| Collecting autographed photos from your favorite | | | | avoid scandal from the public eye and doing anything |
| celebrities can be quite an exciting task. Indeed, it | | | | embarrassing will only make that celebrity avoid you |
| becomes a hobby for many people; writing letters of | | | | even more. This goes hand in hand with respecting the |
| interest and sending them out, hoping to get a reply | | | | celebrity, but deserves a mention on its own. Many |
| with an exciting autographed photo inside. Sometimes | | | | people will try outlandish stunts to get the attention of |
| people will go to conventions and meet their favorite | | | | the celebrity, but more often than not will only end up |
| stars, getting autographs this way. This can be a great | | | | attracting negative attention to themselves. |
| way to spend your time, meeting these celebrities and | | | | If you are writing to a celebrity to try to gain an |
| getting to interact with them. However, there are a | | | | autographed celebrity photo, you should not assume |
| few important things to keep in mind on your quest for | | | | that the celebrity will send you a photo without you |
| these autographed celebrity photos. | | | | doing a bit of the work. You will, at the very least, need |
| Most importantly, you must always be respectful of | | | | to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with |
| the star. If meeting the star in person, you must never | | | | your package. It is rude to assume that the celebrity |
| do anything which would embarrass the star or make | | | | will automatically pay for the postage to return this |
| them feel uncomfortable. This includes calling them by | | | | photo to you. You shouldn't also automatically assume |
| another name or something embarrassing which | | | | that the celebrity has something to send you and for |
| someone in the press might have come up with. You | | | | this reason, you should include either the photo or the |
| shouldn't mention certain failures which the star might | | | | piece of memorabilia that you want to be signed along |
| have experienced and you should always keep things | | | | with your letter. |
| as pleasant as possible. If writing to the star to request | | | | Getting photos from these celebrities doesn't have to |
| an autographed celebrity photo, you should be very | | | | be a difficult task. The problem is that people will often |
| respectful of the star in your letter, offering your | | | | act like these celebrities owe them something and |
| well-wishes and admiration of their talent, but you | | | | make demands on those stars which are not only |
| should keep the letter brief. | | | | rude, but preposterous. If they would only be polite, |
| You shouldn't do anything outrageous to attract the | | | | patient, and respectful, the success of obtaining these |
| celebrity's attention and try to make an impression. | | | | collectible photos would be much easier. Instead, |
| This will not only be embarrassing for you in the end, | | | | people have to assume that they know best and that |
| but will only make the celebrity more inclined to avoid | | | | they deserve those items and will make demands |
| you. Celebrities, while making their fans happy, must | | | | which only push those celebrities away even farther. |
