Stock photography is the supply of photographs, which are often licensed for specific uses. It is used to fulfill the needs of creative assignments instead of hiring a photographer, often for a lower cost. Images can be presented in searchable online databases. You have such sites such as: shutterstock, fotolia, istockphoto, shutterstock, Getty Images, and Corbis that sell your images and give you a percentage of the image that was purchased through their site, something like 20%. There are many more sites by photographers like myself that are offering stock images that you can either use for your personal use and not in any commercial products advertising unless it is licensed by us to do so in the agreement. They can be purchased and delivered online in digital format (JPEG) or in printed format with various sizes, frames and textures such as acrylic, wood, metal and canvas. All images should be copyright by each photographer to prevent from someone else stealing and using your work and getting paid for it. This way if you find out you can take the to court for fraud and and other charges the courts may see fit to file the perpertrator. Selling your own stock photography can be very lucrative to those that find the right company that want to license the particular photo or photos for some commercial advertisement or maybe even a cover of a magazine such as cosmopolitan, black enterprise, and other big named publications. The name of the game is to produce excellent work and market yourself.
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