Whether you are looking to buy or sell photos, a photo gallery for every interest exists. Wedding photo galleries are quite popular, as are galleries for pets, people, travel destinations, food, airplanes, and any other area of interest you can imagine. There are thousands of digital photographs available for download from numerous websites.
Images are used to capture a consumer's interest. Artistic photo galleries offer numerous downloadable images, either free or for a fee, but always with some type of licensing attached:
1. Look for royalty-free licensing if you want flexibility to use a photo however you want. There are free public domain images, as well as those you must pay for, at many art photo galleries sites online.
2. Rights-managed fees allow for a specific use of a licensed photo and is based on the benefit to the organization; small individual use will be a lower fee than regional or national use.
3. Pay a flat fee for unlimited use of a photo from broad use categories with a rights-ready license based on your project type.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Locate a gallery specializing in photography to visit as you travel
Online photography is a convenience and you can find a lot of great art, but visiting art photo galleries will expand your appreciation for the art of photography by seeing images of different resolutions in actual settings.
I recommend: Art-Support provides listings of photography galleries in the United States, photography galleries in Toronto, Canada, and photography galleries in France.
Art-Search offers a comprehensive list of US photo galleries.
Find stock commercial photos in artistic photo galleries
Stock photography companies are a great source for finding or selling commercial photos. The variety of images available for use is as expansive as your imagination. An online art photo gallery will provide photographs of different resolutions that can be used for print or Web use.
I recommend: Big Stock Photo offers more than two million royalty-free photos.
Getty Images allows collection and licensing searches.
Buy or sell commercial photos from a photo gallery online
To buy or sell photos online visit a website that encourages visitors and allows photographers to sell photos. As a business professional, you may download commercial pictures for use as screensavers or wallpaper for free, but you must purchase the photos to use them for business purposes.
I recommend: Once you discover a photographer whose work fits your needs, you can search by last name at
Photographers.com for more of their work. Fees for royalty-free images at
Shutterpoint are based on the digital image's resolution.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Understand the pricing structure before you purchase any online commercial photographs from a digital photo gallery.
- Confirm resolutions of any commercial photographs before you purchase them. Print photographs generally require higher resolution than photos for website use.
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