See turtle!!!

"Sea Turtle", taken from Red Rock Canyon on 23 May 2008

A few weeks ago, someone from Mullen, an advertising agency in Boston, MA contacted me about the photo above for commercial use. Apparently, they have been surfing through Flickr for images of sea turtles, and one of my photos came up (because this one was tagged "sea turtle", despite the fact that it only looks like one).

Being completely new to this, I inquired what the photo will be used for. To my delight, the lady told me that they will be using the photo for a new ad campaign for the New England Aquarium. I couldn't think of a better way to use the photo!!! :)

A fee was exchanged (first time I was ever paid for a photo!), and I asked the lady to send me a draft of the brochure, thinking that my photo was only going to be a blip in the ad. Turns out that it was a full page affair...and very cleverly done!!! They did some Photoshop on the image, darkening the sky as well as making the rocks more vibrant. It worked out really well, and you can see the draft below (by Mullen):

I really hope that their draft gets the OK for deployment. If so, I will have to bug one of my friends up in Boston to grab a flyer for me just so I can have one in my scrapbook.

Yet another reason why I <3 my D80. :)