I just had a photo published in the local paper
By Jim
@jayperiod (870)
United States
February 3, 2007 7:12pm CST
Today marks the second time I have had a photo published in the local paper. The first was from a school program at my daughter's school. It was a picture of her playing her clarinet with the band. It was printed in the Community section, page A2. Today, my photo was again in the Community section, page A4. The paper had asked for local submissions from our first snow of the year. About 40-50 people submitted photos and mine was among the 10 chosen.
I'm trying to become one of their freelance photographers. Having my photos appear in their paper beforehand can't be bad. It also looks really cool to have a byline in the paper!
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19 responses
@akosi63 (331)
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
A big hug and CONGRATULATIONS! Really feels great seeing your photos published and the public appreciates. I also love photography and by just staring my obras on pc, feels great already how much more if it would be published on a local paper. I tried to look at your website, is it working? I wasn't able to connect. Pls upload some of your photos, for us to see your beautiful pics.ΓΌ PLS! THANKS!
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@jayperiod (870)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Thanks for the heads up. I had a couple of letters transposed. It works now. Also, from that site, you can check out some different sites where I have some stock photography.
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Congratulations! That's a really great start into freelance! I'm wanting to get my feet wet into freelance myself. But I haven't started submitting anything yet. I'm studying with New York Insitute of Photography took tweek the tech things (like lighting and so forth).
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
8 Feb 07
Yeah. They actually supply you with an umbrella. Here is there website for more info. If you have any more questions though just ask. I'll try to help. It's a through the mail school. I'm really enjoying it.
www.nyip.com
www.myspace.com/newyorkinstitute
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@jayperiod (870)
• United States
8 Feb 07
Their site doesn't give an idea on cost. So, what's it cost? Just wondering.
@ThunderCrash (334)
• Germany
6 Feb 07
That sounds interesting too, are you teached there in such things like these light-mirror umbrellas they use for model-photoshootings? I would like to hear more about that
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
4 Feb 07
wow! that's something you can be proud of. being chosen as one of the 10 best photos out of the 10 to 50 people means that you are a great photographer! go on and take more pictures and have others to be printed again.
and oh, if i may ask, do they pay you for this?
@jayperiod (870)
• United States
4 Feb 07
They take submissions from anyone and don't pay for them, even if they use them. My goal is that they see enough of my stuff that they begin to call me for freelance work. They have my resume and a small portfolio, so I'm thinking this can only help.
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@jayperiod (870)
• United States
4 Feb 07
By the way, it's the photo in the Photography gallery with two girls on a red sled. I tried to upload it with this discussion, but forgot to "upload photo" before I submitted the discussion. Ooops!
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
4 Feb 07
wow! good for you! hope you can upload the photos. i am from the philippines and sad to say that i can't get hold of the newspaper in your country. sorry.
but that's really interesting. that's just your hobby at first, right? and you're doing great that's why people are noticing your talent.
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@XxAngelxX (2830)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Congratulations! I'm sure it must be a great feeling to have your byline in the paper and no doubt the fact that you've had two pictures published already will look wonderful on your resume. Good luck with becoming a freelance photographer. I'm sure you must have a lot of talent to have had your picture chosen from that many submitted.
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@jayperiod (870)
• United States
4 Feb 07
It does feel really cool. I didn't even know they had printed it until my wife's aunt called to tell us. I guess I ought to subscribe to the paper, huh?
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@jayperiod (870)
• United States
4 Feb 07
From here I'm looking for local magazines to freelance for. I've done some work for a local photo studio who shoots sports photos for school's yearbooks, so I know I'll be in some of those. Maybe someday I can have some photos in Time or National Geographic. That would be a real dream come true.
@Tenerifelynn (575)
•
5 Feb 07
Well Done! Some achievment to get that far! Who knows! It might be your key to getting in there
Good Luck my friend
Lynn-Marie
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@hariharbhat (1312)
• India
4 Feb 07
This is an achievement and positive achievement.One should try to flower it.
Continue with freelancing.It is good and it gives some solace to our mind and ego.
The good works should be kept up and try to do more and more like this.
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@runsgame (2031)
• India
4 Feb 07
oh it is gr8. thanks for sharing your wonderful moments . i actually does not had any such incidence other than once, i hav given blood donation in a hospital. the authorities took photo and published in the paper. i wans really excited to see the same
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
5 Feb 07
Congratulations, Make sure the you keep updating your resume and note it in your portfolio.
Every little bit helps.
Keep it up. BTW was it film or digi cam?
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@jayperiod (870)
• United States
7 Feb 07
Oh, I'm fully digital now. No going back for me. It's the only way to shoot!
@MrCoolantSpray (1005)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Put it on your CV. I should look into that kind of stuff too. Thanks for the unwitting reminder to get off my butt and start shooting.
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@ThunderCrash (334)
• Germany
6 Feb 07
hey cool, gratulations to you :D that's really cool to be choosen from about 40 for the best 10 ^^
I wish one of my photos would get such a chance...
And Freelance Photographer sounds interesting, to take photos for someone of something and getting for that some money, sounds cool
@jayperiod (870)
• United States
7 Feb 07
It's cool. I think I mentioned that I shoot for a local studio who contracts for local school yearbooks. So, I'm sure several of my photos will be in yearbooks at the end of this year. I usually shoot sports, but did a concert last week. It was cool. I got some good shots of some very famous song writers, too. (The guy who wrote "He Stopped Loving Her Today" for George Jones) Those will add to my portfolio, too.
@jayperiod (870)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I have a few of them in the gallery of photography. You can check for them. They all have my copyright attached. Also, there's my portfolio photo.
@con1c2 (6)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Photography is a great hobby and for many people it is a rewarding career. Photography can be a hard field to get into at first, but having one's photos recognized in a local paper does help. Building a portfolio of the photographer's best work is important too, and is a great way to show off your skill with the camera.
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@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
6 Feb 07
That is cool! It's always fun to see your work in print. I know I really enjoyed it the first time I volunteered for a rabbit rescue and did the photography for their event, and nearly all the photos in their newsletter were my photos. It was really cool.
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I just wanted to say a huge congrats on getting two of your pictures published! That is wonderful! I also noticed your topic especially because I had a great friend who played clarinet in her school's band and was even a marching band leader for awhile. I think that it is so cool that one of the pics you got published was of your daughter playing clarinet for her school band.
I consider myself a very amateur photographer myself, but have yet to ever attempt to get anything published. Maybe someday! ^_^
@stutiaquarian (394)
• India
5 Feb 07
CONGRATTULATIONS FOR THE ACHIEVMENTS
EVEN I DO WRITEUPS LEMME KNOW IF YOU WANT SOME
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@shawn2008 (296)
• United States
4 Feb 07
WOW congradulations! i think photography is a really cool hobby and is something that i am really interested in. once when i was little me and my brother were in the field behines my house playing baseball and a photographer for the newspaper comes up and asks if we would like to be in the newspaper. we said sure and he took our picture just as i hit the baseball with the bat. it was so cool the following week when i saw myself and my brother as the background of the monthly calender. it made me feel proud and brought joy to my life.
what your doing is a good thing you should keep it up ^-^
