Goldylight Magazine was built to stand apart from other magazines, submission experience included. This isn't a post-and-ghost, "we'll be in touch" submission — this is your own mini art exhibit. We want you to really think about the work you're submitting, and then to tell us about it. Give us the director's cut. The artist's process. Consider us the light table for your contact sheet. Let's begin.
Goldylight Magazine was built to stand apart from other photo magazines, submission experience included. This isn't a post-and-ghost, "we'll be in touch" submission — this is your own mini art exhibit. We want you to really think about the photos you're submitting, and then to tell us about them. Give us the director's cut. The artist's process. Consider us the light table for your contact sheet. Let's begin.
Welcome to our submissions page.
Our Process:
Quick Note —
Goldylight is free to submit to. No memberships, no submission fees, no post promotions. In a publication world that is increasingly pay-to-play, it was important to us to create a magazine that felt like the old days, where your work is judged on merit alone.
Goldylight is free to submit to. No memberships, no submission fees, no post promotions. In a publication world that is increasingly pay-to-play, it was important to us to create a magazine that felt like the old days, where your work was judged on merit alone.
- All images submitted, including an artist headshot, must be film. Absolutely no digital work, not even digital edited with film emulations, will be accepted.
- Images must be from real weddings only. No styled shoots or content days. You must have been the lead photographer, not the second photographer. We are not accepting elopements or portrait sessions at this time.
- Make sure your exposure and focus is correct. We allow film a little grace with underexposure or soft focus, but if the majority of your images are underexposed and/or out of focus, your submission will not be accepted.
- No dutch angles. A few subtle ones are okay to follow movement or invoke emotion, but if your submission is full of drastic dutch angles taken just to have a dutch angle, your submission will be denied. Think cinema, not mid-2000s sitcoms and music videos.
- You must have written consent from your couple (either in an email or from your model release clause) to publish images in our magazine. A full vendor credit list is also required.
- All images submitted, including an artist headshot, must be film. Absolutely no digital work, not even digital edited with film emulations, will be accepted.
- Images must be from real weddings only. No styled shoots or content days. You MUST be the lead photographer for the wedding. We are not accepting elopements or portrait sessions at this time.
- Make sure your exposure and focus is correct. We allow film a little grace with underexposure or soft focus, but if the majority of your images are underexposed and/or out of focus, your submission will not be accepted.
- No dutch angles. A few subtle ones are okay to follow movement or invoke emotion, but if your submission is full of drastic dutch angles taken just to have a dutch angle, your submission will be denied. Think cinema, not mid-2000s sitcoms and music videos.
- You must have written consent from your couple (either in an email or from your model release clause) to publish images in our magazine. A full vendor credit list is also required.
Submission Guidelines: Our Gold Standards
Submission Guidelines:
Our Gold Standards
Our Process
we respond to all submissions within two weeks. Please wait to check in until 15 days have passed.
VIDEO SUBMISSIONS: You do not need to submit with your photographer — we want to see your work on its own! Please submit a highlight film via YouTube or Vimeo link. Your name should be in the file name (ex: GoldylightMagazine-1.jpg). Delivery sites like Pic-Time or VidFlow are also accepted. WeTransfer and Google Drive will not be accepted. Please make sure the gallery is PUBLIC and that password-free downloads are turned ON.
PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:
Please submit between 45-75 images at 72ppi in a standalone gallery. Your name should be in the file name (ex: GoldylightMagazine-1.jpg). Pixieset, Pic-Time, or Shootproof galleries are preferred. WeTransfer and Google Drive will not be accepted. Please make sure the gallery is PUBLIC and that password-free downloads are turned ON.
VIDEO SUBMISSIONS:
You do not need to submit with your photographer — we want to see your work on its own! Please submit a highlight film via YouTube or Vimeo link. Your name should be in the file name (ex: GoldylightMagazine-1.jpg). Delivery sites like Pic-Time or VidFlow are also accepted. WeTransfer and Google Drive will not be accepted. Please make sure the gallery is PUBLIC and that password-free downloads are turned ON.
