Stock photography can take your PowerPoint presentation or website to the next level. Here are our favorite stock photo sites, and why we dig them.
- iStockPhoto
Pros: iStockPhoto maintains strict standards so that you don’t have to sort through junk to find what you’re looking for.
Cons: Because of their strict model release standards, the same models are used for most photos - you might see the same model on many other sites.
www.istockphoto.com
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| - Shutterstock
Pros: Great subscriptions for high-volume usage.
Cons: Pretty much the same selection as iStockPhoto, but a smaller library.
www.shutterstock.com
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| - Getty Images
Pros: Extensive selection of quality model photography, and the ability to grab editorial content. Getty often posts images of relevant news events within a day or two of it happening.
Cons: Photos sell for 5 to 10 times the price of average content.
www.gettyimages.com
- Corbis
Pros: High-quality creative and editorial content (similar to Getty Images).
Cons: More expensive than Getty.
www.corbis.com
- Crestock
Pros: Crestock is climbing the ladder in quality. Their strict standards, and fresh content are a welcome surprise.
Cons: Crestock’s search capabilities and interface are still catching up to the other guys.
www.crestock.com
- Fotolia
Pros: Fotolia’s relaxed model-release policies have opened a larger variety of model photography than other stock sites.
Cons: You might need to sort through some lower quality files to find the golden shot.
www.fotolia.com
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Runner-ups
While they aren’t our first stop, we still use them every once and a while. Here are a few other stock photography sites you should bookmark: www.dreamstime.com, www.stockxpert.com, www.canstockphoto.com, www.bigstockphoto.com.
