In the past several weeks I’ve become both a published photographer and a published videographer!
First, my published photos appear in the book Design Through Dialogue: A Guide for Clients and Architects by Karen A. Franck and Teresa von Sommaruga Howard. Two of my photos are included (one in its entirety, one cropped), on p. 176 and p. 194 (the last photo in the book):
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They are both photos I took while visiting Te Papa Tongarewa (the National Museum of New Zealand) in Wellington, NZ back in December 2004. Back in February 2009 Ms. Howard stumbled upon my photos on my website while doing an image search for Te Papa, and asked if I would be willing to give her permission to print the photos in her upcoming book. I said yes, and asked if she’d send me a free copy of the book when it was published, which she kindly did back in February.
Second, my published video (a 7-second clip of it, anyway) appears at the end of this PSA for Big Ten Conference men’s basketball, called “Magic Number”:
Yep, that video of Talor Battle swishing a game-tying three-pointer at the end of regulation vs George Mason in the 1st round of the 2009 NIT was taken by me. 🙂 Back in November a representative from TeamWorks Media, an ad agency in Chicago, contacted me because they’d stumbled across my video of Talor Battle’s shot vs GMU on YouTube. They asked if they could use a clip from it, but said that a) they couldn’t give me any credit line because they have a policy of not doing that for PSAs, and b) they couldn’t pay me because ESPN owned the rights to all video from that game (and mine was technically not legal, I guess, or at least it wouldn’t be legal for me to profit from it), but would instead make a donation on my behalf to the charity of my choice (Voice of the Martyrs). I didn’t hear anything for the longest time, and was wondering if the PSA ever got made or not. I didn’t see it on TV during the regular season, but then again I watched far less basketball overall this season compared to previous seasons. And then while I was watching the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament a couple weekends ago on CBS, I saw it!
Needless to say, I’ve found it pretty cool to be a published photographer and videographer, as well as a published scientist. 🙂 Maybe this will serve as motivation for me to get more of my photos and videos online someday.