michael j hoffman Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2568801001_c7086697fe.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="08.06.08.042.C" /></a><p><i>The Aegis</i>, a county-wide news paper in Harford County, Maryland, will run the above image that I took on Sunday with photo credit on Wednesday's front page. The image is being used as a feature photo showing how some residents have taken relief from the recent/current heatwave here in the Mid-Atlantic.<p>Michael J Hoffman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_kartes Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Congratulations! Nice shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof-K Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Way to go, Michael! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelging Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Michael, that is very good photo, that tells a story, Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_margolis Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Congratulations Michael. I know how exciting this is for you. I hope your next photo makes the cover of TIME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orvillerobertson Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Michael, fantastic. It must be an awesome feeling of accomplishment. Run with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhooru Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Cool, Michael, or at least cooling ;>] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonmestrom Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 congrats, it's the one you never will forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpolaski Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Mazel Tov ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Way to go, Michael ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingell Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 A beautiful cover shot! Well done, Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive1 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenelsonfoto Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Nice shot. Thinking about heading out to photograph some falls today, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ_butner___portland__or Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Wat to go! Keep shooting. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ_butner___portland__or Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Way to go! Keep shooting. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geertje Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Congratulations, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Way cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturegirl99 Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Where's the image? Just peeked in out of curiosity, and the image is missing. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB_Gallery Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Congrats. They are paying you space rate of some kind of usage fee for that, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturegirl99 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Okaaayyyyyyy....Apparently others can see the image except me. I'm not usually the paranoid type, but man...I STILL can't see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael j hoffman Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 Thanks for the well-wishes, everyone! No, there was no payment involved, but I did get photo credit. I have a day job to pay the bills. I would like to be a working PJ, but it would require that I take a relatively substantial pay cut. I can retire from my current job with a pension when I'm 52; what I could make as a local PJ would nicely supplant the difference between my pension and pre-retirement pay. I figure if I submit and get published here and there over the next 16 years, I'll have a decent portfolio when I go looking for a retirement gig. So far, I've had images published nationally in two photo magazines; I've had a front page photo, and a front page photo and feature story in two different, local newspapers, and I've had photographs included in two international calls for jurored exhibitions in Philadelphia and Denver, respectively. I am pretty much locked into my current profession until I get my full 30 in. I enjoy photographing, and enjoy when my images get recognition. I like seeing my name "up in lights", albeit in the form of a tiny, little photo credit. I photograph for the love of photographing, and as a means to a professionally successful end that may be a very long while in arriving. I was introduced to my current profession by way of volunteer service, and it has worked out nicely (good pay, excellent bennies, tons of paid time off). I'm hoping for things to work out similarly in the PJ field, but when the time is right. Thanks again, everyone, for all the encouragement! Michael P.S. Its there, Nancy, but I can e-mail a copy to you if you can't get it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_wang10 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Michael, Congrats on the front page placement. Good pay, excellent beenies, tons of paid time off - that ain't photojournalism. Bad pay, no beenies, tons of unpaid time off otherwise known as unemployment, along with being teargassed, beaten up, having your equipment stolen, hours waiting for something anything to happen, being cheated by your agency and generally not being paid for your efforts - NOW THAT'S PHOTOJOURNALISM. But when the S**T hits the fan and the adrenaline starts pumping and the whole world gets compressed in your viewfinder and you're shooting frames like a machine gun - that's when it gets fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael j hoffman Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Point well taken, Richard. Right now, I am volunteering my PJ services. I'm hoping those volunteer ops will help me to build a portfolio and to establish contacts, so that when I can retire from my current profession I can get a paid gig (or regular freelance assignment) as a PJ. I know I won't have the benefits, time off, great pay, etc., etc. But, I won't NEED to make my living that way; I'll be doing what I WANT to do, and that is the biggest benefit any professional opportunity can provide! Michael J Hoffman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megdoerner Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 WOOOOO ! thats really sweet , congrats . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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