I have on several occasions  provided large numbers of well-organized images
on CD's  to book publishers in the U.S., the last time around also providing
contact sheets and some enlargements. On both occasions I was told images
could be provided in digital form, and in both cases my images were not
reviewed by the picture editor. I was afterwards told the editors may not
have had the expertise needed to be able to access the images.

This relates to magazines in as much as if a handful of images are submitted
in digitial form they are usually easily managed. A large number of images
for a major, segmented project, may put an editor's image management skills
under undue stress. The problem for the digitally challenged editor is made
much worse if the publication deadline is short. It is much easier for the
relatively uninitiatedf to shuffle a number of transparencies around on a
lightbox than to have to deal with digtized images.

Brian Seed


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Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [PRODIG] Digital or film for magazines

 Hi John,

I supply images to a fair few magazines and almost all accept digital, some
after
being 'converted' though the majority now ask for digitised images as a
matter of
course. I am also aware that some do not and still prefer trannies. It is
probably a
case of checking out with the publications before you shoot the job.
good shooting

Stewart Jackson.



> Message date : May 20 2004, 01:09 PM
> From : "John Begg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject : [PRODIG] Digital or film for magazines
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am about to shoot an architect's own house, and hope to put the images
> together with an article for release to various magazines.
> I would love to shoot this digitally, but fear that I may be limiting my
> market.  I recall from previous posts that many photographers here in the
UK
> have found most (UK) magazines still insist on film. True/False?
> Anyone with experience of shooting for magazines care to comment?
>



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