That's terrific Tanja, well done - particularly after such a long hard week-end! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: Freakin' heck...!!!
> > 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. > > >
