Photography Requirements and Instruction
Photo by Helen Arase
Thank you for contributing to the Alhambra Source!
If you’re submitting photography for an article, gallery or other feature on the Alhambra Source website, we have specific guidelines for our visuals. Please see the below “Feature” instructions for these photographs.
If you have been asked for a “hero” photograph for the homepage, continue to the “Hero” section of this page.
If you have been asked for an events or non-feature photograph, continue to the bottom “Events” section.
Feature photographs:
Orientation: horizontal
Aspect ratio: 16 x 11
Minimum width by height: 1200 pixels x 825 pixels
Recommended width by height: 1600 pixels x 1100 pixels
Resolution: 72 ppi
File type: jpeg
Colorspace: sRGB
What do we want for feature photographic singles and essays, and where do they go?
Think small, medium and large details.
Small: the hand-off of a bookmark between Community Outreach Manager Dominic Tovar and a little girl.
Medium: moments of an experience; part of a performance or a gathering of kids.
Large: atmosphere or environment; the bigger picture.
Feature photographs will lead the story with which they are associated. If there are more than one, a gallery will lead the article.
Hero photographs:
Orientation: horizontal
Aspect ratio: 20 x 9
Width by height: 2000 pixels x 900 pixels
Resolution: 72 ppi
File type: jpeg
Colorspace: sRGB
What do we want for hero photographs, and where do they go?
Technical and visual: Ability to crop and visual “heroics”
This is a panoramic crop. We look for the ability to crop a photograph to about two thirds of its original height.
Visually, we are looking for something a little bit special. A straight-up good photograph that makes you stop to study it. Yes, it’s ambiguous. Our advice is to try a couple of versions of what you see as a hero.
The hero photographs are on the homepage in the animated slider that features large photographs and will link to their respective stories.
Events photographs:
Orientation: horizontal
Aspect ratio: 16 x 11
Width by height: 1200 pixels x 825 pixels
Resolution: 72 ppi
File type: jpeg
Colorspace: sRGB
The “events” photographs will be submitted in the same aspect as the feature photographs. We ask that you don’t send us files bigger than 1200 by 825.
If your event has a vertical poster or image, we will crop it for the thumbnail unless you give us another version.
Vertical or other non-16×9 proportioned images may be submitted to embed into the event page. We ask you to size them no larger than 1200 pixels on the longest side.
For example:
Is cropped (for the thumbnail) to:
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Thank you for your cooperation.
We know this may be a lot of information, and some people do not have access to editing programs. If you have any questions, please email Helen at [email protected] with “image question” in the headline.
