it's a good feeling...

i started selling some of my photos on a stock photo website called iStockPhoto (www.iStockPhoto.com) a few months ago. their customers include graphic designers looking for the right photo for their project, companies looking for photos to use on their websites or advertisements, and magazines looking for photos to accompany their articles. granted, it doesn't pay much at all (depending on the file size purchased, i could be making only pennies), but over time and with enough sales, it'd all add up. besides, i thought it'd be pretty cool to one day see my pictures actually being used in public in a magazine, poster, or a website.

well, guess what?! i just found out that one of my photos sold is currently being used in a lifestyle magazine called Vivir Bien! my photo of an Aruba chapel is featured in their current issue in their article on tourism and visiting Aruba. i'm super excited to see one of my photos being used, so i just thought i'd share this with you all! :) here's the website, but it'll only show the current month's edition, and i'm in the August 2006 one: www.vivirbien.com/tourism.php

i don't know whether they actually sell this magazine in the States. i'm pretty certain they don't sell this in HK. could anyone back home look for this magazine edition and buy a copy for me?? i'll pay ya back! let me know... i'd love to save the magazine... and one day show my kids and say "look, one of mommy's pictures appeared in a magazine article!" :) haha!

in case you're curious as to what other pictures i've got selling in my small, but slowly growing portfolio, take a look at: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&userID=954676