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Title: I found a book cover
Post by: rosta on July 25, 2008, 13:49

This is my first "concept" image, I took it years ago.  I showed it to my daughter, who owns one of the hands, and she was impressed that her hand is now in bookstores.  Now that I have more experience, my new "concepts" will probably go to a RM site.  This is my second cover, but the first was for an online only book.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51m1spheiEL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg)

Title: Re: I found a book cover
Post by: daintee on July 25, 2008, 17:49

How much did you make on the sale of this photo?  Just a few cents/dollars?

Title: Re: I found a book cover
Post by: rosta on July 25, 2008, 18:56

Enough to get me off my a$$ and start submitting new style stuff to RM sites rather than the micros.   I consider it a personal "wake-up' call.  I'm calling it experience and learning from it.

Title: Re: I found a book cover
Post by: digiology on July 25, 2008, 23:36

Congrats Rosta!  :)

Title: Re: I found a book cover
Post by: tan510jomast on July 26, 2008, 14:20

Quote from: rosta on July 25, 2008, 18:56

Enough to get me off my a$$ and start submitting new style stuff to RM sites rather than the micros.   I consider it a personal "wake-up' call.  I'm calling it experience and learning from it.

gorgeous! congratulations to you and your daughter.
But one thing though, you didn't  say which site gave you this sale.
Mentioning micros, I assume it was a micro that sold the image for you.
Maybe just going RM elsewhere could be cutting off your new marketplace.
Would you not be better keeping that micro site, if it was in fact a micro that gave you the first cheque, separating different styles :
one for RM and the other for RF micro?

Title: Re: I found a book cover
Post by: rosta on July 27, 2008, 11:47

I've had plenty of checks, but all the uses I had found were for small news letters.  Seperating micro from RM work is exactly what i am planning on.  what's on micros will stay there, some new images will still be for micros, the rest for RM, neither the two shall mix  ;D

Title: Re: I found a book cover
Post by: vonkara on July 27, 2008, 19:44

I like your poison ivy pictures. This plant messed up many of my summers before I achieved to recognise them LOL

How did you taken the ones on white, did you taked them in your hands, even whit gloves you can be touched by the poison ivy

Title: Re: I found a book cover
Post by: rosta on July 28, 2008, 06:04

Quote from: Vonkara on July 27, 2008, 19:44

I like your poison ivy pictures. This plant messed up many of my summers before I achieved to recognise them LOL

How did you taken the ones on white, did you taked them in your hands, even whit gloves you can be touched by the poison ivy

Thank you.  I wore a double layer of latex gloves and used long handled tweeers to fine tune the positioning.