Tomorrow's Star

soccerc

Just got a call to say some pics I took today are in tomorrow's Star.

They are nothing special in any way, shape or form - just group shots.

Still, it's a step up from local and Danish papers!

mikeanywhere

Good man!!!

440Hz

Excellent, well done!!

CONMIKE12

Congratulations, it always nice to have stuff published.

sineadw

Whe-hey - Congrats!! What are they of?

Eirebear

Nice1 well done!

soccerc

sineadw wrote:

Whe-hey - Congrats!! What are they of?

A 9 year old in Naas who had a surprise visit from 3 St Patrick's Athletic players (the team he supports) at his party.

Borderfox

Congrats, must have a look for them tomorrow

thebaz

well done again -- its kind of weird and a nice buzz seeing something you took printed -- gives you the old motivation to keep going to boot !

soccerc

thebaz wrote:

well done again -- its kind of weird and a nice buzz seeing something you took printed -- gives you the old motivation to keep going to boot !

For the past two years I've had pics on up to 8 pages per week in a number of local Dublin papers but they were secondary to the writing.

Due to domestic circumstances I've had to give up full time working for the present to be a full time carer.

Snapping allows me to get out and about for short periods of time to earn a buck or two while at the same time givng me some personal space.;)

Ruu_Old

Good on ya, congrats.

Borderfox

Seen it on page 60 today well done

SteadyEddie

If you have potential photos that you could sell to a paper, how do you go about doing it?

mdebets

Well done.
Any chance to show the pictures here?

City-Exile

SteadyEddie wrote:

If you have potential photos that you could sell to a paper, how do you go about doing it?

E-mail them to the paper with as much information as possible in a caption. It would help if there was a news story associated with them.
Then check the papers to see if they've printed your pic.
If they have, you'll need to invoice them.
It's a very slow process.

Borderfox

Any pictures I have published the payement is sent to me without asking, they send an invoice with a cheque listing the name of the picture and the date. I have had loads of stuff published in the Irish Field and some other Polo magazines, far harder getting into the mainstream papers even when I have a newsworthy story, are they restricted to NUJ members only?

City-Exile

Borderfox wrote:

... are they restricted to NUJ members only?

Obviously not, since I've had a picture printed.

soccerc

mdebets wrote:

Well done.
Any chance to show the pictures here?

The one used, and I know, technically it's not great



Others sent:

Borderfox

A nice gesture on their part, how did you get the shots? is this freelance work?

soccerc

Borderfox wrote:

A nice gesture on their part, how did you get the shots? is this freelance work?

I've been a long standing supporter of the club, almost 40 years and for the past 10 yrs or so having been eeking out a living from "soccer" journalism starting wit a website and moving to traditional print along with some radio. As I've explained elsewhere the snapping only came about as a secondary interest but has me in it's grip no, thus the thread, "Am I mad/".

Yesterday the club rang me and explained that the Star were covering the surprise visit but couldn't get a staff or agency photographer to the event.They asked could I get them out of the hole and I obliged.

Borderfox

good stuff. Its great to see your own pictures in print

City-Exile

Even better when someone is willing to pay you for them.

Borderfox

Absolutely

KdjaCL

Nice pics, 2nd one was prolly the kids favourite

thimblefull wrote:

Yesterday the club rang me and explained that the Star were covering the surprise visit but couldn't get a staff or agency photographer to the event.They asked could I get them out of the hole and I obliged.

benji vs thimble DEATHMATCH



kdjac

soccerc

KdjaCL wrote:

Nice pics, 2nd one was prolly the kids favourite






benji vs thimble DEATHMATCH



kdjac

No contest, and that's not me being big headed.;)