How It Works
Photographers and Collaborators
Two Bright Lights provides tools that make it easy for you to manage and share images of your work and to find the right publication to showcase your work.
Publishers
Two Bright Lights gives you access to the tools you need to find and manage great content for your publication.
How It Works for Photographers and Collaborators
Create image albums
Photographers upload images and identify associated collaborators such as venues, designers, and florists.
Access Images of Your Work
Collaboraters view the images photographers share with them and then download images for marketing materials.
Submit to publications
Photographers and collaborators determine which publications suit their work best. Then with a few clicks, the submissions are sent to the publications of their choice.
Manage Images & Submissions
Photographers and collaborators view and respond to publisher's submission decisions and then promote where they have been published. They also easily organize their images and share their images and inspiration boards with clients.
What are collaborators?
Collaborators are the professionals that help create the events photographers shoot. Collaborators include event planners, venues, florists, designers, videographers, entertainers, cake designers, makeup artists and more.
I am not in the wedding industry. Would
Two Bright Lights work for me?
Yes! Though Two Bright Lights did start in the wedding industry, we have expanded to many other categories including lifestyle, portraits, travel, fashion and more! Many of our members use
Two Bright Lights to promote their non-wedding images.
As a professional photographer, I am concerned about misuse of my copyright. How will
Two Bright Lights protect my images?
We believe that images are sacred. You can control which vendors and editors have access to your images and you will be credited when your images are used. Additionally, misuse of copyright is explicitly prohibited under our terms of service and violators will be removed from our community.
I am not a photographer but I have images I shot myself. May I upload these images to
Two Bright Lights?
Unfortunately, no. In order to protect copyright and guarantee editorial quality, we only allow professional photographers to upload images.
As a collaborator, will I be able to download images for use on my website and other marketing materials?
Yes! You may download images photographers have shared with you and use them for marketing purposes with photo credit.
As a collaborator, I have collected images from photographers. May I upload these images to Two Bright Lights?
Because of our commitment to preserving photographers’ copyright, only images uploaded by the professional photographer who owns them are permitted. However, you can search to see what photographers you work with are already on
Two Bright Lights or you can invite other photographers to upload images who will share them with you.
Will there already be images in my account for me to view when I sign up?
It depends on whether photographers have attached you to albums they have uploaded. If they have, there will be images available in your account in your albums tab! If you have received a notification that a photographer has shared images with you, but you do not see the images in your account please email us at support@twobrightlights.com. And don't forget even if a photographer has not yet shared with you, you can always request that member photographers upload albums you have worked on together or you can invite non-member photographers to join.
How It Works for Publishers
Post Submission Requests
Post requests for the types of submissions your are looking for and provide additional details about your editorial style and requirements.
Receive Amazing Submissions
View the images and information from submissions sent to you and then make decisions about publication.
Manage your content
Use the editorial calendar to keep track of your submission decisions and easily communicate with your network of submitters. Organize and categorize your images so you can find the images you need when you are ready to publish.
What other editors use Two Bright Lights?
There are over 400 publications who use Two Bright Lights to receive content for their publication. You can see some of these amazing publications by visiting our Members page.
I am interested in using Two Bright Lights to receive submissions for my publication. How do I do that?
Its simple! Simply click Sign-up above and then fill out our editorial application. We will review your publication and if you meet our requirements we will set you up as an editor right away.
What are Two Bright Lights' requirements to become an editor?
Our requirements are:
- A history of publishing original image content, not just republishing content that was published elsewhere first.
- A history of giving photo credit as appropriate.
- At least 25,000 unique visitors (or circulation) per year (or projected to be).
- A dedicated page on how to submit content to you.
- A history of posting "real image content" such as real weddings, parties, family shoots, etc.
Featured images by Jessica Claire Photography, Verve Studio, Nathan Welton, Sphynge Photography, and Otto Schulze Photographers.
