Shutterstock Editorial Image Collection

Shutterstock's Editorial Image Collection Rapidly Expanding Thanks to Success of Red Carpet Program

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, achieved another industry milestone when its editorial library passed the 100,000th image mark, thanks to the success of its entertainment/celebrity photo program: Shutterstock on the Red CarpetTM. Shutterstock is the only online stock photo agency to offer this unique program, which assists its global network of photographers in getting past the velvet ropes to the hottest events worldwide.

Due to the increased demand among news outlets for affordable, royalty-free editorial images, Shutterstock has become a trusted resource within the news community for its commitment to accuracy and high quality. As a result, Shutterstock's editorial library of newsworthy images is now one of the fastest growing categories in the company's library of almost 5 Million royalty-free images.

Working directly with event organizers, Shutterstock on the Red Carpet obtains coveted press passes to concerts, sporting or public events, and festivals for its network of photographers. Since the program's inception in 2007, Shutterstock's photographers have submitted stock photography from top events such as the 2008 White House Correspondents' Dinner and Sting in concert, as well as stock photos of leading celebrities from Jessica Alba to Brad Pitt, and many more.

"Shutterstock on the Red Carpet is truly a win-win for buyers and photographers," said Jon Oringer, founder and CEO of Shutterstock. "This unique program enables us to provide even more high quality, celebrity and entertainment stock images at affordable prices. Plus, Shutterstock's talented worldwide photographers benefit from our commitment to helping them gain access to the most exciting events across the globe."

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Shutterstock's Library Hits 5 Million Images

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, announce the landmark addition of its 5 millionth image to the company's extensive collection of premium stock photos. Thanks to its popular subscription-based model, speedy review process, and consistent stream of quality submissions, Shutterstock continues to hit new industry growth milestones while maintaining high standards of image quality. "Since January, we have added over 2 million new royalty-free images to our library, and our weekly library growth rate has recently reached more than 70,000 new images per week," said Jon Oringer, founder and CEO of Shutterstock. "We are extremely proud to reach the 5 million image mark, especially while maintaining our stringent standards for accepting new images. We are certainly grateful to our global base of more than 120,000 talented submitters who provide our subscribers with a steady pipeline of great creative content." Shutterstock's diverse library provides a wealth of fresh creative and editorial content, rivaling traditional stock photography agencies, yet at far lower prices. This has allowed the company to flourish despite the current worldwide economic downturn. "As media companies and creative firms look for ways to save money, more and more decision makers are choosing Shutterstock to provide high quality stock images at significant savings," said Adam Riggs, president of Shutterstock. "Since launching Shutterstock, we have remained committed to providing the best content at affordable prices. That's why we're confident that we will continue to meet the demands of today's marketplace."

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Microstock agency - YAY Micro

Background

YAY Micro is an affordable provider of digital content. YAY offers photos, illustrations and vector files to customers all over the world. The parent company, YAY Media AS, is located in Oslo, Norway, and was founded by Linda Johannessen, Jan Ole Kjellesvig and Roger Bystrøm in January 2008. YAY Micro got their first images March 7th. The response from photographers and artists have been positive, and by launch June 2nd YAY Micro had over 200 000 images in their database. Over 1 000 photographers and artists have signed up. There is now many more images and contributors. But the agency is looking for new photographers and illustrators. If you want to become a contributor signup at YAYmicro.com and start uploading your images. It's free!

YAY offers both creative and editorial content

At YAYmicro.com you will find great creative and editorial images. Building an editorial database is a priority, and new images are added every day. Freelance photographers, citizen photographers and agencies deliver fresh red carpet images to YAYmicro.com.

"Our goal is to be the first microstock agency to fully incorporate editorial content in our offering".

What is "microstock"?

Affordable image agencies such as YAY Micro are called microstock. Microstock agencies sell digital content at low prices. The content is created and uploaded by the site's community contributors. The contributors get a 50 % commission every time their content is bought and downloaded.

For customers this entails the availability of a large amount of both professional and "odd" images and illustrations at affordable prices. Many small companies, magazines and blogs have never had the budgets to use images. Now everyone can afford great images, both the private consumers and large companies.

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Dreamstime's Free Photos Section

At Dreamstime you can search for and download high resolution stock images for free, while also having the option to purchase royalty free licensed images.