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Icebear
Dec-12-2007, 04:40 PM
Just hit the street today. I am so stoked!!! 80,000 circulation, and no, I didn't give it away.
http://portfoliofotos.smugmug.com/photos/231727952-L.jpg

I also had four additional photos in the related article. Excuse me now. I have to go hyperventilate!
Sam
Dec-12-2007, 04:45 PM
WOW! Great photo.

You should feel good.

Sam
Travis
Dec-12-2007, 04:57 PM
Congrats!!!! :clap And awesome photo to boot... :ivar
Icebear
Dec-12-2007, 04:59 PM
OK. I admit it. I posted this in the "business" forum too, but I'M SO STOKED I CAN'T STAND IT. 80,000 circulation, and all my target market gets a copy!! Just hit the stands today. Just had to brag. Sorry. Not really.

http://portfoliofotos.smugmug.com/photos/231727952-L.jpg

I also got four additional photos in the related article. Here's a link to the gallery on SmugMug (http://portfoliofotos.smugmug.com/gallery/3790259). Woo-Hoo!!!:barb
hamster
Dec-12-2007, 05:17 PM
Fantastic!! Congratulations!
LilleG
Dec-12-2007, 05:20 PM
Gorgeous shots! Congratulations on the cover!
LiquidAir
Dec-12-2007, 05:25 PM
Sweetness. Very well done.
photodoug
Dec-12-2007, 06:00 PM
Have to ask: were you paid a professional price or did you comp for the exposure?

nice job btw.
leaforte
Dec-12-2007, 06:04 PM
From looking at the shots, you have every right to be giddy. Not only are a lot of folks going to see your work, it's work to be proud of. Way to go!
1pocket
Dec-12-2007, 06:09 PM
Congratulations!! Can you tell us the camera, lens, etc? I don't even see any signs of flash bounce back...
Nice job!
Icebear
Dec-12-2007, 06:34 PM
I was paid reasonably well by the design firm. They received a "non-exclusive, unlimited, non-transferable license" for their own use. They will probably use one of the images in a print ad, and will have all five on their website.

When they were contacted by the magazine, they told the editor to call me. I think I let the magazine off relatively cheaply, given their circulation and advertising rates, but for a "non-exclusive, one-time use, non-transferable license for five images" they still paid me more than the design firm had initially paid me to take the photos.

Sometimes the bear gets you, but every now and again, ya get to take a big bite out of ole bruins butt. Ohh . . . bad image. As far as the "exposure" goes, I don't see my name on that cover. Yeah, my name's on the "contents" page, and very prominently featured in the credits in the article, but I'm going to have to milk that through e-mails and paper mail marketing. I earned that "exposure" and the magazine made money on my work, so I don't work for "exposure." I've done plenty of work before I got that cover. I don't expect to be overwhelmed with business because of it. Wouldn't that be nice though!
Van Isle
Dec-12-2007, 06:44 PM
Composition is OKAY, but I would have...




:rofl :rofl :rofl

:clap

Congrats! :thumb :barb

:bow :ivar


VI
Icebear
Dec-12-2007, 06:50 PM
Nikon D200. That particular shot was done with a Tokina 12-24. I love that lens for interior work. Actually no flash used in the kitchen on the cover shot. It was not a particularly bright day, so the windows weren't too hard to get right. I did have a flag outside the door on the end to cut down some of the light intensity. The stupid contractor hadn't installed dimmers and the kitchen was like a surgical theater. That's why the recessed lights are so hazy and bright. The exposure was f11 at 1/4 sec ISO200.

What you can't see, cause they cropped it out for the cover, is the view into the dining room through a doorway to the left. I did light that room with gelled flash. So technically there was a flash in the kitchen - just the pop-up that controls the remotes in the Nikon CLS, which I love. I usually set that pop-up for "no exposure." Thanks for asking. If you care to look, the whole set is here (http://portfoliofotos.smugmug.com/gallery/3790259).
Ann McRae
Dec-12-2007, 07:23 PM
Congratulations! Great work, and really nice portfolio!!!:clap

ann
pathfinder
Dec-12-2007, 07:42 PM
Very Impressive, Icebear.

