Sending Images to a Magazine - Help!

[keevilp]

Dear All

I am a relatively new photographer that is using a Canon 350D with a 100-400 IS Lens.

As far as software is concerned, I use "Noise Ninja" and CS3 (although I am not to good with that!) and Lightroom.

In the short time that I have been photographing, I have come what I consider to be further than my expectations. Last week I was covering a UK Super League match for an Australian Magazine.

They were pleased with my work. I sent them 50 photos each with between 2-3MB.

The problem I had was that it took an absolute age to send the pictures using Outlook.

Is there a quicker method.

Thanks in anticipation of any help.

Regards

Paul Keevil

[Tigershark]

I would recommend either setting up an FTP or get theirs so you can FTP the photos, it i much quicker

[PhotoJourno]

Yup. what Tiger said.

When I work with publications it is just part of the common jargon "Hey, where do you want me to upload the pics at" it is a requirement question when planning delivery. They usually send me a link, or if I already know it, they say "the one you always use, dummy".

Specially mags, rags, they're always in full caffeine mode, and though they will not actually place your images until later in the process, they MUST have them now. Well, yesterday. ;)

Congratulations on the deal with the magazine though, that is a great start.

[keevilp]

Thanks for the replies. Thats an option I hadnt really thought about.

How do I set up an FTP account?

Sorry if I sound a bit dull (on this) but I am learning day by day.

[PhotoJourno]

Thanks for the replies. Thats an option I hadnt really thought about.

How do I set up an FTP account?

Sorry if I sound a bit dull (on this) but I am learning day by day.


I would put the ball in their court. Just call and say "Hey, this is xxxx, I have some pics ready to send, can you please email me the ftp address so I can upload them?".

They should send you a link ( dunno, ftp.nothinghere.com (ftp://ftp.nothinghere.com) , username joe, password schmoe). Then you use that address on your browser (or get a free FTP program like CuteFTP) and that is it.

Reason why I say this, is that transfer speeds will be a lot better if you to go them, than if they go to you. Plus, if there are connectivity issues, you don't want these people calling and saying "Uhm, we're trying to download your pics from your ftp, but it keeps disconnecting".

My thoughts though.

CNet has really good ftp server programs to set up your own, and clients, so you can upload and download.

[keevilp]

Cheers for that.

I will adopt that approach.

[blackshadow]

I agree that ftp is probably the best way to go but there are a couple of other solutions that work pretty well too.

www.yousendit.com is one (some of the major Australian mags use this instead of ftp) and also you can set up an account at www.photoshelter.com and give the appropriate person at the mag a password to access a gallery and download what they need.

[PhotoJourno]

I agree that ftp is probably the best way to go but there are a couple of other solutions that work pretty well too.

www.yousendit.com (http://www.yousendit.com) is one (some of the major Australian mags use this instead of ftp) and also you can set up an account at www.photoshelter.com (http://www.photoshelter.com) and give the appropriate person at the mag a password to access a gallery and download what they need.


Yeah, great idea, depending on the publication. If you're shooting for an editor who is paranoid about copyright and think the aliens are out on earth to steal his photos, it could be your last job for him if you use anything but direct transfer from your posession to his.

Regardless, for many publications either of these sites could work (beware of size restrictions, mags use incredible high size photos).

[Picture North Carolina]

I will partially disagree in a technical sense. The problem with highspeed access such as cable is that upstream speeds are substantially slower that downstream. So depending on the method of net access, it may not matter whether it is an attachment in an email or uploading to a FTP site. If upstream speed is XXX, it's going to be XXX whether you use a an email or a ftp client.

[blackshadow]

A major problem with emailing photos for publication is that often 1 photo will be too big for an email inbox or outbox so you have to look for other solutions such as ftp or those I suggested above.