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My favorite photo of the week from my tumblr, veilsandtales...

photographer: colagrossi studio

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wed wednesday

My favorite photo of the week from my tumblr, veilsandtales...

photographer: julie kay kelly

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photographer: christina mcneill

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wed wednesday

My favorite photo of the week from my tumblr, veilsandtales...

Actually, two favorites. I couldn't decide between the two. They're both about the shoes...

 photographer: caca santoro

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photographer: white haute photography

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wed wednesday (on thursday)

My favorite photo of the week from my tumblr, veilsandtales...

Fourth of July edition...

photographer: to live, to love

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Happy Independence Day to all those in the USA! Have fun and celebrate wisely!

wed wednesday

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photographer: ben yew

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wed wednesday

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photographer: clayton austin

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Love the gold nail polish...

photographer: amanda suanne

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wed wednesday

My favorite photo of the week from my tumblr, veilsandtales...

This photo was my fave, until...

photographer: jen fariello

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I saw the chicken...

photographer: ashley davis

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My favorite photo of the week from my tumblr, veilsandtales...

photographer: jo bartholomew

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photographer: michelle march

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wed wednesday

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photographer: whitney neal

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wed wednesday 2

My other favorite photo of the week from my tumblr, veilsandtales...

I love Frida Kahlo...

photographer: amber vickery

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wed wednesday

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photographer: a brit and a blonde

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wed wednesday

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photographer: clare martin lapworth

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wed wednesday

My favorite photo of the week from my wedding tumblr, veils and tales...

photographer: rebecca wood

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wed wednesday

From the veils and tales tumblr, my favorite photo of the week...

photographer: Julie Mikos

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wed day

I have another blog - a tumblr. I had another tumblr about two years ago called Bats in my Belfry. Bats was devoted to photos of animals. Not cutesy photos. Photos that just happened to have an animal in it. I posted to that tumblr for about three months. It was incredibly labor intensive because I refused to post a photo without sourcing it. So I spent hours finding out who the photographers were. I finally gave it up because of how much time it took. Sooooo, in my infinite wisdom and lack of memory, I started another tumblr. My first post was on February 14th. Did I mention it's a wedding tumblr? You see, I'm obsessed with weddings. Not my own. Just weddings in general. Especially the photographs. Wedding photography has become so artistic and the professional photographers who practice this craft are amazing. I read all the wedding blogs every day anyway. I thought I would post the photos that knock me out in some way. All subject matter is covered, as long as it's wedding related. It takes me about three hours a day to go through the blogs and post to my tumblr with all photos sourced. I'm not complaining. I love it. Although my back is beginning to scream at spending so many hours at the computer!

If you're a wedding junkie like myself or are just curious, please check out my tumblr. It's title is Beyond the Veil and it's tumblr name is Veils and Tales. You can see it here.

I tried to choose one photo as my favorite. Impossible. So I made a collage of some of my favorites. Sources and more on my tumblr.

find yourself artistically

Came across this via tumblr - dream everyday - originally posted on ground-glass. Good words.

Find yourself in 13 steps
1. Be true to the art. The art powers it. It’s not a flash to the side, a quilt on a couple, or a texture on an image. Those are just techniques. Techniques have no soul. You do. Art does.
2. Don’t rush it. Faster isn’t always better. You start on a path, and it’s hard to get off, so if you push too hard, you get lost before you know it. Build the word by letting people in on what you do. Be true to it. Make them need you.
3. Do something for people who follow you. Find ways to reach out and make yourself and not just your art part of their lives. You are only successful because of the people who believe in you.
4. Learn. See how you can make photography your own. See what ways other photographers have used the craft to connect with people. We’re talking about the history books – great photographers have meant so much to so many, they’re part of the history books. There’s way more than just impressing people. Get under their skin and in their head, and you’ll always have a following.
5. Take a stand. If you have no position, you’re not digging in enough. Everyone has a viewpoint. Every has something to say. Find your voice.
6. Forget about pretty. You want beautiful. And beautiful can be ugly.
7. Learn technique, copy inspiration. If you do it the other way around, you’re back on the wave.
8. Get people to hate you. Nothing can be that great if no one hates it.
9. Make things that shouldn’t work, work. Every great idea was something most people thought wouldn’t work at one point. Salt on caramel? Who does that? Until someone does. Flare? That’s a lens defect, right? You learn about yourself when you walk to the edge, and jump off to see what happens. Otherwise, you discover nothing new.
10. Believe in people, believe in yourself. Belief powers everything in the world. It gives you the stamina to make it through. It lets people see the best you there is. It lets you become what you’re not quite yet. Trust that if you put it out there, people will get it. Some will. Many won’t. Don’t worry about the many. They’ll come around if you stay focused on the some who do.
11. Forget about money. We’ve all got bills to pay. Pay them. But you’re more important than the money. You, your time, your self is everything. Protect it by any means necessary.
12. Rest. There’s enough pressure as it is. Give yourself the time to digest.
13. Don’t be a chicken shit. OK, this one is just a reminder for myself. But it works, right?

A current favorite photo of mine. Love the wind curl in the mane. And, of course, the eyes. It's always the eyes with me...

Team

soooooo beautiful

source unknown. seen on bearnaked.