Submit Photography
Negros Island Stories welcomes photography submissions from professional photographers and photography enthusiasts.
We accept original photographs taken on Negros Island, including Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental. You do not need to be a professional photographer or live on the island. The main requirement is that the photographs were taken on Negros Island.
Photography Categories
Choose one category for your project:
Art — Fine art, conceptual, and experimental photography.
Fashion — Fashion photography, designer clothing, and creative fashion projects.
Models — Expressive photographs of professional and aspiring models, featuring interesting concepts, compositions, or visual styles. Standard modeling portfolios without a creative element may not be selected.
People & Portraits — Portraits, people, and personal stories.
Places & Landscapes — Nature, architecture, cities, streets, landmarks, and landscapes across the island.
Submission Requirements
Number of photographs: 2–12 images per submission.
Image size: At least 1920 pixels on the longest side.
Format: High-quality JPG or JPEG, preferably in sRGB color space.
Image quality: No watermarks or added logos.
Category: You must select one of the categories listed above.
Title: Provide a title for your photo series.
Description: Briefly explain what the photographs are about, where they were taken, or the idea connecting the series. A few sentences are sufficient.
Credits and Contributors
Please provide the following information:
Photographer’s name and Instagram profile.
Facebook profile or page, if available.
Names of models and links to their Instagram profiles, if available.
Names of other contributors, such as designers, stylists, makeup artists, and other creative professionals, where applicable.
Location of the photo shoot.
For submissions in the Models category, the model’s name is required.
When publishing your project, we credit the photographer and include a link to their Instagram profile. Other contributors may also be credited.
Originality and Copyright
Submitted photographs must belong to the sender or be provided with written permission from the copyright holder.
AI-generated images are not accepted.
Standard retouching, color correction, and cropping are permitted.
The sender must have the necessary permissions to publish photographs featuring identifiable people.
We may request original image files, including RAW files, to verify authenticity.
Photographers retain full copyright ownership of their work.
By submitting photographs, you grant Negros Island Stories non-exclusive permission to publish selected images on our website and share them on our social media accounts to promote the published project, with appropriate credit.
Photographs will not be provided to third parties for advertising purposes. Minor resizing and cropping may be applied for website presentation.
Editorial Review
Submissions are free, and publication is unpaid.
We review photographs based on originality, quality, and relevance to the website.
Response time: Up to 14 days. We contact photographers whose projects have been selected. If you do not receive a response within this period, your submission has not been accepted.
We may publish only a selection of the submitted photographs or decline a submission.
How to Submit
Send your submission to:
contact@negrosislandstories.com
Email subject: Photography Submission — Project Title
Attach 2–12 photographs or provide a link to Google Drive or another file-sharing service.
Your email must include the photo series title, selected category, brief description, shooting location, photographer’s name, Instagram profile, and information about other contributors, if applicable.
Please ensure that shared files can be accessed without requesting additional permission.