Stock Photographers:

WE NOW ONLY ACCEPT DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS. WE WILL LOOK AT TRANSPARENCIES FOR SELECTION PURPOSES BUT FINAL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE DIGITAL.

If you are looking for an excellent and affordable scanning services we recommend you contact David Robertson at www.scot-image.co.uk

Guidelines for the submission of digital images:

File type: RGB TIFF only

Bit depth: 8 Bit (if you can scan at a higher bit depth and then convert to 8 bit this will improve the quality)

Resolution: 300dpi

File size: min 40mb (images interpolated from 17mb to 40mb using professional enlarging software are acceptable try Genuine Fractals http://www.lizardtec.com)

Media: CD or DVD disc readable by Mac or PC

Portrait/landscape: images must be at their correct orientation.

Image cleaning: images must be dust, spot and hair free.

Sharpening: none.

File info and IPTC headers: the caption must be in the Caption/ Description field and any keywords must be in Keywords field. We will import this information directly into our database system greatly speeding up the time it take for your images to appear on the Stockscotland web site.

Keywording: extensive but accurate keywording is the key to having your images found. Try to provide as extensive an array of keywords as you can. It's time consuming but it pays.

Send discs to: Stockscotland,
The Croft Studio,
Croft Roy, Crammond Brae,
Tain, IV19 1JG.

General recommendations for content:

The vast majority of the images we receive from potential contributors are landscapes. This means that if we are to accept them they are going to have to be very good or a little different.

Our best selling images are still the iconic Scottish images of castles, tartan, Highland cattle, misty lochs, whisky, Highland games etc etc - but we'd like to see these subjects approached in a fresh and modern way.

We are always keen to see high quality Scottish wildlife, natural history and environmental images.

Other desirable themes would include the following but with a Scottish flavour: activities, leisure and local lifestyle, business, modern industry, communications, agriculture, food and drink, transport, arts and culture, Scottish history, traditions, Scottish cities, Gaelic, education, people of differing age groups, community and many more. Click here for a list of specific wants. (coming soon)