How to Submit Digital Pictures for Magazine Publication

Most magazines now accept digital images. The interrogate is will they accept mine!

I won't retort that interrogate I'll leave that to you to retort once you have finished reading this article.

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It's only just recently that magazines have decided to accept digital images this is due to the image quality of early digital camera were not man adequate for the job i.e. Did not produce images with adequate resolution and level of information to reproduce well in magazines. Most photograph Editors on magazines prefer whether slides or prints as this is generally at gift habit but is currently changing due to more expert photographers using digital cameras. A good infer your images may not be suitable is if you contribute your images already printed, it's Ok to do this for your Granny, house or friends it's a no no when submitting to a publication. Why, have a close look at your printed image the photograph is made up of tiny dots and lines. When scanned by the repro branch they have to blur your image to try to get rid of these dots and lines otherwise your image has a moiré corollary so you end up with an image that looks bad. Your best selection is to contribute your images to the magazine on Cd-Roms again don't use cheap ones they go wrong! You can get approx. 31 images onto a Cd of 700mbs if each image is 22mbs in size.

Increase the resolution.

Digital photography and getting your pictures into print is supplying an image to the precise pixel size and resolution in a format that can be verily opened by someone else computers operating systems. What does that mean, well not everyone uses Microsoft Windows many publishers use Apple Macs some even use Linux if your image can't be viewed It Will Not Be Used!
Many magazines now included brief facts on submitting digital photographs in the article section. Have a look at http://www.photographymonthly.com/reqs_details.cfm. To see how to submit images to Photography Monthly. If in doubt, ask. Did you observation they want your image resolution at 300dpi, your camera only takes a photograph at 72dpi, how do I know what size my image needs to be at 300dpi. Help is at hand here's a link to a puny tool, which will help with image sizes, pixels, colour depth and file size.

http://www.searchhuts.co.uk/portal/version/cpi.asp it free. Its called commercial Printing Information, there does not seem to be anyone thing like this software everywhere else on the internet! Using this software to see what size your image can go to and then you can resize your image accordingly in your general photo editing software.

Size matters!

The pictures pixel dimensions can be read with the above tool so dimensions of say 3200x2400pixels we would be seeing for a file size of about 21mbs this would be Ok for a full page. The above agenda can help you decree what size your image will be Ok up to.

Why Jpg?

Submitting work.

When submitting work remember to contain your name & address with a brief synopsis of what is on the Cd together with a high quality printout of your images and the file names of the images, this can be verily done in PhotoShop by going to File > Automate > touch sheet. Find the briefcase your images are in pick your paper size and whole of images on each sheet of paper. Please remember someone has to look at these images so small images get a thumbs down as does too many. Don't forget to stick a Do Not Bend label on the envelope as Cds don't like being bent.

New words we have learnt

Moiré corollary - A moiré pattern is the compound of two or more patterns viewed at the same time.

Dpi stands for dots per inch and is used with resolution
Jpg or Jpeg - Joint Photographic Experts Group is the name of the committee that designed the photographic image-compression standard.

Do's and Don'ts of submitting your Digital Pictures

Do's

Do Make sure your images are to the precise pixel size and resolution.

Do Make sure you send a touch sheet of the images on the Cd together with file names.

Do save in Jpg format.

Do clearly name image files on Cd-Rom.

Do use high quality ink and photo paper for touch sheets.Do turn off time/date stamp, as it's difficult to remove and takes time.

Do enclose return postage if you wish your bits back

Do e-mail if you are unsure of what is required or how files should be submitted

Don't

Don't e-mail huge unsolicited images

Don't over sharpen images

Don't send hundreds of images - be selective, send only pictures to do with that publication (*see below).

Don't send pictures of distinct field matter unless requested

Don't use cheap blank Cd-Rom's, paper or ink.

Don't send expensive storage media i.e. The card from your camera

Don't use long file names remember, not everyone uses Microsoft's Windows.

Don't use 3rd party software on your Cd's to try to display your images when viewed.

How to Submit Digital Pictures for Magazine Publication

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Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide - Magazine With Pictures of Women's Hairstyles

Introduction

Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide is a hairstyles magazine for women. Published in the United States since the 1980s, it is the oldest magazine of its kind in circulation. Each issue has about 120 pages full of hairstyles pictures, advice, interviews, news and information. The cover typically has a large central photograph of a celebrity who is one of the most popular women in America at the time. It also has about a dozen small pictures of other high-profile female celebrities. Inside there are about a thousand different hairstyles.

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What makes it unique?

Shg has built up a very good reputation as the oldest, largest, and best hair magazine which allows it special entrance to the stars unavailable to its competitors. The editors often like to show images of a celebrity reading a previous copy of their mag. Each issue has an exclusive e-mail interview wherein one notable woman reveals her attractiveness secrets for hair and makeup as well as her preferences in fashion and style. This commonly includes facts about her daily routines and popular products.

Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide is unique in its very liberal and very consistent use of airbrushing. It's far more extreme than just removing a scar or pimple. Every woman in every singular up-to-date issue, it seems, has been noticeably airbrushed. It is not clear if the changes were self-acting in Photoshop, or if somebody was asked to go straight through each image and make all the changes manually. In any case, the editors don't allow any pictures with blemishes on faces even though it's a magazine about hair and not makeup or skin care. There is no confident sign any hairstyles have been doctored.

Most of the women are young, so it doesn't make much sense. It's not as if they are removing wrinkles. Why does every person have to be Photoshopped and their faces worked over? Many of the small images aren't closeups but they are enhanced. Doesn't this have a negative impact on women by pushing perfection as the (unattainable) standard? One suspects the motivation is simply to avoid offending stars by publishing pictures which are not entirely flattering. But it's neither normal nor necessary, because none of the other haircut magazines do it in an extreme way. It makes the women look artificial.

Shg doesn't have pictures of black women! You might think this is racist if you didn't know any better. The truth is they have a sister publication called Sophisticate's Black Hair Styles and Care Guide which focuses exclusively on African American women. The publishers did not get underway group between the races; black ladies have different hair texture and traditionally go to salons which have specialist hairdressers to cut and style it. They just have different needs and interests, and can buy varied black-only hair magazines. The editors simply supervene their lead.

Nevertheless, it is still worth pointing out because some African American women could be offended in reading the magazine for the first time without being aware of the sister mag. In any case, would there be any harm in along with at least a few black hairstyles in every issue with a note that there are many more in its sister magazine?

Standard issue

Although there is a heavy focus on the most recent celebrity hairstyles, Shg also shows many new haircuts of hair models who are not famous. positively one of its best parts is a very large "Clip & Snip" section at the end. It has about 500 hairstyles of non-celebrity girls organized in equal-sized small photos (about 2x2") with 20 per page. However, they are not categorized by distance or color like similar magazines; all things is fully random. That could slow down the process of seeing a new hairstyle.

Nevertheless, these images are consistently high quality because most if not all were taken by Tom Carson, the top photographer in the hair industry. The styles are also excellent because each shot includes the name of the salon where the girl got the cut. The salons simply submit their best work and see the mag as an advertising venue.

Other content which is proper for each issue includes an graphic report on a hair salon, such as one frequented by celebrities. This is useful for those who live in Los Angeles or New York and want the same haircut as a star and/or the same hairdresser. Most issues also have a Salon Guide which lists a few go for hair salons in some states along with prices. However, it might be more helpful to supply a long and wide list for every state.

Makeovers never seem to go out of fashion, so you see before and after pictures of girls who changed their hair style and/or color. They now show about 20 examples, which is more than other haircut magazines. These examples are good quality and consist of technical facts on how to create them. Shg also follows the new hair magazine trend of showing different ways to style the same cut.

The stock photos are from major agencies like Getty and Retna, yet you often find republication of publicity pictures courtesy of the movie studios. This is more common on the front cover presumably to sacrifice costs, because photo agencies payment more for cover placement. Although it may save money, it sometimes makes the magazine appear slightly out of date. It is common to find a featured retrospective for an actress where the editors show different pictures of her varied hairstyles over the years.

There isn't a hairstyles magazine just for men, and even though this mag has the widest circulation of all hair mags, it doesn't have even a small quarterly section for men. The most you could expect is only a few pics per issue. This is an area they could organize in the future. Even if men don't buy it, their women who do get it could show them new looks they like.

Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide is published by linked Publications. Its competition hasn't made a serious challenge to their position at the top of their niche in the attractiveness industry. Ap has its two well-branded magazines, one for white women and the other for black ladies; whereas its main competitor has many less customary mags.

Shg has become a best stock over the years under the direction of its editor-in-chief Bonnie L. Krueger. She has led the publication since the 1980s. Older versions were thinner and had far fewer styles. They had relatively few full-color pages and most were black-and-white on policy paper. Now most pages are full-color on quarterly fashion magazine stock, and only a few at the back are two-color and course.

For example, the April 1987 edition had Vanna White on the cover and pics of over 200 new styles in a total of 90 pages. The February 2010 version had Carrie Underwood and 950+ hairstyles spread out over 130 pages. But both covers made a point of promoting the revelation of star "styling secrets."

Conclusion

Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide is a very good publication with high standards and wide appeal. It has many hairstyles pictures and it is full of former content. It is easy to read partly because it is light on advertisements; for example, one issue had 122 pages with only eight pages of ads. It is ready as a singular issue on many newsstands (.99 Us) and by subscription (8 issues/year for .00 Us).

Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide - Magazine With Pictures of Women's Hairstyles

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