Stock photography: discover expert photographers in an increasingly profitable subject area
In recent years, stock photography has experienced a remarkable growth in demand. More and more design, marketing and communication professionals are turning to this type of images to illustrate their projects in different digital media. From websites, online ads and social networks, to blog articles, presentations or corporate publications. Traditionally, photographers have marketed this type of content through image banks, platforms that, while offering great visibility and global reach, tend to keep a very high percentage of the revenue from each sale. This significantly limits the profitability of the photographer’s work.
Fortunately, more and more professionals are opting for a fairer and more direct alternative: selling their stock images through their own website. In this way, they can offer their work without intermediaries and keep 100% of the profits. In this article we introduce you to several stock photographers who trust Arcadina and who are already betting on this business model. Many of them have created their own professional photography websites with an integrated online shop, which allows them to have total control over their sales, prices and licenses. If you are interested in stock photography or are thinking about monetising your images, these real examples will inspire you.
Generate extra income by selling your stock photography.
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What is stock photography and how does it work?
Stock photography is a form of photography that allows you to capture and market images intended for use in commercial, editorial and digital publications. It is versatile photography that can depict a wide variety of themes and everyday situations, from office and lifestyle scenes to abstract concepts such as teamwork, sustainability or mental health. The main purpose of this type of imagery is to meet the visual needs of designers, media, marketing agencies and content creators, who are looking for professional artwork for their campaigns, websites, social media, articles or advertisements.
The great thing about stock photography is that it allows photographers to generate passive income from their images, time and time again, without the need for specific commissions. Before we show you some of the most popular and profitable themes, we want to share with you a couple of articles that will be of great help if you are thinking of getting started in this type of photography:
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Main themes within stock photography
Stock photography encompasses a wide variety of themes designed to meet the visual needs of different sectors. Here are some of the most popular categories:
- Portraits: both individual and group images, capturing emotions, actions or everyday situations.
- Families: photographs showing family moments in different settings, such as at home, on holiday, shopping or at the doctor’s surgery.
- Multicultural: depicting groups of people of various ethnicities engaged in a variety of activities, reflecting cultural diversity.
- Office: scenes of people working at computers, participating in meetings or collaborating in work spaces.
- Professions: portraits of professionals from different sectors, such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, hotel and catering staff, waiters and cooks.
- Technology: images showing the use of technological devices such as mobiles, computers or tablets.
- Health and wellbeing: photos related to a healthy lifestyle, balanced nutrition, sport and mental wellbeing.
- Fashion: photos of clothes, make-up, accessories and complements.
- Landscapes and animals: captures of emblematic places, nature, domestic and wild animals, seasons of the year, tourist destinations, festivities and traditions.
- Home: photographic reports in different rooms of the house, interior decoration, activities in the garden and domestic environments.
- Food: images of food, preparation of dishes and culinary presentation.
- Sport: photographs of various sporting disciplines, sportsmen and sportswomen in action and sportswear.
These are just a few of the many modalities that can be found on the market today. In addition, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence, the variety of images available for purchase online continues to grow and diversify all the time. If you are interested in the world of stock photography and you are just starting out, the following article we will share with you will help you take your first steps.
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Meet several photographers specialising in stock photography
To show you that selling stock photography through your own website and keeping 100% of the profits is totally possible, we want to introduce you to several professional photographers who have trusted the business solutions we offer at Arcadina. These creators have taken the step of managing and marketing their stock images directly from their websites. Thus achieving greater control over their sales and a much fairer profitability. Below, you will discover their projects and how they have taken advantage of Arcadina’s tools to boost their photography business.
1# Addictive Photo
Addictive Photo is a website dedicated to sports, travel, landscape and stock photography based in Huesca.
On their website you will be able to enjoy a gallery of stock images only where you will find very different themes and situations. Something that is very popular with users who consume this type of images.
We recommend Emilio. The photographer behind this website, to incorporate to his website a business section where he will be able to sell both publicly the stock images and privately the rest of the reports.
