How to submit pictures to a magazine

Important Points

Once you have contacted a magazine or picture agency to have your images appear in their publication. You will usually get a reply from one of their Photo editors with a "Submission guide" line attached in an email. This will outline the steps you will need to take in order to submit your images over to the publication.

It is important to have researched the magazine. Studied previous issues and developed a thorough understanding of their in-house style, mood, theme etc. The type of image's and the quality of the images required. MAKE SURE YOUR IMAGES ARE A MATCH FOR THEIR MAGAZINE.

Below is a sample Submission guideline:-

1) LICENCE:- Rights-managed (one-off commercial use), editorial (reportage in newspapers) or royalty free images ( many uses for the same image).
Depending on the type of licence, the following criteria may apply.
2) USE:- Magazine, book, calendar, website banner etc.
3) SIZE:- Full, quarter page, A4, A2, billboard or digital dimensions.
4) DISTRIBUTION:- How many copies are to be made and sold in the Uk or World.
5) Duration:- Is the image going to be used once or for a certain period of time.

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A) Exclusive contract: Images can't be placed at any other agencies, but those images can be sold by the photographer directly.

B) Non-exclusive contract: Images can be placed with other agencies, as long as they also operate a non exclusive contract. These images command a lower price, but can be placed with many agencies to compensate for this reduced earning potential. The photographer is also free to market these images directly.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

ISSUE #02: Glamour photography trainng mixed with images of Erotic / Nude Fine Art / Glamour - August/September

This issue of Glamour-Photography magazine will be representing the fun, holiday by the beach feel, bikini models, topless, full nude bathing in the sun, naturist.

DEADLINE: August 15, 2016

Submit up to 15 photographs following the guidelines below.Issue #02 will have an expected publication date of September 1, 2016.Only one submission per person for an issue per month.The featured photographer is chosen from the work that is submitted to the issue.

* The current theme will change each month, please research each issue so that your images fit and match each issue and the style/theme of the magazine.

PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES BELOW AND FOLLOW CAREFULLY !

Government Issued ID
Upload must meet the following guidelines:
- Photo of your i.d. must include date of birth and expiration date.
- You CAN use your camera phone to take a picture of your i.d.
- Acceptable forms of i.d. include: driver's license, government issued i.d. or passport.
- This form will not be accepted without a copy of personal identification
- This form will not be accepted without a copy of personal identification to prove your age to be 18* or over.

PLEASE be careful not to resubmit images that have already been published in Glamour-Photography magazine.
PLEASE DO NOT write your information or file names in all CAPITAL LETTERS.
PLEASE limit your submission to 15 images, no more (unless that issue's guidelines ask for more).

1. IMAGE FILE SPECIFICATIONS:

Jpg files only,
800 pixels FOR THE LONGEST EDGE- For a horizontal picture = width, for a vertical picture = height
File size under 250kbs Please "save for web" OR aim to make each file under 250kbs. See below for detailed instructions.
No borders or watermarks. Please do NOT include borders or watermarks. Ask if you have questions about what is acceptable.

Instructions for saving your images for web in various software applications - Click here.

2. FILE NAMING:

Please name the files with your first name and last name (given name then surname) and a number. Please use the same name that you list in your email as your name.
No spaces, dashes, parenthesis or other non letter / number characters. You can put an underscore between first and last name if you would like.

Example for "Misty Hotlips"= MistyHotlips1.jpg, MistyHotlips2.jpg etc.

3. EMAIL:

Subject line of your email should indicate which issue you are submitting for - issue # or name
Please send your images in 1 email
Please try to ATTACH the image files not embed them, don't attach them using Google Drive - a zip file is fine. No .rar files please.
Please put all information (below) as text in your email not as attached documents.
Please do not send pdf's or other text files, only your images should be attached.

4. PLEASE INCLUDE WITH YOUR ENTRY:

Name- not in all capital letter's please. First (given) name, then Last (surname) name
Location- where you live
Titles for your photographs in a numbered list please write out each title as you would want it to appear and please have the list numbers match your file numbers. (in the text of the email)
Email address in the text of the email (if you don't want an email listed on the contributors page if included in the issue, say so and leave blank.)
URL for more of your work - preferrably your own portfolio website not flickr or facebook or behance or a blog etc., in the text of the email

Submissions Email: info@Glamour-Photographymagazine.com

If you have any questions or have difficulty sending your images please email.