Congratulations!!:thumb
SloYerRoll
Dec-12-2007, 08:43 PM
So cool dude!
Congrats!
Very nice shots to boot!
Elaine
Dec-12-2007, 10:17 PM
Congratulations! :clap :clap :clap
Cuties02q
Dec-13-2007, 06:37 AM
Wow congrats!!!!
urbanaries
Dec-13-2007, 06:43 AM
WOW!!! Fantastic news! Merry Christmas Icebear! :barb
saurora
Dec-13-2007, 06:56 AM
Congrats!!!! Always great to see a fellow Dgrinner get some decent exposure! :D Great shots and nice to see the Tokina in action. I have one, but haven't really used it alot.
Icebear
Dec-13-2007, 07:48 AM
Congrats!!!! Always great to see a fellow Dgrinner get some decent exposure! :D Great shots and nice to see the Tokina in action. I have one, but haven't really used it alot.

Truth be told, I think it's sharper than my Nikon 18-70. Just an impression - no impirical data.
Icebear
Dec-13-2007, 07:52 AM
Wow. I'm all loaded up with warm fuzzies! Y'all are so great. DGrin is such an affirming place, even when we disagree or criticize.
claudermilk
Dec-13-2007, 08:09 AM
Very cool. Nice shots. Now you've given we Tokina users some nice ammo in our arguments (I'm typically hit with "well, it's not really wide enough vs the Canon 10-22"--bah!). :clap:thumb
thenimirra
Dec-13-2007, 08:42 AM
Very cool. Nice shots. Now you've given we Tokina users some nice ammo in our arguments (I'm typically hit with "well, it's not really wide enough vs the Canon 10-22"--bah!). :clap:thumb

that's wonderful! Congratulations and here's wishing you more success in the coming year! :barb
Nikolai
Dec-13-2007, 08:51 AM
Just hit the street today. I am so stoked!!! 80,000 circulation, and no, I didn't give it away.

I also had four additional photos in the related article. Excuse me now. I have to go hyperventilate!


This is huge, man! r35p3c7! :bow
Tango
Dec-13-2007, 09:03 AM
congrats!:clap

it must feel real good!

btw, i love my tokina 12-24 also...
ArchiTexas
Dec-13-2007, 09:39 AM
Congratulations. Please post your website so that we can admire more of your good work. Once again, congrats!

ERF
Giselle
Dec-13-2007, 09:43 AM
Great shot, congrats:clap
Awais Yaqub
Dec-13-2007, 09:55 AM
Aamazing congrats weldone :clap
Umbris
Dec-13-2007, 12:17 PM
Very well done. Congratulations!
jdryan3
Dec-13-2007, 12:41 PM
Just had to brag. Sorry. Not really.

And no reason to be sorry! Congrats on your hard work and the benefits it has paid.
:thumb
Angelo
Dec-13-2007, 03:00 PM
Congratulations :thumb

Well done!
borrowlenses.com
Dec-13-2007, 04:06 PM
Well done! Was this shot with a tripod?
Icebear
Dec-13-2007, 07:13 PM
I don't know how to hand hold any more:lol4

I think any exposure short of 1/2 second is blindingly fast. Architecture will do that to ya. It's good for old farts like me. I don't move much faster than the building, and the subject doesn't get tired or crawl away while I futz around composing or fiddling.
pathfinder
Dec-13-2007, 08:07 PM
I have frequently said that the best equipment needed to really sharpen your optical quality is a good tripod that you do use:thumb :D
Icebear
Dec-13-2007, 08:29 PM
Jeeze Louise.
JimW
Dec-14-2007, 07:09 AM
Most excellent Icebear, congratulations!!!

Just had to brag. Sorry. Not really.Also, I must reluctantly admit that I get and appreciate your humor. (did I say that out loud?)

Jim
Icebear
Dec-14-2007, 09:28 AM
Also, I must reluctantly admit that I get and appreciate your humor. (did I say that out loud?)

Jim

. . . get help.
noeltykay
Dec-16-2007, 03:01 PM
BIG CONGRATS!!!!! :clap:clap:clap
HiSPL
Dec-16-2007, 05:53 PM
Hey IceBear,

Who do you market to that gets results? Interior designers? Architects? or anybody else???

Just curious to know what is doing it for you as far as marketing goes....

