Whoa! :)
I was very pleased last week to get a letter from a representative of Scholastic Canada (a major educational publishing company) asking if they could pay me to use the photo here of Wye Marsh with the Martyr's Shrine in the background in an upcoming book in their Gr. 5 literacy program called "Water".
Seems they found the photo over on my Flickr page and it's utterly coincidental that as a Gr. 5 teacher my first published and paid-for photograph will be featured in a Gr. 5 literacy book :) :). I am very tickled about this random fact :).
Being that I've never been paid for a photograph before, I was also surprised to see the nice cheque I will receive for the privilege, too! Yay for that! They are also going to send me two copies of the published book, which, as a Gr. 5 teacher -and- paid-for photographer, will make me proud, indeed :).
There are too many emoticons in this post, but I just can't help it. In a -very- stressful month of report cards and house hunting this acheivement has made me very happy :).
Seems they found the photo over on my Flickr page and it's utterly coincidental that as a Gr. 5 teacher my first published and paid-for photograph will be featured in a Gr. 5 literacy book :) :). I am very tickled about this random fact :).
Being that I've never been paid for a photograph before, I was also surprised to see the nice cheque I will receive for the privilege, too! Yay for that! They are also going to send me two copies of the published book, which, as a Gr. 5 teacher -and- paid-for photographer, will make me proud, indeed :).
There are too many emoticons in this post, but I just can't help it. In a -very- stressful month of report cards and house hunting this acheivement has made me very happy :).