you to turn photography from a hobby into a career?
I was a fashion design major at art school when I discovered how much I loved photography. I took a beginning photography class and instantly fell in love. That following summer, I decided to go pro and here I am today.

Do you currently do portrait work as part of your career or does your income primarily come from print sales and publications?
When I first started out, I made money based off portraits, mainly shooting for fashion model's portfolios. Now my income is primarily based off my print sales and publications.

Are you currently working on any photography projects?
24/7. I always have personal projects I'm working on, along with trying to get my work published (and self published)/in galleries. In the future I would love to shoot for Anthropologie & Elle Decor.

Where have you been published thus far?
F-Stop Magazine, Method Press Magazine and I am currently shooting the Spring/Summer 2012 Catalog for Lilly & Kate (Vintage inspired clothes & jewelry, handmade soaps and home decor).

What is your favorite thing to photograph and why?
I was originally known for my fashion and portraiture but I needed a break from the familiar so I started to shoot stills. I feel like I cheated on my fashion work because I'm getting even more recognition for my stills than anything else. People were so easy to photograph, well anything fashion came easy to me. Objects were more of a challenge for me and still are to this day. So my favorite thing to photograph would have to be a 50/50 tie between people and objects. They both have their challenges and rewards.

Where do you find and how do you instruct your models?
My models are mostly people I know. But I have shot people I really don't know and that can always be interesting. I shoot with a plan in mind, always. I bring photo references of the poses I would want (sometimes I even show the model). Mood music also plays a huge role.

So you listen to music while you shoot... What is on your photo shoot play list?
Absolutely. The music I play depends on the shoot, or the mood. I'm a huge pandora fan. I don't want to have to make mixes all the time so I queue up pandora instead. My stations range from Ambient to JPop to The Roots.

What is in your camera bag?
Canon 50D, Lensbaby Composer, 100mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8 & 85mm f/1.8 lenses and Skittles (models can get cranky sometimes).

What is your favorite lens and why?
85mm f/1.8. The 100mm is great for portraiture, fashion and whatever else but you can get within a normal range with the 85mm. I use this lens on a daily basis and it's totally worth it.

Where do you find inspiration?
Absolutely everywhere. Lately it's been fruit, maybe it will be hair next week.

Future photography goals?
Shoot editorials for Anthropologie & Elle Decor. Also I would love to have my work in the Gagosian Gallery in NY.

Describe a day in your life that includes photography:
I bring my laptop with me that has a folder of references or I'll just bring physical sketches with me. I use a lot of natural light so depending on the situation I will bend the light to my liking (which would take about 5 minutes- half an hour sometimes). The shoot will last about 3 hours (for models, they get 2 10 minute breaks). Tear down will take about half an hour and then I go home and sift through the photos in lightroom.

What does your work flow consist of?
About 1,000-1,700 images per shoot, then sifting through them to about 10 images total (in lightroom).

Three interesting facts about yourself?
I love reading sci-fi novels, I'm currently learning Haitian Creole, and I love taking night walks in the city.

What, if anything, do you do to promote your photography?
500px, flickr, facebook page, twitter, tumblr, artlimited, blucanvas, arrtflakes, etsy, blogger, society6, and I send my work to galleries/magazines.

It sounds like you have a great system for sharing your work, approximately how much time do you spend per day/week on promoting your work?
I'd have to say that I spend about 3-5 hours every couple of days. It's alot of time out of my day, but in the end it's worth it (although an intern would be nice).

Check out more of Allison and her photography around the web:
blog | facebook | website | twitter | tumblr

appreciate your photographer

2011-10-03T06:36:00.000-07:00

if your house was on fire, what would be the first [non-living] thing that you saved? probably pictures, right? so why do people not place more emphasis on the importance of what photographers do? [you may want to stop here, this will be a bit of a rant]

a few months ago i did some really cheap baby photos for a friend of a friend and even threw in the disk for free. a few weeks later a co-worker of my mothers informed me that she saw photos that looked like my style online. indeed it was my photography used to promote that woman's business without any credit at all or even asking permission. not wanting to burn bridges, i said nothing and let it slide hoping that she would at least be a return customer in the future.

fast forward to last week, this woman contacts me and asks me to give her the same price [$30] for 2+ hours of photography and another free disk... 2 locations, one of which i would have to pay to get in. i told her that she could have the same $30 fee, but would need to pay for prints this time... and she said no! now i am not heartbroken to lose the business especially with someone who has no photo etiquette, but it is sad to me that someone who knows that i am a mother and have to find childcare for the time that i have to do this work expects me to do it for practically free. would you ask a friend of a friend to comp your meal at a fancy restaurant? no, so why would you not show that kind of respect to someone who spent 3 hours photographing you and your family previously and has since helped you with questions that you have had about parenting? obviously you liked my work since you used it as promotional pieces.

it's just one of those discouraging things that makes me think why am i even trying to do this? why am i trying to get into a market saturated with people who suck and are willing do it for less? i focus so much time and energy trying to become a full time professional photographer to turn around and feel like people see me as a traveling sears portrait studio who owes them freebies. and i let it all slide off my back for the past few months, but i'm sinking thousands of dollars into it and not seeing much of a return so it is hard to keep a smile on my face. it has become apparent to me that i need to start focusing more on my day job, keep this as a hobby and start point my camera at my personal projects than the faces of strangers who don't value what i do.

end rant.

