PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBMISSIONS
FlyLife is renowned for its high standard of photographic content. Following these guidelines will greatly enhance your chances of having work published.
The primary purpose of photos in an article are to illustrate the story, so images supplied must be relevant to the text. A range of shots should be attempted, covering the whole trip, not just the fish caught.
Try to think of the whole set of shots illustrating everything from big to small–
-The wide-angle scenics–showing the setting of the story (preferably including an angler).
-People casting or playing fish–showing the activity (include something in the background to reinforce the setting).
-People with fish–the result (should include the species mentioned in the text).
-The fish–the subject of the story (no dead, bloodied, or poorly handled fish).
-Flies, gear and insects–the details.
Starting with rigging-up, cover the day as things happen - launching the boat, casting, wading, the strike (if you are sight fishing and can set the shot up), playing the fish and landing. For shots of the angler holding the fish, pre-compose and set the camera, and only remove the fish from the water for a few seconds at a time to capture the shot. Include some other shots of peripheral events or scenes (e.g. having lunch, wildlife, polaroided fish, insects). If you don't have macro facilities, submit samples of flies, and we will arrange to have them photographed in-house.
If shooting on film, high quality slide film should be used, of the lowest film-speed possible for the conditions. Prints or negatives will not be accepted.
If shooting digital, set your camera to the largest image size, and highest quality setting. Images are unlikely to be acceptable if shot on a camera of less than 6 Megapixels. If possible, set your camera to record RAW+JPEG. Even if you can't convert RAW files yourself, we can, and prefer to do so. You can then supply both. In the absence of a RAW capability, shoot TIFF or the highest JPEG possible. Avoid setting your camera's sharpening or saturation levels at 'high'. Keep to 'low' or 'normal', and we will do the rest in Photoshop.
Images can be supplied on CD or DVD, unaltered from the original file from the camera. Please also keep the original filenames/numbers, and supply captions in a separate text document. If you would like to manipulate shots for artistic reasons, feel free to supply a JPEG to illustrate the effect. We will assess it for suitability and quality.
All images must be supplied at 300dpi, as 8bit RGB in RAW or TIFF format if possible, otherwise as JPEG.
Limit numbers supplied to between 6 and 40, and all must be sharp and well exposed.
For any specific queries, email brad@flylife.com.au.