Photography and Stock Imagery

Hi, We REALLY love to see photography here on the forum aswell as digital artwork. We have made a members only Photo Gallery where you can upload you work into your very own Album, as you would expect each Photo will have the ability to be rated and also allow people to leave comments about your work. Visit the Gallery

Thought I'd share the stock photo/video/illustration sites I've got bookmarked. Some vary in quality and you might have to grind a bit to find an image you like, but I've used them loads for things like blog posts, social images and other online assets. https://pikwizard.com/ https://www.shopify.com/stock-photos https://www.reshot.com/ https://www.pexels.com/ https://gratisography.com/ https://mixkit.co/ https://www.stickpng.com/ https://coverr.co/ https://visualhunt.com/ https://www.lummi.ai/

Hi all, I really don't want to pay $15 to Shutterstock for a guys feet walking up the street, just for me to need a different video two minutes later. Is there an alternative? Anything ethically questionable or possibly frowned upon but works? :)))

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I am aiming at creating a new site for some structures we have built. The problem is as the projects are rather large you cannot obtain their beauty or scale from the photographs we have taken on site. To combat this and make the site look better I am thinking of creating some sketch up models (which I have done before) combined with javascript and css, putting them on the website. I was going to take snapshots at various stages from the 3d model in sketch up; e.g. walls going up, then floor goes ontop of the walls. I'm pretty sure this can be achieved in javascript, think with css3 too. Once this is loaded I was thinking of importing the 3d model to the site, so the…

Hi, I've been talking with the technical support team on Shutterstock subscription plans. This is the text of my talk with them: Subscription details: https://www.shutterstock.com/pricing#multipleusers https://www.shutterstock.com/checkout/reg?team_subscription=1&product_text_id=shared_monthly_750_download_1_month_plus_cmt_x12_2&campaign_name=elu1&billing_option=monthly&coupon_code=undefined&seat_count=10&product_id=782 £369.00 ÷ 5 = £73.8 each user/mo Is there anyone interested in cooperative buying? My monthly downloads are ranging from 95 to maximum 105 Later we will arrange who is the acti…

Can anyone advise please: Issue #1: when searching for images for my website, I find the image (with tineye.com) in many many locations. Does that mean that I can use it as well? ( The original user is there among hundreds of users using that same image.). issue#2: Is it ok if I partly use content (text or images) from a technical on information website, and I mention them as my reference?

All photos here are licensed under Creative Commons Zero which means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos for free, including commercial purposes, without asking permission from or providing attribution to the photographer or website. I've sourced them personally and are safe to use. Enjoy! Full size ________ Full size ________ Full size ________

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I know there are lots of completely free stock photo sites cropping up everywhere now, but there seems to be some controversy over photographers effectively working for free, and also copyright issues where photos are sometimes taken down as fast as they're put up. What do you think?

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I currently have a website and blog. I have a limited hosting plan purchased. When I upload images on my hosting server it consumes a lot of bandwidth and space. So I was thinking of hosting images on some-other image hosting site and direct linking it to my site. I found out few sites like imageshack, photobucket, tinypic, imgur. However, I see all have certain restrictions. The features i am looking for are as follows: 1. At least 10gb space 2. At least 500gb bandwidth (bec I hav very high traffic) 3. Very high speed even during heavy load like 1000 visitors accessing every hour. 4. Ultra reliable servers (99.9% uptime) 5. Privacy control 6. Must not ever dele…

I am holding a photography contest at my website and wondering if you guys could help out by entering some pictures . The theme is sports, and the prize is you get moved toi the supporting members group with a ton of advantages! Link: http://s15.invisionfree.com/PPVGeneral/ind...p?showtopic=451 Thanks

Hello guys! I was browsing for stock photos when I found an intresting article about 'stock photos that don't suck'. I checked them out and I've found some pretty awesome stuff! Then, I was thinking about sharing them with you. I hope this doesn't bother anyone and if this was posted before, mods can delete it Little Visuals http://littlevisuals.co/ Unsplash http://unsplash.com/ Death to the Stock Photo http://join.deathtothestockphoto.com/ New Old Stock http://nos.twnsnd.co/ Superfamous (requires attribution) http://superfamous.com/ Picjumbo http://picjumbo.com/ The Pattern Library http://thepatternlibrary.com/ Gratisography http://www.gratisography.com/ Getr…