.....

thankfully my sickness is 95% gone. started my project 365 over on friday, hopefully i'll stick with it this time.

i'll post again real soon and it will be positive, i promise ;) there are even one or two photographer features submitted that i haven't had a chance to post yet.

sick

2011-09-26T14:21:00.001-07:00

i'm sick, been sick since last week, boo on that. the baby is sick too but since he can't really talk he can't tell me what's wrong so i can't do much to help him.

my friend sarah lives out of town, today she popped in unexpectedly after i had left work early [for being sick]. she's always a willing model so i got started on a little 35mm project based around books.

anyways oh shiz, the baby is finally taking a nap so i'm going to seize the opportunity to do the same.

tilt | things i love thursday

2011-09-22T08:28:00.001-07:00

faux bridal portraits... click through for more on my photography blog

good gifting... my boyfriend's birthday is next saturday. once upon a time i had a bunny named charlotte and she liked to chew cords. she chewed through two of my boyfriend's lava lamp cords [he was just my roommate at that time]. so i've decided for his birthday he is getting a replacement. also he was obsessing over the coffee mugs a few months ago, i like to give him a while to forget that he wanted something then buy it for him as a gift :]

Lava Lite 2116-4002 Classic Lava Lamp, 14-1/2-Inch, Black/Clear

Bodum Bistro Double-Wall Insulated 10-Ounce Glass Mug, Set of 2

that floaty feeling you get right before a bad cold [but not the cold that i know will be here shortly since i've been floating and rambling and not knowing what's going on like a crazy person for 2-3 days already]

books | fine art wedding photography by jose villa

2011-09-21T11:36:00.000-07:00

Fine Art Wedding Photography: How to Capture Images with Style for the Modern Bride by jose villa and jeff kent

i just finished reading this book last night. it inspired me to dust off my 35mm slr which i haven't used since sometime in the spring. now i'm dying to shoot another wedding to try out the new things that i've learned and i want to do at least part of said wedding on film. [any takers?]

i've been drooling over jose villa's photography for years now so i just HAD to have the book providing some of his secrets. my favorite part is about coaxing a natural, relaxed pose out of the bride and groom. anyways, if you are at all interested in wedding photography, film photography, or portrait photography you should definitely pick up this book ASAP. i'll probably start re-reading mine tonight even.

......................................

also, did i ever mention that i bought my domain name hollycromerphoto.com and a new photography blog? my tumblr just seemed unprofessional and i couldn't get the layout the way i wanted it.

tat-tuesday

2011-09-20T04:26:00.000-07:00

seahorse

seeing stars

pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers...
[old crow medicine show]

maybe i just want the waffle and coffee... i'm going to guess that tattoo says something along the lines of cake or bake maybe make.

cupcake | tea time

lydia deetz from beetlejuice halloween costume

2011-09-19T07:35:00.000-07:00

Lydia Deetz of Beetlejuice Halloween Costume

why the hell isn't the tv series available on dvd?! ugh!

alex delarge "a clockwork orange" (1971) halloween costume

2011-09-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

how to dress up as alex delarge from a clockwork orange for halloween

alex delarge is an awesome last minute halloween costume. for the most part you need a lot of white clothes, white suspenders, and a hat. once all the pre-fab halloween costumes have flown off the shelf, you will still be able to find all the components that you need to dress up as alex delarge or one of the other ultraviolent droogs from a clockwork orange for halloween. makes a great group costume and even looks kind of cute on kids [reference below]. read my full guide right here.

glue globber

2011-09-12T04:49:00.000-07:00

for some reason on saturday i felt the need to destroy some magazines and make a couple collages. the top one with the ice cream/chocolate was done on saturday, the black and white series and the snow white one were all done a really long time ago, more than 3 years, just finally decided to dig them out of storage and digitize them.

nautical themed collage coming soonish.

black and white

2011-09-09T06:24:00.000-07:00

mary kate olsen or ashley olsen, sometimes i have a hard time telling them apart and i think black and white makes it even more difficult.

karlie kloss

michael donovan for vision china

rosie huntington-whiteley [*i think*]

martha streck by anthony maule

months ago i bought 4 rolls of c41 process black and white film and a roll of revolog tesla 1 film. i haven't used any of them yet! i have a lot of anxiety about messing up "special" film and i want to pre-plan out every single exposure to make sure i get the best use of it. stupid idea, i'm well aware, i think i had thought out one specific shot for the tesla film and then never wrote it down, now that's forgotten and i'm back to square one. i need to just load it up and shoot it already before the weather gets glum and there are less interesting things to shoot [plus i hate going out in the cold].

