Guidelines for photos and videos

Here are some guidelines for photos.

Details to include when uploading photos

When uploading a photo to the site, please include the following details:

  • Name(s) of player(s) in the photo
  • Name(s) of team(s) in the photo
  • Date of the photo
  • Name of photographer
  • Any other details that seem appropriate (Example: Subaru Park, Chester, parking lot, etc.)

This will make the photo searchable in our media library, which means the photo will be more likely to be used as a featured photo in subsequent posts. If that info isn’t in there, it becomes very difficult to find and use the photo later.

Every photo should include a caption with at minimum the basic information of what’s happening in the photo, written in AP Style. Photographers should include their credit line as the last item in the caption (Photographer Name/The Philly Soccer Page). See the example below:

Philadelphia Union left back Kai Wagner plays a corner kick into the box in the first half of the Union’s 4-0 win over the Chicago Fire at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa. on Saturday night, August 23, 2025. (Kyle Grantham/The Philly Soccer Page)
Horizontal orientation for featured photos

Make sure to keep a standard 35mm (2:3) aspect ratio to avoid formatting problems on the page. Resize all images to 2400 pixels on their longest side to comply with Retina screen formatting needs.

Featured photos for posts are horizontally oriented due to the layout of the site, so photos that are higher than they are wide will not be featured as cover posts.

However, that doesn’t mean you have to shoot every photo with a horizontal orientation. Shoot good photos, period. Just keep the detail in mind with relation to what photos will be used most often, and shoot accordingly.

How to set a video as your featured photo

It’s possible to set a video as your featured photo. We don’t recommend doing this often, but it’s a good option when you don’t have appropriate photos but you do have video. Here’s how to set this, using YouTube as an example:

  1. Go to the video.
  2. Click on Share.
  3. Click on Embed.
  4. Copy the Embed code.
  5. Go to your Post page within PSP.
  6. Go to Post Options.
  7. Paste the Embed code in the box titled Embed Code for Slideshow.
  8. Click the button beneath it to make this the featured image.
Edit photo essays to only your best

Our photographers are some of the best in the business, and take hundreds of fantastic images during games. When preparing a photo essay to post, try to limit yourself to your best 24 images, at most. Try to sequence your images chronologically to tell the story of the game visually from beginning to end.