Where to Locate Quality Stock Photos for Websites
Professional photographs in a website give the website a
professional look. Many webmasters do not realize that
photographs are copy written and in many cases illegal to
use a photograph or image that you find on the web without
properly licensing it.
Most webmasters do not have time to go out and photograph
all of the subjects they wish to include in a website.
Webmasters are best off using royalty free photographs.
Royalty free photographs are generally purchased and there
is no recurring fee for the use of the photograph. The
purchaser may use the image(s) as often as required within
the license terms and conditions without paying for the use
of the image each time the image is used. Fortunately there
are a number of stock photography websites where webmasters
can purchase a single photograph for a fixed fee, or they
can purchase a stock photo subscription, that allows for
the subscriber to download multiple photographs.
Photo Wizard
Photo Wizard is a subscription stock photo website.
Webmasters or publishers subscribe to the site and can
download as many images as they would like. There are no
recurring fees or royalties for using the photographs on
Photo Wizard. On Photo Wizard, subscribers can navigate
through the photographs by navigating the directories
categories. The Photo Wizard website also has a search
function that allows subscribers to use keywords to locate
photographs of specific places or things. Visitors can
purchase a single photo or they can purchase a subscription
allowing them to download an unlimited number of
photographs for X amount of time. Subscribers can also
subscribe to an RSS feed so they are notified when new
photographs are posted and available for download.
www.photo-wizard.net
IStockPhotos
Photos and images on IStockPhotos are sold individually and
vary from $1.00 to $ 15.00 depending on the size of the
photo. iStockPhotos is a collaborative website and
photographers can contribute their photos to the website as
well. Photograph submissions result in the photographer
receiving credits that can be used to purchase other
photographs from the iStockPhotos website.
www.istockphotos.com
Photos.com
At photos.com webmasters can purchase professional
royalty-free stock photography subscriptions. You pay one
fee and can download up to 250 photographs per day, from
the Photos.com collection of more than 300,000 images.
www.photos.com
FotoSearch
Fotosearch is a provider of royalty free, and rights
managed stock photography. Rights-Managed images are images
that must be licensed for a specific use. The fee for
rights managed photographs are calculated from several
factors including size, placement, duration, and geographic
location. Rights-managed images are licensed for a specific
use and cannot be used for any purpose other than what is
specified when licensing the image. Fotosearch brings
together many different stock agencies to allow you to
quickly find stock photographs. The products on Fotosearch
can then be licensed and easily downloaded for use in your
advertisements, promotional materials, websites, etc. When
you purchase a license to use an image, video clip, or
audio clip, you do so based on the license agreement of the
publisher of that particular content. The license agreement
will be presented to you before purchase confirmation, the
licensing agreements may vary depending on the content
provider. www.fotosearch.com/
Stock photo websites also often offer CD compilations with
groups of photographs sold on a CD. Any photographs on the
CD can be used on websites and brochures and usage does not
incur any additional fees.
Licensing Agreements
If you purchase a photograph be sure that you completely
read the licensing agreement. Some agreements may restrict
resale of the photograph and you want to be aware of that
if you are a webmaster reselling your services.
About the Author:
About the Author: Sharon Housley manages marketing for
FeedForAll www.feedforall.com software for creating,
editing, publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition
Sharon manages marketing for RecordForAll
www.recordforall.com audio recording and editing
software.
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