7 things

2011-09-07T10:21:00.000-07:00

[ballet feet by jules falk hunter]

this was completely stolen from secia... i need to unwind for a minute before i lose my mind and this seems like a good way.

7 places i would like to visit

france
italy
iceland
japan
hawaii
california
vegas

and many many more places... i don't have much traveling under my belt yet unfortunately

7 things i would like to make

iconic photography
pretty paintings
a fiction book
a book of photos
a clean, well designed, well organized home
an epic garden with tons of fruits, veggies, and herbs on hand at all times
lots and lots of money doing what i love [taking pictures]

7 people [dead or alive] i would like to meet

jude law
jose villa
linda mccartney
leighton meester

7 things i would like to own

my house outright [pay it off]
a french bulldog puppy
an old vw bus [working condition and fully furnished]
an in ground pool
an unlimited amount of 35mm film and free developing vouchers
a negative scanner
a canon 5d mark ii w/ a set of high end prime lenses

7 things that annoy me

my day job
paying for insurance, i'm running away to canada or some place in europe
90% of the people i went to school with
facebook
when my boyfriend puts away the dishes, but not the silverware and then puts dirty silverware in with the clean so i have no forks or spoons to eat with
my apparent a.d.d.
how long it has been since i've had a paying photo gig
people riding their bikes on the sidewalk

7 films i love

marie antoinette [just to play in the background, the story is too slow for me, but visually it's the most beautiful thing ever]
harry potter [all of them, i'm newly converted]
dirty dancing
i love you man
forgetting sarah marshall
american psycho
across the universe

Amazon.com Widgets

7 funny words

i'm stumped, because i think all words are funny after you say them about 5 times in a row they seem to stop making sense... so i'm going to do my 7 FAVORITE words instead

lovely [all time favorite]
ethereal
patina
veranda

ok i didn't make it to 7 for most of these things, but it was supposed to be relaxing and i don't want to stress myself out trying to come up with more so there! :]

marie antoinette

2011-09-06T08:30:00.001-07:00

long story short... in a couple of weeks i am hosting a thirty-one party. my friend that is the consultant keeps telling me i need to have a theme. all i knew was i wanted french macaroons and champagne popsicles [see pic below] and maybe some pizza too since it's around dinner time.

AND i have some cake mix that i need to use up so i thought hey "let them eat cake", marie antoinette themed party. and now it has gotten out of control in my head and i need to tone it down a bit. i have this urge to go all out and do a marie antoinette themed photo booth and blah blah blah, then i know nobody who goes will really "get it" or be dressed up or anything so, i should have just made it a pizza party theme ha.

get a little marie antoinette wig action going on for the photo booth and some masks... maybe play sofia coppola's marie antoinette on low volume in the background.

happy labor day!

2011-09-05T08:41:00.001-07:00

it's chilly and rainy here today, but i don't mind. i need to get some thigh high socks though, my long time favorite j. crew ones have a few holes in them... the taller the socks i wear with my rain boots, the more comfy they are plus the taller the socks, the more sexy i feel, even if they are hidden under my jeans.

i hate to think that summer is now unofficially over, but i am looking forward to pumpkin pie and halloween!

book it | love my indie

2011-09-02T13:06:00.000-07:00

i have a tendency to be slightly a.d.d. and i'm pretty sure that i never mentioned a guest post that i did forever ago [more than 2 months]. it was about a new local independent bookstore in my town that i shared over at actin' up with books which is my friend joli's blog.

go check out what i wrote
submit your own guest post showing love for your local independent book store. if your town is much like ours, they are quickly becoming extinct so be sure to show your appreciation for them! and also because doing guest posts is fun.

things i love friday

2011-09-02T06:54:00.001-07:00

ok so i didn't get this posted yesterday, but i surely meant to.

1. see that zebra photo? i took that. and it was featured on creature comforts yesterday morning. that alone made me overjoyed, then a little while later someone who saw my photo there and wanted a print of it which got my ass in gear so now i have a print store on zenfolio so go here to check it out please!

and if you want to start your own account i have a zenfolio promotional code for 10% off: 9P3-CFK-SYR so my $100 premium account ended up being $90 and now i can use it for client proofing and selling prints which will be perfect when i get my website fully functional sometime in the next week or so.

