‘Photo journalist’

About two weeks ago, I received an email from Schmap New York Guide. They said that one of my photos in flickr has been “shortlisted for inclusion” in the eight edition of their publication.

I tried to recall the photos I uploaded. No matter how hard I tried, I could not think of a photo which could be of use to them. (Warning: Narcissistic content follows). I almost always have a ”my face should at least be there” rule. I mean, everyone can find a photo of a famous tourist destination anywhere, right?

So, I went to their website to find my photo of the flatiron building.

Flatiron building

 I took this photo on top of one of the “hop on hop off” buses, so it was done rather hurriedly. And the only reason I uploaded it was because of its connection to the Spiderman movie.

But lo and behold, it is now published. You will see other better photos of the same building in their website. Mine would be probably be one of the least artistic. Heck, you can critic my photo and find a lot of errors. For instance, notice the post and wires at the bottom of the photo. But the sky is beautiful blue and that matters, right?

By the way, there is no compensation but the photo is properly credited. So, I am just getting recognition, which is great – for now anyway.

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See my photo here. It’s in the upper right corner.

The NY tour here.

And the flickr posting here.

professional blogger

I never thought this could ever happen. I am now receiving compensation for blogging.

Now, before I mislead you into thinking that this was bigger than it actually is, let me explain.

About 2 months ago, I received an email from the Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University (my school) calling for applications for bloggers for the “My Fisher Grad Life” website. I applied and got in. So now, I have two blogs to maintain. 

4 of me doing the O-H-I-O, a cheer at OSU; Photo by Carmille Bales

My contributions to the other site may be more than this site though. We are required to have 1-2 posts per week. Although, I may have double entries when I feel that post fits the feel of this blog.

Anyway, if you are interested, here are the links to the blog.

My Fisher Grad Life

My first blog post

Authors page – scroll down and find me.

Feel free to leave comments in that site and mine. Although, please use English in the Fisher blog because it has a more diverse international audience.

Thanks.

feeling important

I admit. I was terrified!

During our program check in, I, along with my batchmates, received a whole bunch of documents (and a thumb drive with even more files). One of the documents was an assignment to be submitted next wednesday. The first question was the most horrifying sight. It asks “How would you describe your financial modeling skills?”

NON-EXISTENT!!!