My First Cover!

Well a couple months ago I posted up that I took a freelance job with a local lifestyle magazine: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=373303

So far I've done about a little over a dozen assignments for them...

Anyways, I went by their location today to drop off some invoices and they gave me an advance copy of the magazine and one of my shots made the cover! I am more than proud and excited! I'm not really sure why the picked the images that they did because to me it wasn't my best but I'm not complaining. 8)

Here are a few crappy scans I just took of the magazine...

All the pages my images can be seen on are available here: http://mpgphoto.zenfol​io.com/p532853134

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Very nice! Congratulations!

Awesome! And congrats. I still get a kick out of seeing my covers when they appear. It never seems to get old You have some very nice images in those articles!!

SHULTSIE!!! wrote in post #4242206
Very nice! Congratulations!

Thanks!

sfaust wrote in post #4242390
Awesome! And congrats. I still get a kick out of seeing my covers when they appear. It never seems to get old You have some very nice images in those articles.

Thank you! Yeah, I hope this is one of the future many...

Wow....that is sooooooo cool, Matt. I'll be looking for it here in my neck of the woods!

woah... very very nice images

Nice work, but...

ONE? They gave you ONE? When it comes out, ask for more. Samples (tear sheets) like that are what you use to get the well paying jobs.

Maureen Souza wrote in post #4242884
Wow....that is sooooooo cool, Matt. I'll be looking for it here in my neck of the woods!

Thanks Maureen!

Aaagogo wrote in post #4242942
woah... very very nice images

Thank you...it was pretty fun doing all these different assignments.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #4244181
Nice work, but... ONE? They gave you ONE? When it comes out, ask for more. Samples (tear sheets) like that are what you use to get the well paying jobs.

Don't worry, I'll be grabbing plenty. I think they print 50,000+ magazines so it shouldn't be a problem. Thanks!

Nice work, you deserve the cover!

Excellent!!! That must feel great for you. Well deserved too!

tomd wrote in post #4244595
Nice work, you deserve the cover!

Thank you!

adamlc wrote in post #4244881
Excellent!!! That must feel great for you. Well deserved too!

Thanks! I do feel great...I could barely sleep last night I was so excited. LOL

Nice one really well done, I think the cover shot is very attractive...

Question: That's supposed to be a scan?! Cos that looks like a straight PSD > JPG conversion! Amazing quality!

nirajpopat wrote in post #4245410
Nice one really well done, I think the cover shot is very attractive...

Question: That's supposed to be a scan?! Cos that looks like a straight PSD > JPG conversion! Amazing quality!

Thanks!

Answer: I scanned the actual magazine on my home HP C6150 "all-in-one" unit and then just resized the scan for the web. I'm somehow getting a faint vertical line in all my scans but other than that it does what it's supposed to.

oh yes, i didn't notice the line till you mentioned it... about 33% away from the left edge it's a fantastic scan none-the-less.. perhaps there is something on the sensor, might just require a quick clean I have a HP scanner, but nowhere near as good as that!

getting back to your topic though, congratulations on the front cover, I think the image was well chosen by the magazine... it certainly gives the feeling of grandure and elegance!