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Answer a photo request
Find open photo requests on the Contribute page, answer one with your photos, and get paid for each accepted photo.
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A photo request is a short brief from ATIS: what we want photographed, what each accepted photo pays, how many photos we need, and until when. Anyone can read a request. Only an active field contributor can answer one for pay.
- Open Contribute and look at Open photo requests. A page that needs photos also shows a "Photos wanted" line with the link See the photo request.
- Read the brief, Pays per accepted photo, Photos still wanted, and Closes.
- Sign in and select Answer this request.
- Choose your photos, add captions, and for each photo say whether anyone in it can be recognised.
- Accept the photo rights agreement and select Submit photos.
Good to know
- Not a contributor yet? The button says Become a contributor to answer this. See Become a contributor and earn. You can still share your photos for free.
- Each accepted photo is paid the request's price, up to the number the request still wants. The amount is fixed when the photo is accepted.
- A request closes when it has enough photos or when its closing date passes. Photos accepted after it is full count as ordinary photos.
- A request marked Extended licence allows ATIS to share the accepted photos with the partners it names. Whether extended requests are offered: Owner to confirm.
- Every photo is reviewed on its own. The reasons a photo can be declined are listed in Why a story was declined.
- If a new request opens in your home area, we may send you a message.
- The Contribute page shows prices in your chosen currency. Your earnings are recorded in US dollars.