2. my article 12 Pain-Free Ways to Make Your Wedding More Eco-Friendly has been featured on Yahoo for the past 10 days now. this makes me ecstatic because i'm a closet green freak and the thought that my ideas might actually help people put a little effort into making their weddings more eco-friendly makes me SO happy! seriously, recycling and composting are practically a religious practice for me.

3. is it just me or is halloween getting close?! i've queued up a couple of new costume ideas already, but i need to work on some more. make sure you check out the penny-laine halloween costume archives if you are in need of some costume inspiration!

tat-tuesday | more matching couple/best friend tattoos

2011-08-30T05:00:00.000-07:00

birds of a feather flock together

you hold the skeleton key to my heart

i know the pieces fit

i keep finding more and more matching tattoos for friends and couples so i thought i would share! i don't think i know anyone i would get a matching tattoo with. my close friends that do have tattoos wouldn't really get the same types of tattoos that i like. maybe one day! i miss having friends that close!

here's the original matching tattoo post that i made

things i love thursday

2011-08-25T18:57:00.000-07:00

my baby

gossip girl thank you a million times to joli for letting me borrow season 1 and soon season 2!

sleep, can i have some please?

"business meetings" with old friends, yummy meals, and seriously talking business somewhere in the midst of the catching up :)

other cool things:

building official photography website, no you can't see it, so not ready yet!

linkin logs | surprise surprise, more photography stuff!

2011-08-17T05:10:00.000-07:00

[Mona Johannesson in Marie Claire Italia by Bharat Sikka]

alright, mostly photography, business, and photography business related links. i've been hoarding them like a mad woman lately trying to get serious, trying to get official, trying to get some extra income to counteract a couple of big purchases, my new proofing website, and soon hopefully a real website and some business cards.

my friend katie is returning to town so her hubby can finish school so she wants to be my business partner, this is of course very welcome because i'm sure my co-workers, boyfriend, and mother are tired of me bouncing ideas off of them. plus she has an art degree so we are working on branding right now, which is a rough process via e-mail and facebook messages, but we are trying to make it work.

anyways, here are the links...

photo booth related:

dime photo booth - examples, setup... trying to figure out how to make a photo booth an option for people to hire me/us for. these guys have an actual booth [neat, but i don't want to have to break it down or buy a huge car to tote it around... hmm, caravan as photo booth?] and they print the photos out on strips so your guests can have a copy in addition to them being posted online
prop ideas for your wedding photo booth - yes i wrote this, but now i need to reference it and start accumulating a treasure chest of goodies to help break the ice and make fun photos

business side

follow these steps to starting a small business... you can't go write with a government sanctioned guide, i want to make sure i jump through the right hoops
tiny prints business cards... really would prefer letterpress, it's just so expensive and i don't think we have anyone locally who does it that i could barter with.
the photography business plan... it's long and i haven't read it yet, but i started drafting a business plan weeks ago and have yet to make much progress on it.
starting a photography business: what i wish i knew by jasmine star
my 25 biggest mistakes by two photogs

and some awesome photography business inspirational blogs

sue bryce's blog "in bed with sue"... i found her from her interview on go4pro. i need to browse more of their photographer interviews too
photo business tools... great marketing inspiration, i have a whole page doodled out in my notebook of ideas i've taken from this blog.

anyways, this is getting too lengthy so i will wrap it up for now. feel free to share any photography, business, or photography business links, suggestions, etc. with me :]

tat-tuesday

2011-08-16T05:00:00.000-07:00

love this one so much... very artsy

anatomical heart

squirrel and pigeon

sailors

it feels like a million years since i've posted a tat-tuesday...

and don't forget about a photographer feature. it's kinda sad, i like to pick the brain of other photographers, especially ones who are making $$ by doing it full time. that's where most of my attention has been. so if you are that person, taking pictures for a living, let me interview you please.

otherwise i'll be really lame and photographer feature myself.

tilt | things i love thursday

2011-08-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

taking pictures. the wedding i shot last weekend went smashingly, i almost want to cry looking at the photos because you can just feel the love. it makes editing hard, i'm only about a tenth of the way through. i just want to take pictures, all the time and always. all day every day.
growing things of substance in my garden. just took rosemary, sage, and basil to share with my coworkers this week, sharing is nice.
brushing my teeth.... seriously, i can't stand dirty teeth. nothing quite like that minty flavor and running your tongue across freshly cleaned teeth.

mail! ask and you shall receive... earlier this week i received a telegram from secia of petite insanities :] thank you so much secia, you are too kind! i wish the photo was better, but i had to use my phone to take it.

dogs... they are for real the best pets ever. they are super social and don't shit in the house and mine is nice enough to eat all of the food that the baby throws in the floor so i don't have to clean it up.
talking to janae on the phone... because we miss her and she doesn't get online often enough!

plotting my escape

2011-08-11T05:51:00.001-07:00

i've always wanted to drive across the country. to travel with no official destination, no where i need to be, no deadline on when i have to return.

just pack up a station wagon or an old vw hippy van. living "off the grid", taking millions of photographs, and letting my worries fly out the open window into a desert breeze.

life imitating art imitating life

2011-08-04T09:04:00.000-07:00

hungry and locked down still on the virginia tech campus. so here are some random photos. of art and people and such.

and to the lovely person who asked where the name penny laine is from... "penny lane" is a song by the beatles that i love, which is also where kate hudson's character penny lane from almost famous got her name.

tomorrow is my birthday... yay!

