My Hobble Dobble in Draft Mag

Well, I'm tickled pink. I recently subscribed to the new magazine, "Draft". It's a pretty good magazine focusing on beer and beer culture, and strikes a nice balance to the ultra geek-a-fide homebrew journal "Zymurgy". It's the kind of mag that'll entertain your football buddies and still keep the interest of a die hard homebrew nut. So, I've had the magazine for a few days now and I just noticed a picture toward the back of the issue covering nearly half of a page... does it look familiar? Take a look at my post from back in December.

Apparently someone at Draft magazine had purchased rights to a photo that my father and I took over Christmas of my IPA and a plate of food. My dad is an amatuer photographer who makes a little money on the side by selling photos online. The idea is that people can browse through a bunch of photos, find one they like and purchase a license to it for a nominal fee. That way they don't have to worry about a law suit for using something they found on google images.

So, how much does a photographer make from getting a half page glossy image published in a medium to small distribution magazine? a whopping 30¢. Although, if they use the image more than 250,000 times, either in print or online, then he'd make $20. My dad hasn't quit his day job yet. But if you want to check out some of his photos, just click on over to his gallery or his blog.