The feast of All Hallows Eve is coming! Prepare to scare and be scared! We’ve got some spooky inspiration for you here: thrill to these select Halloween images we have to share. But beware – even more can be found in our special Halloween lightbox (watch out: the prices have been slashed!) Boy Touching Halloween Ghost | Stock Photo © Depositphotos | Melpomene
Today is the birthday of the actress Sigourney Weaver, perhaps best known as the remarkable Ripley, who starred in four Alien movies, which makes it a great occasion to remember the 1979 movie that started it all. Alien (1979), with the fantastic designs by H.R. Giger, launched a new era of space visuals, and this tradition is still very present in contemporary cinema. In honor of this Alien star, we are happy to share our selection of the most exciting alien creatures and worlds created by our contributors.
Retro monster. | Stock Vector © Depositphotos | Ekaterina Panova
October means the very peak of autumn, an increasing amount of rainy days, longer nights, colds and depressions, and the inevitable approach of winter. However, there is still something strongly associated with October that can help relieve the gloom – Oktoberfest! Having started at the end of September, at the moment it's in high gear, spreading from Munich to the rest of the world. Join the festival of beer, German Wurst and beautiful women wearing tracht with our featured Lightbox. The still life with beer | Stock Photo © Depositphotos | Jiri Bursik
Форт Лодердейл, Флорида, 18 сентября 2012 года – Depositphotos, наиболее активно развивающийся фотобанк в мире, отменяет функцию покупки файлов за SMS ввиду нерентабельности услуги.
С момента своего открытия фотобанк Depositphotos стремился предоставить своим клиентам как можно больше возможностей для приобретения изображений. В связи с этим была введена принципиально новая услуга покупки файлов за SMS. Однако данная технология не оправдала себя: ввиду высоких отчислений мобильным операторам за использование услуги авторы фотографий и векторных изображений, как и сам фотобанк, были вынуждены терять значительную часть дохода.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, September 18, 2012 – Depositphotos, the fastest-growing microstock agency in the world, will not accept payment by SMS anymore, since this method has proved to be unprofitable. From the moment Depositphotos was founded, its goal was to provide its clients with the widest range of payment methods possible. Therefore, the company introduced its innovative pay-by-SMS functionality. However, this technology proved too expensive: due to high mobile rates Depositphotos’ contributors, as well as the company itself, were earning significantly less than they did when files were purchased with other payment methods.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, August 30, 2012 – Depositphotos, the fastest-growing microstock agency in the world, has reached the 9-million-image milestone. Furthermore, Depositphotos announces the launch of a high-quality video upload platform, and all contributors are welcome to upload their videos for sale. For the past year, Depositphotos has continued to please its customers with updated website functionality, a radically improved “Smart Search,” a new collection of “Editorial use only” images and a brand-new lightbox operating system. Those improvements were designed to meet customers’ needs, as well as to make working with the constantly growing website content (which has more than doubled, from 4 to 9 million images in the last year) even easier. Progress at Depositphotos knows no bounds; the company announced that new video upload functionality is now available for contributors on the website. The upload requirements for video files are: a resolution between 320х240 and 1920х1080 pixels (Full HD) a length between 3 and 60 seconds, and a maximum video size of 1000 Mb.
Pics4ads is a self-taught photographer, artist and graphic designer from Eindhoven, Netherlands. Images illustrating Spa and Health themes are her hobby, and she’s made a great career from them. She has a lot of experience creating custom business cards, flyers, promotional rack cards, binders, greeting cards and even iPhone and iPad cases. Not so long ago, she started combining photography and design elements to expand her options – and she has succeeded at it. Pics4ads has sold over 700 files through Depositphotos, and many of them will look familiar to you, because her work is extremely popular among designers and advertisers. We asked Pics4ads to share some of her experiences with us. She told Depositphotos a lot about her work, her feelings about “grab these images for free” sites, her favorite lovely poppies and a lot more.
Skin care cosmetics or toiletries | Stock Photo © Depositphotos | Pics4ads
The microstock agency Depositphotos has updated its Affiliate Program. Now, all links from a registered social network user directly to www.depositphotos.com automatically take part in the Affiliate program. The process of sharing has been updated: major social network buttons like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ appear on the “Bookmarking and Sharing Services” block of every single-image page, and links from these social networks are tracked by Pinterest. Every time a you as a registered user click on one of these social media buttons, and share that Depositphotos image, he can earn money. To become a participant in the Affiliate Program, you need to be registered at Depositphotos’ website as either a buyer or a seller. The difference between registering as a buyer or as a seller affects how you withdraw funds and how you can use the money you earn:
We have prepared a collection of beautiful and romantic images for this special day - an International Kissing Day. And some useful and fun facts about kissing for you. Enjoy!