2011-08-01T11:10:00.000-07:00

26 is like... way old.
i thought i'd be doing something amazing by now.

pen pals

2011-07-29T06:32:00.001-07:00

i used to have a pen pal back when i was 10. she lived in montana and her name was carmen. she painted her envelopes with fingernail polish and i don't remember how we lost touch.

i love this idea of using a white t-shirt wrapped around a package and mailing it off. the more i think of it though, i don't know if i would want to walk around with my name and address printed on the front of my shirt. there must be some kind of cool alternative for this.

anyway, i miss having a pen pal. i miss getting letters in the mail. now all i see is money related, netflix, and every once in a while a magazine that i never get a chance to read cover to cover before it gets tossed out.

tat-tuesday | fake it till you make it edition

2011-07-26T05:00:00.000-07:00

one of the most common comments i get on tat-tuesdays is that you guys are afraid to get tattooed so today i'm featuring some amazing temporary tattoos from tattly! maybe after you wear a polaroid camera tattoo around on your neck for a week you will decide to get the real thing?

linkin logs | photography tips

2011-07-25T04:33:00.000-07:00

i've been accumulating photography tip links again so i will share... a lot are related to wedding photography because i'm shooting my first paid wedding gig in a couple of weeks and i'm kind of psyching myself out about it [for obvious reasons].

favorite five: photographer debi treloar... beautiful interior photos and a handful of tips
off camera lighting at wedding receptions... too late for me to pick up this equipment for the upcoming wedding, but for future reference.
22 things you can do today to change your photography forever... some i've done, some are common sense, but there are some suggestions i need to try, especially figuring out how to use my new camera
formal family wedding photos video by jasmine star
how to pose in your wedding photographs
must have shots you do not want to forget about... just as a reminder for me to compile my own list, this is the shortest "must have shot" list for weddings i have ever seen which i love because it sucks to limit yourself to a list when shooting weddings

and some that are more on the business end so not *technically* just for photography:

leveling up your business with referrals... short article but it has motivated me to want to build a full on website with pages instead of just a tumblr/facebook page
how to get them talking about your art
defining your target market
how to create a static website with blogger

hopefully some of you will find a helpful link or two in this post. if you have any links to great photography tips on blog posts, you tube videos, articles, or whatever please share!

cabinet of curiosities

2011-07-22T07:24:00.000-07:00

[image 1 "lambs of god found object photograph", the rest are unfortunately from weheart it without proper credit]

these are the inspiration photos i was talking about yesterday... basically i want to do a "cabinet of curiosities" project photographing each individual item so that people can buy prints and create their own cabinet of curiosities in their home without having to collect the items. instead they can get one of these frames with multiple openings for photos:

i written out 3 pages of things that i want to photograph for this project, now i'm just trying to figure out how to make them look uniform, but not boring and start acquiring them. i feel like i always keep my ideas like this in my head until i lose interest and they fade away so i need to be held accountable thus why i am sharing.

i'd love to hear any thoughts or suggestions that you guys might have!

tilt | things i love thursday

2011-07-21T04:26:00.000-07:00

my new camera [canon 7d] has been ordered and will arrive on monday... finally, finally i bit the bullet and placed the order now my anxiety about shelling out the cash has evaporated

i'm brainstorming an idea for a photography theme/project which has me pumped up to get out and take pictures. i'll give you a hint, it is directly related to the "curiouser and curiouser" etsy treasury i created yesterday when i thought that my head was going to explode from inspiration overload. [i'm going to do a whole inspiration post about it this weekend].

found a writing gig for a site that actually wants me to write about photography, hopefully it works out and they are legit!

this picture by karly... because my grandma's name was gladys

AND

finally the article that i wrote inspired by dori has been accepted for publication... here's a preview:

How to Find Models: A Guide for Photographers

Finding good models for your photography projects can be extremely tricky, especially if you happen to live in a small town. Sadly, not all of us have beautiful friends willing to sacrifice their time to be the model for your latest photography project idea and you will need to go in search of willing subjects. Below I have listed some methods for finding models for your photography.

