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June 1, 2008
[Photo © Sara Kendall-Ball 2008]
I’ve been working as a freelance photographer, or stringer, for the Abilene Reporter-News for about three months now. On Friday I was asked to go cover the graduation rehearsals for two local high schools. The rehearsals, mind you, not the actual graduation ceremonies. I expected the pics would be buried in the back pages, some local flavor or something.
So, imagine my shock and delight when I strolled past a newsstand and saw one of my shots large and in living color on the front page, above the fold. Imagine, also, my shock and delight when I opened it up, and saw a second photo on the front page, below the fold.
I know getting geeked out by having a shot appear on the front page just exposes my n00bishness, but I don’t care- this was a thrill!
Posted in Abilene, Black and White, Life, Photojournalism, Random
June 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Hey my boy, great pic and we’re so very proud of you, too. You’re on your way, heh. Mom
June 1st, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Congrats. That’s pretty impressive.
June 1st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
“…and the hits just keep o-o-o-o-on comin’!!!” Very exciting indeed! Well done, Greg.
xoxoxoxox
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 am
Uh Oh! Now you’ll be too pricey for dog portraits.
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:32 am
Super cool man! You should also post at least a link to the originals as well.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
That’s awesome, Greg. Congratulations!
June 5th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Congrats! That rocks. Very nice.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Congrats! Nice picture of you too!
June 6th, 2008 at 3:45 am
[...] And a special shout-out to GKB for landing a photo on page 1A of the Abilene Reporter-News. [...]
June 6th, 2008 at 9:59 am
You, sir, have hit the big time! Well done!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:20 am
Congrats! Great careers begin with humble starts, hard work, then a few breaks, more hard work, a front page photo above the fold in a not-small-town-but-not-a-huge-city paper, and then…???
Looking forward to following your work!
-A.J.