Carles Navarro is a multifaceted photographer who travels and takes advantage of his time to shoot his stock images. He is also behind pages like Stokeros or the podcast dedicated to the same subject.
On his website you will be able to find part of his work spread over several image galleries, such as: hairdressing, barber shop, crossfit, van life. Lifeguards and Friends kl.
In his About me section he tells a bit of his story where he says that he loves to communicate. So we encourage him to activate the blog on his website and tell the world about each of his journeys. We are sure that this initiative will give greater visibility to his stock reports.
3# Luis Bañeres
Another stock photography professional that we would like to highlight is Luis Bañeres’ website where you will be able to find a lot of information about this kind of reports. Luis, as well as taking this type of photographs, also offers the possibility for professionals to create a tailor-made photo shoot, without a doubt, a very interesting option.
On his website you will be able to find a gallery of images dedicated solely to stock photography and a page of services where he explains in detail what these photo shoots consist of. And if you go to his online shop section, you will see how he has for sale many of the photographs of this specialisation.
In his blog you can also read an article explaining more about this discipline. Our recommendation to Luis is that he continues along this path and does not stop writing articles in this style on his blog.
4# Amittzi Foto Pro
Behind Amittzi you will discover two great professionals, Ametz and Itziar. This fantastic team is dedicated to making photographic reports for the professional sector, lifestyle reports and stock photography sessions.
On their website, as well as being able to visit their gallery of images dedicated to stock photos, you will also be able to consult a page of services where they explain how they proceed in this type of very special sessions.
And what better way to make your stock sessions even more profitable than by putting them on sale in your private area where clients who have requested a session of this style, as well as being able to download the previously agreed photos, will also be able to continue buying more digital and printed photos in professional formats.
5# Carlos Ruíz Durante
And we finish with this small compilation of stock photographers with the website of Carlos Ruíz Durante, a photographer who does stock photography sessions, nature, landscapes, sports, etc.
In his online shop you can find different public galleries for sale, where Carlos has for sale to the public some of his best photos so that other professionals can use them in their communications.
With Arcadina, sell your stock photos without commissions
To sell your stock images directly from your website and avoid commissions to third parties, Arcadina offers you a series of business solutions designed to facilitate this process. Thanks to our public galleries, you will be able to create and manage your own sales spaces from your business area in a simple and efficient way.
In these galleries you can include not only the sale of photographs in digital format, but also activate the option of selling printed images in various formats, such as those offered by Arcadina Labs. This way, your customers will be able to purchase your photos to decorate offices, work spaces or even special corners in their homes.
In addition, you will have access to very useful features such as the quick sale of images, the creation of customised packs and many other tools that will boost the marketing of your stock photos from your own website.
Next, we are going to share with you a couple of very interesting articles to go deeper into this topic.
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Stock photography is on the rise: get ready to sell it from your website!
If you want to sell stock photography and keep 100% of the revenue, you can follow the example of the photographers we have introduced to you today in this post. They have relied on the business solutions we offer at Arcadina, a platform designed so that you can sell your images directly from your own website.
With us you will be able to sell your photographs to anyone interested in your work, anytime, anywhere, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition, you will have tools that facilitate the management of your sales, the creation of personalised galleries and the promotion of your images, so that your photography business grows steadily and profitably. Don’t depend on intermediaries or share your profits; grow your brand and keep full control of your income thanks to Arcadina.
In addition to being able to have public galleries for sale, Arcadina offers you many other possibilities, such as: creating private galleries for your clients, use of AI in the public and private galleries for sale, professional website specialised in photographers, booking calendar system so that your clients can book a photo session directly from your website, professional photography blog, WhatsApp Business service, email accounts, domain, etc. As you can see, there are many possibilities. If you want to try for yourself all the options we offer, you can do it for free for 14 days.
On this occasion we would like to share with you the interview of one of the stock photographers we have named today in this article. This is Luis Bañeres.
>> Meet Luis Bañeres, portrait, child and stock photographer
And to finish this article on stock photography we would like to know: Would you be interested in selling this type of images through your website? We would love to read about it in the comments.
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