getting published

jubi lee

I have noticed a few threads where people asked about how do you guys end up getting published. (I have asked twice myself)

but there's never a straight answer. i.e. posters may mention where they got published but not how they went about it...

Is it a personal preference not to let others know the routes to do it or what?

-is it a case of entering lots of competitions?
-emailing your photo's off to lots of companies/magazaines/newspapers?
-having your photo on a microstock site?

Fajitas!

For me, it's Client wants work done, Clients hires me to do work, work gets sent to Client, Client publishes work...or whatever else they may need it for.

Have never entered a big scale competition, sent lots of shots off to a company/newspaper/magazine or listed photos on a microstock site.

RCNPhotos

I've had stuff published from a comp I won and the rest is mainly from work, their always asking me to do stuff for em. So I've gotten a full page ad out of that and am waiting on some more stuff I think

joolsveer

I have explained on another thread how I got published.

Four volunteer photographers were asked to take photos at an arranged photoshoot, supply jpegs to the sponsoring organisation and the organisation picked the shot they wanted. I had no part in the selection process and I doubt if any of the other photographers had either.

My approach to the assignment was to take candid shots of the adult and child "models". Some of the results are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/joolsveer/sets/72157601024381705/.

My prime motivation in registering to be a volunteer was not to have a photo published but to do something useful (for a change). Having my photo selected was a bonus.

By the way I have nothing against being paid to take photographs in fact I would be delighted if someone would pay me to do something I love doing.

Monasette

Having a website helps. All my commissions have come fom my website (mainly via Google).

BR,
John

DotOrg

i've had e-mails direct from magazines as they've seen my pictures on my website or my flickr account in one case asking directly for images. once you get this contact they often ask again for pictures you may have but aren't on your site

almost every other case it's been my clients supplying the press with pictures i took and passed to my clients for press usagein which case the paper doesn't pay me

Borderfox

I met the editor of the Horseworld section of the Irish field and showed her some of my pictures. I sent a dvd slideshow of some of the work I did to PQ International and he liked what he saw and I got a lot of work published with them. For more contacts I would reccommend the freelance photographers market handbook, published every year with links and contacts to most of the major magazines.

whyulittle

Just out of curiosity, how many people on here have press passes of one kind or another? Some harder to get than others?

Fajitas!

Have had many many press passes in the past, but each one is for a specific event - Some are quiet easy to get - a phonecall in advance etc, others, you have to go through agents etc.

RCNPhotos

I've had a lot of press passes (I blagged my first, had to buy a DSLR after haha) for gigs. Best way is to get in contact with the band themselves. Promoters aren't great, except one, H, if anyone knows him you'l know he's a lovely guy. But other then music work I don't have experience of getting passes