Photofacts Guest Article Guidelines

Would you enjoy seeing an article of your own published on Photofacts? You can! Guest articles are more than welcome here. We are glad to publish enjoyable, instructive and/or interesting pieces that have something to do with photography.

Submitting a guest article is straightforward. Send an e-mail to with your article and the photos that go with it. Your article can go straight into the e-mail, but a Word attachment is fine too (do send the photos separately!). Have a read through the information below before you start on your guest article.

Subjects

All articles are welcome as long as there is a clear connection with photography. It can be a piece of photography news, a personal experience, a column, an article full of shooting tips, or anything else.

We are not interested in an article that only shows a lot of your photos or that is purely aimed at promoting your business (though a good explanation of how you took your best photo ever is very welcome indeed). If you would like to promote your business, get in touch with Photoads about advertising instead. But if you think you have something to say that Photofacts readers would enjoy, your article is very welcome.

We try to give the articles on Photofacts a regular structure. Monday brings a long tips article, Tuesday has room for any photography subject, Wednesday shows an interesting or entertaining video, Thursday carries a concrete photo tip (about gear, composition or something similar), Friday is a review, Saturday a tutorial or photo recipe, and Sunday an article to inspire (with plenty of photos).

Photos

Every article on Photofacts gets at least one photo or video. In the case of a video, it is best to put it on YouTube or Vimeo; send us the link or include the embed code in your article. Photos should be at most 960 pixels wide and/or 800 pixels high. Please do not send photos that are too small, and preferably save them 'for web' in Photoshop (JPEG, around 80% quality).

Send your photos as separate attachments to the e-mail. If they sit inside a Word file, for example, they cannot easily be taken out again without losing quality. Indicate in your text, by naming the file, which photo you would like where. You may also send a thumbnail image of 150 by 150 pixels, but if you do not, we will make one from one of the photos you sent.

Please note: preferably use only photos you took yourself. If you use someone else's photo, make sure you have permission to use it on Photofacts, ideally in writing. Photos from sites like Unsplash are usually free to use as well, provided you name the photographer alongside the photo. Do check carefully whether it is allowed. When in doubt: do not use it.

About you

Do not forget to write and send a few lines about yourself. At the bottom of every post on Photofacts there is a short piece about the author. In four short lines, tell us who you are and above all where you can be found — do include a link to your website(s). Do not forget a small photo of yourself either (100 by 100 pixels). We like to see your face next to your article.

Exclusivity and quality

We would like to publish your article exclusively on Photofacts, so please do not send exactly the same article to several blogs. Preferably do not put the article in the form you wrote it for Photofacts on your own site either.

Take care not to infringe anyone else's copyright: use photos you took yourself and write the text entirely yourself. Aim for high quality by giving good practical tips that people learn something from. An article should be at least a few paragraphs, but a long piece of 2,000 words is excellent too, as long as you do not pad it out.

A good article has a title that grabs. In the first paragraph we like to see an introduction: a short explanation of what the article covers. The title and that first paragraph together have to convince people that your article is well worth reading. Try to keep a logical structure in the rest of the text. Close with a conclusion, or with a compelling way to invite comments on your piece.

You do not have to be a great writer, but we do expect a certain minimum quality. Sometimes we have to turn down a submitted guest article because it is not good enough. So make sure your article reads well and flows nicely. Read it through once more (out loud) before you send it in. We usually do not change much about submitted articles, but we may adjust the title or the content a little so that it reads better or gets the message across more clearly.

What to do after we publish your article

A guest article is usually published within a week of being sent in, sometimes even the same day. The better you follow the guidelines above, the easier it is for us to publish it quickly. If it takes too long, do feel free to send a reminder. Do not worry too much about formatting and spelling; your article is always read through carefully before it goes out.

Once your article is published, you will get a short e-mail about it with the link to the article in it. We would of course like it if you kept an eye on the comments it attracts, and replied where you can. We also very much appreciate it if you promote your article within your own network. Post a link on your social accounts and tell your friends!

Any questions?

Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Good luck writing your Photofacts guest article!