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HarperCollins Bought One of My Photos for a Book Cover!

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Jeff, Jan 26, 2007.

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  1. Preston27

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    I already took that joke. :D
     
    #21 Preston27, Jan 26, 2007
  2. Yonkers

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    Two great pictures in this thread. You guys are good. Big congrats, Jeff.
     
    #22 Yonkers, Jan 26, 2007
  3. rocketfat

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    that's pretty cool. congrats. how much do they pay for that sort of thing, if you dont mind my asking?
     
    #23 rocketfat, Jan 26, 2007
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    You have basically reaffirmed my image of you as a middle aged ex hippie with a small pony tail and a balding head.
     
    #24 hotballa, Jan 26, 2007
  5. twhy77

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    #25 twhy77, Jan 26, 2007
  6. rimbaud

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    Jeff you fool. I told you!

    No need to be surprised or shocked that you could make money. You have an eye. You could sell at any level/market you wanted.

    Anyway, congrats.

    EDIT: twqrxyz - I forgot about that thread. Stuff like that is always interesting. I remember once Mango wrote that he pictured me as slightly balding with wire rimmed glasses or something. Pretty funny.
     
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  7. professorjay

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    Wow, great job and nice pic! That's cool to find out they're searching flickr for pictures now. Next step: parlay this into a gig for Playboy.
     
    #27 professorjay, Jan 26, 2007
  8. Jeff

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    Honestly, I'm trying to figure out why. How does being an amateur photographer make one a hippie?

    1. I have a full head of hair.
    2. I don't care for hippies.
    3. I hate folk music.
    4. I don't really consider being in your 30's middle aged, but whatever.
    5. The last time I had a pony tail, my hair actually reached my waist and I looked a lot more like James Hetfield than James Taylor. :)
    6. I have never owned a pair of Birkenstocks and, frankly, don't like them. They are freaking ugly.

    I'm probably a lot closer to metrosexual than I am to hippie, as surprising as that may sound. :)

    This is a recent shot of me in the stairwell at Rudyard's before a gig just for reference.

    [​IMG]
     
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  9. rimrocker

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    Awesomely cool. Congrats.
     
    #29 rimrocker, Jan 26, 2007
  10. Jeff

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    They pay, apparently, based on the type of release. In this case, because it is a re-issue paperback, it is less than, say, a new release hard cover. I don't think I'm supposed to reveal what they paid. It was under $1000.
     
    #30 Jeff, Jan 26, 2007
  11. Achilleus

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    That photograph is a million times better than that book.
     
    #31 Achilleus, Jan 26, 2007
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    I wouldn't take the term "hippie" as an insult, Jeff, but if it makes you feel any better, I never had any Birkenstocks myself. (had girlfriends that did) You shouldn't shut yourself off from "folk music," however. That's pretty silly. hotballa's description would fit me better than you, except I don't have a ponytail any longer, although I used to have hair way down my back, am "middle aged," and actually was a hippie for many years. Don't worry, I don't take your insult towards hippies personally, despite the fact that they did a lot for you, whether you realize it or not. :)


    [​IMG]

    A simply beautiful shot, thegary. Wonderful, and an amazing looking son. Congratulations!
     
    #32 Deckard, Jan 26, 2007
  13. rrj_gamz

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    Congrats...That photo is amazing...
     
    #33 rrj_gamz, Jan 26, 2007
  14. Xerobull

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    Wow, that's awesome. Congradulations! Beers on Jeff!
     
    #34 Xerobull, Jan 26, 2007
  15. Another Brother

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    Congrats you SEXY MF! :cool:
     
    #35 Another Brother, Jan 26, 2007
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    Good times and laughter. Now I imagine you more as Ivan Karamazov. Not quite Stavrogin material yet....
     
    #36 twhy77, Jan 26, 2007
  17. Jeff

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    Folk music is just boring to me. I've listened to lots of it trying to find something I can like about it, but it just isn't for me. Listening to it makes me sleepy. :)

    Thanks again, everyone.

    And, I should've mentioned earlier, that is a great pic, thegary.
     
    #37 Jeff, Jan 26, 2007
  18. rimbaud

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    "Now"? So it has changedfrom before? Ivan could certainly be an intellectual portrait (although it would be a negative one, would it not...in many ways he represented evil by trying to deny evil, by admiring Satan) but I don't think there would be too many physical similarities at the moment. I don't remember his physical description off the top of my head, though.

    I guess you want to be Alyosha, right? Might as well be Fyodor, then.
     
    #38 rimbaud, Jan 26, 2007
  19. rimbaud

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    Utah Phillips:

     
    #39 rimbaud, Jan 26, 2007
  20. Major Malcontent

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    Both pics are great...but everytime I look at jeff's I hear the exorcist theme in my head.
     
    #40 Major Malcontent, Jan 26, 2007
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