How to submit your photos
There are several ways to submit your photos for publication on RAW. Here's how:
1. Monthly contest
Our most popular feature is our monthly contest. Each one has a theme; you can find the theme highlighted on the front page of RAW as well as in the right column of individual pages. Each contest is judged by a professional who narrows the choices to 50; we post those Final 50 for a few days, and then the pro chooses a Top 10 - First, Second, and Third Place finishers and seven Honorable Mentions. First Place wins $100, Second gets $50, and Third Place takes home $25.
Read more here.
2. Photographer of the Week
We feature a different New England amateur photographer and a portfolio of 10 of their pictures each week. Sometimes their essays and photos have a theme, such as the photographer who also was a skydiver, or the woman who displayed her travel photos from Europe and Asia. You can nominate a colleague, friend or relative; someone you don't know whose work you admire, or even yourself -- the nominations are secret, so no one will know! You can see previous POTWs here. Interested? Just email your reasons for the nominations and a handful of photos - say, 5 -- or a link to the nominee's photo website to raw@boston.com.
3. Globe critiques
Twice a month, a Globe staff photographer conducts a critique of 5 photos from a New England amateur photographer. The critiques can focus on subject matter, composition, lighting, focus -- whatever you are having trouble with -- or can encompass everything. You can read past critiques here. To apply, send an email with 5 photos you'd like critiqued, what you'd like advice on, and a little about yourself and your camera to raw@boston.com
4. Photo Challenges
Since everybody likes showing off their pictures, we solicit photos on various topics apart from the monthly contests. RAW Dawgs have sent in photos of the moon, food, and fall sports, for example. Watch the front page of RAW for announcements of the latest subjects.
5. On Assignment
Any amateur photographer who wants to write about a good place to take photos, an interesting photography-related place or event, or a photo exhibit can submit an essay and photos for publication on RAW. We pay $25 for each submission. You can see previous On Assignment essays here. To pitch your idea, just email raw@boston.com.
6. Tipsheets
Most of these are written by Globe photographers, but we're interested in getting tips from you, too. The tips should focus on a specific topic and include photos to illustrate your points. Tipsheets we've posted in the past include photographing flowers, shooting in bad or cold weather, and taking great landscape photos. Here are all the tipsheets we've posted to date.
I thought the June contest was "action" sports shots. And yet, when I look at the final 25 (what happened to the rest of the gallery?? I never got to see the June entries until the "final 25") I see static shots of Fenway Park. Kids standing against a wall......whats up with that? Quite a few of the shots have no action whatsoever. I submitted an action shot and it doesn't even show up. I think you should stick to the theme more closely when choosing the finalists. Seems only fair to me.
Hi, Rick -- Sorry for the delay in responding; I was on vacation last week and am just catching up with everything. I also posted this reply on the "June theme - Spring Sports" entry, where you also posted this complaint.
http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2009/06/june_theme_spring_sports.html
I think you can see by the title of that entry that the theme was simply "Spring Sports". We didn't write anywhere that the theme was "Spring Action Sports". In one spot I encouraged people to submit action shots, but I never said it was a requirement. In fact, if you read the comments with the theme entry, Pat Glennon asked in the very first comment if action was required, and in comment no. 5, I answered him: "Pat, it doesn't have to be an action shot, no. Your note makes a good point: There are many great sports photos that don't have "action" in them at all."
Jim Davis evaluated all of the photos equally. He didn't favor action shots or non-action shots; he simply looked for good photos. You don't have to worry that your photo was deliberately overlooked simply because it was an action shot. There are many action shots among the finalists.
I submitted a photo for the July contest but it's not in the gallery? What happened? I tagged it as directed on Flickr back at the beginning of July.
Nice site.
Nice site.
What happened with that National Parks photo contest? I don't see any mention of it anymore and I didn't think it was over yet.
Hi, Dave -- It's still on the RAW homepage -- the 10th frame on the slider at the top of the page.
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I love photography and plan to submit my photos to RAW. I made some Xmas gifts this year with my images on photo wrapping paper and everyone told me I should submit. I just have a fear of being rejected ... oh well, gotta try
A big thanks to the creators of this section. It's a joy to see what the amateur photographers in Boston area working on!
how do i post my work
The breezes at work then and now.
I posted a picture for the October contest and it just kept connecting. How can I make sure you got it? The page kept saying please wait while we submit your work and never refreshed? Thanks
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