without even really trying at all, i somehow managed to get my photo on the cover of this free weekly newspaper in chicago and get paid for it. yes sir, this boy is a real published photographer. check out the article online here.
all of this happened by no act of mine though to be honest. i did not submit this or anything like that; it was chosen. this photo, albeit nothing really that special, was taken by myself a few months ago when i went to one of david's house shows in santa cruz. i uploaded it to flickr, simply titled "david bazan" and thought nothing of it. a few months later, the newspaper is about to publish an article on david and need a recent photo of him. they type his name into a creative commons search (a copyright thing on flickr to use photos with permission) and lo and behold, they want to use my photo. a few emails later and here we are. if only a photographic lifestyle job could be this easy all of the time.
overall, Im very glad that my first really high profile published photo was not only of a friend but of one of my favorite musicians too. also, getting paid for uploading a photo isnt that bad either. :)
3 comments:
that's wicked awesome.
That is so cool Ace!!!
he's playing in champaign next month.
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