Submitting Nature Photo's?

How do I go about submitting nature photo's, eg. flowers, insects, wild life and landscapes etc., to a Magazine and get paid.

Submitting Nature Photo's?
Every magazine on a monthly basis needs to put pictures into their journal and there are the regulars that write the articles and most of the time (not always) use their photos.



So to get yourself noticed by the editor you need to have technicaly perfect images, captions need to be correct and it also helps if you add the camera information (example Nikon D80, 17-35mm 2.8 lens, 1/60th etc).



Now if you really want to make a sale you should write an article (MS Manuscript) of what you are submitting. Example: "How To Shoot Wildflowers", you could give the best times to go out and shoot, where to find them, the technical ways on how you shot these images etc etc. Doing the writting means the editor does not have to worry about doing anything but sending it to the press and you getting paid for it.



But you need to do your home work.

1. You need to know about that magazine if you can buy it at the newstands do it, if not contact them for a copy.



2. See if there was a recent article about wildflowers, if the article is older than 5 years you stand a good chance of making a sale (this is because newer readers have not read the article and older readers need to be re-freshed) .



3. Make sure when contacting the editor you get the right person (new editor would not like this). You can find out about a magazine by looking at the "Masthead" either towards the front or back of the magazine.



4. A magazine has about a 4 month lead time so try and get your articles to them in time for "Christmas", "Summer Vacation" etc.



A good source for a lot more information is the "2007 Photographers Market" handbook which you can find at Amazon.com.



Hope this helps and you submit your images.

Kevin
Reply:Most magazines have a description in the magazine of who to contact for submission guidelines.



Request these, and follow their guidelines exactly. The guidelines will tell you if they will take film only, or digital only (pretty rare) or both, etc.
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