Adding great pics to Lens #51: Hairspray the Musical
Just thought I would share what little effort it took to make sure that I had brilliant pics on my new lens Hairspray the Musical.
As anyone who goes to see a Musical Show like Phantom of the Opera, Grease etc knows – you are not allowed to take pics during the performance. So if you want to make a lens about your experience it can be hard to use great pics – unless of course pics from the show are on a site like AllPosters
10 days ago I went to see Hairspray the Musical in London. I already knew I would like to publish a lens about it, but I was really stuck for pics because the London Show does not have any pics on AllPosters and Amazon only has posters from the films.
The offical Hairspray website obviously has some great photos and I also found some of the cast on Flickr. I thought it would be quite easy to get permission to use the Flickr pics and it was. But the official website?
I emailed last Thursday. I got a fast response saying yes in principal. I published the lens on Friday but did not promote until I had permission. I sent the website the link.
This morning I got permission and all they want me to say is “Photo used with permission”. They dont even want a link.
So the point of this post is, it may be easier to get permission than you think! And now I am off to promote the lens….
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mulberry said :
June 24, 2009 at 4:34 pm
It paid off too, it’s a great looking lens and it looks like a great show. I haven’t been to one in years. I think “Phantom of the Opera” is the last one I saw.
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