Blog Listing

by Kairos Levander 6 min read

Lucid’s photo desk reviews around 300 submissions a month. Their editors explain the three things that move a test shoot from the inbox to the cover shortlist — and the credit sheet mistakes that sink it.

by Elvira Sungay 5 min read

Elvira Sungay builds every moodboard in three layers — light, texture, silhouette. Here is the template she sends to photographers before a single garment is pulled.

by Nayara Zenadi 4 min read

Palisade, ALAÏS, Delorian, VOÍD and three more titles open their winter calls. Themes, deadlines and the exact file specs each editor asks for.

by Liera Michaelis 7 min read

Strobes flatten skin, but powdering everything kills the glow editors love. Liera Michaelis on balancing shine for studio flash, with notes from the DUSK “After Dark” set.

by Tarik Nebanu 8 min read

Who signs what, who gets credited where, and how to tag a full team on DEPO so every model, stylist and MUA is linked from the published story.

by Rian Galdos 5 min read

From a Vinohrady café to the brutalist halls of Žižkov — the spots the DEPO Locals in Prague recommend for test shoots during the Depo Awards exhibition.

by Saria Casadi 6 min read

Kaleido’s art director explains why their fashion stories commit to a single palette, and how photographers can pitch a series that fits the next issue.

by Kairos Levander 9 min read

Two Portra rolls, one Hasselblad and a very patient model. Kairos Levander compares film and digital frames from three menswear stories for Palisade.

by Nayara Zenadi 4 min read

A photographer, a model and a make-up artist met at a DEPO Locals coffee in Vienna. Six weeks later their series ran across eight pages of VOÍD.