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Tin Don GB Olympic Triathlete

Hi. This picture marks a great week for me that has been a turning point, one of those lights at the end of the tunnel in terms of my photogrpahy business.

 

Tim "the Don" here is a remarkable athlete and has already won three ITU Cups this year and came third in the London Triathlon last sunday (partly because of a reciprocal arrangement about sharing the work in the bike ride section lead pack that he elected to sit at the back of. All perfectly legal though of course.

 

My efforts to attract the attention of athletes, their managers or sponsors is finally paying off.

 

This shot is actually sponsor focused as Tim, pictured here at the end of his race is part sponsored by the new sports drink company EAS. I'd given Tim a print on race day and emailed his PR people after the race with a link to my website album. They asked for this shot for their sponsors newsletter. They agreed to credit me and that is very important for waht I am trying to do. You can see the actual shot with the crdit at this address. Now this should lead many of Tim's fans to my extensive albums of the two recent Triathlons I have covered. Even better news follows regarding tow elite athletes and my images.

Part of my business has to be a lot of ground work buildoiing up trust and credibility and developing realtionships with the athletes. a lot of them recognised me in London and so did people associated with the race. I am still geneous with , for example , giving prints to a few athletes becuase I actually like them and they deserve some recoghnition for the kindess they show me and the incredibly entertainment they also give the crowsds of fans. Tim , like me, is very extravert and has a great sense of humour. He is also an extraordinary runner and is one of the best triathletes in the world right now. It is really cool to be associated with athletes like this and be able to provide for them images that can help their careers.

Check out the picture of mine here

www.timdon.info/nodjuly05.html

It is in the left hand column if you scroll down the page. My goal is to get somestuff in his gallery section.

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Uploaded on August 11, 2005
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