My first Full Page Plus in SI

Shameless Personal Plug Alert!

My wife just picked up the mail and brought it into the house, and while I was looking through this week's Sports Illustrated, imagine my surprise when I saw an image of mine taking up page 32 and 33. Yahoo! Not my first shot in SI by any means, but my first one of this size.

Here's the original shot (ignore the horrid pink lights in the background - they dim the lights over the crowd at ND during the game and this turns them this putrid pink color).

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Wow, that's a pretty cool accomplishment, congrats!

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congrats!!

How'd they get your shot?

And congrats!

Dennis, that's awesome congrats.

Thanks, everyone. Austin, I work for various wire services and was covering this game for one of them.

Fantastic shot!

Just out of curiosity, and I have zero desire to be a professional sports shooter, what does SI pay for a shot like this?

It never is the favourite shot that makes it, is it? Congrats though! Looks good.

Thanks again, everybody.

Skintero, I dunno what the payday will be since I haven't had a shot of this size in SI before. Probably a lot less than most folks would think.

Nice shot Dennis...I really ought to scan in some of my tearsheets...i had my first double page in a national in January, and I remember thinking then "damn this is a good shot".

For those in the UK, it was...THIS SHOT(though a better crop than that one) and it was a double page spread in the paper.

As you say, it's probably not as much $$$ as people think! I got a nice sum for mine, be interesting to see what yours is/was.

James.

Well done Dennis! It is an excellent image.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Jeff

Congrats Dennis - I'll give you a call when I get back from Spring Training and we'll go to lunch.

Congrats Dennis, happens to be my Son's favorite player in College

Oh man! That is awesome.

This is one of the goals that I would love to accomplish. Man, to have a shot in a great magazine like SI........ I think I would s*** myself.

Congrats man.

Great pic and congrats. You have helped me so much as I have gone from a Dad with camera to a "pro" with a business over the last 3 years. Wish you continued sucess, and I also would be interested in pay range if you are willing to share.