Have you ever thought of how you might generate a bit more income to buy that new laptop or electric bicycle but don’t have enough available cash to do so?
Most people don’t realize that if they were to spend some time looking through their photo library that they may be sitting on a potential money making enterprise.
I have met amateur photographers that have literally thousands of photographs spanning several themes in their catalog. What do they do with their images? Well they show them to friends and family. Post them on forums and some even print up a few to perhaps sell them at 50 dollars a print.
There are companies that seek images for their image banks that can be used for advertising products, life styles, scenarios etc. for use on the internet or print advertising. I know several photographers who make their living just by shooting stock photography (shooting specific scenarios that may be sold in the future for commercial use) and doing very well by it.
Most stock agencies take 50 percent and pay monthly to the artist any revenues realized for commercial use. I am certain that there are literally thousands of photographers with substantial archives of photos of many categories that have yet to realize that they may be sitting on that gem that could realize thousands of dollars for “That” campaign.
Just do a Google search of image bank, photo library. You will find many credible agencies that may consider a part of your library to add to their catalog.
Give it a shot. It can’t hurt…
Here is a listing of Image banks established by aphotoeditor
General
Corbis
Getty
Alamy
Jupiter Images
Aurora Photos
Masterfile
Boutique
Magnum
Art and Commerce
Lens Modern
Aperture
Gallery Stock
Panos Pictures
Glass House Images
F-Stop Images
Redux Pictures
Stock That Doesn’t Suck
Independent Photography Network
Monsoon Images
Arcangel Images
Trunk Images
IC Worldwide
Bransch
Syndicated Celebrity Images
Trunk Images
CPi Syndication
Contour Photos
Icon International
Exclusive by Getty Images
Lickerish
Art and Commerce
Vistalux
Lime Foto
Celebrity Pictures
August Image
JBG Photo
Headpress
Management + Artists Syndication
News
NewsCom
AP Images
The New York Times Photos
NYDailyNewsPixs
The Canadian Press
TimePix
Reuters
The New York Times Agency
Redux Pictures
Gamma Presse
Black Star
KRT Direct
UK News Photos
Polaris Images
World Picture News
Kyodo News
Landov
Invisu
Tass Photo (russia/eastern europe)
Laif
SIPA
Zuma Press
Atlas Press Photo
Retna
Rex
News- Features
Magnum Photos
VII Agency
Agence VU
Oculi
Oeil Public
Contact Press
Noor Images
Grazia Neri
Contrasto
Sports
Sports Illustrated
Sports Chrome
Icon Sports Media
ESPN Event Media
Red Bull Photofiles
Gilles Martin-Raget
Extreme Sports Photo
Empics
Cal Sports Media
International Sports
Outdoor
AGPix
Aurora Outdoor Collection
Surfing Stock
A-Frame Photo
Sailing
PPL Photo Agency
Blue Green Pictures
Kos Sailing pictures
Yacht Photo
Movie Archive
Everett Collection, Inc.
Kobal
Neal Peters Collection
Photofest NYC
Defd.de
Photo12
BFI Stills
RGA Pix
Picture Desk
Album Online
Movie Store
All Star
Eyevine
Travel
Robert Harding
Lonely Planet
Hedgehog House
UK Travel Library
Africa Imagery
Macduff Everton Stock
Tropical Pix
South Africa Images
Odyssey Productions
UK Beach
Region Specific- US
Photo Resource Hawaii
Alaska Stock
Accent Alaska
Yankee Image
Idaho Stock Images
National Park Photographs
Pacific Northwest
Salmon River
Pacific Stock Photography
ViewFinders Northwest
Yellowstone Digital Slide File
Picturesque Stock Photo
Other Countries
Euro Stock
4 Corners (Italy)
Axiom Photo
Europe Stock Images
Anzenberger Webgate
Italy Images
Switzerland Photos
China Stock
Arcapress Photo Agency
Maritius Images
Swedish Stock
All Canada Photos
New Zealand
Brazil
Asia
Foto Libra
Imagine China
Wildlife/Nature/Scenic
Peter Arnold
Minden Pictures
Animals Animals
Images of Nature
National Geographic Images
Terra Brasil Imagens
Nature Picture Library
Joel Sartore Stock
Norbert Wu
Steve Bloom
Art Wolfe
EarthWater
Seapics
Muench Photography
Terra Galleria
NHPA
Dembinsky
DRK Photo
Oxford Scientific
World Foto
Photographer Specific Archives
Erickson Productions
Strobo Photo
Jef Maion
LinkImage
Music
Music Pictures
Lebrecht
RedFerns
Art
Bridgeman
Art Resource
Museums and Collections
Smithsonian Photos
National Archives
Library of Congress Prints
UCR California Museum of Photography
George Eastman House
Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection
National Archives
National Museum of Photography
Art Museum Image Consortium
Whitney Museum of American Art
Woodfin Camp
The Granger Collection
Royal Geographical Society
NASA Photos
Culver Pictures
Photos Grannis
Satellite/Aerial
GlobeXplorer
Orb Image
TerraServer
Aerial Photography
Aerial Stock
Land Slides
More General
YouWorkForThem
Imagestate
Veer
AGE Foto Stock
SuperStock
Acclaim Images
Images.com
The Image Works
Photo Researchers (science)
Millennium (London)
FotoTeca (travel)
Plain Picture
Tidal Stock
First Light
Big Shot Stock
Beauty/Fitness
Folio ID
Photographers Groups
PBase
Flickr
Photo.net
LightStalkers
Nature Photographers
Sports Shooter
Crap
Citizen Image
Fotolia
Shutterstock
Webshots
stockphoto.com
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