I'm totally stuck with an idea... need to design a logo for a personal trainer and I just don't know where to start. Anyone know of a website where I can get some ideas? Tried google but most of the sites are generic MS clip art style looking for something clean, crisp. Quite like http://www.fit4upt.com/

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Hi there, How do I reduce the size of photos for web. I mean I've cropped one photo (800x600px format: .png) and it's still around 1MB. That's clearly too much. Any advice? Thank you

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Evening Peeps, I'm working on an fictional web design agency project and as part of the home page I want to include a portfolio section showing product photography shots of websites, apps and branding that this made up agency have "worked on". I know this is a made up agency project but I want to make the design as realistic looking as possible as a project to put in my portfolio in doing so I have wrote the content "voice" for the site in my own words as though it was for real, so no tacky lorum ipsum text to pad out the site on any of the pages. Likewise same mindset for the images, I don't want to use any tacky "lifestyle" photography or cheap looking stock…

I am interested to know where people get stock images from that are taken in the UK? I find it very irritating sifting through images trying to find one that is not obviously taken in the US (for the most part). If anybody has some good ideas I would greatly appreciate some information.

Hi All, I am working on a fictional website for a web design agency and on the home page I want to feature a huge hero element with an auto sliding carosel of say 3-4 images. I need some natural looking images/shots of a creative web design team working away in a studio, it's a typical feature you see on the home page on most of these kind of websites, but like I said, because this is being designed for a made up company, I need to source the images myself. I know I could source these kind of images from typical istock images resources, but I always find they look a bit to pristine, clean white teeth smiles and too polished looking, I want something more natur…

Hi guys, I need to give my metal art web page a facelift www.freestylemetalart.com by producing improved images of my metal art work. I have purchased a Nikon D5300 DSLR to do this. I was into basic photography 20+ years ago and am keen to kick it off again but am aware that it will take some time to get to know the camera. I have questions relating to lighting, if anyone would have the time to provide feedback regarding the following questions I would appreciate it. Q1. Cheap lighting systems from ebay such as soft box's, are these sufficient? Q2. Do some lights stay on all the time or do they all come on when a photo is taken (Ie like a flash)? Q3. Feedbac…

Any idea from where I can take some free photos/images for my web designs? Many thanks, Alisia

Hi, Does anyone know a good place to get slider images from? Thanks

Hi, does anyone have a subscription to Dreamstime they would be willing to get me a few images ? I need about 10 images off this site !

Hi guys, Can anyone advise on a good brand and model of HD glasses? I want to shoot video for my blog in my workshop a I am assembling projects. Is possible to get a quality pair of glasses for under $100?? Thanks Glen

Ok, So I would like to purchase a digital camera to assist me with my metal art blog. I am thinking of the go pro style, something that can take a series of photos over a period of time and also video. I just saw my nephew's camera on his drone helicopter, the clarity of the video was amazing. Voice is not as important because I intend to voice over when I edit on windows movie maker. I would like; remote control, external monitor plug in or wireless option. I would like all of this without spending go pro prices, is it possible? Cheers Glen

Hi, I'd like to possibly use a several minute long video as the background of my site, probably of nature, maybe of nature in Asia. The stock photo sites I know of usually only have videos that are only a few seconds long. Do you have any suggestions?

I am creating a website solely for my photos. I have added a script so that all 54 of my photos are on a slideshow. The images are 500px x 250px. It is a good idea to have them all in my html file or will that add a burden to the file as it downloads onto the browser. If so, which other way is it a good idea to add many photos to my website illustrated into a slideshow. Thanks

Hi, I'm new on this forum. I'm not english so I apologize if I make some mistakes. While working on a website (I'm not used to do the website design) I searched for sand texture and didnt found any that fitted for my project. So I tried to make it using free brushes and it didnt worked. After 2 hours now of trying everything i could, I decides to ask to peoples who are more used to do websites if they know some textuers or brushes that can fit. I'll try to explain you here what is the kind of sand i would like to have : A light ochre sand quite smooth but a bit granular with some tiny imperfections like specks of sand of another color. Thank you. EDIT : To…

Hello, I am currently creating bespoke social media buttons for a current project and I also want to add a "share via email" button. What I was wondering is if I use a system similar to the "AddThis" widget where users can enter an email to send to and also an email to send from. Does anyone know of any legal implications using this due to the fact that a user can send the email to anyone/any email and also from anyone/any email. Thanks in advance! **Admin - Accidently created in wrong forum, can someone please move.**

