Submit to the CCP Photography and DVP Department Instagram Account!
The account is a curated selection of some of the best pictures and video clips by our talented student/alumni photographers/videographers.
If you are a current student or alumni of the Community College of Philadelphia and have taken any photography or DVP classes you are eligible to submit!
Email your consent form, model release and pictures to David Soffa at dsoffa@ccp.edu, or DM those images and documents to @ccp_photodept on Instagram
Submission Guidelines
- You may submit up to 10 images or 5 video clips
- Please title your submissions with your first name, last name and a sequence number. For example, if your name is “Sasha Smith” your images would be titled SashaSmith1.jpg, SashaSmith2.jpg, SashaSmith3, etc.
- You must read and agree to the Photographers Consent form below giving CCP permission to post your images.
- If identifiable people appear in your photos or videos, they must consent to the Model Release Form as well.
Download Required Consent Forms
Photographer/Videographer Consent Form
When emailing your pictures or videos, download and sign the Photographer/Videographer Consent form and include it in your email.
This form gives CCP permission to post your images/videos on Instagram. There’s some scary sounding language in the forms, but the legal department requires it to protect the school. You still retain the copyright to all your photos. They are yours!
IOS users: download or screenshot the document below and use markup to fill and sign
Instructions for using Markup on IOS:
PDF & Word versions of Consent Form for desktop users:
Model Release Form
If there are identifiable people in the pictures or videos you submit, those people will need to sign the attached model release form as well.
Model release forms are a common practice in the photography and video industies. Also email this form to David Soffa at Dsoffa@ccp.edu
We can’t promise if your pictures or videos will be posted or when, but keep checking the feed to see if your work has been featured and to see what other people have submitted!
Click here to visit the page: @ccp_photodept
Converting Video Files for use on Instagram
Once you select a video clip that showcases one of your great projects, use this free video convertor to prepare the clip for submission. (You will just need to sign into your adobe account to access this feature)
https://www.adobe.com/express/feature/video/resize/instagram
Optional Image Resizing Instructions
Your pictures will look their best if they are resized according to the following guidelines
*Only export images from high resolution RAW, TIFF or PSD files to avoid loosing image quality*
*Your images may be cropped if you do not use the aspect ratios above*
Exporting images from Photoshop:
File > Export > Save for Web
Exporting images from Lightroom:
Instructions for exporting Instagram images from Adobe Lightroom