By submitting photos for publication in Glamour-Photography magazine you are stipulating to us that you own copy right to these photographs or have permission from the copyright holder to submit these photographs. You are granting Glamour-Photography magazine a non-exclusive license to use the photograph in its submitted form, subject to re-sizing to fit the magazine format, for publication on the Glamour-Photography magazine website for as long as the website exists. Please note that back issues of Glamour-Photography magazine may remain available in the archive for as long as the website exists. If an image is used as a cover to the magazine you are granting Glamour-Photography magazine permission to use it for promotion on sites such as facebook.com and to put the Glamour-Photography magazine logo on it.None of the photographs may be downloaded, stored, printed, manipulated, distributed, or used in any form without prior written permission from the copyright holder. Works published on this website are protected under the domestic and international copyright laws and are not considered to be public domain.Should you, for any reason, wish your photographs to be removed from the website, we will make every effort to do so. However, please note also that third parties such as educational institutions, search engines or individuals may download, save, store or archive this (or any other) website with or without our knowledge. Glamour-Photography magazine will have no control over such downloading and subsequent use and therefore cannot accept responsibility for any such use.

PROMOTE YOUR PROJECT

Do you have a body of work or current project you would like more people to see? You can have an image based link to your site or your project on the Glamour-Photography magazine site submissions page or in our Monthly email. In exchange we ask for a donation to our no profit cause of putting out the magazine. Send an email subject line: "Assist with funding" click on this link: (Input) with your name and a description/artist statement of your project and a link to the work letting us know you are interested in promoting the project. We will review each submission and send you the details of what to do next. If you have questions email: info@Glamour-Photographymagazine.com

OPTIMIZING IMAGES FOR THE WEB:

The goal of optimizing your image files for the web is to have images that load quickly, look great and are not so large that someone could download and print your photograph.

The easiest way I have found to do this is to set the longest edge of the image at 800 pixels. Then, save as a JPG with quality of around 8 depending on the image (or Save for Web Quality: 70). You want to end up with a file size around 250k.

To do this in Photoshop

Go to Image > Image Size and you will get a pop up box.
In this box first make sure “Resample Image” at the bottom of the box is checked. Then set the longest edge in “Pixel Dimensions” to 800 pixels.

After you have sized your image you next want to optimize the file size. In Photoshop you can do this with the “Save for Web” option.

File > Save for Web & DevicesIn the dialogue box that opens you want to make sure JPEG is chosen for the file type and then set the Quality to 70.Optimized, Embed Color Profile and Convert to sRGB should already be checked.Click Save and it will ask you where to save this optimized version of your file.

To do this in other image software….

Lightroom

Go to File > Export
Under File Settings choose Image Format JPEG, Color Space sRGB, Quality 70 – alternatively to using Quality you can check the box next to Limit File Size To and put in 250k and it will optimize it to that file size or lower.
Under Image Sizing check Resize to Fit and choose “Long Edge” and check Don’t Enlarge. Put in 800 pixels for the first box then next to Resolution put in 72 pixels per inch
Click Export

Preview (mac)

Open the file in Preview
Go to Tools > Adjust Size
Change the dimensions measurement to pixels (the default is inches)
Make the longest edge (width or height) 800 pixels.

Next you want to save it as a JPG with the quality low enough to make the file size around 250k but not so low that the image looks bad - you may have to experiment.

Go to File > Save as
Choose where to save the image then where it says Format choice JPEG
Set the Quality slider to the 7th or 8th | mark and save
To verifiy the file size go to the Finder and Command + I to see the file info.

Picasa

Find the image you want to use and double click it to edit it.
Go to File Export to Folder
Choose the location to export the file to and name the folder to put the file in
Next to Image size click “Resize to:” and in the box below put in the length of the longest edge – 800
Set Image quality to “Normal” and click Export

Gimp

Go to Image > Scale Image
Set the longest edge 800 pixels
Click Scale
Go to File > Export
Choose where you want to save it and what to call it
Click Export
In the Export Image as JPEG popup choose Quality 70
Click Export