In general, photos must be relevant to the life and interests of the Church in Asia. We classify these into two categories:

• News photos. These are photos of news events taken as they occur and sent to us quickly.
• Other photos. These include:
  1. feature photos depicting the life of the Church and the people in Asia such as activities, communities, buildings etc, and
  2. portrait shots of Church people and others in Asia.

Photos submitted to UCAN Photo Service for publication must be of high quality - sharp and clear.

For Digital Camera:

• Quality: Dimension at least 1600 x 1200 pixels
  (Photos under 1600 x 1200 pixels will not be accepted)

For other digital files:

• Scanned size: At least 4" x 6" (10 cm x 15 cm)
• Resolution: 300 dpi (dots per inch) or higher
• File type: JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group; .jpe .jpg .jpeg) is acceptable

For photographic prints:

• Size:3" x 5" (7.5 cm x 12.5 cm)

Nearly all UPS captions follow a two-sentence formula:

The first sentence of the caption describes what the photo shows, in the present tense, and states where (place) and when (date) the photo was made.

The second sentence of the caption gives background on the news event or describes why the photo is significant.

Please make sure that you have:

• Full name, title and position of each significant person in the photo
• Proper name of event or activity
• Brief description of what is happening in the photo
• Place where the photo was taken
• Date when the photo was taken

This is an example of the standard UPS caption:

Displaced children play at an evacuation center in Datu Piang, Maguindanao, the Philippines, on Oct. 5. At least 41,000 people were displaced due to fighting between Philippine government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels.

• The UPS is committed to working with photographers and helping them provide photos that are insightful and visually stimulating.
• Every commentary and interview submitted to UCA News by an individual or reporter must be accompanied by a portrait shot of the commentary writer or the person interviewed. Such photos will be uploaded to the UPS database but treated as gratis and credited as a courtesy photo.
• Photos submitted by photographers will be selected by UPS editors to ensure technical and content quality.
• UPS editors maintain the right to restore damaged digital images and remove blemishes, scratches and other unwanted elements, and rebalance colors of submitted digital images to match those of an original.

• Payment is 50 percent of the income generated from downloads by users. Click here for user rates. Please note that there are users who may enjoy discounts.
• Photographers retain the rights to their photos.
• Photographers, whose photos have been downloaded by users, receive payment every month together with details of each download.

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