Obviously, offering monetary compensation will pique more interest from models than unpaid gigs. If you have a strong concept or a unique style of photography, many models (especially the ones who are just starting to build up their portfolio) will be willing to do TFCD or TFP photo shoots. TFCD is an abbreviation for "Time for CD" meaning you are exchanging a CD or DVD of images for their modeling work. TFP is short for "Time for Prints", these are two acronyms that you will see used all over the place when searching for models and you will find yourself using frequently if you are not already.

[keep reading]

oh and i almost forgot that it is thursday and that means we are going to mcdonalds today, yay! i haven't had mcdonalds in like 2 weeks now, i'm having french fry withdrawal!

tat-tuesday

2011-07-19T05:00:00.000-07:00

agatha christie

because i have a new found appreciation for avocados [and cilantro]

i also like sail boats... especially ones contained in a little bitty bottle

its time for a new camera [and other photography ranting]

2011-07-18T11:12:00.000-07:00

fried oreos from my visit to the salem fair last weekend

i had convinced myself that when i bought a new camera it would be the canon 5d mark ii [above]... but at $2,500 for the body alone i would be saving up for months and months for the purchase. i've decided on the comparable canon 7d instead [below] for $1,600. i was going to hold off until i could save up enough money from photo gigs and writing articles, but considering i need a back up camera for a wedding i'm shooting the first weekend in august i have to bite the bullet and buy it now.
the thought of shelling out that kind of money gives me major anxiety... MAJOR. the only way i can justify buying it before i have really saved up enough to afford it is to say that i'm going to use the hell out of it. i need to bring my a-game, get a lot of PAID portrait gigs lined up and try to take the most amazing photographs as possible.

and...

saturday was art at the market, i anticipated selling a lot of prints, but ended up having a stand next to the only other photographers there who were selling gigantic prints of places in europe leaving my meager stand with 11x14 prints of flowers and blacksburg empty for most of the day. i broke even on the cost of the stand and the prints, but not the frames selling a grand total of 12 prints [that's including 6 that were 4x6]. i didn't plan on making a fortune, but i thought that with the low prices on my prints that i would be able to sell many more than i did.

i learned a lot about being a street vendor for things like that:

bring your own stand and tent, make sure they are EXTREMELY nice ones
only plan on selling big prints, next time i won't sell anything smaller than an 8x10, maybe not even that small
put a label with name, location, and price on each individual print
matting/mounting photos is a must, plus this gives you the opportunity to sign them
unframed prints should be in a carousel or some other mechanism that allows for quick and easy viewing
pick a theme [or two] and stick with it - only a couple per display/show

i would love any additional tips that you guys might have. it was a nerve wracking experience and i got really down on myself for the first hour or so until i sold my first print. it was a lot of work so i'm debating whether or not to try again, but i probably will just to see if utilizing what i learned this time around will make much of a difference in profits.

anyway, so much photography related things circling around in my head distracting me from my 9-5 and making need another vacation so i had to pour them out here. if you have made it to the end of this post i have so much love and appreciation, please share any thoughts you may have with me! :]

p.s. karly got a job as a photographer and blogger for a restaurant where she lives and i'm so incredibly jealous!

hi there!

2011-07-18T09:51:00.000-07:00

i have returned from vacation... which ended up being a stay-cation.
what i did all week:

pretended that the internet did not exist
pretended that my job didn't exist
hung out with my baby... took him hiking, to the pool, and to the fair
took some pictures
sold a handful of photos at art at the market
spent hours playing in my modest garden
eating all kinds of yummy and super fatty foods
*finally* had a chance to start reading breakfast at tiffany's by truman capote, which is actually quite a bit different from the movie.

tat-tuesday

2011-07-12T05:00:00.000-07:00

framed

star on her wrist

bye bye humming bird-ie

tgif!!!!!

2011-07-08T11:02:00.000-07:00

[image by noah kalina]

so next week starts my long awaited vacation time. who knows what the week will hold. hopefully i will end up at the beach at some point. take lots of photos. go hiking all over the place. whatever. i'm going to queue up a tiny tat-tuesday and that's all you will hear from me till i get back around july 18th!

p.s. i bought myself my hippy skirt, and it is even more amazeballs than i remember it being! you know you are jealous, i'm wearing it right now and it's the most comfortable cute thing i think i own.

tat-tuesday

2011-07-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

disiecti membra poetae [translation: limbs of a dismembered poet/ dismembered limbs of a poet

pugs not drugs

flowers and bows

a short but sweet one... i have to get on the stick and be serious picking out a tattoo design. my friend who did two of my five tats will be in town at the end of july for floydfest so ideally i will be able to get a new tattoo then!

