Not sure if this is helpful, but for the local papers around here, i load up on to a page the photos i think they may want and direct them to the link. If they had a photographer there, i lose, if not they will ask me to send photo A etc.
Dave On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > OK, I'll get the boasting out of the way, first: I found out yesterday that > I've had three more of my submissions accepted, and one declined, for the > Pentax Photo Gallery. I'll take those odds! I still have two of my > original submissions pending, and two new ones uploaded since I got my first > rejection. And, in all honesty, I'm somewhat surprised at my accept/reject > rate. I submitted seven shots originally, and was happy to have one of them > accepted, much less four! > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert > > Now, on with the brain-picking. > > Over the past few weeks, I've attended a lot of political rallies and > appearances by a fairly high profile US Senate candidate who won last night, > and I've taken a whole gang of photos of the guy. I do know that just about > every media outlet in existence gets its political photos from the wire > services. My question is, how does one go about selling images to the wire > services? Is it even worth trying to do so as an unestablished freelancer, > assuming the photos meet whatever standards they have? > > I also have some more "artistic" shots of the candidate and wonder how I > might go about shopping those around. Any help anyone can give me would be > immensely appreciated, as I'm trying to make a little money wherever I can > in hopes of, you know, owning a car again someday. > > Thanks in advance for any guidance anyone can give me. > > Best, > > Walt > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
