Not bad for a rookie, eh?

I had been thinking about contacting the weekly newspaper here about doing photography for them. Sebastian inspired me to get going on this, and finally I got to talk to the right people and find out what they wanted, etc. I submitted seven shots to them and they took four - one for the front page! Actually, their reproduction quality is much better than the Gannett-owned daily.

The former President's death is a huge story, of course - and his boyhood home is about fourty miles from here. I went there Sunday - and wasn't the only one. About a half a dozen satellite broadcast trucks and several other PJ's were there too. It was a pretty somber occasion - even at his age there were a few people who knew him personally from when he lived here. The other three are from the band "The Romantics" (What I Like About You). Got pretty good access to the stage, shot those with the 50 and 85 primes.

So here they are - and yes, I do have a real name...
http://www.rockrivertimes.com/
http://www.rockrivertimes.com/index....cat=25&id=7248

Very cool - very cool - congratulations!

Congrats ... it's always a great feeling to see your image and name in print. Keep it up.

This is great, congrats. Local press can lead to so many opportunities. The fact you made it happened is great.

and it paid off...Congratulations

And good photos. Good for you for going and getting your photos in the paper.

Megan

Congratulations! It's always great to hear when a fellow forum member gets published. Good pictures, too!

Ray

Thanks, everybody! I just talked to the editor at the paper and he said that a lot of people at the paper liked the shots too. This is pretty new for both of us - they don't run a lot of images - but we're going to do what we're doing and see where it goes. Good publicity for me - not every day that I get my shots printed 10,000 (?) or so times and get them in a lot of people's hands!

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Thanks, everybody! I just talked to the editor at the paper and he said that a lot of people at the paper liked the shots too. This is pretty new for both of us - they don't run a lot of images - but we're going to do what we're doing and see where it goes. Good publicity for me - not every day that I get my shots printed 10,000 (?) or so times and get them in a lot of people's hands!

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Once again, congrats. :)

Hopefully this will work out for you.

...but this certainly is a nice career move. Keep it up!

That is really cool. Congratulations. Man between you and Sebastian, you guys are going to be the news guys of the forum.

Dennis