Every once in a while I get a message from someone who wants to use one of my photos on their website, in their book, or as part of their art project. So long as the photo doesn’t include a person and the cause is not for profit, I typically say yes. I’ll even hunt down the original large version in my external hard drive for you.
A few weeks ago I received a message from a publisher asking for my e-mail address so she could send a Request for Permission form to republish something off my site. I was pretty excited because I thought that someone was finally going to include Tourism Queensland’s Best Job in the World campaign in a marketing textbook as an example of a great idea executed at the right time, and wanted to include screen shots of all the blogs that were created / revamped for it. I replied with my e-mail but didn’t hear back from them for a while. I started to think that maybe it was just a request for the Axolotl photo I took a while back which continues to be very popular (apparently it’s very difficult to get a close up of the little guys).
I got the form today! It turns out that both my guesses were wrong. 
They’re interested in republishing an entire blog post that I had written after the Best Job in the World campaign about the applications essay Tourism Queensland had asked each of us to write. It’s going to be included as an example in a college textbook on how to write effectively. I think this is even better than both of my guesses. I hope they send me a copy once it’s published!
