National Geographic Called...

That is cool Congrats! :)

Congratulations, Mark!

Wow...great news Mark! Are you on their photo site? I'm on National Geographic My Shot.

Wow.... that is very cool. Will you still talk to us when you are all Nat-Geo famous ? Lol. Awesome - best wishes : )

Marvelous news, Mark!
Shall we call you Nathan-George from now on?

That's great news, Mark !!
Congratulations.

Awesome, congrats!

Fantastic news~ Congratulations!!

Very cool, congratulations!

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to seeing which clips they used, will be kind of surreal watching it.

WOW!!! Congratulations on getting the attention of National Geographic! Wishing you every success Mark! :)

Mark, remember being humble is a virtue, however when a large company puts up billboards it's called, "ADVERTISING", when a small one person artist does it it's called, "BOASTING". Society has it all wrong. When a small one person artist does it it's still the necessary advertising.

Good News! Congratulations!

Congratulations. And good lesson for all that you think good keywording led them to find your video.

Bravo!

Mark, it doesn't matter if you don't get noticed from Nat Geo, you can now put that on blogs, your web-site, here, and so many other places that will get you noticed for sure. Use them to your advantage now. Also if you can ask Net Geo to send you something in writing, that would even be better to use as well.

Nice work !
I will try to find your stuff on Vimeo. Under your name ???

Add it to the old resume/bio!

Very cool!

Awesome.

Wow! Congratulations!

SWEET

Very cool! Congratulations!!!

Awesome! Congratulations!

Congratulations!!

Congrats Mark -- had a great experience with them also -- enjoy the glow :)

2008 National Geographic School Publishing



~ Carmen Hathaway

Congratulations Mark-- WOW and Awesome!

Congratulations Mark, that is incredible! Yay!

Way to go!!

Good on you, Mark! I'm sure it will lead to more opportunities. Nat Geo doesn't pick up the phone to call just anyone! That's pretty impressive :)

Mark, congratulations. When they send you their legal papers to sign, read the papers and all their legal wording carefully :) If you have doubts better have a professional consultation.

The article below is about contests, but with some good advice for any contract.

Watch out for rights grabs – National Geographic My Montana contest and SmartShoot (UPDATE)

"But we see a lot of contests that have bad conditions for entry, usually in the form of a “rights grab,” which you’ve also probably encountered in contracts for assignment photography. A “rights grab” takes your copyright away from you, preventing you from reselling your work ever again and, potentially, from even showing your work in your portfolio. It’s a dirty tactic, and it’s sad to see how many photo contests have rights grabs."
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:k8WzWj9dTWgJ:www.dvafoto.com/2011/11/watch-out-for-rights-grabs-national-geographic-my-montana-contest-and-turnhere/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

What does Royalty Free mean? Royalty Free in Perpetuity?”
What does “Forever hold harmless and Indemnify” mean?

http://digital-photography-school.com/photo-contests-%E2%80%93-is-that-a-contest-or-rights-grab/

Great news Mark, congratulations :o) anyway you get your name out there will be great.

Congrats Mark!

Awesome!

Congrats! Do they pay you for something like that? Hope so!

They do, Rose. In the instance I cited previously -- this was a purchase of rights to reproduce a copy of the original painting for the publication.

They were looking for specific content -- I was contacted after they'd seen the piece on my website.


~ Carmen Hathaway

That's awesome Mark. Congratulations:)

Congrats, fantastic...happy for you..