where to send pictures

Hi, I have a question. I'm an amateur sports photographer and I

recently went to the Dodgers/Braves game and had a decent shot of the

bat being broken by the ball and half away in the air. I'd like to

give it a shot and send it to some magazine or something and see

maybe they can publish it. Do you guys have any suggestions as to

where to send? Thanks!

Hit the newstands and look for Sports Illustrated, Sporting News, ESPN, etc., and get the

contact info for the photo editor at each mag.

Simon, I don't want to be a wet blanket here, but....

You say you are an amateur who attended the game. I'm guessing that means

you were in the stands with a slr and decent lens? Or were you credentialled

and on the field?

If you were a ticketholder in the stands you don't have rights to shoot the

game commercially. If you were credentialled you should only be selling the

photo to the company who put in for you, but realisticly can sell to most

editorial uses.

By the morning after the game the magazines have edited photos from

several photographers and agencies and made their choices. To come in off

the street afterward and have them buy your photo instead of what they

already have, it would have to be spectacular.

Probably what you have is a good shot for your portfolio. Go ahead and send

it to some magazines and local newspapers along with a few other examples

of your work. They probably won't run it but someone might like it enough to

give you an assignment.

Just make sure that there was no prohibition on commercial photography on your ticket or displayed somewhere. It's quite possible, since a ball park is a private institution, that the owners have a ban on commercial use of any images taken there without written permission.