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Free Website Content - 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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