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This is useful. I had some corrupt .jpg files on my PC that you could see the thumbnail for but when you opened up the thing it was corrupt. I tried all the recovery programs and none would touch it. Taking another angle, the thumbnails were intact..hurrah..so I found this http://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/jpeg-snoop-uses.html Worked a treat. At least I now have something from the corrupt file

Hi, I would really like to use this photo in a template I am designing: http://s438.photobucket.com/albums/qq106/Selina_catz/The%20House%20of%20Grey/?action=view&current=purple-bedroom.jpg&currenttag=bedroom Is there an easy way to find out the license of an image? I tried tinyeye and it found several results used by different websites, so not sure if I can assume its alright to use for commercial use or not. I've tried scouring flickr and places like http://www.sxc.hu/ for free photos but I cant find anything as suitable as this image (correct colours etc). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. tia, Andy

Hi I want to display a video on a website as part of the banner, so I want it to run continuously without any control, much like it would in Flash. The video is a royalty free stock video purchased from Fotolia. I thought about doing this via YouTube but have 2 concerns: 1. Whether licensing permits you to publish on YouTube 2. Whether I can get rid of the controls and have it autoplay continuously So I've been looking into embedding the video using HTML5, and I've been reading the instructions from Dive Into HTML5 about videos, and I'm panicking about this H.264 codec. If you are just displaying a single video on your website, would this be free fro…

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Hello all, When you need a stock photo for your designs, were is the place you get them? Why there? I am looking for a cheaper distributor than iStock.

I'm a stock photographer that has just launched my own site www.picture5479.com I am prepared to give each person 1 free stock image of website size for the to allow you to build a website for a customer. In return I ask that directly underneath the image you credit me with "Image supplied by www.picture5479.com" If you are interested in this offer look at my website and email me at markscatesphotography@yahoo.co.uk I will limit the offer to say the first 10 people. First come first served. The image you want paste a link into the email I also ask to know the location of the image used for tracking purposes Kind regards Mark

Hi all I have been developing interest in photography and I have decided to give it a go. Just a hobby, really, nothing more. I have made some researches, but to be honest, I have no idea what to look for in a camera. I have found this one, for example http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-EF-50-1-8-Lens/dp/B00005K47X Good? Bad? What shall I look for? Any advice will be much appreciated Thank you.

Hi guys, I have launched a free section within my own site http://www.vectorella.com/category/free-vectors.html where you can download vectors and icons.. Unlike many other sites which feature other artist's stolen work, these vectors on my site are all created by me and are %100 legally safe to use in commercial projects.. The free section will be growing If enough people supports it.. On the other hand, in case you are already purchasing my work from stock sites you already know, this is the cheapest place you can get them as there is no middlemen.. I hope this will be useful for many! Cihan

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Hi I know this is really cheeky but does anyone have a subscription to Fotolia stock library? I already have a Fotolia account and have sourced various photos for a project last year and for whatever reason they seem to have vanished off my Mac after I upgraded ( Basically I need about 40 photos and can't afford to buy them again or subscribe again, so I wondered If I could be cheeky and sort someone out with a drink for downloading a few at a time from their account if they're not using up their monthly quota... Anyway, if anyone could help me out, I'd be grateful if you could private message me. Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, I'm a relative newbie to all of this so any advice or help is very welcome ! I am starting a fashion/travel website and I need images for the site. I really need a few hundred images for destinations etc.. and i know this could be costly so I want to get some low cost or free ones . I have trawled the net about what is free and not for commercial use but I'm still a little confused. Is there one image website where i coild sign up for say 200 images and just pay once or what would be best for me ? My budget is not huge under £ 200 is that feasable? I just don't want to get sued by anyone ! Also, Shouldn't my web designer be able to upload from the stock st…

I work for a company as a general IT guy, I'm in charge of the website etc. I inherited the website from another web design company who had designed the website before i started working for this company. I've developed the website but kept aspects of the old design like the images and content. This morning we received a notice of copyright infringement form Getty Images demanding £1.6k if we could not prove we had the license. I contacted the web design company and luckily they said the image was downloaded elsewhere and not from getty images and that if getty want to discuss further they should contact them instead of us. Can they really just demand money …

Hi, already posted got no replies but under further investigation I found some free or cheap stock phot sites but I 'm not sure if I still need to buy under extended licence? I will be producing an app to accompany the website and so it would be for commercial use. Can anyone tell me if I will have o buy the more expensive extended licence or not ? I can't see how I will afford a few hundred photos at that price ??!! Any advice ? Cheers P

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