Photographs required

Petnanny · #1 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 17:22

I am lookng for some photographs of famous landmarks, such as London Bridge, or Big Ben for my areas covered pages.

Does anyone know of any where I can get these at a reasonable cost for my website please.

Mike · #2 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 17:35

try

iStockPhoto which is relatively cheap
and
sxc.hu which looks dodgy i admint but has some great imagery

- lots of it is free

things like http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=sea...en&w=1&x=0&y=0

hth

Beneddie1112 · #3 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 17:37

I have some of Wembley, if that is of interest?

Alvin · #4 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 18:22

I think your fine using pics from Wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:T...ember_2006.jpg
Alvin

KarmaTradingCo · #5 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 18:42

hey petnanny!

I'll second the motion for iStock - they are very reliable and have great a vast collection quality pictures. I have used them for some printing of A2 posters and they came up fabulous (if I do say so myself - lol)...

hope this helps with your decision!

Kaz

PointandStare · #6 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 22:11

Possibly some here.

Mike · #7 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 22:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by PointandStare

Possibly some here.

careful though as they are copyrighted and may not be allowed to be used in this context

Cracking Media · #8 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 22:30

We have some of Tower Bridge but that may not be much use to you.

However, I second Mike in recommending iStockphoto. Their prices are very fair and if you only want the images for your website then you only need to buy the XSmall or Small sizes meaning the cost is less than £3 per photo.

Like Mike, I would also not recommend lifting images from other websites for commercial use. As a company who provide photography and video services we too would want to protect our copyright as I am sure would any of us in business for the products and services we provide.

I know of a case recently where a company lifted and used an image which turned out to be one licensed by Getty Images. As they are so big and can afford it Getty use software to trawl the internet and look for digital matches with the images in their database. They then check if the company using the image is a customer of theirs and if they are not (which they weren't in the case I know), Getty send out an invoice which is in excess of £1,000 per image. So beware!

Peter

RawRob · #9 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 22:38

There is also www.dreamstime.com Maybe not quite as many photos as iStockPhoto but still a good collection and similar low prices.

Rob

PointandStare · #10 (**permalink**) 17-06-2008, 23:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

careful though as they are copyrighted and may not be allowed to be used in this context

I own the copyright.