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My work showing on Channel 7
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:08 amby Sheila Smart
On Thursday, I received an email from Channel 7 asking me to supply images for the doco on Sunday, 17 September - "50 years of Television". I was gobsmacked to say the least. Do you know how long it takes to find 58 images on three hard drives
? Working against a deadline, I found 95% of the images and couriered them to Channel 7 (all faces of folk - old, young, aboriginal, Caucassian, street folk etc etc) and now await the response from the subjects who did not realise that they would be on the telly! They will be shown at the end of the show, in 3 second shots as someone sings "We are all Australians".
They found my work through Googling keywords and found my PBase site.
Cheers
Sheila
Posted:
Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:14 amby blinkblink
Well done, Sheila. That is excellent news and you deserve it.
Chris
Posted:
Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:21 amby Geoff
Congrats Mrs Smart
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:27 amby Alex
Congratulations, Sheila! This is a big achievement.
Alex
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:34 amby Frankenstein
Congratulations Sheila - well deserved.
And it shows how pervasive Google is in everyday life
Frank
Posted:
Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:40 amby the foto fanatic
Wow - this gives you bragging rights for a while!
Congratulations.
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:44 amby johnd
Congratulations Sheila. I'll be watching on Sep 17.
Cheers
John
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:45 amby Justin
Wow well done! I just had a look at your site and the winner of the B&W award - that is a stunning shot!
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:08 amby Glen
Fantastic result Sheila, very nice recognition of your work
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:34 amby sheepie
Well done Sheila - a great achievement, I hope they're paying you well!
Goes to show the importance of having well described tags eh? (and some pretty good work too!)
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:41 amby phillipb
I don't know why everyone is so surprised, it's no shock to me at all. If I was doing that segment, Sheila's portraits are the first thing I would think of.
Congratulations Sheila.
Posted:
Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:19 pmby Manta
Congrats Sheila.
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:37 pmby Yi-P
Congrats Sheila!!
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:56 pmby stubbsy
Congratulations Sheila. I sure as hell hope they are paying you for your work.
Out of interest - what image resolution & size did they ask for?
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:04 pmby sirhc55
Kudos to you Ms Smart for joining some of the great street photographers of the last century - congratulations
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:35 pmby wendellt
you must be buzzing
congratulatins on the prestigious recognition
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:16 pmby adam
Congratulations!! That is very cool! Especially how they found you through google and pbase
I'll watch the show for the last 3 seconds
Posted:
Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:18 pmby jethro
This is a fantastic accolade. Congrats
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:48 pmby Alpha_7
Congratulations Shelia, I'll be sure to record the show, if only to see you images on the telly! Well done!
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:27 pmby moggy
Well done Sheila, just recognition for your standout work.
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:44 pmby blacknstormy
Congratulations Sheila -
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:17 pmby robw25
yes the kudos is well deserved shiela, your candids have been beauties
cheers rob
Posted:
Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:47 pmby Sheila Smart
Thanks all. They said they had a small budget but I managed to get 50% more out of them but the most important thing is the exposure to approx 1.2 million folk. I sent them high res images at between 2 to 4 MB at 300 dpi (which is what I convert in
PSCS2). A couple of the images were fairly low res and these may be rejected. Amongst the images were my husband Fred, my sister Eileen and my good friend, Sheila (yes, another Sheila) and Fred's great nieces from Dubbo. I didn't pick them, Channel 7 did! The rest are complete strangers, a few aboriginal buskers and some street people.
Cheers and thanks again for your good wishes.
Sheila
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Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:54 pmby Sheila Smart
adam wrote:Congratulations!! That is very cool! Especially how they found you through google and pbase
I'll watch the show for the last 3 seconds
I really do recommend that photographers put stat counters on their websites. Its a real eye opener what keywords are used in Google. I even tracked down which gallery Channel 7 opened first (by their IP number) and what they actually Googled to find me -
Australian, faces, images and up popped my site.
Adam, if you only watched the last three seconds, all you would see would be the last of the credits
I think my images will be on screen for about 4 minutes (or as long as it takes to sing the song).
Cheers
Sheila
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Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:43 amby Dargan
Just found this post and must add my congratulations to the accolades before. This is well deserved, the image on the post 'Alone in a Crowd' is still one that resonates. I hope you get some additional commercial benefits from the exposure.
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Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:58 pmby Killakoala
Great news indeed Sheila. I will have to watch the show now. I wasn't going to but i will definately now:)
Posted:
Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:38 pmby Sheila Smart
I think Channel 9 is doing something in the same vein but its the Channel 7 version you should watch! September 17th - I have no idea what time though.
Cheers
Sheila
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Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:16 pmby TonyH
Congrats Shiela......
I also noticed your image in the Photography mag from England that I buy.....
Double congrats.....
Tony
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Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:20 pmby JordanP
Wow! Well deserved - I can't wait to watch the show.
Cheers,
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Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:53 pmby Sheila Smart
TonyH wrote:Congrats Shiela......
I also noticed your image in the Photography mag from England that I buy.....
Double congrats.....
Tony
The same image (of Cedric, an aborigine) will be appearing in the show (unless they edit a lot out!)
Cheers
Sheila
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Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:09 pmby ABG
Congratulations Sheila.