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Amplify Utah Photo Lab  · For photographers

How to submit your photos

From signing up to seeing your name in a newsroom. Everything you need, on one page.

  1. Create your account

    At amplifyutah.stack.events, choose Become a contributor. Enter your name, email and a password, then read the Contributor Agreement and tick all four boxes.

    Under 18? A parent or guardian must read the agreement and agree to it with you. You need to be at least 13 to have an account.

  2. Confirm your email

    We send a link. Click it and your account is live.

    Check spam or junk. The message often lands there. Look before you try signing up a second time.

  3. Take the walkthrough

    The first time you log in, the Photo Lab walks you through the whole thing on screen — where everything lives and what each button does.

    Skipped it, or want it again? It is always at /student/dashboard/new. You can replay it any time.

  4. Pick a location

    A location is a place or happening someone is covering — a game, a town hall, a festival, a street. Open one and join it. Joining is what lets you upload to it.

    Nothing near you? Add a location yourself from your dashboard.

  5. Upload your photos

    From the location, choose Add photos and pick your files.

    • JPG or PNG · up to 8 MB each
    • 30 photos at a time
    • One good photo is a real submission. 30 is the ceiling, not a target.

  6. Fill in the five details

    Every photo needs these. A newsroom cannot print a picture it cannot describe.

    • Who — full names of everyone in frame, if fewer than five. N/A if nobody is in it.
    • What — what is happening, the way you would tell a friend who was not there.
    • When — the date taken, with the year.
    • Where — the specific spot, plus the city or town.
    • Credit — your name exactly as you want it printed.
    If your camera recorded any of this we fill it in and mark it from photo. Always check it — cameras get dates wrong.

  7. What you are agreeing to

    • You keep the copyright. Your photos stay yours and you can use them anywhere else.
    • You give Amplify Utah a permanent licence to publish your work and share it with partner newsrooms. Once a photo is in, that does not expire.
    • Submit only photos you took, and make sure what you write about them is true.
    • This is unpaid. You get the credit, not a fee.

  8. An editor reviews every photo

    Nothing goes public unread. You will get one of three results:

    • Approved — it joins the public library, credited to you.
    • Needs edit — something is missing. You get a note saying what. Fix it and resend.
    • Rejected — it will not run, and the note explains why.
    Review is not instant. Every decision and every editor's note lands on your dashboard.