I got this request for photographers from Quinn at the Twin Cities Tattoo Festival: "Hello! My name is Quinn and I run the Twin Cities Tattoo Festival, happening next month -- July 14-16. I am reaching out to see if anyone that is a part of the Saint Paul Camera Club is interested in coming through to have the ability to photograph the tattooing process. There is no shortage of incredible photos to be taken with over 200 tattoo artists in one place tattooing the public. If anyone is inter...

A friend asked me to shoot her daughter's wedding on Oct 1. I'm both out of town and prefer to avoid the pressure of shooting weddings as the primary photographer. (Although, probably like many of you, I've been to weddings where my own shots were better than the hired photographer's!) Do any of you have any experience and interest in shooting a wedding? It's a young couple and an afternoon wedding in Minneapolis, probably pretty casual and a lot of fun (both parents are musicians). I'm gues...