The Newspaper deadline I was talking about? I got a front page!!!! I got home from Brisbane at midnight on Sunday night - there was a message waiting for me from some Mining Union guy, asking if I could attend a picket line and industrial dispute the following morning (yesterday).
I was to photograph four miners that got their jobs back after being retrenched and going through a huge court battle with one of the biggest mining companies in Australia. So, I took some shots, got paid 100 bucks, burnt them to cd, came home and took the kids to school. During the day I got phone calls from 3 separate newspapers looking for my pics. So, I happily emailed them off, not asking for any $$ as I had already been paid by the Mining Union and it was only like 15 minutes work. It would have been unethical to have been paid twice for the same job. I said as long as I got photo credit then I'd be happy for them to use it... Well, bugger me dead, I just went to the newsagents, and look what I found!! http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/ Front page, full colour, that is my freakin' photo!! I just got a call from the Morning Bulletin asking if I would be interested in future work if they needed anyone in my region, but the would "prefer to pay" for my work in future!! Woohoo!! The other two papers come out tomorrow, so we'll have to see what happens. Here is the original shot (132kbs, might take a bit to load): http://www.tanyamayer.com/riorejects.jpg Sorry, totally off topic, but I just had to brag! I have been working my butt off to get stuff to these papers in time all day yesterday and today, and it appears to have paid off! tan.
