Press release photos -- standard?

[mel]

I need help. I need to know if there is a standard format in terms of dimensions and dpi for photos distributed with press releases.

I did a shoot today for an arts foundation for photos to be used to go with press releases to various newspapers to advertise an upcoming production. They want 10 shots on a disc to be delivered tomorrow morning (shots done, doing the selecting and editing now) and it just now occurred to me that maybe there is an industry standard for how these are to be formatted.

Anyone know?

TIA

[Marc Langille]

Hi Mel,

Normally for newspaper it's the following:

1. Highest quality JPEG.
2. They required 200 dpi (go figure) - it was the center spread photo in a pull out section of the newspaper.

BTW, that newspaper I submitted an image for is typical (ie. standard format).

Regards,
Marc

[mel]

Thank you!!

[Damn Brit]

I have no knowledge of this but congratulations on the gig Mel.

[mel]

Originally Posted by Damn Brit

I have no knowledge of this but congratulations on the gig Mel.

Thanks Gary. It went well as these were professional paid actors and it didn't take much to get them going. However, I'm not really pleased with the final results. The facility is still under construction and we were shooting in a room with a concrete floor and painted brick walls. It's a former prison that they're converting into an arts place with performance areas, workshops, studio space, and galleries (Lorton Arts Foundation if anyone is interested).

To me everything just looks blah. No set, no stage, not really costumed yet but newspaper isn't the highest quality printing and they'll be small probably. Racking my brain I don't know what I could have done differently besides brought in $2000worth of lighting equipment that I don't have. But that may not have made the hugest difference anyway.

Oh well. I need to quit beating myself up. It's done.
Thanks again.