pen pals

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

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

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!