Day Seven : Project Published : Seven Days

Well, Seven days is all, she wrote...

Except, without the ultimatum note! I have managed to become a published photographer within seven days. And, I'll just mention now, that I received another email asking for use of one of my photos on a website here

So, it is possible, as an amateur photographer, to be published in seven days... Can you keep it up?.. Well, I'd like to find out - but I'll be away from this Saturday, and will more than likely not have Internet. I will continue this on my return to the mother ship.

What is crucial in becoming published? Persistence! ...send send send! and then send some more, get your name out and about, do gigs for free, work for a charity? - or, pay the BIG BUCK and do a big old course and get hired by someone?... Yep, that's an option if you can muster up the cash and the time. In this case though, I was looking at it from a "how the hell do I get into thew industry as a beginner with drive" point of view.. And, I did...

I don't think I could make a living from it, I was told along the way that I'd need 5000-10000 images on a site like Alamy or something similar, I was not replied to, I was treated like a complete beginner, and, as such - that's what i was.

So, dear reader - do NOT lose faith, If I can do it - you can!... Work on your photo quality in terms of your framing and your technical ability [you don't need to do all that much to make a photo better straight out of the camera] Websites like Digital Photography School help with this stuff, you can sign up here



So, my little experiment was looking like a flop at the start, but, came home strong!.. Thanks for following, I will post a follow up shortly.

Sime