This is cool

Kenneth Hynek • 8th Nov 2009 • Photography, Stray Thoughts, Travel
Creative Commons, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Photography, Salt Lake City, Schmap.com

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Just got this message in my Flickr mailbox:

Hi Kenneth,

I am delighted to let you know that one of your photos with a Creative Commons license has been selected for inclusion in the newly released ninth edition of our Schmap Salt Lake City Guide:

Mormon Tabernacle Choir
www.schmap.com/saltlakecity/sights_churches/p=102793/i=102793_36.jpg

If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the iPhone version of our guide at:

Mormon Tabernacle Choir
www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=saltlakecity&sid=sights_churches&p=102793&i=102793_36

Finally, if you have a blog, you might also like to check out the customizable widgetized version of our Schmap Salt Lake City Guide, complete with your published photo:

www.schmap.com/guidewidgets/p=29813358N06/c=SM2027460

Please enjoy the guide!

Best regards,

Emma Williams,
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides
www.schmap.me/ewilliams

Naturally, I had to grab a screenshot of the site displaying my photo:

salt-lake-city-churches-temples-20091108

You know, it’s strange: the photos I tend to be most proud of tend not to be the photos that elicit this sort of response from people. More often than not, in fact, it’s the photos that I tend to regard as B-grade that people seem to identify with. But then, I suppose that’s a lesson in and of itself: if I have been given any gift for photography, it’s not mine to dictate to others what they see as a beautiful photo. It’s mine only to take what photos I will; people will find meaning in those that they will.

And that’s what’s really cool.