So I was at home in Memphis, Tennessee sitting in a waiting room for an appointment, getting bored I decided to pick up a magazine to kill some time. Thumbing through the pages of "Memphis Magazine", I came across an image that looked oddly familiar, low and behold turned the page sideways and it read photo credit dreamstime/clewisleake!!. The weirdest part of this story is that I have read tons of blogs on Dreamstime on how to find out how contributor sold images are being used and just to stumble upon one of my images in this fashion was just, for lack of a better word, JUST CAPITAL!!
Photo credits: Calvin L. Leake.
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Clewisleake
Oh wow! @leicaphotos thanks!!
Leicaphotos
found a few of yours being used here... they've bought a few of mine as well http://www.trazeetravel.com/trends/stay-like-a-rockstar-in-memphis.php
Adammeadows12
wow!! congratulations, what luck you have
Rhbabiak13
So cool! I recently had the same thing happen. I was in a grocery store and had a strong urge to thumb through a magazine that I had never seen. Low and behold, one of my photos was in there. Such a fun feeling.
Fevredream
Congrats! I wish I knew where my photos are used, but noone informed me about it, yet.
Clewisleake
Thanks to all again, yes this was actually better than getting a sale, my 15 minutes of fame as a photographer.
Freedomsfolio
Wow! that must be a great feeling indeed
Articture
What a great moment and surprise! Congratulations! I believe it is really unforgettable feeling!
Clewisleake
@crackers, thanks, this image was sold with an editorial license if I had a model releases it would have been sold as commercial.
Crackers55555
Congratulations. I have taken similar shots to yours and wondered how DT accepted your photograph. Did you need a separate model release for each recognizable person in the image? I am always confused about crowd scenes etc.
Again congratulations on finding your published photograph. What a thrill.
Clewisleake
@Williamsphere, thank you! and yes I'm right across the bridge!!
Williamsphere
Congrats! What a fantastic surprise and great way to brighten you day. My fun surprise was to discover another DT photographer is only 2 hours away. Practically neighbors.
Clewisleake
Thanks everyone!, this was a surreal experience and I couldn't imagine a better way to discover one of my images in use.
Shutterspeed800
What a nice surprise for you!! Congrats!
Leicaphotos
good to know there's other memphians working with dreamstime and that contemporary media is using some of our stock images -- good shot
Winnietam
That's an awesome story! Very cool, especially to stumble upon that in "real life"
Lengar79
Congratulations! How cool!
Deming9120
Congratulations!!!
Picstudio
Congratulations!
Angelaostafichuk
Woohooo! THat's awesome, congrats!