Yahoo! One Of My Photos Finally In Print!
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
June 30, 2008 9:10pm CST
Some of you may have remembered that some months ago, I had contacted Creative Thought Magazine to see if they were interested in seeing a portfolio of my photo work. They were, so sent in about fifteen images via email attachment as a portfolio of several images. The editor then later informed me that she loved my photos and had selected a good number of them to be used for future issues. So all this time I've been waiting with baited breath for the first photo of mine to be published and today in my mail I got a copy of the August 2008 issue and my photo is smack dab on the cover...best yet credit is given on the inside cover. Also as a bonus, the editor "paid" me by giving me a free one year subscription to the magazine.
What makes this so great is that this is my first published photo on the cover of a magazine in some twelve years! I used to be very actively published from 1980 up to 1996 when uh, "things" got in the way and I had to stop my work.
so as you can imagine..I'm doing a Happy Feet Dance here...yahoooooo!!Since many of you here are writers, or photographers, or "creative" folks...can you share a story here of how you felt the very first time you were published...like maybe the first time you had an article published over at Associated Content, or had a photo published...ANYTHING?? Did you do a Happy Feet Dance?? Did it make you feel really, really great??
Here's a scan of my published photo...and the "regular" version of the photo, I've added on my photos section on my profile
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28 responses
@LadyT1208 (181)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Wow, that's really great, and I know very exciting. It makes me sooo happy when good things like this happen to people! The happy dance was popular in my house this month when I had my first articles published on eHow, and I'm currently waiting to see if my first article for Associated Press will be published!
I've always loved photography and yours is wonderful! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
2 Jul 08
Well here's hoping you see that article published at Associated Content. Mmmm...never heard of eHow...I'll have to check that out..I'm always looking for new outlets for my writing
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
1 Jul 08
Congratulations, you deserve it, your work is very beautiful.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Thank you Howard...Can't wait to see the others published
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
Congratulations! It must feel good. I haven't had anything published, but, I would guess it's getting more and more difficult now since everybody and their brothers have digital cameras are calling themselves photographers. Way to go, I'm proud of you!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Thank you bonbon...LOL...I don't even have a digital camera. Still use my trusty Nikkormat EL-W 35mm film camera I got in 1977, and yup still works. I have to scan all my slides and photos to digitize them
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@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
1 Jul 08
WOW! WTG!! AWESOME! Woooooooohoooooooooo..Congrats on getting one and possibly more published in future issues of the magazine. I have indeed had not one but 2 photos published in the International Library of Photography. I'm thrilled that my photos were 2 of thousands that were picked. Had I had the money and guts to do it, I would of even been able to tell the story behind each photograph at the National Convention. I didn't get paid for either one which doesn't upset me at all. Just to have them published is an honor. This is the first one that I submitted that I simply called "Wintertime".
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@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Thanks Pye. Here's the other titled "What's That Over Yonder" It's a pic of Shady when he was a few years old in Northern Wisconsin on my brother's property.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Well congratulations to you too in getting two photos published...that's fantastic...and love that photo...has a "mysterious" quality to it..
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
2 Jul 08
a cover!how awesome,pye~ congrats
i had a few artworks published in a fan-type mag years back.i never got the cover,but still,it was a good feeling.
i had a few artworks published in a fan-type mag years back.i never got the cover,but still,it was a good feeling.1 person likes this
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
3 Jul 08
yea,i still have them.
it was for a KISS-related type fanzine.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
6 Jul 08
Hehe..another KISS fan huh? How did those guys wear those tall platform boots anyway? Hehe
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
3 Jul 08
What type of fan magazine? Did you keep copies of it??
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
3 Jul 08
I am so proud of you. I am happy for your also. I wish you would have gotten paid in real money to help the budget. I hope this leads to bigger and better things for you. Yayayayaya
Happy feet here also dancing in your honor. I am on the my desk with my lap shade over my head in celebration. Opps I was not suppose to tell you all that because I also opened a bottle of champagne to share with your. But you never showed up so I had to drink it all. heehee.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jul 08
Awwww..sorry I didn't show up to help you drink that champagne..uh, I assume you have the lampshade off your head by now, right? Hehee
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
8 Jul 08
I knew I was good for a laugh.
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@ESKARENA1 (18261)
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6 Jul 08
i dont think i will ever forget that first moment of publication, the first recognition of your gift, enjoy it pye it is your reward
blessed be
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
8 Jul 08
Thank you...did you ever finish that book? I remember long time ago you mentioned you were writing a book..a fictional account of some aspects of your real life...right?
@youdontsay (3497)
• United States
3 Jul 08
CONGRATULATIONS! That is wonderful! I'm so pleased for you. 
Obviously it is a great photo. I hope you got paid well for it.
