Check List – and the four most common questions and submission pitfalls:
- Have both the couple and the photographer given permission for the wedding to be submitted? By submitting to us, we presume permission has been granted by both parties.
- Have you sent a highlights gallery (70 to 120 images only) in an online gallery? Do not send entire galleries in Dropbox, Google Docs or any type of system that requires
downloading for us to review. Read more on why below. - You do not need to send a vendor list or written copy about the wedding with your initial submission. If your submission is accepted, we will provide a link to a landing page with
further information and a downloadable Q&A form. For now, simply send through the highlights gallery. - Disable all gallery passwords and download pins.
Print Magazine + Web Submissions:
In each print issue, we carefully curate a collection of 12 to 14 real weddings from around the world, complemented by many more celebrated on the Together Journal website (with all print features also published online). We embrace weddings of every style, location, and culture, with a particular affection for those that capture genuine emotion and unguarded, authentic moments. With a contemporary lens and a love for the non-traditional, we are especially drawn to celebrations that offer a fresh perspective—whether through an extraordinary location, an unexpected detail, or a larger creative concept we have not yet encountered. We do not accept weddings in advance of the actual event or before reviewing the final imagery. We also typically require 10 weeks of exclusivity for print weddings we feature. If the wedding you are submitting has been featured or submitted elsewhere—whether to a magazine, blog, or website—Please disclose this information at the time of submission. Our editor is a photographer herself, and we fully appreciate how important it is to gain exposure for your work while remaining respectful of other platforms’ exclusivity terms. At the same time, we are committed to delivering unique content to the Together Journal community.
We are always open to questions and conversations about content sharing—open communication is essential to our editorial process.
Alongside weddings, we accept travel features, styled editorials, proposals, other celebrations and couples portrait shoots – mainly for a feature on the Together Journal website, but occasionally for print if something resonates with us.
How to submit:
When submitting, please ensure all gallery passwords and logins are disabled.
Images must be provided via a web gallery such as Pixieset, PicTime or a similar online gallery platform. Do not send images via Dropbox, WeTransfer, Google Docs or any type of filing system that requires downloading. We have staff in multiple locations, and we collaborate online – having to download images to review together is cumbersome and not workable for us. Submissions requiring download will not be accepted.
For web submissions, images should be low resolution—no larger than 2000 pixels wide and set to 72dpi. Please do not send high-resolution images for web features.
Please limit your gallery to no more than 120 images; a curated highlights selection of 70 to 100 images is ideal. A strong, well-edited highlights gallery greatly improves your chances of being featured. A large gallery with repetitive imagery dilutes your work. Do not send galleries where watermarks or logos are placed over the imagery, as this can distract from your work and will lower your chances of being accepted.
We encourage you to review recent weddings published online and select a similarly styled edit. We do not require multiple images of the bridal party getting ready, large collections of family portraits, or numerous variations of the same scene. Focus on the very best moments.
Please submit only one wedding per email thread, keeping all related content together. This ensures that we can answer each wedding separately, keeps each wedding organised, significantly reduces confusion, and prevents content from being mixed up, allowing our editorial team to process your submission for review seamlessly.
Styled Shoots
Less is more. We love pared-back editorial shoots that celebrate organic, natural elements and allow the location to shine. Natural light, flora, foliage, and landscapes that feel effortless and timeless are particularly appealing. We do not feature shoots that involve unnecessary waste, cliché props, excessive single-use items, or plastic. We are committed to showcasing sustainable and thoughtful styling. Please centre your styled shoot around florals, table settings, stationery, and similar styling details. A small fashion element is welcome, but fashion-led/only shoots are often not accepted as we produce our own editorials to support fashion advertising partners. We are especially drawn to non-traditional concepts—styling ideas that feel contemporary and adaptable for all kinds of gatherings, not just weddings. Avoid anything too traditional, heavily themed, or overdone. Keep it simple, authentic, and inspiring.
Film/Moving Image submissions:
We accept submissions for moving images/wedding films. All of the styling points above apply. Initially, to submit a film, please email a link to a highlights film. If accepted to be featured, we will need a Vimeo link for a highlight film no longer than three or four minutes that we can embed into our web post. We also like to have an MP4 Instagram teaser clip, ideally no longer than 50 seconds, no larger than 30 MB, and our preference is for it to be landscape or square for our static feed. We also love receiving 15 to 60-second IG story and reel orientation clips of your accepted film, which we can use across the TJ Instagram to drive traffic to your film feature on our website.
Honeymoon + Travel Submissions:
We take honeymoon and travel submissions for print and online. You can see past successful submissions in our Honeymoon section online. For these, we need to cover: Eat + Play + Stay, so ideally; we want to see imagery that represents all of these elements. And we love seeing candid, natural shots of locals living life, small details and tips and tricks that are off the beaten track. We love natural landscapes, beaches, cityscapes and all the little and big things that make each city or country unique (we can focus on an entire country or just a city).
Guidelines for all submissions:
Please always respect the privacy of each couple and the photographer’s contracts. Submissions should only come from the owners of the content (the couple or the photographer). When submitting a wedding, ensure you have permission from the couple and/or the photographer before contacting us. This is extremely important and is a prerequisite for all submissions. Please do not send us any content without prior approval from the couple and the photographer. We assume permission has been granted from both sides if we receive a submission. This is your responsibility and must be taken seriously.
As mentioned above, our favourite way to receive a submission is via a Highlights-only (i.e., 70 to 120 images) Pixieset or PicTime gallery or another similar online viewing platform; we can’t tell you how much easier this makes life for us. It also makes your work look better! Please don’t send us huge galleries with hundreds (or thousands – yes, it happens) of images that we have to spend hours scrolling through or downloading to even view, we receive hundreds of submissions, and we will let you know if we want more images or high res versions after we have seen your initial on-line gallery. Your work will be reviewed more quickly if submitted correctly, and your work always looks better if you send us a curated collection of the very best of the best – not every shot that was taken…
If your wedding is accepted, you must provide web addresses and Instagram handles (if applicable) for vendors on your question sheet; otherwise, we cannot run the wedding.
Thank you so much for supporting Together Journal; we look forward to seeing your work. Please note that our Editor, Greta, personally reviews every submission we receive. We always do our best to respond within two weeks; however, around print deadlines, it can take up to four weeks to get an answer back to you. But reassured, we are constantly working to get back to you just as soon as we can.
Specs for returning Q&A Forms
Send back in MS Word or PDF format. Do not send Pages Docs
Specs for Print:
High-res JPEGS at 300dpi and large enough to go full A4 page size
Specs for Web
1200 pixels wide at 72dpi
We are often asked what we look for when selecting real weddings for print.
The truth is, there’s no set formula. It’s a little bit of magic—a feeling we get when something truly resonates. A wedding must also complement what we have already confirmed for the issue in production. We’re drawn to weddings that offer something new—whether it’s a small, thoughtful detail, a bold, creative moment, a cultural celebration, a fashion detail or a unique location. Above all, we seek emotive weddings full of love, diverse celebrations, modern perspectives, and the very best photography in the world. We receive hundreds of submissions each quarter, but due to the high cost of printing and global freight, we can only feature 12 to 13 weddings in print each quarter—around 50 weddings per year—so competition is high. We embrace weddings of all scales, budgets, and styles, so long as they embody the Together Journal spirit. If your wedding isn’t selected for print, please don’t be disheartened—space is limited, and it often comes down to timing, location, or similar features that have already been confirmed. Our website is also a beautiful place to be celebrated.
TJ x
