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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

02/02/2006 01:27:33 PM · #1

oh, do i stink!!! and i have 3 more assignments today and i don't have time to shower. oh, well.

anyways, the call came in from the Times-Dispatch, wanting to know if i was available. without hesitation, i replied, "I'm on it!!"

don't know what they'll use, but these are what i gave them
slideshow

as it was new construction, no one lost anything (except the insurance companies). no one was injured. just a big mess...

LKMote

Canon EOS-7D

02/02/2006 01:29:31 PM · #2

I really like your shot with the rainbow over the fire. Cool shots.

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

02/02/2006 01:33:52 PM · #3

Nice shots, Skip! I like the one with the rainbow, hehe. :-D

PhantomEWO

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

02/02/2006 01:34:50 PM · #4

Great pixs, the rainbow really adds to it, a promise of no more fires???
I'm sure you do more work to the pics than their full time staff phogs. good job.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/02/2006 03:29:24 PM · #5

thanks, ya'll

Originally posted by PhantomEWO:

I'm sure you do more work to the pics than their full time staff phogs.

thanks, don, but not exactly. yes, i do work hard, but the Richmond Times-Dispatch has some of the most incredible photographic talent i've ever seen. check out their galleries here, and i'm sure you'll agree.

saintaugust

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

02/02/2006 03:53:16 PM · #6

amazing how our business turns tragedy into beauty.

great work, skip.

which leads me to a question: the paper i shoot for has exclusive rights to my photos, i don't even post them here. does the paper mind you doing that?

Message edited by author 2006-02-02 15:54:34.

jansku

02/02/2006 03:59:12 PM · #7

The second picture (with ladders and smoke) is awesome. My favourite by far.

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

02/02/2006 04:02:50 PM · #8

Great shots Skip. I love the rainbow/fire shot. So cool.

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/02/2006 04:03:37 PM · #9

In lieu of a shower, did you ask one of the firefighter to hose you down?

lol

02/02/2006 06:41:46 PM · #10

Originally posted by saintaugust:

the paper i shoot for has exclusive rights to my photos, i don't even post them here. does the paper mind you doing that?

thanks, jeff. to answer your question, i am very, very lucky in that the only works-for-hire contract i have is with the AP; all the rest of my contracts are 'publishing agreements' where i give the company who gives me the assignment a single-use license to an image. this means that i retain the full copyright, the sole reprint rights, and the right to additional compensation if they choose to run an image again. there are a handful of exceptions where i've had to give up the 'sole reprint rights', but the situations were justifiable.

the other nice thing is that it means that i can sell images shot for one publication to other publications. if i am reselling the previously published images, i make that clear to the purchaser. i also don't resell anything until after the original contractor has had a chance to publish the images i provided them. and, if someone ever said they wanted images exclusively, i would honor that--as long as they were paying for exclusive use.

thanks for all the feedback. i'll be sure to post up a clipping of whatever they decide to run.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

02/03/2006 05:52:06 AM · #11

update...

oh, well...as it turns out, the paper's best photographer lives in the area, and unbeknownst to the paper, he was already there. at least, even though they went with his shots, i still get paid.

deapee

Kodak V803

02/03/2006 08:02:19 AM · #12

skiprow, your shots are impressive from the fire. I always click on people's PJ stuff, and seriously, you seem to have both caught the scene in its drama and remembered not to lose your cool and stay focused...impressive man...they should have gone with your shots.

Can you still submit them elsewhere? Probably not as it wouldn't make it until tomorrows paper...shame.

alexgarcia

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

02/03/2006 08:07:58 AM · #13

Wonderful shots. Like them a lot. Very good job.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

02/03/2006 12:12:27 PM · #14

Originally posted by deapee:

Can you still submit them elsewhere? Probably not as it wouldn't make it until tomorrows paper...shame.

thanks, dp! (and alex)

actually, a whole series of them will be running in one of the local weeklies i shoot for. i have these and a few others that profile some of the local firemen, as well. one advantage of the weeklies is that they can get more into the feature of a story as opposed to having to deal with the immediate news issues.

here's a link to what the RTD did run link. as it turns out, we were pretty much on opposite sides of the structure.

also, unless i had something that was unbelievably spectacular, they would never run a stringer's shot ahead of one of their staff shooters. that's just the way it is.

downtherabbithole

Canon EOS-30D

02/03/2006 12:19:24 PM · #15

just consider yourself lucky to be able to be on call for a newspaper. thats amazing opertunity, I wish I could land something like that