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Stock Photos
Stock Photos
By Sharon Housley
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.
http://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.
http://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.
http://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. http://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:
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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