Obviously it is a great photo. I hope you got paid well for it.1 person likes this
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
3 Jul 08
thank you youdontsay...I'm hoping this is the beginning of better things to come my way for me
@BarBaraPrz (47125)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Jul 08
Very nice!
I think my first "published" work was a drawing I sent in to a local TV program and the host held it up to the camera. I seem to recall that it was of someone holding a pig under their arm... can't remember if the person was male or female. I think I may have been 10 or 11 at the time.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Jul 08
That must have felt great though to see your drawing on TV...was it some kind of contest you entered?
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@BarBaraPrz (47125)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Jul 08
Probably. I can't remember. If it was, I didn't win anything.
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@irishmist (3814)
• United States
1 Jul 08
I'm so happy for you!! I can imagine how excited you are. I love the picture it's beautiful! I hope you get many more pictures published in the future, and I'm sure you will.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
2 Jul 08
Yes I'm very excited about it...I'm hoping this will open doors for me and I get a lot more of my work published
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
2 Jul 08
I will be rooting for you. You deserve success!, and you have so much talent.
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@jerzgirl (9291)
• United States
3 Jul 08
That is so exciting!!! You have every reason to do the Happy Feet Dance (or even the Happy Happy Joy Joy dance)! Is the subscription really the only payment you receive? Especially since it's a cover shot? Or will each subsequent photo receive a cash payment upon publication? Getting your name out there, having a published work, only makes things easier to promote from here on out!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You deserve it!!! (Great photo, by the way!!)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You deserve it!!! (Great photo, by the way!!)1 person likes this
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
5 Jul 08
No unfortunately I won't get paid for the photo..I had worked with them years ago, and they never paid except in complimentary copies. I'm still hoping though that this could lead to other things and more work that will pay. Many literary magazines work that way too....they will publish short stories and the only payment is in copies.
@luciusaloc (291)
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6 Jul 08
Congrats to you! I remember the first timee I was published in the Kontact Magazine (Denmark) and The BBC Focus on Africa magazine,I was really excited.It is a great feeling to have your work in print. It encourages you to work more and aim for the next thing.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
8 Jul 08
Isn't it a great feeling to see your work in print? And yes it does inspire you to keep at it
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
1 Jul 08
Congratulations, pyewacket! I remember having my first short story published in a women's magazine ... it was really exciting, even though I look back now and cringe because the story was actually crap. I did feel really great when I went in and bought a copy (or a few) of the magazine!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Jul 08
What magazine was it??? Aww you shouldn't say you later thought it was crap....if they published it they didn't think so, but ah, alas...sometimes we're our worse critics...I look back at some of my short stories and kind of cringe too....LOL
@susieq223 (3742)
• United States
3 Jul 08
That is so-o-o great! Congratulations. It is a gorgeous photograph, too. No wonder they picked it for the cover! I had an article published in a national boating magazine once. I got paid $250 for it. I think I bought about 6 copies of the mag. when it came out. I really felt like a big celebrity.
Congratulations again. Couldn't have happened to a nicer or more talented person!!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
3 Jul 08
You still have copies of the magazine? I've kept all the extra copies of my former photos that were published...I keep them in this large plastic container....one day I was going through it to straighten and organize it and forgot just how many of my photos had been published in the past....so here's to a new beginning for me, right?
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
2 Jul 08
I am so happy for you, pyewacket! It's times like this, when you can actually see the fruits of your labor, that makes it all worthwhile. This should give you all the encouragement you need to really get back into the fray. I know you are a hard worker and deserving of every good thing that will come your way.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
3 Jul 08
Thank you worldwise. Yes, it really does give me a lot of encouragement to keep on trucking as they say. I'm actually waiting for word from another magazine to see if they accept some photos...so wish me luck with that
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
2 Jul 08
Thank you faith....yes, here's to hoping more doors will now open for me and I can get more of my photos published
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
2 Jul 08
Yes I DO remember pye and congratulations is in order here!! Good for you!! Your hard work has finally paid off and hopefully your work will take off like a jet!! I bet it will for if that's the kind of work you do then it's no wonder it was choosen!! You go girl!!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
3 Jul 08
Thank you CatsandDogs....yes here's hoping that I'll now get more of my work accepted
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
3 Jul 08
Yes I can only imagine the thrill you had when you held your book for that first time. I'm writing a novel myself..hoping to have it done by the end of the year. Uh, it too is about cats....LOL
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
2 Jul 08
Pye's mommy..I love that pic and Congrats to you! What a nice contribution to your portfolio and front cover too!
Wish you could have gotten rich..hee hee by getting paid, but someday again you will!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
3 Jul 08
Here's hoping that the next accepted photo to a magazine I'll get paid for it...hehee
