It is so splendid to receive great news as I just did from Dr. Susan K. McConnell, photographer and Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University:
Dear Jain: Yesterday I spoke with the senior photography editor at [a nationally prominent] magazine and I now have an official, contract-bound, paid-up-front honest-to-God assignment for the story in Namibia that we discussed earlier this year!!!! Whee ha! Too exciting! Your help was instrumental in enabling me to prepare a website to pitch my ability to shoot this story. I am so grateful! With thanks and all best wishes — Susan
When I reviewed Susan’s photography in February, I felt she had many elements of her story ideas ready to go. Then, putting her materials together with just the right “slant” and presentation were necessary keys to landing the assignment. Whee ha, indeed. Way to go, Susan! I am thrilled for you and looking forward to seeing and sharing everything after publication (per Susan’s contract, we can’t name the magazine until after the story runs).