Photo Galleries

Use digital photo galleries, traditional artistic photo galleries for your business photo needs
By Lisa J. Jackson, Writer / Editor 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.

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.
Try:  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.
Try:  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.
Try:  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.