A few weeks ago I got an email from the photo editor at NewWest, offering to purchase 'the use of' one of my photos.
This one:
Now, I know I'm just a snapshotter, and this really exciting experience brought home to me a lesson I've seen mentioned in several places -- that often a photo sells, not because it's a great photo, but because it fits a very specific need. In this case, something emblematic of our town, that could be altered to suit the new banner design for NewWest's Missoula page.
This one fit, and was in the right place -- the NewWest flickr group -- at the right time.
I'm not planning an attempt at a new career, but it was very fun to feel like a 'pro', even for a moment -- and, actually, for several moments to come.
Please do consider this a promotion for NewWest, a site I've mentioned several times before, and read every day. It offers news and intelligent commentary for residents of Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.
Oh, and it has a great banner!
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Congrats, Sharon! Nice work!
For some reason, their new headers don't seem to be showing up in Firefox, though .... Or is it just me?
Posted by: Patia | 14 September 2006 at 07:08 PM
Hit refresh -- your browser is showing you a cached copy.
Posted by: SB | 14 September 2006 at 08:44 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Francesca Gray | 15 September 2006 at 02:33 AM
No, I'm not getting any images at all on the New West banners. Just blank spaces.
I suppose I should say something to someone over there ...
Posted by: Patia | 15 September 2006 at 08:59 PM
Hmm -- at first I thought, maybe it's Windows? But no, you have an iBook, too, don't you?
I tried with Safari, and I see the Missoula image. No problems with Firefox.
Odd.
Posted by: SB | 15 September 2006 at 09:35 PM
Thanks for the mention, SB! This was a fun project for me, too...well, working with the photogs was fun, finding the right images was a bear. Posting images on FLICKR has opened up doors for a lot of folks, myself included. That's how I got this job, in fact.
Francesca -- you might try clearing your browser cache. On a Mac, I believe it's alt-apple-e. If that doesn't work, I'd love to get more info from you (computer, browser, browser version) so I can iron this out.
Hi Patia!
Posted by: Chris Lombardi - New West | 16 September 2006 at 01:46 PM
I finally checked out the New West site due to your blog entry. Found an old friend, Pete Talbot, is one of the main writers for Missoula.
Posted by: Niki | 19 September 2006 at 01:57 PM