Shoot an inspired image with your iPhone or other mobile device and instantly submit it to Aurora Photos.
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At Aurora Photos we're bringing the best and
most creative images to the marketplace,
regardless of how they were created. Aurora's
myPhone collection will take images directly from
your cameraphones and make them available to
top national and international clients with a focus
on online and digital usage.
Review the myPhone needs list
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You are already investing your creativity. Putting your vision to work could not be easier.
In addition you help build a collection of photography that will be seen as singular, contemporary and fun.
—Jose Azel |
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HOW TO SUBMIT
Collection Details and Image Criteria:
- Any image taken with a camera phone or similar mobile device that shoots at 3 megapixels (MP) or higher
(See below for list).
- Images must be submitted at their largest available size (actual size).
- Minimum file size of 4 megabytes (MB) uncompressed.
- Model and/or property releases are not required to but strongly recommended.
- Images do not need to be scrubbed or retouched for logos / trademarks / brand names etc.
- All submissions will be edited.
Submitting Camera Phone Images for the myPhone collection:
- Images can be emailed to Aurora for consideration directly from your camera phone or mobile device, OR downloaded to your computer, worked on, and then emailed from any email account.
- Only email submissions from registered email accounts will be accepted.
Emailing myPhone submission instructions:
- Address an email with your photo attached to myphone[at]auroraphotos.com
- Put a caption that includes the location in the subject line of the email.
- If the image is model released put @mr at the end of the subject / caption.
- If the image is property released put @pr at the end of the subject / caption.
- If the image is both model & property released put @mr@pr at the end of the subject / caption.
- Any selected images submitted by email will be outsourced for keywords as outlined below.
- Any text contained in the email other than the caption (in the subject line) will be disregarded.
- You will recieve an email confirmation that your image was recieved.
- You will recieve an email confirmation for any accepted images within 3 weeks of submission.
Keywording:
- Images submitted and accepted will be outsourced for keywords.
- Keywording fees are $0.25 / image.
- $0.25 / accepted image will be deducted from future royalty payments.
Releases:
- Photographers are not required to submit releases, but releases should be available upon client request.
ANY QUESTIONS? Check out our FAQ or email myphoneinfo[at]auroraphotos.com
Popular Phones with 3 MP or Higher Cameras (there are many more):
- iPhone 3Gs by Apple
- iPhone 4 by Apple
- iPhone 4s by Apple
- Evo4G by HTC
- Desire by HTC
- Droid Incredible by HTC
- Inspire by HTC
- Droid by Motorola
- Atrix 4G by Motorola
- Motozine by T-Mobile
- Focus by Samsung
- Galaxy by Samsung
- Infuse by Samsung
- Cyber-Shot C905 & W995 by Sony Ericsson
- N95 by Nokia
- Renoir by LG
- Torch by BlackBerry
- Storm 9500 & 9530 by BlackBerry
Photographs L-R: Randall Scott (3), Michael Bonfigli, Gale Zucker, Randall Scott (2)
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SOME USEFUL DOCUMENT DOWNLOADS
SOME HELPFUL TIPS ON SHOOTING & SUBMITTING
- Questions? Problems?Check out our FAQ
- E-mailing Image Files:
- Tests have shown that when emailing an image from within a particular
photo app (vs. from your phone's photo library), in many cases, you are
not offered options for resolution.
- To ensure you're offered the option (Actual Size, or Highest Resolution), it
may be best to save images from your photo app to your photo library and
email them from there, rather then from within the app itself.
Photo Apps & Image Compression
- Check for Resolution Options: Check your photography application's
preferences and settings for resolution options (sometimes accessible
through the app itself, and sometimes must be accessed from your phone's
settings area)
- Shoot in High Res: Shooting using higher res modes may significantly
increase the time it takes for the image to render -- but is significantly
preferable for licensing purposes.
- Keep it Simple When possible: limit the number of times and
applications you use to process and save one image. The more apps across
which your image travels, the more compression will likely take place.
- There's an App for That: Use an app like Iris Photo Suite to layer the processed image over the original native resolution image. Download how to instructions.
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myPhone Needs List: Suggestions for shooting for the myPhone Collection
- economy/money
- euro/world economy
- main street /wall street
- banks
- government
- justice (court)
- retirement
- marriage
- birth
- birthday
- celebration
- healthy food/unhealthy food
- overpopulation/population
- unemployment
- new career
- teamwork
- new home
- mortgage/foreclosure
- debt
- savings
- risk
- wealth
- poverty
- consumers
- transportation
- energy (all kinds)
- ecology/environment
- education
- college
- reflection/thoughtful
- real life of american women body&soul, home&food, relationships, parenting, and work&careers
- model released people
- one-person portraits, model released (looking at camera & not looking at camera)
- small groups of 2 or more people, looking like they are interacting with each, communicating
- groups of people that are approximately the same age / gender / ethnicity
- groups of people that are different age / gender / ethnicity
- groups - candid, unposed, not looking at camera
- include neutral or ambiguous facial expressions - neither happy or sad
- people using technology (smartphones, tablets), including using these as tools for work
- occupational portraits (people working at different types of jobs)
- active, not-sports - especially kids & baby boomer generation
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