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Greek Book Cover

29 October, 2007 (17:59) | black and white photography



Received Greek novel which has my Boy With Dog image on cover. The novel is called, Boy at the Pier.

Hey - what happened to the dog? Cropped and photoshopped out. Here’s the original for your viewing enjoyment.  Now I just need to brush up on my Greek.  Speaking of photoshopping, now the Yanks are going to have to photoshop A-Rod out of all the promo pictures.

My own book is coming along now. I’m dealing with about 75 images and it’s starting to take shape. I’ve changed the name for the 90th time. Now it’s very working title is, Manhattan Moments although there are so many long exposures, I should call it Manhattan Minutes.


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Comments

Comment from Brandon
Time: October 29, 2007, 7:40 pm

Congrats Dave! I hope they paid you to use your image. :)

Cheers,
Brandon.

Comment from Fred
Time: October 29, 2007, 8:00 pm

Nice!

Did you have to track down the kid & get a model release for the book?

Comment from dave
Time: October 29, 2007, 8:29 pm

They paid me nicely; and quickly. The way I do these international sales is by sending a paypal invoice. The person on the other end can use a credit card. This is better than wire transfers - because there are fees involved with this; and a couple of other PITA issues.

Once paid - I send the digital file; and a license to use the file. Very straight-foward.

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I never do model-releases (just no feasible); but I also won’t sell any shot that makes the person look bad for commercial purposes.

Woman with Head in Hands - for example is constantly asked for - but I won’t sell that image for commercial use. I do include it in my own book; and I do offer it for sale “as art.” Where you draw the line - I don’t know exactly - but there is a line there somewhere and I try to figure out what it is.

Comment from Stephen Bray
Time: October 30, 2007, 5:58 pm

Are you sure you didn’t Photoshop the dog into the original image?

Just kiddin’

Stephen

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Comment from Lester
Time: October 31, 2007, 1:42 pm

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, Dave. The actual translation of the title is “The Last Met Fan.”

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