Light Painting Photographer Janne Parviainen Gets Published in National Geographic! Check out this little interview we did to find out how it happened! Gooooooo Janne!
LPP ∇ So you must be freaking out, I know I am for you! Your Light painting work published in National Geographic, tell me how this happened? Did you submit the image or did they find you somehow?
JP ∇ Yeah, I’m pretty stunned to have my photo featured in the NG, I could say it’s one of my dreams come true! The weirdest part is that I didn’t even submit the photo, the editor of the magazine just contacted me and asked if they could use the photo! I must’ve read the email ten times before I understood it was true! My light painting photos were featured in www.thisiscolossal.com, Petapixel, and Gizmodo at the time and the editor had seen them in there.
LPP ∇ Thats insane! Did the editor ask for a specific image to represent an article they were writing or is your light painting published for it being a light painting?
JP ∇ The editor asked for a specific photo for the Visions of Earth section in the magazine. The Visions of Earth represents three photographs around the world each month. The photo they asked for first isn’t actually the photo that is published in the magazine. I received the first email in August 2012 and when I hadn’t received any news from the magazine in three months or so I sent them one of my newer light paintings which they liked and after that wanted to see yet another of my photos which is the one printed in the magazine.
LPP ∇ What did you do when you were first contacted?
JP ∇ When they contacted me I was euphoric! I had had a really bad day and was on a really sour mood, but when I got home I checked my emails from my phone and couldn’t believe my eyes! The day instantly became better after that!
LPP ∇ I would say so! What did you do when you got the printed issue?
JP ∇ When I got the printed issue I even showed the photo to the cashier at the store, I was so excited!
LPP ∇ Ha, you couldn’t wait for them to send your copies, So how did you celebrate?
JP ∇ I celebrated the event by buiyng a nice bottle of British wheat beer! 🙂
LPP ∇ This is so awesome, congratulations again Janne its well deserved for all your innovation and dedication to light painting!
JP ∇ Thank you.