What We Do For Things We Love

My six picture story I did for my last photo project of the quarter was, What We Do For Things We Love. I decided to shoot the local tattoo parlor, Decorative Injections, on Court St. I got the idea from my mom and decided to do it when Ashley decided to get her ears pierced there. While we were talking to the artists there, they told us about the recent Backdrop Magazine article (student run mag. on campus) on the place and one of the artist. They were livid because the author had pumped it up and published false information about all the employees and how they were now losing business for what she had written. Soooo I decided this would be an awesome way to show how the guys really are; kind, friendly and down to earth. The title was taken from the girl getting her Ohio State tattoo, she said it when I asked why she decided to get a tattoo. I told her she was nuts and she responded, "What we do for things we love." Here is one shot from my final six..