mailin 0 #1 October 25, 2004 I got a neat letter in the mail today from the international library of photography. I submitted a picture (see attached) of my cat for a contest they were having, and they sent me a letter saying I was a semi finalist in the animal/pet category and wanted me to sign a release stating the photo is my own work blah blah blah and give them permission to publish it in a coffee table book. I think thats cool! I doublt it will get to be a finalist, but if I win, I could get $1,000! The funniest part of it was that I took the picture with a borrowed camera. My work got a GREAT new Sony digital and I needed to show everyone how to use it, so I took it home for the weekend and took tons of pictures - with TiSan's being one of many. It's not a camera I would buy for myself (it records directly to mini disk so its a bulky camera) but it takes great pictures! I bet there are a million and one people getting this letter today, but I've never gotten it before so this is a pretty nifty thing! The letter had me laughing: "Jenifer, you should be genuinely proud of your accomplishment. We feel you have a special talent and look forward to the publication of your photograph in Endless Journey (working title)" Little do they know it was just luck... hehe Normally I cut people off at the head in my photos Just thought I'd share my good news JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #2 October 25, 2004 Congratulations! The only time I get letters like that is when I submit projects (usually writing) to companies that want to hound me for the rest of my life to buy something with my work in it. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 October 25, 2004 Congrats! Be careful, though, I was told the same thing with some poetry I had written a number of years ago and as it turns out the entire thing was sort of a scam. The book didn't get published due to a lack of "pre-orderes." The only pre-orders available were to those who were getting published. So a company was using someone's art as a scam to sell a book that wasn't going to be made unless the book was bought by the people who made the art. It was the same sort of thing, it was a photography and poetry coffee table book of some sort.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #4 October 25, 2004 Congratulations!!! Pictures of pussies are always winners __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #5 October 25, 2004 Ya, I'm skeptical of that too.... but the book already has an ISBN number and the only part where they are asking for money is the little pamphlet included to buy previous books they've made. I'll buy it from amazon if it comes out though. JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #6 October 25, 2004 Quotebut the book already has an ISBN number So did the one in my case. I searched off and on for a couple of years after the fact and not once could I find ANY book with that ISBN number, nor could I find anything with the same title or similar title as the book was supposed to have. Since I wasn't going to buy one from them, I was going to wait until I saw the book at Barnes and Nobles to buy it, so I was trying to find it on the net to see if it had been published yet. Basically I couldn't find any trace of it. Clicky That's the book that was supposed to be published. I was notified of being published over 5 years ago. Formerly they had an ISBN number listed as well. Every time I check on the book the publish date is pushed back 6-months to a year. I don't want to be a downer, I think your picture is pretty cool, I just wanted you to hear what happened to me.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #7 October 25, 2004 Was that your poem they listed on the ad as being "on a full page by itself"? That would have sent up my low-self-esteem alarms, without a doubt. I got so many of the "send us money so you can attend the award ceremony where you will be given an achievement award and your poem will be read my none other than someone who has no business reading poetry: Bo Derek" emails and letters via snail mail that I about changed my identity to escape it all. Well, to escape that and selling sugar packets at state fairs as a "miracle curative powder". Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #8 October 25, 2004 doh.... ya... ok... so it sounds like a scam I guess. They want $59 for the book on the website Coincidentally picture.com - and yours was poetry.com Bummer JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoter 0 #9 October 25, 2004 Never mind.......its a nice picture of a cat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #10 October 25, 2004 Hey! It's not just a cat its the "TiSan-izer"!! He'll mesmerize you with how boring he can be JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflajankie 0 #11 October 25, 2004 Hey, Congrats. I got this one published a couple of years back. http://www.ephotograph.com/showcase.asp?ID=829431 AnkieSkydivers are a bunch of insensitive jerks... And that's why I don't skydive anymore! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bwilling 0 #12 October 25, 2004 QuoteCoincidentally picture.com - and yours was poetry.com Bummer And a quick whois lookup confirms some affiliation... they both list the same administrative contact... "If all you ever do is all you ever did, then all you'll ever get is all you ever got." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #13 October 25, 2004 Quote Was that your poem they listed on the ad as being "on a full page by itself"? That would have sent up my low-self-esteem alarms, without a doubt. Yup. It was one I wrote nearly 8 years ago during a time of severe depression, but I kept it around since I thought it was a pretty good sonnet. QuoteI got so many of the "send us money so you can attend the award ceremony where you will be given an achievement award and your poem will be read my none other than someone who has no business reading poetry: Bo Derek" emails and letters via snail mail that I about changed my identity to escape it all. Well, to escape that and selling sugar packets at state fairs as a "miracle curative powder". I got a shitload of those as well! Fuckers.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #14 October 25, 2004 I'm published on poetry.com as well. One i wrote a couple years ago while drunk and depressed! (Before I really started skydiving.) They sent me a letter basically telling me how to buy the book..........LOLGoggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
efs4ever 3 #15 October 26, 2004 This is old, but I was in the American Photo Contest Edition with it. (2/3 of a page) It's a good feeling to see yerself in print. Parachutist rejected it. Haven't sent a single thing to them since.Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #16 October 26, 2004 Even though the book may be BS it is a good picture. So few people get down on the animals level, not realizing how good of a picture it makes.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gordy 0 #17 October 26, 2004 Hey that sucks if it is a scam.... but..... we all got to see it and that pic was awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #18 October 26, 2004 Oh look how cute Fox looks.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #19 October 26, 2004 Ya, I agree! I'm going to send in the papers anyway. Hubby wants to buy the book (its his cat anyway), but I'll wait to see if it actually gets published first. I don't have anything to lose, so why not! JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douva 0 #20 October 26, 2004 QuoteQuote Was that your poem they listed on the ad as being "on a full page by itself"? That would have sent up my low-self-esteem alarms, without a doubt. Yup. It was one I wrote nearly 8 years ago during a time of severe depression, but I kept it around since I thought it was a pretty good sonnet. QuoteI got so many of the "send us money so you can attend the award ceremony where you will be given an achievement award and your poem will be read my none other than someone who has no business reading poetry: Bo Derek" emails and letters via snail mail that I about changed my identity to escape it all. Well, to escape that and selling sugar packets at state fairs as a "miracle curative powder". I got a shitload of those as well! Fuckers. Yeah, when I was about 16, that group published a poem I'd written in 9th grade. By the time they'd agreed to publish it and started offering to sell me the book, as well as all sorts of certificates, I kind of figured out it was a scam (like the Who's Who books they try to sell to high school students by convincing their parents the kids are receiving some sort of honor). I still talked my mom into buying me a copy of the poetry book. When you start to read through it, it's pretty obvious that the requirements to get in are not terribly stringent. --Douva PS. Here's my pet photo.I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #21 October 26, 2004 beautiful cat ...good picture for sure. Hope you win $$$$$ like you are supposed to! I opened every pic attached in this thread... all were .jpg except yours--- which is .gif- whatz up with that???? SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #22 October 26, 2004 QuoteI opened every pic attached in this thread... all were .jpg except yours--- which is .gif- whatz up with that???? I used the "save for web" option in photoshop - lets me specify what size I need the pic to be... great tool! One of the only ones I use for te $700 the program costs Jen ...and nope, I didn't pay that... my work did Arianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #23 October 27, 2004 Quote It's a good feeling to see yerself in print. Parachutist rejected it. Haven't sent a single thing to them since. *** I know what you mean! I sent this 'artsy' (nekid) pic of a girl I took a while back to Hustler and got a rejection. ..Too much PINK?! I canceled my subscription! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
