What is stock photography? Stock photography is photography or other imagery of common landmarks, concepts, and events that can be used and reused for commercial design purposes. Book publishers, specialty publishers, magazines, advertising agencies, film makers, web designers, graphic artists, interior decor firms, corporate creative groups, and other entities utilize stock photography to fulfill the needs of their creative assignments. By using stock photography instead of hiring a photographer to perform on location shooting, customers can save valuable time and stay on budget.
Many of the images I capture for stock are similar to what I present for photo art. However, they are very specific in nature. They demonstrate a particular concept or a very detailed example of a specific object. The goal is to assist an editor by illiustrating the concepts they are striving to convey through their text.