Sold a photo for a book cover

[bmorena]

Well done Chris! Nice shot and used very tastefully which seems more the exception than the rule these days. Add to that a pleasent buisness exchange between publisher and photographer and this makes for a great story. It's nice to read about success amid all the frustrations of professional and aspiring photographers. Thanks for posting. BTW I love your solution to misguided stock agencies that think all commercial images should be completely free of noise and grain. I'd love to know more. Congrats again.
Brian

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Well done Chris! Nice shot and used very tastefully which seems more the exception than the rule these days. Add to that a pleasent buisness exchange between publisher and photographer and this makes for a great story. It's nice to read about success amid all the frustrations of professional and aspiring photographers. Thanks for posting. BTW I love your solution to misguided stock agencies that think all commercial images should be completely free of noise and grain. I'd love to know more. Congrats again.
Brian

Thanks Brian. That photo was shot on 35mm Tri-X! I have some photos I've sold, like that one, shot in 35mm on grainy films, and some shot on 120 film with Tmax 100 and other fine grain films. All kinds sell, just depends on what the buyer needs. A grainy image works very well for some things! Most of the stock agencies really have a prejudice against film for some reason. Digital cameras give very smooth images and that is the quality baseline the online stock agencies are looking at. I think they're run by people who just don't know what film is, very common among younger people who are not photographers.

 

[KM-25]

Nice image and good job Chris, folks need to hear that you can still get paid for these usages..;-)

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Nice image and good job Chris, folks need to hear that you can still get paid for these usages..;-)

Yeah, that we can and SHOULD. Too many people give the photos away. Even someone with a 'real job' is a fool to throw away money they could be getting if someone wants the photo.

 

[Chris101]

I dunno how I missed this 5 months ago, but CONGRATS CHRIS! It's awesome getting your photography widely distributed like this, and ... I even like the picture! It's spooky, which is obviously why they chose it!

I hope I'm with someone when I come across this book in Barnes & Noble or whatever, so I can say "I know the guy who made this picture" to them.

 

[mrware]

Let me pile on as well. Contratulations, Chris. I enjoy your blog.