TIA,
-=Tim=-
Icebear
Dec-16-2007, 07:07 PM
Architects, interior designers, builders. I cheat. My wife has an interior design business in McLean Virginia, and has been in business there for 25 years. We know lots of designers. The rest is primarily referral. Marketing is my downfall. I'm pretty good at the technical crap (he said humbly) but that barely matters. Marketing matters, and I suck. To me, the first job I do for someone is like finding a diamond mine. Once I shoot a project for someone, they're mine for ever. I only know of one designer that ever went to another photographer after I shot one of her jobs. Still don't know why, but I aim to find out. (She went to a damned fine photographer. That's a comfort) The fact is, they love my work, and keep coming back.

I bust my ass for a new client, cause I know there's more diamonds in the mine. Most designers and architects have numerous projects they need photographed, and the main reason they don't do more of it is $$$ and the pain-in-the-ass factor. I try to remove the PITA issue. Show me the money. I schmooze their clients. I am effusively grateful to the homeowner for allowing me to intrude into their home/business, whatever. Why? 'Cause they, in turn, tell MY client, what a great guy I am. I always include a little lagniappe when I deliver, like a set of 4X6's they can give their client, or a couple extra 8x10s that I tell them were "trial prints." That blows them away. "What?? You do trial prints?!?! You really care about getting my stuff right, John (kiss, kiss)." What's it cost me - squat. And they won't THINK about calling someone else when their next project is ready for photography.

Ya gotta beat the bushes. I used to carry around a nice Pina Zagaro brushed aluminum 11x19 portfolio. Now, nobody wants to see prints. They want to see your web site. Thank you SmugMug (though mine is dreck). I've actually had clients tell me not to bother with prints. Just give them the CD. Now, I just carry around a 10" screen notebook computer. The designers all think it's "cute" and at least it gets their attention.
HiSPL
Dec-17-2007, 05:07 AM
:rofl

But it IS cute!

Thanks for taking the time to answer that. And congrats on the cover shot, it looks great.

Here's to more covers in 08.... :thumb
craftgirl
Dec-17-2007, 05:38 AM
Super Duper Job, Neighbor! Here's to many more!
NanaMo
Dec-18-2007, 04:25 PM
Congrats!!!!!

You must be so thrilled to be an "overnight" success! Lots of hard work, planning, freebies etc finally converged for you and you came up with a winner!!!! :clap:clap:clap:clap:barb:barb:barb

Gloat, gloat, gloat!!!

Maureen
ShebaJo
Dec-18-2007, 10:03 PM
CONGRATULATIONS! :clap

I would love to make it to that level.. very cool. Great work.

HEY... I used to live in Fairfax.
Icebear
Dec-19-2007, 08:35 AM
HEY... I used to live in Fairfax.

Colorado's gotta be better!
DMoreland
Dec-22-2007, 06:23 PM
Congrats!!! :clap :ivar :barb
CookieS
Dec-23-2007, 04:22 AM
So ICEBEAR , HOW do you turn the pop off flash to No exposure , and stillwork the CLS I would like to try that on my new D200 :)
Icebear
Dec-23-2007, 05:53 AM
So ICEBEAR , HOW do you turn the pop off flash to No exposure , and stillwork the CLS I would like to try that on my new D200 :)

Best advice I can give is to direct you to p.161 in your manual. In your Custom Settings Menu, e3 - Built-in-flash mode

You set it to "Commander" and then in the Commander Mode menu, set the Built-in to "--". You obviously have to have the built-in raised, but it will only fire the command pre-flashes, and not contribute to the exposure.

Pretty cool.
RayMangan
Dec-26-2007, 10:03 PM
awesome.

FYI, I checked out your gallery. All your images are available as full-rez downloads for free. I noticed you placed a watermark, but it looks like you forgot to disable the "save as" feature.

cheers,
Ray
evoryware
Dec-27-2007, 09:01 PM
Just hit the street today. I am so stoked!!! 80,000 circulation, and no, I didn't give it away.
http://portfoliofotos.smugmug.com/photos/231727952-L.jpg

I also had four additional photos in the related article. Excuse me now. I have to go hyperventilate!


Just wanted to say that I was at Barnes and Noble today and I saw this magazine and the picture looks better on the actual magazine! Congrats! :clap