 Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, My involvement with the new book |
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 Feb 11 2009, 05:48 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 8-February 08 From: Kent, UK Member No.: 5,095 Tourist (regular visitor) ---  |
Apologies for my lack of participation in the last few weeks. Sadly, I am now back in KL after an enjoyable week in Cambodia.
I have kept a page at Alamy for the last year or so, and have have been relatively successful with a small portfolio. One particular photo had a sold a couple of times, so I was wondering who it was used by. I have found out that a photo taken at Kwando Lebala is being used for the front cover on the US version of the new Number One Ladies Dectective Agency Book. There you have it, Safaritalk is now part of a Botswanan book series I am sure we all enjoy reading. http://www.amazon.com/Tea-Time-Traditional...0142&sr=8-1 The photo was taken at Twin Pools in October 2007. The sun had already set, though the storm clouds to the east were still being lit by an incredible after glow.
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-------------------- Russell Johnson
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Feb 11 2009, 05:55 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,451 Joined: 30-June 07 From: Coimbatore, India Member No.: 308 Tourist (regular visitor) Tourist (regular visitor) |
Hi Russell,
Lovely image! and congratulations!!! -------------------- Botswana in my blood .......
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| Guest_John Milbank_* |
Feb 11 2009, 06:41 AM
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Great image, Russell! Congratulations!
Actually, that makes two of us with front covers for novels about Africa 
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Feb 11 2009, 06:48 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 8-February 08 From: Kent, UK Member No.: 5,095 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
Cheers Guys.
I was quite surprised when I realised. Though it feels like a reward/appreciation for all those long days of patiently waiting in the bush. John, I remember your post about that, on an Italian book? -------------------- Russell Johnson
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| Guest_John Milbank_* |
Feb 11 2009, 07:15 AM
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Russell,
Yes, the Italian edition of a book, Notte Dentro, by a France-based author from Cameroon, Leonora Miano. SafariTalk will be famous  Actually, I've just had an enquiry from the US for the same photo for 'home decor'. My very low fee of 50 USD has elicited a stunned non-response. I don't care much. I might, if I relied on photography for a living. But I reckon that all those photographers who are now offering their work for peanuts (I could name one or two who appear here) are devaluing their skills so much that they might as well join the $2 discount store franchise...you know, made in China and bugger all the hard-working pros who make a good product. |
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Feb 11 2009, 08:05 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 784 Joined: 30-January 08 From: Perth, West Australia Member No.: 5,084 Born in Africa Conservationist/Naturalist |
Russell, you're famous! Congrats!
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Warning, if any safari camps wish to employ me as a guide, I expect a salary far, far, more commensurate than my actual experience! |
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Feb 11 2009, 08:08 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 488 Joined: 25-February 08 From: Victoria, Australia Member No.: 5,120 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
Russell,
Congrats on the image and congrats on the sales. I must admit I would not find patiently waiting in the bush all that hard to do. -------------------- Geoff.
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Feb 11 2009, 09:07 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 359 Joined: 27-February 08 From: London, UK Member No.: 5,121 Tourist (regular visitor) Wildlife Photographer/Artist |
That's fabulous, what a great place to have your image used!
I've only ever tracked down one of my trickle of Alamy sales, with the help of a poster over on Fodors. All I knew was that a photo I'd taken in Addo had been used as a front cover on a direct mail travel brochure in North America. I posted a thumbnail and luckily, one of the regulars was actually sent that brochure in the mail! She posted it across to me so I could see it in the flesh, as it were! What a thrill! I'd say that being on the front cover of that book is far more thrilling than that!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! -------------------- "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."
Ralph Waldo Emerson -------------------- "I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees." Alfred Tennyson |
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Feb 11 2009, 09:19 AM
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Administrator Group: Root Admin Posts: 3,890 Joined: 28-October 06 From: Sat by the PC Member No.: 1 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
Excellent news Russell; reward for your great photography.
-------------------- "Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you." - African proverb.
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Feb 11 2009, 01:43 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,451 Joined: 30-June 07 From: Coimbatore, India Member No.: 308 Tourist (regular visitor) Tourist (regular visitor) |
Russell - You must visit India, if you spend a lot of time in Asia!!!
-------------------- Botswana in my blood .......
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Feb 12 2009, 12:17 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,124 Joined: 30-April 07 From: USA Member No.: 108 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
Lovely photo, congrats!
-------------------- When you think of a rhino, think of a tree (African proverb)
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Feb 12 2009, 11:45 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 8-February 08 From: Kent, UK Member No.: 5,095 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
QUOTE (John Milbank @ Feb 11 2009, 07:15 AM)  Russell, Yes, the Italian edition of a book, Notte Dentro, by a France-based author from Cameroon, Leonora Miano. SafariTalk will be famous Actually, I've just had an enquiry from the US for the same photo for 'home decor'. My very low fee of 50 USD has elicited a stunned non-response. I don't care much. I might, if I relied on photography for a living. But I reckon that all those photographers who are now offering their work for peanuts (I could name one or two who appear here) are devaluing their skills so much that they might as well join the $2 discount store franchise...you know, made in China and bugger all the hard-working pros who make a good product. John, they clearly think there is a catch to your pricing! I too struggle to understand why people offer the photos at such a cheap rate, thankfully, wildlife photography in Africa is probably one of the least affected markets. -------------------- Russell Johnson
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Feb 12 2009, 11:46 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 8-February 08 From: Kent, UK Member No.: 5,095 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
QUOTE (Kavey @ Feb 11 2009, 09:07 AM) That's fabulous, what a great place to have your image used! I've only ever tracked down one of my trickle of Alamy sales, with the help of a poster over on Fodors. All I knew was that a photo I'd taken in Addo had been used as a front cover on a direct mail travel brochure in North America. I posted a thumbnail and luckily, one of the regulars was actually sent that brochure in the mail! She posted it across to me so I could see it in the flesh, as it were! What a thrill! I'd say that being on the front cover of that book is far more thrilling than that!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Thanks, Kavey, things are difficult to track, so I guess I was just lucky this time. -------------------- Russell Johnson
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Feb 12 2009, 11:47 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 8-February 08 From: Kent, UK Member No.: 5,095 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
QUOTE (sniktawk @ Feb 11 2009, 02:30 PM) Russell, That is a beautiful photo of what I consider to be one of the nicest places on earth. It looks a lot different now that the water levels are high. Strangely enough I associate the place with with G & T rather than T! Cheers Ken Ken, could not agree more. Having just spent the last 6 weeks in Asia, at some so called must see sites, it only re-enforced that home is where the heart is............. -------------------- Russell Johnson
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Feb 12 2009, 11:48 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 8-February 08 From: Kent, UK Member No.: 5,095 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
QUOTE (Geoff @ Feb 11 2009, 08:08 AM) Russell, Congrats on the image and congrats on the sales. I must admit I would not find patiently waiting in the bush all that hard to do. Touche -------------------- Russell Johnson
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Feb 12 2009, 11:49 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 8-February 08 From: Kent, UK Member No.: 5,095 Tourist (regular visitor) --- |
Thanks to the rest of you..........
Hari, I know that Borneo is calling for certain. -------------------- Russell Johnson
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