Thanks to Mina for this next train of thought. Mina does some pretty cool stuff above and below water and sent me an e-mail with some thoughts on how the magazine industry works outside of the diving world.
As follows:
Your new blog site is as great and informative as your seminar. Of course, I singed up for the update : ) Recently, I have been shooting more underwater fashion at a pool and submit them to fashion magazines. The submission guideline for the fashion magazines are probably very similar to underwater magazines. First, we need to contact an editor to find out future theme and submission deadlines for future issues. Then, make a preliminary submission with low jpeg images via e-mail. The editor will present all the submissions to the board, and the board choose the story to publish. The difference, probably, is unless the editor likes your portfolio, the magazine will not open doors to a photographer.........
Keep shooting and writing!
Happy diving.
Mina
From Mina's experience, the fashion world seems quite difficult in getting your foot in the door. In the diving magazine industry you might only have to pitch to one person, and your copy will probably sell the piece more than your photographs. That is unless you have something stunning in your portfolio which hasn't been published elsewhere.
I would suggest the lesson here is that there are no right or wrong ways, just ways that work for the magazine you are pitching to. I'd be interested in publishing posts from other sectors or from within the diving magazine industry on how you managed to get your copy and photographs accepted. I guess this is why there are no "how to..." books on this subject?
Keep writing.....
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