150th Blog Post – Tooting My Own Horn – Monterey Bay Aquarium E-Card
Posted by: Keith Simonian Photography | May 26th, 2011
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Last October I took a whirlwind tour of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. As I had a 12:30 shoot that day, I was in the Aquarium at 10:00 when the doors opened, and out at 11:50 heading to my assignment. Then last December I posted several pictures from the day along with some images of the Monterey Peninsula. Two days later I received an email from the Vice President of Communications at the Aquarium wondering if they could use some of the photos for non-exclusive and non-commercial use with credit.
After payment was agreed upon and all the paperwork was done, I sent off the 4 jpg files to the aquarium. While I can’t retire on the money I received, I can say the payment for each photo was more than this gentleman received for his stock photo that graced the cover of Time Magazine. A couple months back the VP notified me that one of my photos was now being used on the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s website in their e-card section. You can find all the e-cards they provide HERE. Mine is the photo of the Leopard Shark.
Spotted Jellyfish – also known as a Lagoon Jelly
Visitors view the flood of water that comes crashing down this exhibit every minute or so. The people inside don’t get wet, while the people outside can get wet if the venture to close. 
A Weedy Sea Dragon seahorse is one of the many amazing seahorses on exhibit at the aquarium.
