Season feature
Your name here
A dedicated photographer profile with credit and a link to your portfolio or social channel.
We are building a more local and accurate visual record of Colorado: the trail in shoulder season, the small-town main street before the crowds arrive, the working landscape, and the places people miss when every image comes from the same overlook.
Your work could live here
These are intentionally typographic sample positions—not photographer profiles or placeholder photographs.
Area contributor
Your Colorado region
Images used within destination, trail, camping, seasonal, and local-planning content.
Product contributor
Your photograph credited
Selected images may be considered for separately compensated product use under the contributor agreement.
No photographs or photographer identities are represented in these sample positions.
What contributors receive
The program is designed to make attribution and usage terms clear before accepted work is published.
You keep your copyright
Credit whenever reasonably possible
Portfolio or social link in online features
Separate flat-fee terms for accepted product use
Featured Photographer opportunities
How Local Lens works
Applying does not transfer rights or guarantee publication.
Submit your portfolio
Share your work, primary Colorado areas, contact information, and the types of photography you create.
We review for fit
We look for images that support upcoming destination guides, editorial stories, seasonal coverage, and products.
Accepted work is documented
Before use, accepted contributors receive the Local Lens agreement and the applicable editorial or product-use terms.
Your work is published
Approved photography is used under the signed agreement with the applicable credit, link, feature, or compensation model.
Know the terms before applying
You retain ownership. The Local Lens agreement uses a non-exclusive license, so contributors may continue using and licensing their work elsewhere.
Accepted uses are broad and continuing. The agreement is designed to cover editorial use, email and social promotion, and—when separately selected—physical products and future editions.
Editorial and product models differ. Editorial features may be based on credit and a portfolio link. Images accepted for a product use a separately identified one-time flat fee.
You must control the rights. Contributors confirm they own or control the submitted work and have any required releases or permissions.
This summary is not the agreement and does not replace its full terms. Selected photographers receive the contributor agreement for review and signature before accepted work is used. The agreement template should be reviewed by Colorado counsel before first program use.
Photographer application
Submission starts the review process. It does not grant Explore Colorado permission to publish your work.