Got another pic in the Press & Journal today and this gives me another opportunity to mention my #1 tip: Always supply a couple of options. It doesn't matter how much you like a photo, if the paper doesn't like it then it isn't going in. But what about one of those other pics that you don't like but the paper might?

Here's my favourite pic from a school science demonstration yesterday:

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What I like about that photo is that you don't immediately know what you're seeing. Which part is reflection and which isn't? But I also sent another version from further back and this is the one that the paper used:

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Truth be told I don't much care for that second pic, I think the tighter one is miles better. But it's the second pic that's going to pay for my next driving lesson.

So, fellow freelancers everywhere: Next time you've got that awesome pic that you really want to see in print, make sure you also send some of the not-so-awesome pics because it might be one of those that helps to pay the bills.

(And a curious note of trivia: Out of the four pics that I've had in the P&J recently, two have been based around a reflection, the first one being the spectators reflected in the tuba at the Invergordon Fleet Day.)