The groom and the bride kiss in mountains against a decline. | Stock Photo © Nikita Shirokov 1. Kisses develop lungs. Usually we make about 20 breaths per minute, but during one kiss this number increases threefold.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 21, 2012 – Depositphotos, the fastest growing microstock agency in the world, surpassed the 8 million image milestone. And in addition to reaching new heights, Depositphotos unveiled brand-new lightbox operating features. Among the authors who helped Depositphotos’ library grow by another million images are such world-renowned photographers as WaveBreakMedia, Pressmaster, Life on White, PHB.CZ and Nagib. “High quality images, variety and freshness of presented content is what our clients value the most,” says Vadim Nekhai, Chief Marketing Officer of Depositphotos. “And this is the main reason why we spend so much time trying to attract the most professional contributors from around the world.” Along with the addition of its 8 millionth image, Depositphotos introduced a fundamentally new lightbox system, making it possible for users to arrange favorite files and schedule content downloads.
Every year, Wimbledon, a quiet suburb of London, turns into the world capital of tennis. For two weeks, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) holds the Wimbledon Championships on its courts. It is arguably the most prestigious competition of all the four Grand Slam tournaments. Wimbledon is the only major tennis championship in the world where the matches are held on grass. Even though the ball generally stays in play much longer on clay courts (like at the French Open), tennis games on grass require different set of skills and faster reactions from the players.
Wimbledon © Depositphotos | Margaret Grissom
On the night of July 4, 1776, the second Continental Congress, consisting of representatives from the 13 British colonies in North America, already engaged in conducting a war of independence from colonial bondage, and creating a new independent government, completed the document formalizing their “Declaration of Independence” from Great Britain. After it was completed and signed, it was read aloud for all the people who gathered in front of the Continental Congress building in Philadelphia.
Happy 4th of July! © Depositphotos | Marina Riley
Summer is a period of vacations and holidays. Lazy relaxation, dead phones, no internet and not a single thought about work. Morning coffee to the sound of the surf, gentle morning sun and children’s laughter. Lots of friends around you, beach volleyball, cold cocktails and hot nights. Empty city streets, quiet school corridors, sporadically attended offices.... Did this start you thinking? Us, too. If your vacation hasn’t started yet, there’s still time to save for it. We’ve prepared a few pleasant summer surprises for you. Continue reading this post to check them out!
Island in the Ocean. Paradise! © Depositphotos | DoctorKan
Andrii Iurlov is a young – but really successful for his age – Ukrainian photographer. Photography has been his passion since primary school. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Yuri had to set his camera aside for a few years. But then his love of photography prevailed, and now it’s his profession. At the moment he is a member of both the International Sport Press Association and the Czech Federation of Art Photography. Yuri has worked with Depositphotos since 2011, and is already a Bronze-level image distributor. He is also well known as yuran78. At the moment his portfolio includes more than seven thousand photographs, and he keeps refreshing it all the time. In this interview Yuri talks about his work, his dreams and gives a little advice, which will be useful not only for photographers, but for everyone who feels even a bit creative.
Football goalman on the stadium field © Depositphotos | Andrii IURLOV
Depositphotos now proudly presents a collection of over 22,000 of the best images by Wavebreak Media. Among them you will find photos about business, family, lifestyle, medicine, studying, and lots more.
Group of people Graduating from College © Depositphotos | Sean Prior At the moment, Wavebreak Media is one of the leading distributors of visual content not only in its Irish homeland, but all over the world. Its main principle: never compromise the quality of photos and video.
After the death of his wife, William Jackson Smart had to raise his 16-year-old daughter Sonora and her four younger brothers by himself. He not only succeeded at this task – raising five productive members of society – but he also instilled strong feelings of responsibility and gratitude in his children. Sonora wanted to thank her father, and inspired by the recent nationwide recognition of Mother's Day, she set out to establish a special holiday dedicated to the fathers in her hometown of Spokane, Washington.
Happy father day © Depositphotos | ankurpatil
Our Inspectors are pretty strict, but actually fair. We asked them to share their top secret information with you. How to avoid rejection during the image approval at Depositphotos? In this post you will find the reasons, why the image could be rejected during the approval on our web site.
Cry © Depositphotos | Michele Piacquadio 1. No commercial value. The image is not suitable for commercial use.
