Vesna Armstrong Photography

  A Norwegian composite book cover and audio book by the British author.  My original image, which has now been licensed nine times for book covers through Trevillion Images. 

  I am thrilled to have a new book cover in Estonia. It is another foreign publication of the German crime novel Die Betrogene (The Deceived) by Charlotte Link; my image below has been licensed four times for this book title so far, as well as three more times for other book titles (see book cover label/tag). 

  New book cover using one of my images My original image licensed for the use on the book cover. Model: Mehgan Waite. Location: St. Ives, Bingley My image used for an editorial purpose in Sweden Dusk over Haworth, Brontë Country. Taken from my Bed & Breakfast room in The Old White Lion

I am very pleased to have a new book cover in England for a popular crime writer!  Thank you to the buyer and Trevillion Images!  My original image taken in the village of Cawthorne, South Yorkshire, in 2017

Here are three images of mine that have recently been accepted for the book cover market. They are far from my usual photographic style and have been created as part of some lockdown fun G and I have had. In fact, they are purely his ideas. The blood is fake, of course; I bought it at Halloween time last year in the event I get to create a Halloween still life. Well, the still life did not materialise; instead, I ended up with these image. One thing is sure: I do love G's hands! They are so youthful for someone who is not far off 60 years of age.

In this frustrating and rather sad time of the Coronavirus pandemic it was good to receive news of a new book cover from Trevillion Images. It is an American cover of the book by the American author Lori Rohda that will be released on 11 August 2020. "The Mill Of Lost Dreams" is a story set at the end of the 19th century around Massachusetts textile mills. It is a story of love, friendship and sacrifice that provides an inside view into the daily life of seven courageous souls who leave home and risk everything for their shared dream of a better life. My original image shows Gibson Mill  and was taken on a glorious winter walk around Hardcastle Crags in the beautiful West Yorkshire countryside, back in 2011. It is a second time this image of mine has been licensed for a book cover, previously appearing on the cover of a French novel  by the author Colette Vlerick.

I love all my January book cover sales statements from Trevillion Images. There is nothing better or more stimulating for me than start the new year with a new book cover. And it is a very special one as I am on it as well!! My image of still life with self portrait, taken back in 2012, was licensed for a Lithuanian book cover of the novel by the Swedish author Sofia Lundberg, entitled "A Question Mark Is Half a Heart". It is a story of a successful female photographer who sets out on a journey, both physical and mental, to overcome shame and guilt and to find the truth and herself. Original

I am so pleased to have received a statement from Trevillion Images.  January statements are the best ones because they come as a New Year incentive for my imminent work. I have a new, German book cover! It is a composite cover consisting of at least four, I'd say five, images with only a small part of an image of mine being used. My image was flipped vertically, and then a small part comprising the path and purple heather was  used as one of the several parts in the creation of the book cover image. For me this book cover is special because this is the first time one of my images of Haworth/Haworth moor has been licensed, Haworth being my chosen haven and heaven on earth. I do like this book cover, and particularly the way my bit adds colour and charm to it. I couldn't have possibly asked for a better theme than a new book cover for a first post of the year. Thank you, Trevillion !

The day before yesterday I received  a Trevillion Images sales statement with a great new book cover on it. Thank you, Trevillion ! The book is written by two English authors working as a team on detective novels under the pen name of James Henry. The authors are James Gurbutt and Henry Sutton. "Yellowhammer" is their latest novel, to be released in July this year. "Yellowhammer" is the third different title book cover this image of mine has been used for and the sixth time license has been bought for this image to be used as a book cover. You can see how it was used in the past here ,  here  and here . The interesting thing is that with "Yellowhammer" the image was turned into black & white for the first time. And it comes at a time when I have been thinking of creating some black & white photos again. When I first took up photography back in 1987 I was shooting b&w film only and was not interested in colour at all. Then, with dig...

I am delighted to learn, although a bit tardy, that I have a new French book cover The story is based on a true investigative work; it is a romance where the main protagonist works in a large weaving factory, hence the choice of a photo of a mill. My photo, which I took back in 2011, shows Gibson Mill , built in around 1800. It is situated within the beautiful Hardcastle Crags woodland in West Yorkshire. It was one of the first mills of the Industrial Revolution. I also sold license to the Slovenian magazine " Berem Beres " for use of one of my images on the front page of their book catalogue supplement. And last, but not least, The UK women's magazine " Candis " have used my photo of a wedding car in their June issue. I must admit I was not familiar with this magazine even though it is one of the best selling women's magazines. I look forward to getting to know it and maybe getting my hands on a copy of the June issue. ...

Yesterday was a happy, very happy day in my life as I was notified by Trevillion Images about three new book covers, all very special to me. I took this photo in my dining room back in 2014. It is virtually completely an "as found" image with hardly any arrangement of the objects. What did take some time to achieve was finding a good angle of shooting. The fact that a photo of a scene from my home has been bought for a book cover makes my feel overjoyed. Needless to say, I am so grateful to the art buyer for this Swedish book cover. The book, "There is Always Forgiveness" in translation , is a general fiction novel by an acclaimed Swedish author, and is the fourth book in a hit series. A separate license has been bought for an audio version of the book, too. There could not have possibly been better news for me on the book cover sales front than my best selling image having sold in Croatia too! This image of mine was used for the original German edit...

I am just a passionate amateur photographer who only takes the sort of photos my soul tells me to take, but, I must admit, one of the most satisfying, exciting, inspiring and flattering things in my photographic life are image sales for book covers. There are not many of them, and I know there will never be many, but I don't mind and am quite happy with just the few that come my way. In the last quater I have sold rights through Trevillion Images for as many as four book covers which is more than I have ever done in that space of time. The interesting thing is that three of the sales are based on the same image! And that very image had already been used once in the past so I've got four very nice sales out of the same image! This is the winning photo. It certainly is one of my best images, and I am very pleased that it has been rewarded by repeated license sales. First it was used last year for a new novel by a famous German crime writer Charlotte Link, "Die Betrgene...

So happy that I have another book cover! Thank you Trevillion Images ! And this time it is an English author which I so wished for! It is a German edition for a kindle, as far as I know. It features the image which has been the cover photo of my blog ever since I created it, so yes it is one of my personal favourites. The original is quite moody and dark - it was getting on towards a rather dramatic sunset at the Lake District village of Troutbeck. I like how the image was changed into a brighter and serene setting for the book cover.

Yay! I have had another photo licensed for a book cover for a first novel by a Portuguese author. The book cover is a composite of elements from a few different images. The barn was taken from my photo below. It is a lovely book cover and I am so proud! The photo was taken in a village near Hawes, Wensleydale, in the Yorkshire Dales.

I am a very very happy woman who has had a great start to the New Year learning I have sold a license for my first ever book cover at Trevillion Images. I have sold images before but I have always wanted to get a book cover being a great fan of books and literature. Now it has finally happened I am over the moon! The title will be released mid September so there is going to be a long wait before I can get my hands on it. In the meantime I can start saving for a camera upgrade.