Discover the ins-and-outs of submitting & getting published with Two Bright Lights.
Before co-founding NYC photography boutique, Anée Atelier, and making my transition to full-time photography, I was blessed to have an incredible career in the publishing industry. What began with a position at Essence Magazine, later led to People and People StyleWatch, eventually culminating at Condé Nast, as Director of Integrated Marketing for Teen Vogue. There, […]
Happy Pride, love champions! I’ve been celebrating Pride since I came out as bisexual in 1997. My journey discovering my identity led me through a variety of terms for my sexual orientation until I landed on what feels the most accurate for me: queer. I’m a queer femme cisgender woman, and my pronouns are she/her. […]
You can now submit your work for publication on a FREE account. No, not kidding. We’ve listened to your feedback, have sent countless surveys and held numerous team brainstorms to come up with ways to make our free submitter experience even better. Over and over again we heard that you wanted to upload even more photos, […]
A Letter from our Director: Since 2009, Two Bright Lights has been the industry leader in streamlining the wedding submissions process. It was the first system that allowed creatives to submit their work to more than one publication at a time, significantly increasing the efficiency of the publication process for photographers, vendors and editors alike. […]
So what’s happening—in 2 sentences or less. We’re making all of your existing and future uploaded albums available in Open Gallery! This exponentially increases your chances of getting published with no additional effort on your side. What happens to my existing albums? They automatically become discoverable in Open Gallery & are still available to submit […]
After fourteen years of photographing weddings and destination-based shoots from the Southwest to the Northeast, Dubai to Israel, the Maldives and on eight islands across the Caribbean, it’s safe to say we’ve picked up a rule or two on how to travel well. More importantly, how to juggle the jet-lag, stay atop of emails, manage […]
As a creative business owner, your to-do list is long. From drafting contracts and overseeing finances to working through projects and managing your client experience, your days are filled with trying to crank through seemingly endless tasks in order to get from first inquiry to final invoice. But, in addition to doing #allthethings you need […]
Image: Unsplash If there is one thing that’s for certain in Wedding PR these days, it’s that nothing is certain. The wedding media landscape is evolving at a rapid pace- from news of mergers and shutdowns to the diversification of new mediums. The question remains- how do you continue to build your press portfolio during […]
Image: Unsplash Good PR is all about who you know and storytelling. Luckily if you’re on Two Bright Lights, we’ve done some of the heavy-lifting for you by establishing these connections! That being said, it’s important to use them to their fullest potential through crafting a compelling story for your business. This includes the way […]
Image: Unsplash Without a doubt, the way you submit your albums can make a huge impact on how you get published. Once you’ve mastered how to upload your albums on Two Bright Lights, it’s time to head into submissions with a clear strategy. Read through these do’s and don’ts of submitting for some tips to […]