Potential Work?

Just over a week ago I went to a local tattoo and piercing studio to get my tongue webbing pierced and the girl who was doing it recognised me from Facebook and my photography page and me liking her artwork page. After I had it pierced she said that the studio would be happy to promote my Facebook page, they wouldn't mind me coming into the studio to take photos, if I wanted a logo designed she would do it and if I wanted to collaborate with her I could, she also offered to help out with photos if I needed someone which was great! 

One thing I always worry about is getting my work out there and getting to work in areas that I really like (such as tattooing and piercing) and after simply going to get a piercing I now have a great gateway into working with really talented artist and potentially a new model. 

Although I didn't really think about writing about it before, it does go with what I have just written....A few months ago I attended a burlesque fan dancing lesson and asked the instructor, who is a burlesque dancer at Swansea's Blue Stocking Lounge , if I would be able to photograph any of the shows they put on, she told me that they already have a photographer (Miss Moth Photographic Arts/ Miss Moth Burlesque) but if I emailed them I would probably be aloud to go along to rehearsal and take photos which was great! But this is something that I am going to pursue when we come back after summer. I also was attending Pole Dancing lessons at Pole Pride Swansea and as part of a project for Eva I asked if I would be aloud to photograph the building it was held in and my instructor was fine with it, but I then thought that (again after summer) I could see if they would let me photograph some of the lessons to get something new for my portfolio and to try photographing something new. And finally I did intended to do it this year but I will defiantly be doing it next year is rock climbing, yet again, something I am interested in and something I think would be really good for a portfolio and a new interesting way of shooting.

The reason that I have made a blog post about this is because I think it is important to remember that a great way, maybe even the best way to get new contacts and potential work is to just go out into the world and do the things you love.