4th of july

2011-07-04T05:00:00.000-07:00

planet blue's "party in the usa" look book via oracle fox

photographer: zoey grossman
stylist: ashley glorioso
model: kara searle

i wish i had someone in bburg to model for me, this set of photos has inspired me to do a july 4th themed shoot.

the friday editorial | summer of rock

2011-07-01T12:16:00.000-07:00

elle france | june 2011
via oracle fox

model: erin wasson
photographer: fred meylan
stylist: anne-marie brouillet

funny that this elle france editorial is screaming july 4th to me, but it is. enjoy your long weekend!

tilt | things i love thursday

2011-06-30T08:16:00.000-07:00

playing in the garden. i've been spending so much time with my flowers this year. the part that makes me the most happy about it is that i've only bout a handful of flowers, most of them have been started by me from seeds and clippings and plants make me so much happier when i get to see them grow from babies!

this is my neighbor's allium plant... it's like a giant purple dandelion and i love them. if you have any wisteria seeds i will happily trade you some allium seeds and/or some lavender seeds [when they turn to seed]. for real, i'm in desperation for some wisteria seeds people!

when people "like" my facebook page for my photography
days off from work... which i will be getting a whole weeks worth from july 11-15 and i hope to get a lot of picture taking and fun activities squeezed into that week
the salem fair... not that i've been yet this year, but the plans are in the works
there's only one more month till my birthday, fuck yes!
using my pinterest boards to coordinate photoshoots. i love being able to send a link to someone i'm about to take pictures of so i can get an idea of what they want to get out of the shoot and so they have some ideas for photos other than what they would get at the sears portrait studio.
this quote:
“life is like photography. you use the negatives to develop.”

leave me some fun comments please, some links, some ideas, some inspiration, whatever. ideas for things to do with my glorious week off from my mind numbing day job!

oh and dori, if you are reading this, i got your comment and i'm going to write a big huge long bit of advice in response to your question, but it will take me a little while to get it all together!

window shopping | deep down i'm a dirty hippy

2011-06-28T12:24:00.000-07:00

basically the entire free people island drifter section.

tie dye rayon flare leg pants

tie dye rayon long wrap skirt

rugged baja hoodie

for real... tree hugging hippy at heart. i want these things sooooo bad. and my birthday is just over a month away, please please please please please please please please please please please gimme these things from gypsy rose!

but gypsy rose, why you no have any actual sizes? i'm a very small girl and i have a hard time believing that one size really fits all.

sorry no tat-tuesday today [and lack of other posts in general], i'm feeling burned out on work and such. send me things to cheer me up?

tilt | things i love thursday

2011-06-23T06:47:00.000-07:00

summer is officially here... and if that isn't something to love, i don't know what is! i dream of going to the beach this summer and if we could make it to florida that would be even better, but we haven't started making any vacation plans yet.

here's some things i'm loving this week:

art student owl... they always crack me up and i if i could go back in time to high school i would have went to art school despite being discouraged and told artists don't make any money. because who really cares if you don't make a fortune if you love your work and have pride in it. thanks for the advice guidance counselors, you suck! shit, that wasn't positive, sorry.

essie's nice is nice... i finally see what all the fuss about essie nail polishes is. this stuff stayed on flawlessly for a week and a half which is better luck than i have ever had with a nail polish. seriously, i garden, take care of a toddler, and swim, i'm usually lucky if my polish stays on for one day. plus this shade of lavender is perfection and it looks great against my skin tone.

jeans that fit... i've lost 25 pounds this year. and nearly 50 from what i weighed when i was pregnant last may. this week i finally bought a pair of pants that fit me and i was extremely happy to see what size i am now!

anthropologie plates... well anthropologie anything really. get in my freakin life. these are the natural world dessert plates and ladies-in-waiting dinner plates.

and some awesome links that i have bookmarked this week. mostly diy and photography stuff:

how-tuesday: sailor's knot bracelets
call of the wild: behind the scenes... i want to make a pin hole camera cap like theirs soon. i assume it will be similar to my dslr holga lens so i haven't rushed out to get a new body cap yet.
15 tips for the best underwater photos ever
how to make cinemagraphs
jasmine star's advice on posing models/real people
how to get them talking about your art

i also made a facebook page for my photography this week. which apparently i should have done long ago because within minutes of creating the page i got a gig lined up for this weekend. plus it's way easier to share photos there than trying to coax people to my tumblr.

tat-tuesday

2011-06-21T12:53:00.001-07:00

buttons

oh deer

neck stars

This intricate piece depicts a vestal virgin, the solar system, the sun, and a tree. Vestal virgin were powerful holy female priests in the Roman Empire. Apparently, they were something like witches. The bottom half where the solar system is depicted shows each planet, and it’s actual placement in orbit relative to the other planets. So cool! (via Office Style: Tattoos Round 2 | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog)

sorry so quiet around here... i'm exhausted, stressed, i need a vacation... but i know how much you guys like tat-tuesdays so i had to make a post today!

tat-tuesday

2011-06-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

the placement of the star on her shoulder bone is perfection!

