My photography has been published in magazines and newspapers around the world. I am delighted that my work has appeared in Grace Ormonde Wedding Style 10 times, as this magazine showcases only the best photographers and most elegant events. Feature interviews with me have appeared in Popular Photography, American Photo, Professional Photographer, Rangefinder, Photo World, LA Photographer and Russian Photo. I am delighted that so many photographic publications have showcased my images and taken the time to write a bit about how I work. My wedding images have also appeared in the pages of Inside Weddings, Life & Style, Ceremony Magazine, South Asian Bride, Bride & Bloom, Chicago Social Brides, The Knot Weddings, Bride Nine, Caras and Beautiful Weddings UK. My work with musicians has appeared in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Inked, Paste and the Los Angeles Times, while my fashion photography has appeared on the cover and in the pages of DeVour and OK Magazine.
As an educator who has spoken at numerous photography conferences, I am often asked how a photographer can get their wedding images published. There are a few key things that photographers need to remember when seeking to get their work published in print.
First, it’s important that you not waste an editor’s time. One editor told me that their publication receives 12,000 submissions per year when they run a total of 12 weddings (six per issue, two issues per year). The same editor told me that of those submissions, more than 90% missed the mark, and had no relation to the types of weddings that they publish. The trouble with submissions like this is that they waste the editor’s time and mark the photographer as someone who doesn’t submit the type of work they want to publish. The reason I share this story is to remind all photographers to do your research before submitting anything to any publication. If you’re submitting images that don’t bear any resemblance to what a publication runs in its pages, you will not be able to develop a strong relationship.
Second, it’s important to remember that publications want to show their readers ideas and décor. Magazines do want to show off photogenic couples who represent aspirational wedding beauty, but beautiful portraits of a good looking couple won’t catch the interest of an editor if the décor and details are not there. Great images of décor and details help editors provide their readers with ideas for their own weddings. I personally submit to publications only a few times a year, but those submissions generally have a 100% hit rate because I only submit when I have the absolute right wedding, and when my images match the type of weddings that a given magazine publishes.
Third, it’s important to ensure that your images look professional. Your retouching should be publication-ready, with beautifully retouched skin and colors that have been brightened in Photoshop.
And finally, it sometimes helps if your images reflect some of the magazine’s advertisers, and you can make note of those advertisers in the vendor list you submit along with your images. For example, if a specific venue advertises in a specific magazine, and the florist advertises as well, you should make note of this so the editors will be aware. Most editors consider the images to be king, but magazines do like to support their advertisers when the overall submission is in line with what their publication runs in its pages.
I've also been featured in numerous wedding blogs and online publications. When I'm looking at where my work will reach the greatest audience, I often reference this table of information that I put together. It provides some interesting information about the popularity of certain wedding blogs and online publications. This information was last updated February 3, 2016.
The Knot | 689 |
Wedding Wire | 1215 |
Wedding Bee | 3068 |
Brides | 4154 |
Style Me Pretty | 4201 |
MyWedding | 5488 |
A Practical Wedding | 7540 |
Offbeat Bride | 9242 |
Martha Stewart Weddings | 12101 |
Wedding Chicks | 16578 |
Green Wedding Shoes | 17315 |
Ruffled Blog | 18087 |
Bridal Musings | 25477 |
Intimate Weddings | 27273 |
Once Wed | 27929 |
Rustic Wedding Chic | 32169 |
Borrowed and Blue | 32686 |
100 Layer Cake | 39303 |
Lover.ly | 42501 |
Junebug Weddings | 47616 |
Southern Weddings | 61350 |
Rock N Roll Bride | 72437 |
Snippet and Ink | 74663 |
Maharani Weddings | 80056 |
Inside Weddings | 89067 |
Grey Likes Weddings | 110987 |
Artfully Wed | 119388 |
Grace Ormonde Wedding Style | 153574 |
Cice New York | 213759 |
DIY Bride | 451873 |
Strictly Weddings | 469666 |
Love Luxe Life | 10110430 |
The Knot | 793000 |
Style Me Pretty | 614000 |
Brides | 545000 |
Strictly Weddings | 466000 |
Wedding Chicks | 416000 |
Martha Stewart Weddings | 360000 |
Green Wedding Shoes | 320000 |
100 Layer Cake | 268000 |
Lover.ly | 257000 |
Wedding Wire | 237000 |
Inside Weddings | 194000 |
Southern Weddings | 174000 |
Once Wed | 164000 |
Wedding Bee | 157000 |
Grace Ormonde Wedding Style | 136000 |
Junebug Weddings | 114000 |
Snippet and Ink | 91800 |
Ruffled Blog | 87700 |
Bridal Musings | 55900 |
Love Luxe Life | 45900 |
Rock N Roll Bride | 44400 |
Cice New York | 38900 |
Maharani Weddings | 32000 |
Rustic Wedding Chic | 29900 |
Offbeat Bride | 14600 |
A Practical Wedding | 12100 |
MyWedding | 10600 |
Borrowed and Blue | 9810 |
Intimate Weddings | 3527 |
Artfully Wed | 3199 |
DIY Bride | 1786 |
Strictly Weddings | 5537497 |
Style Me Pretty | 2568877 |
Wedding Chicks | 1772423 |
Brides | 1769458 |
Wedding Wire | 741407 |
Lover.ly | 502732 |
The Knot | 455457 |
Inside Weddings | 441592 |
Green Wedding Shoes | 366487 |
Maharani Weddings | 336806 |
Wedding Bee | 330641 |
Ruffled Blog | 253175 |
Southern Weddings | 217897 |
Rock N Roll Bride | 182261 |
Martha Stewart Weddings | 179566 |
Grace Ormonde Wedding Style | 158733 |
Offbeat Bride | 148416 |
Junebug Weddings | 109391 |
Once Wed | 99047 |
100 Layer Cake | 92976 |
A Practical Wedding | 41572 |
Rustic Wedding Chic | 39179 |
Bridal Musings | 33986 |
Cice New York | 28781 |
Intimate Weddings | 25058 |
Grey Likes Weddings | 16343 |
Snippet and Ink | 15638 |
Borrowed and Blue | 13144 |
DIY Bride | 6243 |
Artfully Wed | 4886 |
Love Luxe Life | 2741 |
MyWedding | 118,987 |