First commercial sale and published print!

[PhilCollum]

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.

http://PhilCollum.smugmug.com/photos/251082696-M.jpg

And here's the original pic.

http://PhilCollum.smugmug.com/photos/251081256-M.jpg

Just wanted to share my excitement! :D

[ArchiTexas]

Congratulations!

[mikeshots]

Awesome! It looks great! Good job!:thumb

[Icebear]

Woo-hoo, indeed!
Great shot. Now get busy marketing yourself using it.

[ShepsMom]

Congratulations!! Looks amazing :clap:clap:clap

[gman33]

This is awesome news for you....Congratulations :clap:clap:clap

Did they find you or did you approach them?

[thenimirra]

Nice job! Congratulations and keep up the good work. :clap

[PhilCollum]

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" :wink ). 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.

[PhilCollum]

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

[S. Horton]

Great! Congratulations!

[wompom1]

great job and congrats. Good luck on future shots. :thumb