Author Topic: Approaching publications directly with my image (Read 28731 times)

dragonblade · « **Reply #50 on:** October 23, 2017, 02:32 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on October 23, 2017, 01:45

On the other hand look on it as a learning experience and maybe some good contacts made should they ever need a series of pics etc. I must admit I'm pretty crap at marketing/networking which is one of the reasons stock suits me ;-)

Good points though I'm probably not the best person at marketing! However, there was another professor from another university who liked my image and said he didn't have any immediate use for the photo but would contact me in the future if he does. So yea it was worth getting it out there.

namussi · « **Reply #51 on:** October 23, 2017, 02:56 »

Quote from: dragonblade on October 23, 2017, 01:07

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on October 21, 2017, 20:42
I think you've invested a lot more time in this for any returns you might make over and above what you'd get selling it as stock.

I admit I'm getting tired of contacting publishers / university departments etc. Putting the photo up on a stock site's going to be so much easier.

Err. I think a few of us suggested that earlier. A lot earlier. $:-\$

dragonblade · « **Reply #52 on:** October 23, 2017, 09:23 »

Quote from: namussi on October 23, 2017, 02:56

Err. I think a few of us suggested that earlier. A lot earlier. $:-\$

Nothing wrong with sticking to the plan!

namussi · « **Reply #53 on:** October 24, 2017, 06:20 »

Quote from: dragonblade on October 23, 2017, 09:23

Quote from: namussi on October 23, 2017, 02:56
Err. I think a few of us suggested that earlier. A lot earlier. $:-\$

Nothing wrong with sticking to the plan!

A lot of us thought your plan wouldn't work. It hasn't.

dragonblade · « **Reply #54 on:** October 24, 2017, 06:24 »

Quote from: namussi on October 24, 2017, 06:20

A lot of us thought your plan wouldn't work. It hasn't.

At this stage, it's likely that my photograph will be published in a book. Therefore, the plan has worked.

namussi · « **Reply #55 on:** October 24, 2017, 06:27 »

Quote from: dragonblade on October 24, 2017, 06:24

Quote from: namussi on October 24, 2017, 06:20
A lot of us thought your plan wouldn't work. It hasn't.

At this stage, it's likely that my photograph will be published in a book. Therefore, the plan has worked.

My apologies.

Do we know the title of the book yet? I'd love to see this picture.

Also, have you totalled up the hours you spent on this project? What is the revenue/day for it?

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #56 on:** October 24, 2017, 07:54 »

Getting it published is great, but are you getting any money for it? If so, when you divide up the hours spent versus how much you could have got for the same image by submitting to an agency - maybe nothing or possibly a lot - then it might not be worth the effort economically. If your main goal was just getting it published then it seems you were successful - congratulations! - but if it was to get the best price then maybe not. At least you got a lot of interesting experience either way.

dragonblade · « **Reply #57 on:** October 24, 2017, 08:00 »

Quote from: namussi on October 24, 2017, 06:27

Do we know the title of the book yet? I'd love to see this picture.

So far, all I know is that it's going to be a book on the physics of water.

Quote from: namussi on October 24, 2017, 06:27

Also, have you totalled up the hours you spent on this project? What is the revenue/day for it?

Considering that it's going to be a professor from a university department who'll be writing the book, I'll accept anything that comes my way.

namussi · « **Reply #58 on:** October 24, 2017, 09:33 »

So the book hasn't been written yet?

dragonblade · « **Reply #59 on:** October 24, 2017, 10:00 »

Quote from: namussi on October 24, 2017, 09:33

So the book hasn't been written yet?

It's being written at the moment. Professor said he'll contact me again in a month's time.

dragonblade · « **Reply #60 on:** October 24, 2017, 12:14 »

Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on October 24, 2017, 07:54

If your main goal was just getting it published then it seems you were successful - congratulations!

Thanks! It will be good seeing the photo being used in an educational context. And that's the sort of thing I had in mind after I first took it.

namussi · « **Reply #61 on:** December 12, 2017, 01:32 »

Quote from: dragonblade on October 24, 2017, 10:00

Quote from: namussi on October 24, 2017, 09:33
So the book hasn't been written yet?

It's being written at the moment. Professor said he'll contact me again in a month's time.

Any updates? :-)

dragonblade · « **Reply #62 on:** December 13, 2017, 06:27 »

Quote from: namussi on December 12, 2017, 01:32

Any updates? :-)

Not yet.

namussi · « **Reply #63 on:** April 15, 2018, 07:43 »

Quote from: dragonblade on December 13, 2017, 06:27

Quote from: namussi on December 12, 2017, 01:32
Any updates? :-)

Not yet.

Any updates? I can't wait to see the pic.

dragonblade · « **Reply #64 on:** April 15, 2018, 09:08 »

The professor never got back to me. Maybe it fell through. I sent him another e-mail but he never replied. However, recently, I submitted the photo to an art exhibition where it received some positive praise. Actually, another photographer from the same exhibition wants to do a swap with me. He wants to display my surface tension photo at his place and in return, I can choose one of his photos. First time Ive done such an exchange.

namussi · « **Reply #65 on:** April 16, 2018, 05:14 »

That must be frustrating. I hope the image swap works out well.

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