stock photographer
Licensed image creator
A stock photographer creates images for licensing rather than for specific clients.
Unlike commercial photographers hired for particular projects, stock photographers build libraries of broadly useful images—landscapes, business scenes, lifestyle moments—that buyers purchase through agencies for advertisements, websites, and publications.
She quit her magazine job to become a stock photographer.
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- royalty-freeNo per-use payments
- exclusive rightsProtected singular ownership claims
- usage rightsPermitted scope of use
- creative commonsShared works anyone uses
watermark · license · freelance · assignment · model release · release form · commercial · editorial · studio · lighting · composition · microstock · upload · keyword · download · creative · clip art · agency
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Reporter who shoots pictures
documentary photographer · press photographer · fine art photographer · sports photographer · paparazzo
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One who photographs people
wedding photographer · commercial photographer · fashion photographer · studio photographer
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