My First Sale

[miketaylor01]

I just found out from my father that a company he works for has just liscenced one of my photos for an ad campaign they are running. It is a company that makes ruggedized computers and saw my shot that i posted a couple months back called visor and thought it would be perfect. This one.

http://miketaylor01.smugmug.com/photos/12540600-L.jpg

Kinda cool that I have actually sold a picture. I have wanted to find a way to try, but havent had the time down here. Nice to have it happen without even trying. Hope everyone is doing well.

[Andy]

:clap :clap :clap

[LiquidOps]

Congrats on the sale.... Truly well deserved

Steven

[wxwax]

:thumb Congratualtions! It's a cool shot. Also, great to hear from you again, been thinking about it.

[Nir]

Great going Mike! But even better (for us) is hearing from you here!

What about the end of 'tour'? You hinted it was nearing ...

[miketaylor01]

Glad to hear from everyone who responded. It has been to long. Just an update.. I am now in Kuwait waiting for a flight back to germany. it has been a very very long year and I wanted you all to know that you all helped me very very much with your support and this forum. I just wanted you all to know that the challenges and keeping my mind engaged on photography during the down time this past year help a ton. Thank You again.

Also, does anyone have any idea how much a stock photo normally sells for? This just happened in the last day or two and payment has not been worked out yet. All I know is that they want to liscence the image for at least 6 months. Could anyone give me an idea of what a fair price to ask for this would be? Any info would be a help.

[wxwax]

Great news, Mike! :clap Glad to hear you're out of the danger zone! I'll bet you can't wait to get home. :nod I've never sold an image. Maybe you'll find something useful in this (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=4359) Hall of Wisdom thread?

[gus]

& so it should sell....thats one of the best photos ive seen. :thumb Good on you mate.

[GerryDavid]

Also, does anyone have any idea how much a stock photo normally sells for? This just happened in the last day or two and payment has not been worked out yet. All I know is that they want to liscence the image for at least 6 months. Could anyone give me an idea of what a fair price to ask for this would be? Any info would be a help.
http://photographersindex.com/stockprice.htm

This link has been recommended on a couple other forums I go to.