Contributing your photography

"Publishers, advertising agencies, graphic artists, and others use photographs found in our gallery to fulfill the needs of their creative assignments. "

Upload guidlines - Quality Control

fotoTrip.co.uk photographers can upload content relating to the following travel themes:

• Landscapes sceneries and panoramas
• Natural Light Portraits (not studio)
• Wild animals
• Flora and Fauna
• Cultural cameos
• Fine Art Photography
• Buildings and Architecture

fotoTrip.co.uk welcomes all experience levels of photographers and non-photographers, but reserves the right to decline files in its discretion, including reasons based on the following criteria :

• Poor Focus
• Poor Lighting
• Excessive Noise, Grain & Color Distortion
• Compression Artifacts
• Over Filtering
• Poor Isolation & Cropping
• Dust & Debris in Scans
• Upsampling or Rezzing up Images
• Poor Composition
• Inappropriate Title or Description
• Copyright / Trademark Infringement or Risk
• Adult Content unsuitable for fotoTrip.co.uk
• Profane or Violent Images

Technical specifications

• Images must be RGB JPG format only
• File sizes: the bigger, the better. 300 dpi. All files should be 1200 x 1600 pixels minimum (anything smaller will be automatically rejected).
• Entering keywords and descriptions: be descriptive. Include at least 10 keywords and use a title other than ‘dog' or ‘man'. Supplying more keywords means your image will match more searches. Images with more keywords get viewed more often..

Legal Notice:

• You must own the full copyright to any image you upload. This means you must be the photographer or artist that created the image.
• All trademarks must be removed. This includes logos, brands and entities with copyright or trademarked elements. This many also extend to trademarked products such as cast sculptures, toys, architecture and other elements of design. Copyright is checked with each file.
• Model releases: images with clearly visible people require a model release form for legal reasons. Children in images can't sign a model release. A legal guardian or parent must sign for all children under the age of 18 years. You will be notified if you need a model release and it can be uploaded later if you're not sure. It's your call, just be careful !
• Uploading images/artwork that belongs to somebody else (copyright or otherwise) will result in legal actions against yourself.

Please note :

• Photographers and artists can upload at no charge providing the initial quality control test is passed.
• All images will be reviewed individually and must be approved by fotoTrip.co.uk
• The global selling price is governed by fotoTrip.co.uk and it reserves the right to amend it in accordance to market demand.
• If you would like to change your selling price, mention below.
• Contributors are entitled to 80% of the selling price. (no hidden costs)

Before agreeing to contribute you work, make sure you read the Photographers Agreement