I did a mother and son portrait a while ago, so I guess a mother and daughter portrait is a natural followup - and who could be a better subject than a daughter pursuing her passion, and a mother who supports her fully?
Mandy
This is Mandy, Dale's daughter. Mandy is an up and coming tattoo artist, currently working at Chrome Gardens in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I don't have the whole story yet as to how Mandy got started in the tattoo business, but I'm doing an interview with her by e-mail, and this post will be updated soon. But I do know that Mandy also has a degree in art, and has an awesome supportive mom. I mean, do you know any mom cool enough to let your daughter tattoo you? (well I do - now :)). You can learn more about Mandy here, until I get the interview complete.
Mandy's tattoo credits: Jim White of Chrome Gardens in Gettysburg, PA, Tim Kern of Tribulation in NYC and Stacy McCleaf of Chrome Gardens in Gettysburg, PA.
On another note, I have been pretty busy with the day job, and this blog has been neglected for over a month now. One of the reasons I started this blog was to have a regular forray into 'practicing' my photography. When photography isn't your day job or your main source of living, its very easy to let it fall on the wayside, especially if your day job is stressful and runs into overtime and into your weekends. It's really no excuse though, if it's your passion. I can't think of hours that I've spent mentally exhausted on the couch after days of night/day streches of work, that I couldn't spend outside with a camera - it would have been just as relaxing and restful. So - I'm making a new resolution - I shall call it the "spring resolution" - to be out with my camera at LEAST once a week, no matter what my schedule is. So far, so good for this week.....