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Cat Island Oceanics Portfolio - Daily Mail, UK

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Cat Island Oceanics Portfolio - Daily Mail, UK

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  1. Hello Wetpixel,

     

    The Daily Mail (UK) just ran a nice portfolio of my images from my May 26-June 1, 2013 Cat Island trip. Despite the horrible weather, it worked out in the end. A huge thanks to Epic Diving for making things happen out there.

     

    Note: There is a very nice video embedded in the feature. It's not mine; I don't shoot video. It was shot by Vince Canabal of Epic.

     

    Note 2: The feature has a sensationalist headline - I didn't write it, I just answered the agency's questions.

     

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338825/Brave-diver-keeps-cool-circled-8ft-man-eating-sharks-crystal-clear-Caribbean-waters.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

     

    Enjoy & all the best,

     

    Michael Patrick O'Neill

    www.mpostock.com

  2. ...and they paid you nothing for it, I bet.

  3. ...Ha! I bet they pay better than Diver Magazine! :mocking:

  4. I certainly hope so.

     

    This is what I got from the Telegraph:

    Hi John

    We would like to do something for the website if that's ok, but unfortunately don't have an online budget. Would you be able to tell us a bit more about how the images were taken and why this shark was so friendly? (Was he being fed?!) And if we could use a few images in return for a credit and links to your website etc that would be great.

    Let me know and we can do something this morning

    Many thanks

    Natalie

  5. Talk about a "bait and switch"....They ask you "why was the shark friendly?" and then throw "man-eating sharks" in the title of the article. Sigh....

  6. I think Diver Magazine has decided to avoid paying for content as well.

  7. Hello Wetpixel,

     

    The Daily Mail (UK) just ran a nice portfolio of my images from my May 26-June 1, 2013 Cat Island trip. Despite the horrible weather, it worked out in the end. A huge thanks to Epic Diving for making things happen out there.

     

    Note: There is a very nice video embedded in the feature. It's not mine; I don't shoot video. It was shot by Vince Canabal of Epic.

     

    Note 2: The feature has a sensationalist headline - I didn't write it, I just answered the agency's questions.

     

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338825/Brave-diver-keeps-cool-circled-8ft-man-eating-sharks-crystal-clear-Caribbean-waters.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

     

    Enjoy & all the best,

     

    Michael Patrick O'Neill

    www.mpostock.com

     

    Very cool. Nice work too.

     

    Joe

     

    @ John B, the frustrating part of Diver mag is that they purchase most of their images from stock sites now because it's much cheaper. And my buddy Eric Hanauer was just telling me at the dive show in Long Beach that the mags that do pay, pay SH^T. He is fed up with writing for nothing, so he visits the mermaids a lot more now:)

     

    Joe

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