It's unbelievable how expensive stock photos are these days. There are sites around the internet now where people are paying as much as $15 for a single photo - or even more! Are you aware that you can find thousands of quality, high-resolution, royalty free stock photos all for only $1 each? Why would you pay more?
Why Is Stock Photography So Expensive?
Remember back in the 90's when everyone used cheesy clip art? It was incredibly tacky, but it was free - so everybody used it. Stock photography was available, but used more by professionals, designers and people who saw value in spending money for images.
However, as people began to realize their clip art was less than appealing, stock photography started becoming mainstream.
More and more websites selling stock photos began springing up - some poor or average quality, but some very good. As the popularity of stock photography grew more and more - to the point where now, even the average person will purchase stock photography rather than using clip art - so did the prices. The sites falling into the "very good" category realized their value, and also realized that people would pay more for nicer stock images. As a result, prices have risen and risen over the past several years. Today, you can find stock photos for sale anywhere from a few dollars to $15+ per photo.
That's Just Crazy.
Paying that much for a digital picture is just crazy. And there's no excuse for quality royalty-free stock photos to ever cost more then a couple bucks. Luckily, there is still reasonably priced stock available on the internet - you just have to know where to look.
Collection of beautiful pictures:
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| Delicious Meal |
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| Cocktail things |
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| Friendship |
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| Beauty |
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| Adele's Life |
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| Don't you want to eat that? |
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| Looks promising |
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| Bad Guy |
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| Royal Slippers |
