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Photograph
Submission
Guidelines
Photographs play a powerful role in Police World. Each photo must
be technically excellent and convey an important message about IPA
membership, or the wider policing family.
For magazine publication, quality is important.
A photograph which looks ok on a phone, or
tablet, may look very poor in print.
Here are a few guidelines to help you become a
published photographer.
Submitting Photographs
Format: We accept high-resolution images on
CDs, DVDs, or by e-mail in JPEG format.
If sending by e-mail, be careful of how your
e-mail system sends photographs. Some
programs reduce the resolution (file size /
quality) before sending.
Beware of Facebook and similar sites. Loading
a photograph to one of these sites will always
reduce the quality. We need the original JPEG
please.
Credit: The photographer is credited and
retains copyright for each photo published.
By submitting photos, photographers assign
the right to use the photos in current and
subsequent printings of the publication in which
they appear, whether in print or digital format.
Tips for Non-Professionals
Do
• Use a 10 megapixel digital camera or
better and use the highest quality setting
when you shoot.
• Use natural light where possible. Raise
blinds or open curtains as necessary.
Try to be unobtrusive and allow your
subjects to forget that you are there.
Catch your subjects in action, not posing.
Focus on the people in the foreground.
Take many photos but expect only a few
to be just right.
• Do turn off time/date function as they
difficult to remove from the image.
Don’t
• Camera phones should be a last resort.
Despite the claimed megapixel size,
mobile phones and cheaper compact
cameras have poor quality sensors (the
bit that does the job film used to do).
• Don’t send hundreds of images - choose
the best.
Horizontal vs. Vertical
A magazine is a much different canvas for your
work than a typical print. When you print your
photo, you can frame it and hang it any way you
please. It can be 8x10 or 10x8. With magazines
it’s different. Most magazines are designed for
vertical pictures. Otherwise, you’d have to really
crop a picture down.
Inside a magazine, horizontals will be found, but
many of photos are verticals because they allow
for better text wrapping and layout design. And 9
times out of 10, the cover shot will be a vertical.
Remember this when you’re shooting. Or, do
like many professionals and take a photo both
horizontally and vertically, to cover all your
bases if you are not sure how the photo will
be used
Pin Sharp Pictures Matter
Magazines are one of the few media where
non-sharp photos will be very obvious.
We want photos that will pop off the page and
draw reader’s interest, for this reason they need
pin sharp photos (the highest level of sharp
photos a photographer can shoot).
When shooting pictures, make sure your hand is
steady so that your photos are crisp.
If you are shooting something like an interior
photo or a landscape, consider using a tripod
and a shutter release remote to help improve
the camera’s stability and steadiness.
Neil Hallam
Editor
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Arthur Troop Scholarships
Ten Arthur Troop Scholarships are awarded
annually, one for each continent in which
there is member Section - Africa, America,
Australasia, Asia and Europe.
Each Scholarship consists of a bursary of not
more than 2,500 Euros. The bursary is to be
used towards expenses of attending a course/
seminar at an educational establishment or the
International Conference Centre, Gimborn.
Applicants must have been a member of IPA
for at least one year before applying and the
scholarship must be taken between 1st January
and 31st December following the grant of the
scholarship (extensions not granted).
All Section UK members wishing to be
considered for the Arthur Troop Scholarship
2017 must complete the application form and
send it to the Secretary General on secretary-
at the above email address
by 1 July 2016; this allows sufficient time for
Section UK to make its selection and application
to the International Professional Commission
whose deadline is 31 July 2016.
To download the application form and to view
the rules and application procedure visit:
Thank you to Pen & Sword Books for their support
to IPA in providing complimentary copies of
publications which are used as prizes in Police
World and at fund raising events.
Any goods purchased, services sought or
contracts entered into with any advertiser within
this publication is done so at the consumer’s
own risk and is not underwritten or accredited
in any way by this publication, the Officers,
Members or Employees of the International
Police Association.
International Statutes and Rules
IPA members can download a copy of the revised
version of the International Statutes and Rules
from
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