前車蘭泊: 由一封Flick上的邀片信談起

圖/文：EAJ　　　2008.3.8

　　四天前，俺的Flickr相簿收到一封來自日本的信，對方是個小雜誌社，看中俺二張攝於雲南的照片，希望能授權給他們使用在四月出版的雜誌中。
　　再前一次，也是來自日本，對方希望能授權俺在札幌拍的鐘樓，用於他們的fashion show上。
　　這不表示俺拍的一手好片，只是剛好有片子符合他們的主題，如此而已。

　　這二件事讓俺想起當時選相簿的考量，就是希望全世界的人有機會能看到俺的作品，若能對有需要的人起一點幫忙，那就更好了，所以俺的照片都是公開的。
　　醜媳婦不怕見公婆，俺只想知道大家對作品的看法，而不是自己叫好，借此提升拍攝水準。

　　台灣也有不少免費的相簿，且語文也通，為啥捨近求遠，找一個要付費的英文相簿？（中文版的Flickr是後來的事，免費版限制比較多）俺的考量有幾點。

國內網民都很善良，見到啥都說「讚」，很少人會直接（或懂得）指出問題所在，以致沒法子了解別人的看法。
根據俺在相關攝影網站上混的幾年經驗，大多數人對「美眉」的片子較有興趣，而俺剛好不拍此類型的片子，且沒有維護人氣的習慣及精力，所以無法在社群中生存。
在網民「一窩蜂」的心態下，俺看過一些真是不錯的片子沒人青睞，不要說討論了，連點擊量也少的可憐，最後此人就不再發片，實屬可惜。
憑良心說，國外夠水準的網民比較多（沒法子，人口多唄），也許換世界級的大平台，比較能找到知音。得先聲明，俺沒啥拍攝技術可言，只想在世界舞台上得到真刀真槍的磨練。

　　以上是俺選相簿的考量，供正在決擇用那個相簿的人參考。以下是這二封邀片信的內容，以及他們看中的照片。

TRANSIT雜誌原文

Subject : Request for Using Your Photo in Our Magazine

Dear Mr. EAJ,

I would like to begin with introducing myself, my name is Chika KOMINE and I am a feature editor/writer for a travel culture magazine"TRANSIT"which is widely circulated and read in Japan.

We are currently working on the next issue about China, which is coming out in 25/04 this year. In this issue I am writing an article on World Heritage, and in this article I need a photo of miracle Chinese view which is very hard to find.

However, I finally found it on your website
,
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Therefore I wanted to ask you for permission for us to use your photo in our magazine.

_ABOUT TRANSIT
"TRANSIT"is a magazine that travels around the world introducing different cultures and people to Japanese people with beautiful photos by famous photographers and lively text by prestigious writers.
_Date of Publishing：25/04/08

_We focus on the beauty of travelling and not on commercial profit so we have a small budget which disables us to pay you for your photo. However if you allow us,
−we will print your name above your photo as below;
(c)EAJ.
−we will introduce your website in our thanks list as below:
eaj001.blogspot.com

−In addition, we will send you a copy of our magazine 1〜2 weeks after it is published.

_Furthermore, if you are willing to give us permission,
we request you to send the information below
- the name you want to be credited as
- the address of the website you would like us to cite
- the address you would like us to send the magazine

_Thank you in advance, I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely yours,
Chika KOMINE
__________
Euphoria Factory Co., Ltd.
TRANSIT DIVISION
Add: 2-12-3 Ebisuminami Shibuya-ku Tokyo JAPAN 150-0022
Tel & Fax: +81 3-6802-5253
Mail:komine.c@gmail.com

授權的照片是下面這二張。拍攝地點在雲南的小中甸。