Portfolio Policies

✨ Big news! You can now update your own profile and portfolio! ✨

Your profile page will contain a list of any positive testimonials as well as a selection of highly-curated, shareable images in your portfolio.

1. New photographers will submit a portfolio of diverse vacation-style photos, of which Flytographer chooses the top images to display based on our criteria (see below). We will set up your initial portfolio and profile page.
2. After you’ve been added, portfolios may be updated by you at any point. It is important to always ensure that photos you are adding are allowed to be shared. For adding photos from your personal photography business, please make sure you have the customer’s permission. For Flytographer photos, please ensure that the customer has marked the photos as ‘Shareable’ (details here).
3. Testimonials are automatically added as they come in. If the customer has selected at least one shareable photo, an image from their shoot will appear beside their testimonial. 
4. You can update your Biography, Three Things, and Languages (see below).

Portfolio Criteria

Flytographer is the world’s first global vacation photography service and we have always been #1 in terms of bookings, sales, marketing, exposure and quality. Since 2013, we have carefully researched and spent time understanding our market; to that end, as experts in marketing and selling vacation photography, our team chooses all images on a photographer’s new portfolio based on a set of criteria, with the most important being:

• Customer has agreed to share
• Flytographer brand style with a strong sense of place (city landmarks and landscape are visible)
• Diversity of customers (couples; family; solo; etc) and locations

Other important criteria include:

• Minimizing close-ups (see difference between vacation and portrait style here)
• Colour images, not black & white
• No wedding photos

See our Photo Style Guide for examples of Flytographer brand style.

How to Update your Profile Section (Biography, Three Things, Languages) 

1. Log in to your Flytographer account. 
2. Visit your ‘Settings’ tab and click ‘My Profile’ under your profile photo.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the form and click ‘Help’ so that the menu of instructions appears. Please read these carefully! They outline what should be on a profile and what shouldn’t.
4. Make the necessary changes and click ‘Save.’
5. Done! 

How to Update your Portfolio Photos

1. Log in to your Flytographer account. 
2. Visit your ‘Portfolio’ tab.
3. Click on the destination in which you would like to edit your Portfolio (most photographers will just have one, but if you are active in more than one destination you can update the portfolio for each).
4. Review the instructions for updating your portfolio on that page.
5. You can either remove individual photos by clicking on the trash can on each one, or you can choose to remove all by scrolling the bottom of the page and clicking ‘Remove All’. The ideal number of photos for a Flytographer portfolio is between 12 and 45 photos.
6. To add new photos, click on ‘Choose More Photos’ and select your chosen files. After those have loaded, click ‘Upload’.
7. After all the photos have been uploaded, you will want to choose the focal point of every photo. Turn on ‘Show Focal Points’ and click the subject’s face in each photo to position the focal point. Once you’re done, turn off ‘Show Focal Points’.(This is very important, because if the subject’s face is not the focal point, the photo may look very strange on your profile on the website. Please watch the How-To Video below for further explanation on this and on other profile-building tips.) 
8. You can now re-order your photos by dragging them into place.
9. Click ‘Submit’ to save your changes.
10. Done!

How-To Video: Updating Your Profile and Portfolio

What to Include in your Portfolio

⭐️  Click HERE to see a video on how to build a great Flytographer portfolio! ⭐️

Don’t Include 👎

• Images of couples in wedding outfits
• Black & White edited images (colour edits only please!)
• Images without human faces in focus (i.e. backs of heads, detail photos, landscape photography, etc.)
• Silhouetted images

FAQ

You’re moving to a new location permanently?

Please email us at photographer@flytographer.com to let us know as soon as you can, but we are always happy to help get you all set up in a new destination on the website. We will need you to include the following for your new profile page:  

You’re travelling for a while and you wish to be temporarily listed in another destination?

There are just a few things to keep in mind. To be listed in any destination you need to meet the following requirements:

1. You are legally eligible to work in that destination.

2. You will be based there for more than a month at a time. We have found in the past that customers can be disappointed if you are there for a lesser amount of time, as they, on average, book a month before. 

3. You ideally have 15-20 ‘Flytographer style’ portfolio images taken in that destination. Generally, this works out best for photographers that visit the same destination year after year. This is important because customers often choose their route based on images they see in your portfolio. If this is not possible, please reach out to us at photographer@flytographer.com and let us know about your situation.

4. Update your main calendar for the dates on which you will be away from your usual location, and when your new calendar (in the temporary location) is available, please make sure to update that one too, blocking off all days before you arrive and after you leave. Find instructions on how to update your calendar here!

You wish to update the routes listed on your destination page? 

For every destination that we have listed on the website, we aim to showcase 2-4 amazing places to shoot in that location. These spots are chosen by you, our photographers — the local experts! If you wish to add, remove, or change a route on your destination page, please email us at photographer@flytographer.com so we can assist you with these changes. 

Still have questions?

Please email us at photographer@flytographer.com anytime!

Header photo by Bayu & Ivony in Bali