For the anon who was asking about working for your friends... I found the blog.
Click that, and may all your queries be answered!
Anonymous asked: your tumblr needs more self-portraits :)
I need more donations to the “Buy Megan a tripod” fund then.
Anonymous asked: you're quite famous for your anti-smoking stance in photos, what are your thoughts on Frieke Janssens Smoking Kids Portraits series?
It’s one of my all time favorite series! The images are beautiful, startling, and controversial, all things that I love in good art. Her series is in fact, “fine art”, where I don’t really view the majority of my band work as pieces of art. Her series is actually meant to draw attention to the epidemic of children beginning to smoke. It shocks the viewer into noticing a greater social issue.
I doubt many people look at her photos and think, “Man, that 8 year old looks soooo cool! I’m going to totally start smoking.” That is the problem I have with bands being photographed smoking, drinking (under age), and doing drugs. Whether they like it or not, bands are role models for young people. Just look at the kids inspired to quit smoking by Mike Ferri of WATIC quitting. Now think of all the kids who started smoking in the first place because their favorite band did. That’s why I rarely photograph bands smoking.
lusty-king asked: What's your best story from your teen years?
I almost shattered my knee cap on a ceramics wheel. Couldn’t ride my horse for three months so I joined speech and debate. (Three spiraling levels of nerdiness.) I was also the weird girl with a leg brace at speech tournaments and everyone thought I was faking for sympathy points from the judges.
Anonymous asked: That last thing you posted actually brings up a good point. How DO you point out to a friend/acquaintance that you need to be paid without sounding like an asshole? Is there a good way to bring it up or is it one of those "bite the bullet" things?
I prefer passively bitching to a mutual friend who then gossips to the “friend client”. Fifty percent of the time, it works every time.
But actually I wrote a blog o substance on this a while back. Can’t find it on my phone though. It’s there if you do some digging.
A note.
I answer a lot of these from my phone, which can’t send private responses. If you think I’m ignoring your non anon message I’m not, just haven’t been at my computer to reply.
Anonymous asked: what was your worst first date?
Blind date. Dude wore a sweater vest. Kept his arms spread across the back of the booth the entire time even though there were couples on either side of us. Suggested our second date should be a long hike in the woods alone… 80% sure he’s a serial killer.
Anonymous asked: Your boss tells your coworker that they have to let them go because of work shortage, and they are the newest employee. You have been there much longer. Your coworker has a family to support and no other means of income. Do you go to your boss and offer to leave the company? Why or Why not?
Depends on a lot of factors. If I really didn’t love the job to begin with, or if I had another opportunity somewhere else. Also I’d make sure to have my boss “fire me” so I could collect unemployment. Shooting yourself in the foot for good karma doesn’t help you to be a helpful member of society in the long run.
Anonymous asked: I'm in love with my best friend, and in the process of moving across the country soon. Should I tell her?
If she finds out after you leave that would be a dick move.
She probably already has a feeling, we’re intuitive like that, so let her know in a grandiose fashion. Make sure your friends film it. At the very least you should become YouTube famous from this.
Anonymous asked: did you actually enjoy high-school?
No. If high school is the best time of your life then I feel really, really sorry for you. Nobody who loved high school has interesting stories to tell about being a teenager. Nobody wants to listen to the guy talk about how awesome it was to win prom king, but everyone loves hearing the story of the time you got a can of soda poured on your head when you pretended to be gay to freak out the quarterback after he called you a fag.
Anonymous asked: are Oranges called Oranges because they are orange in color, or is the color called orange because Oranges are orange in color?
Because “blue berries” was already taken.
“I like that I stick out. I was watching ‘Valentine’s Day’ on the plane recently. I have a tiny part in that movie. I was watching all the women — Jessica Biel, and Emma Roberts, and Jennifer Garner and Julia Roberts. They are gorgeous women, and I don’t want to take anything away from them, but they all do have a very classical look, with a very thin nose. I’m watching this parade of these faces and then, boom, it was my face, and I was taken aback. I was like, ‘Oh, my nose is so big!’ I have never in my life thought I had a big nose, but, well, there it was. The first time I was on TV, on ‘Flight of the Conchords,’ someone put up a YouTube clip and said, ‘You’re too ugly to be on TV.’ And I was like, ‘That is exactly why it’s a good thing that I’m on TV.’”
(Source: eduardosuaverin, via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)
My favorite reward at the end of a shoot day, Mohawk Bend 🍺🍆🍅🍞 (Taken with Instagram at Mohawk Bend)
Beers and Kings game with @thegoodnight @dannydonutz @judsunrise @samwswiss @timspier (Taken with Instagram at Good Microbrew & Grill)
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