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Royalty Free Stock Photos for Web Design
Author: Sharon Housley
Article:
Stock photography websites contain thousands of existing
photographs that can be licensed for specific uses. A customer
who uses stock photography instead of hiring a photographer can
save time, effort and money. Typically publishers can either
purchase exclusive rights to a single image or they can purchase
a subscription of sorts. The subscriptions allow publishers to
download a limited number of photos over a specified period of
time.
Stock photo websites allow webmasters, marketers and publishers
to locate pictures for their marketing and promotional materials
without the hassle of organizing a photo shoot. With copyright
laws businesses must be very careful in using unlicensed photos.
There are also risks to using "free" photographs. Many of the
free websites contain collaborative works from multiple
photographers and artists. While the websites attempt to monitor
the images in their collections in violation of copyright laws,
there are no guarantees. If you opt to use photographs or images
from a free portal, it is important to keep this in mind.
The following are a large number of reputable stock photo
websites available:
Photo-Wizard.net - The Photo-Wizard's website contains thousands
of fantastic, high-quality photographs, in more than 30
categories. Photos can be used on websites, in promotional
materials or educational materials. The Photo-Wizard's stock
photo directory is packed with eye-catching photos that will
meet the needs of graphic designers and webmasters looking for
exceptional quality images at reasonable prices. The site is
filled with inexpensive, professional quality royalty free
photographs. There is no longer a need to pay hundreds or even
thousands of dollars for a single photograph. Single images can
be purchased for $.99 each or subscriptions can be purchased for
$49.95 - $ 179.95.
Photo Wizard - http://www.photo-wizard.net
Photos.com - Photos.com contains professional royalty-free stock
photographs available via a subscription. Pay only a single fee
and download up to 250 photos from the Photos.com collection per
day. The photos.com collection contains more than 325,000
professional quality stock photographs. Subscriptions can be
purchased for $149.95 - $ 699.95 .
Photos.com - http://www.photos.com
ClipArt.com - The ClipArt website is exceptional, known for its
large variety. You can filter images based on file formats,
(photographs, photo objects or clipart) so only the specified
format appears in the search results. Subscription can be
purchased for $ 17.99 - $ 269.99.
ClipArt - http://www.clipart.com
Morguefile.com - The term "morgue file" is popular in the
newspaper business to describe a file that holds past issues.
The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference
material for use in all creative pursuits. Photos on Morguefile
can be used free of charge, but only for personal use; but are
not available for commercial or business use.
MorgueFile - http://www.morguefile.com
PixelPerfectDigital.com - PixelPerfectDigital contains 4,000
images. The website uses a forum format to display the images,
many of which are clipart rather than photographs. The images
can be used free of charge for personal use.
Pixel Perfect Digital -
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_stock_photos/
StockVault.net - StockVault contains photos and logos that are
free for non-commercial use. They have additional image packs
available for fixed prices.
StockVault - http://www.stockvault.net
Free-Photographs.net - The Free Photographs Network is an online
resource for royalty-free stock photographs for non-commercial
use. The collection is very limited and a search function
specifically for the site is not available.
Free Photographs - http://www.free-photographs.net
FreeStockPhotos.com - Photographs on Free Stock Photos can be
used free of charge for non-commercial use, but the photograph
must include credits to FreeStockPhotos.com when used on the
Internet, in a web page, in printed publications, or in any
product, advertising, or packaging. This credit, however, may be
cropped out or digitally removed from the photograph if it is
included in readable type near each photograph, group of
photographs, in the text, or in the credits. The collection is
limited and a search function is not visible.
Free Stock Photos - http://www.freestockphotos.net
FreePhotos.com - FreePhotos is a collaborative website that
contains photos. The website contains many different image
categories, but not a large variety in each category. In order
to download an image users must register.
Free Photos - http://www.freephotos.com
ArtFavor.com - ArtFavor contains a limited selection of small
high-quality photographs. The images are not available for
commercial use.
ArtFavor - http://www.artfavor.com/types.php?type=12
FreeDigitalPhotos.net - The photos on Free Digital Photos can be
used for commercial and non commercial interests. If the images
are used for promotional items (greeting cards, mugs, t-shirts,
screen savers) there is a $ 20.00 charge for the use of each
image. Some images also stipulate that they require a link back
to the FreeDigitalPhotos website.
Free Digital Photos - http://www.freedigitalphotos.net
FreePhotosBank.com - Free Photos Bank is a collaborative website
with a number of attractive photos. Photos contained on the Free
Photos Bank are from a variety of photographers and the reprint
permissions may vary.
Free Photos Bank - http://www.freephotosbank.com
DesignPacks.com - Design Packs offers free, high-quality image
collections that can be used in both personal and commercial web
design projects. Each collection features a group of 15 images
that share a common theme.
Design Packs - http://www.designpacks.com
ShutterStock - Shutterstock is a large subscription-based stock
photo agency. They have an outstanding collection of premium,
royalty-free photographs, illustrations, and vectors.
Subscription can be purchased for $ 199.00 - $1,999.00 and allow
subscribers to download up to 25 images per day.
ShutterStock - http://www.shutterstock.com/
ComStock - ComStock contains a large collection of royalty-free
images. ComStock offers three purchase options images can be
purchased individually, CD options are available or publishers
can purchase a subscription for $299 - $1999.00 which allows
them to download up to 50 images per day.
ComStock - http://www.comstock.com
These are all a number of options available for webmasters and
publishers in need of images for marketing campaigns or
packaging. Regardless of the website selected, be sure to read
the agreement terms carefully to ensure that you are adhering to
the guidelines.
About the Author: Sharon Housley manages marketing for
FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com
software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds and
podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for RecordForAll
http://www.recordforall.com
audio recording and editing software.
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