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My work showing on Channel 7

Postby Sheila Smart on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:08 am

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 :o ? 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.

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Postby blinkblink on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:14 am

Well done, Sheila. That is excellent news and you deserve it.


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Postby Geoff on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:21 am

Congrats Mrs Smart :D
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Postby Alex on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:27 am

Congratulations, Sheila! This is a big achievement.

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Postby Frankenstein on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:34 am

Congratulations Sheila - well deserved.
And it shows how pervasive Google is in everyday life

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Postby the foto fanatic on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:40 am

Wow - this gives you bragging rights for a while!
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Postby johnd on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:44 am

Congratulations Sheila. I'll be watching on Sep 17.
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Postby Justin on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:45 am

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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Postby Glen on Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:08 am

Fantastic result Sheila, very nice recognition of your work
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Postby sheepie on Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:34 am

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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Postby phillipb on Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:41 am

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.
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Postby Manta on Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:19 pm

Congrats Sheila.
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Postby Yi-P on Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:37 pm

Congrats Sheila!! :D
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:56 pm

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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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:04 pm

Kudos to you Ms Smart for joining some of the great street photographers of the last century - congratulations
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Postby wendellt on Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:35 pm

you must be buzzing
congratulatins on the prestigious recognition
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Postby adam on Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:16 pm

Congratulations!! That is very cool! Especially how they found you through google and pbase :D
I'll watch the show for the last 3 seconds :D
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Postby jethro on Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:18 pm

This is a fantastic accolade. Congrats
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:48 pm

Congratulations Shelia, I'll be sure to record the show, if only to see you images on the telly! Well done! :D
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Postby moggy on Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:27 pm

Well done Sheila, just recognition for your standout work. :wink:

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Postby blacknstormy on Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:44 pm

Congratulations Sheila - :)
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Postby robw25 on Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:17 pm

yes the kudos is well deserved shiela, your candids have been beauties

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Postby Sheila Smart on Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:47 pm

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.
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Postby Sheila Smart on Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:54 pm

adam wrote:Congratulations!! That is very cool! Especially how they found you through google and pbase :D
I'll watch the show for the last 3 seconds :D


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).

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Postby Dargan on Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:43 am

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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Postby Killakoala on Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:58 pm

Great news indeed Sheila. I will have to watch the show now. I wasn't going to but i will definately now:)
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Postby Sheila Smart on Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:38 pm

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.

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Postby TonyH on Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:16 pm

Congrats Shiela......

I also noticed your image in the Photography mag from England that I buy.....

Double congrats..... :D


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Postby JordanP on Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:20 pm

Wow! Well deserved - I can't wait to watch the show.

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Postby Sheila Smart on Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:53 pm

TonyH wrote:Congrats Shiela......

I also noticed your image in the Photography mag from England that I buy.....

Double congrats..... :D


Tony


The same image (of Cedric, an aborigine) will be appearing in the show (unless they edit a lot out!)

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Postby ABG on Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:09 pm

Congratulations Sheila.
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