Nice shot Shel.
I had been trying for 20 years to get a picture or letter into the l;ocal
paper. February
i managed several
from a fund raiser. The editor was there with a P&S, saw me, came over and
chatted for a
second,
looked at my gear, and said"You seem to know what your doing, heres my card,
email me some
from
this thing.", and left.
Next month i had a letter to the editor published.
When it rains it pours, or at least get wet from fire hydrants.
LOL
Dave
> I left the crop loose figuring that, if the
paper
wanted to use the pic,
> they'd have some room to crop to their needs. I shot about fifteen or so
> frames - until there was no more room on the card I had - with somewhat
> different angles and perspectives. I may post one or two more pics at some
> point, but with one or two exceptions, it seems that the list isn't too
> interested in the photo, so I don't have much incentive to go further with
> it here. Thanks for your comments ;-))
>
> Shel
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
>
> > Yup. :-)
> >
> > In eons past, I did a lot of such stuff as a newspaper stringer. It
> > was always 1 chance in a hundred that a picture of mine would get
> > picked, but I did get four or five into the papers. Nothing of any
> > note, sadly. People who make a living as stringers a) do a LOT of
> > ambulance and police chasing, b) shoot a LOT of this stuff, and c)
> > have a well established relationship with editors and public service
> > personnel which affords them insight into where things are happening
> > and what kinds of photos will tickle the buying reflex of a given
> > paper's editorial staff.
> >
> > It's a good shot. I'd have liked to see a few more angles and some
> > tighter cropping.
>
> >
> > Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> >
> > > The photo editor liked it - called it "hydrant art." The general
> > > editor felt that, since "the paper [was] full", he wasn't going to
> > > run it, as so doing would have required bumping something else.
> > > Anyway, I like the pic, newsworthy or not, and it was fun to
> > > get excited about the possibility of
> > > having one of my photos published in the local paper.
>
>
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