[Irish Examiner Pic Desk]

October 6, 2011 at 8:18 am

Hi Jon / Everybody,
The Irish Examiner welcomes pictures from readers – News / Sports & Any great shots! Firstly, we have a Readers Pictures slot on Saturday morning which uses the best one or two pictures submitted that week. The pictures can be of anything / anybody and just need to be visually attractive and if it brings a smile to readers faces that is a big bonus.
These pictures can be uploaded here: http://photos.examiner.ie/readers_pictures.html” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false; by using our dedicated picture upload web form. Each Friday all “vetted” pictures are uploaded here: http://photos.examiner.ie/?Action=_VC&id=8646210&ppwd=85623mgp” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false; for everybody to enjoy and the “Winners” whose images are published on the Saturday paper get a Photographic A3 print of the page of the paper containing their picture. No payment are made for publishing these pictures.
The Second option, which is what Jon is asking about (I presume) is how to submit “Live” News / Sports pictures. We welcome pictures from anybody, Amateur or Professional, but pictures must be sent on the day they are taken (no good having a great news picture three days late!).
What the Irish Examiner likes:
Interesting / Newsworthy Clean, Sharp pictures.
JPEG (.Jpg) only.
No Folders or Zip files
Every Picture MUST have a full caption that tells the reader about the photograph (Who, What, Where, When & Why) Ideally in File Info in Photoshop / IPTC Caption / Description field.
eg. 06/10/2011. RTE’s John Murray interviews Mary O’Rourke about the Presidential election candidates following a Junior Chamber Business breakfast in Athlone. Picture: Joe Soap
Images should be 5 -20Mb when open, but only about 1Mb when saved as a JPEG file. Save at Medium quality setting (5-6).
e-mail your captioned images to: picturedeskexaminer.ie with your contact details.
If you cannot caption the image in File Info, don’t despair, just use the Reader upload link above and send us a quick e-mail to; picturedeskexaminer.ie to tell us you have uploaded a possible news picture.
Payment at the Examiner’s rates will be made for Published News / Sports pictures.

[Irish Examiner Pic Desk]

May 20, 2009 at 11:35 am

Some papers will pay automatically (Mostly UK based), but most insist on being Invoiced (anybody who is VAT registered must produce an Invoice anyway). The Examiner Needs to be Invoiced!
Cash?? Dream on! Payment is by cheque for occasional suppliers but by bank transfer for regulars and takes about 60 days. VAT is only charged if you are VAT registered.

[Irish Examiner Pic Desk]

April 8, 2009 at 11:13 am

The Examiner rates are given out only to people who have had, or are about to have, pictures published. But as a guide they are in excess of €50. If more than one picture is used from an event the maximum payment is capped at the Day pay rate (about 3 pics). Sorry to be vague but this information is commercially sensitive.

[Irish Examiner Pic Desk]

April 7, 2009 at 10:24 pm

All papers that I know of set the rates they pay for Picture usage or assignments. As a general rule the bigger the Publication the better the pay – but not always. Any pictures that are supplied to promote something / somebody are assumed to be Free (“Repro Free”). This would be the case for golf clubs sending in their pics or the big multi-nationals their model laden PR photoshoots. If you supply pictures to a club or organisation who will release them to promote themselves you should be paid by that organisation, and agree the fee before giving them the pictures.
I have read on various forums so often that “X” used my pictures and how do I get paid? Well, agree a fee first then Invoice if Published- it’s quite simple!

[Irish Examiner Pic Desk]

March 14, 2009 at 12:47 pm

The Irish Examiner will consider pictures from non professional sources where the pictures are of a good news or sports value, or just a great photograph! Where a Professional photographer was covering an event you will be unlikely to have your picture considered unless you have captured something unique.

If in doubt call us before going to any trouble and tell us (Briefly) about your picture. 50% of the time we may say “Sorry, not this time but please call again”, but just as often we will ask you to send it and “Lets see”. We only pay for pictures that are published – not submitted.

If you have a News or Sports picture, there is no point in calling us the day after the event, the picture needs to be sent ASAP on the day. (Weekly papers will be different of course).

This is what we like:

Sharp, well exposed pictures, which are interesting to other people!

File size: Between 5 and 15Mb when open or 300Kb – 1.5Mb when saved as a JPEG / .jpg file at Medium setting. ONLY send JPEG files, never RAW or TIFF, NEVER in a WORD document or ZIPed or in a folder.

CAPTION: This is absolutely essential. A caption is the detail you read under a picture in the paper and it should tell the reader all the basic information they need to know. Typically it will answer the following questions: Who?, What?, Where?, When? and How? (not always relevant). Professionals and anybody sending pictures on a regular basis will be expected to provide this caption information in FILE INFO in Photoshop (or Elements). There are other packages that support this (Sometimes called IPTC Header information) like a FREE download called IRFAN VIEW (needs a “Plug-in” to be downloaded also). For a one-off picture it is usually acceptable to write the caption into the body of the e-mail with a clear link to the picture file name -if sending more than one image. The FILE NAME field is not the same thing!
A typical caption for a news picture would read like this:
14/03/09 (date the pictures was taken): John Murphy, Lissarda, Co. Tipperary who witnessed the Light aircraft crash at Gort, Co. Dublin in which three people died. Picture: Joe Bloggs.

Avoid any opinion or assumptions (Like how the accident may have occurred).

e-mail you pictures to: picturedeskexaminer.ie

Standard rates are paid on PUBLICATION of any image, it is very rare for anything to be so exclusive to command a higher fee (Think Concord crash!)