interior design | pretty in pink

2011-06-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

kirsten dunst

2011-06-12T07:00:00.000-07:00

gluttony

2011-06-11T05:00:00.000-07:00

i love me some sweet treats

bambi

2011-06-10T07:20:00.000-07:00

my summer to-do list

2011-06-09T05:00:00.000-07:00

feeling inspired by prettier world's summer to-do list of things to before labor day so i decided i would make my own...

get photography business cards
art at the market... apply, prepare for, and actually participate in
go to a beach
hit my goal weight
photograph a wedding
photograph a stranger then turn that stranger into a new friend
have a yard sale
write a short story
put together photography portfolio
set up a print shop

and since most of those are photography related goals i figured i might as well use one of my own images for the header this time.

what do you want to get accomplished this summer?

art appreciation

2011-06-08T05:00:00.000-07:00

tea sketch no 1 with color by michael shapcott

daydreaming by hollie chastain

non title3 by *Ryohei-Hase on deviantART

cory schmitz

mary musth by ryohei hase

by karen ryan

ron swanson by jade sheldon

chelsea greene lewyta

by conrad roset

audrey kawasaki at work

"girlfriendsss" by jonathan reid sevigny

relevant art inspiration links:
101 art ideas you can do yourself by rob ruitt
How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon

yes, i'm aware that this is not a cohesive collection of art... it's just some photos/art that i have saved because they are ever so lovely and i just had to share :] they make me want to cut up magazines, pull out my mostly dried up acrylics, and do something creative.

do you guys have any art suggestions for me to check out?

tat-tuesday

2011-06-07T05:00:00.000-07:00

secretive star

i wonder if this shopping cart tattoo is real or not?

sorry so short this week... i've been a busy bee!

window shopping @ urban outfitters

2011-06-06T17:00:00.000-07:00

lucca couture scallop short $49

kimchi blue overdyed canvas skimmer in teal $29

sparkle & fade paperbag short $48

p.s. i lost 25 pounds so far this year on weight watchers. it's the first summer in YEARS that i have ever had shorts on my wish list [even if they are highly inappropriate for work and make illiterate boys hit on me]!

the tale of peter rabbit tee $29

pinstripe floral tights 2/$20

bdg linen fedora $24

pave owl post earring $14

mineral pendant necklace $29

sparkle and fade pleated chiffon miniskirt in pink [because i have always wanted to be a ballerina] $49

i have loved urban outfitters since i was in high school... dare i admit now that was like 8 years ago. ugh. anyways, these are just some of the clothes i want from there right now, i'm going to have to do a whole separate post later this week for apartment items. i wish i lived closer to an urban outfitters ugh!

kirsten dunst for band of outsiders

2011-06-06T05:00:00.000-07:00

images via boy. by band of outsiders

with her white hair and her white dress she was so white that she looked silver

2011-06-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

“I snatched my camera from the car and took two quick shots as she seemed to hesitate…As quickly as possible I shoved the exposed film into the case and reached for a fresh holder. I no sooner had pulled the slide out and got set for another shot than she waved to the crowd below and pushed herself into space. Screams and shouts burst from the horrified onlookers as her body plummeted toward the street. I took a firm grip on myself, waited until the woman passed the second or third story, and then shot.”
- Sorgi 1942

title quote from sylvia plath

summer

2011-06-04T05:00:00.000-07:00

how to turn a t-shirt into a sexy one piece swimsuit... i've been dying to try this tutorial for ages now

the friday editorial | the magic show

2011-06-03T05:00:00.000-07:00

images from the face | december 1994 via tfs

models: sam and george
photographer: juergen teller
stylist: venetia scott

tilt | things i love thursday

2011-06-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

this week i'm loving:

flowers and playing in the garden

custom fabric... apparently this website called spoonflower will print up your design for you! or you can buy ones they already have like this one called mad science:

"hair prettys" as my grandma gladys used to call them

i am madly in love with this airplane one... if any of you know where i can find one like it please let me know!

and totally separate from tilt... i need to announce the winner of last week's summer reading giveaway!

sécia from petite insanities was the winner. thank you to everyone who entered!

romance

2011-06-01T05:00:00.000-07:00

these images are from the book romance by photographer chris craymer... i love all the love and photography in this book. extremely sweet and intimate and moments between beautiful couples. if i could i would have posted every single image from the book in this blog post, but probably better that you check it out for yourself!

tat-tuesday

2011-05-31T05:00:00.000-07:00

remember when there used to be 9 planets in our solar system? love her space tattoo, flame red hair, and bohemian style.

construct + create

birds love cupcakes too

this girl's swallow tattoos look very similar the ones on my back

i'm a sucker for all things with vintage owls... i have a salt shaker that looks like this little guy

three elephants

aauuuuuggghhhh tyrannosaurus rex tattoo... dinosaurs rock