In 2014, Brandon Kelley and Breeanna Messner took home scholarship money. In 2015 it was Aaron Trumbull and Julia Myers. This year it could be you.
Every time the camera clicks, you could get richer.
If everyone does their part.
The way it works is this:
John Fisken, in between shotgunning cases of Diet Coke to keep his trigger finger jittery, can be frequently seen at CHS and CMS athletic contests, various cameras whirring away.
He shoots a variety of action and behind-the-scenes photos, then sends a selection my way to use here on Coupeville Sports.
In return, I post links to where parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles and coaches and the athletes themselves and whomever can buy high-quality copies of Fisken’s images.
Now, anything that appears here on this blog is fair game. That’s how we’ve set it up.
Right click to your heart’s desire and snatch the glossy images up.
Post them on your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or a billion other obscure new apps my brain pan doesn’t want to know about.
Send them to relatives. Use them as screensavers. Print them out and fill the bird cage with them.
Whatever makes you happy.
But take notice. NONE of the pics here on Coupeville Sports have a big copyright “C” marring them. That’s intentional.
Now, when you pop over to where Fisken’s work is up for sale, the place where ALL the photos are, and where they will be available in a HIGHER quality, they do have that copyright “C” smack-dab in the middle.
You post those with the “C” on them, you just look like a cheapskate, frankly.
Either ask me if I have a pristine copy of said photo (if I do, I’ll shoot it to you) or spend the few bucks Fisken charges and get the high-quality stuff.
Either way, you look like less of a dork than you do if there’s a giant “C” marring your pic.
Plus, when you buy photos from Fisken (either straight from the site or by contacting him at johnfisken@comcast.net to set up a personalized order), part of the money goes to college scholarships he gives out at the end of the school year.
This will be the third time he’s graced CHS grads with his kick-back, and the successors to Brandon Kelley, Breeanna Messner, Julia Myers and Aaron Trumbull will see their dollar amount rise in direct correlation to photos sold.
It’s simple. You buy, you help. You don’t, you don’t.
With that being said, it’s also a great time to remind current seniors to get your rear to the counselors office at CHS and pick up the scholarship form, which needs to be back in before spring is done.
To be eligible for Fisken’s scholarship(s), you should have played at least two sports for all four years (consideration is given to students who moved to Coupeville during their high school career), have a 3.0 or better GPA and not be receiving any financial aid for playing sports from a college program.
If you will be getting that sweet, sweet college sports money, congrats, you already won.
For everyone else, you just need to fill out the form, write an essay (the particulars can be found on that form we just mentioned) and, eventually, have a one-on-one interview with the always-chatty Mr. Fisken at a later date.
If you bring a can of Diet Coke with you to that meeting, so much the better, but you didn’t hear that from me.
Wait! I want to buy photos now!! Remind me where to go!!!
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