Stock Photography
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What is Stock Photography? Do you need quality photos for a marketing campaign, published work, or digital media? Stock photos are images taken by professional photographers and offered for licensing with prices based on how the photos will be used. The can be licensed for use in brochures, print ads, greeting cards, text books, and more. Using stock photography is a cost effective and time-saving alternative to hiring a photographer to shoot a specific assignment. By using stock photos, you can browse through an enormous library of photos, and see exactly what you are getting before you buy. When hiring photographers, there is no guarantee that you will get the exact image you are looking for. Can I get a stock photo that hasn't been used before? Most images that are available from stock photography agencies are licensed for non-exclusive use and many stock photos are used multiple times. You can negotiate a price for exclusive use in an industry (like Greeting Cards, Financial Services, etc.) for a higher price. All photos available on Photos To Go Unlimited are licensed as Royalty Free and are non-exclusive. If you need to guarantee exclusive use of a stock photo, visit www.indexstock.com, or call 212-929-4644 / 800-690-6979 and ask about Licensing for Exclusive Use. How do I search for the right stock photo At Photos To Go Unlimited, you can search our collection of over 250,000 stock photos with free text and keywords. At each step, you can target your search for images by using our Narrow Search feature. If you don’t find what you need, then try our larger collection of over 1,000,000 photos at www.indexstock.com. Who owns the stock photos? At Photos To Go Unlimited and Index Stock, the respective artists own all of the photos. We represent the artists and want to make sure that each customer gets the stock photo that best meets their needs. Can I resell stock photography? No, you license stock images for a specific purpose. You cannot use the images for something that is outside the license that you paid for. With a paid subscription you may use a photo from Photos To Go Unlimited as many times as you want, subject to the license agreement, but you may not resell the photo to someone else.
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