Issue No. 06 · Nov · 2026 · Photography for everyday makersPitches to [email protected]
Fresh ShotsA UK Photography Journal

Composition, light, smartphone and entry-level camera basics, honest buying notes and simple editing. Nothing paid for.

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Write for Fresh Shots

Fresh Shots is open to one or two carefully chosen guest articles a month from photographers, educators and writers with first-hand knowledge of a corner of the craft. The audience is UK beginners, so the bar is practical use rather than prestige.

Topics we would like to read

  • Teaching one specific composition or lighting idea, with clear example photographs.
  • First-person notes on learning a genre (street, documentary, family, still life) as an amateur in the UK.
  • Honest, long-term user notes on an entry-level body or lens you have owned for at least six months.
  • A walkthrough of a specific editing task from start to finish, in a free or affordable editor.
  • Explainers of the law or etiquette around photographing people, public property or children in the UK, with citations.

Topics we decline

  • Lists of “best cameras of 2026” or anything that reads like a spec roundup.
  • Affiliate-driven comparisons; pieces with a built-in recommendation to buy a product you have not used.
  • “Thought leadership” and personal brand pieces; this is a readers’ site, not a CV.
  • AI-generated copy. We will spot it and we will decline it.
  • Pharma, gambling, cryptocurrency, dating, or anything legally sensitive.
  • 900–1,500 words, written in plain British English.
  • Original work, not previously published anywhere online; no republishing after we take it.
  • Up to two outbound links, both to credible sources (GOV.UK, a museum, a university, a photography institution). No links to commercial sites you have a financial interest in.
  • One short author bio (two sentences) with at most one link to your own site. No link to any other site you also write for.
  • Three image suggestions are welcome; we usually source our own under an open licence to keep rights simple.

Disclosure

If you have any professional, financial or personal connection to a product, place or person mentioned in the piece, say so in the pitch. If we agree to run it, the disclosure appears at the top of the article.

How to pitch

Email [email protected] with the subject line beginning “Pitch –”. In the body, include:

  1. A one-paragraph summary of the idea and why a Fresh Shots reader would benefit.
  2. A rough outline (three or four section headings).
  3. Two or three sentences about you, and any links you want us to see.

Please do not send a finished draft on first contact. We prefer to shape the angle together before you spend an afternoon on it.

Payment

We do not currently pay for guest articles, and we do not list prices for featured placement. If that changes, this page will say so.