First commercial sale and published print!

PhilCollumPhilCollum Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
edited March 14, 2008 in Mind Your Own Business
I managed my first commercial sale of one of my pics! The pic showed up as a full-page color advertisement in a local publication. Woo-hoo!! I was stoked! Here's the ad.

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And here's the original pic.

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Just wanted to share my excitement! :D
Phil Collum
Phil Collum Photography
San Diego, CA, USA
Equipment list in my profile

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  • ArchiTexasArchiTexas Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2008
    Congratulations!
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  • mikeshotsmikeshots Registered Users Posts: 44 Big grins
    edited February 5, 2008
    Awesome! It looks great! Good job!thumb.gif
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2008
    Woo-hoo, indeed!
    Great shot. Now get busy marketing yourself using it.
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2008
    Congratulations!! Looks amazing clap.gifclapclap.gif
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  • gman33gman33 Registered Users Posts: 279 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    This is awesome news for you....Congratulations clap.gifclapclap.gif

    Did they find you or did you approach them?
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  • thenimirrathenimirra Registered Users Posts: 697 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    Nice job! Congratulations and keep up the good work. clap.gif
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  • PhilCollumPhilCollum Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    gman33 wrote:
    Did they find you or did you approach them?

    Kindof a mix of both. I put together this photo while shooting a special event at the venue. The venue was under new ownership, and had newly opened. The event was a grand opening that was being sponsored by a networking web site. (A friend of mine runs the website, and I had been doing some periodic photography of their events in exchange for free marketing on their website). But, while I was there, I decided to capture an image that the venue owners might like. After the event I emailed my friend at the websire and informed them the photos were online on my smugmug site. I cc'd the venue owner.

    Several weeks later the owner contacted me out of the blue. He had a pressing need for the photo, and asked me how much for a commercial license. Of course, I had no idea what to charge. I maganed to delay long enough to do some quick research and figure out how much I was going to change him. (I told him I was "in the middle of something and would get right back to him" mwink.gif ). He bought it.

    Anyway, long story short, the owners easily agreed to my price (makes me wonder if I didn't charge enough!!), and the photo showed up a few weeks later.
    Phil Collum
    Phil Collum Photography
    San Diego, CA, USA
    Equipment list in my profile
  • PhilCollumPhilCollum Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    Thank you all for the cheers. I've already been approached by friends, who saw the photo on their own. So I guess it's getting around. I say again, Woo-hoo! :D
    Phil Collum
    Phil Collum Photography
    San Diego, CA, USA
    Equipment list in my profile
  • S. HortonS. Horton Registered Users Posts: 192 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    Great! Congratulations!
    Sam
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  • wompom1wompom1 Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited March 14, 2008
    great job and congrats. Good luck on future shots. thumb.gif
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