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Demystifying Stock Photo Sizes for Social Media
Stock photo sizes for any social media post
I love the brilliant colors of autumn!
Add some fall colors to your social media projects with HTBphotos ‘Fall Foliage‘ Series by John and Katharina Notarianni, available on Dreamstime.
Stock photo sizes for any social media post
Graphics, photos, and other visuals are a necessity when posting content on social media!
And with copyright concerns, it is best to either take photos with your cell phone, digital camera or even your iPad, or leverage the many reputable stock photography sources like Dreamstime, or design services like Canva. There are even high quality free stock photo sites like Unsplash.
The question is, now that you have the perfect image for your social media post, what size image displays correctly across multiple platforms? Is that even possible? Yes!
Keep It Simple Strategy
Square images are ideal for Facebook and Instagram posts. Square format also works well for LinkedIn posts – and can work for Twitter.
Easy 1:1 ratio (square)
Instagram and Facebook photos: 1200 x 1200 pixels
Pinterest Pins (repurpose from Instagram)
All profile pictures* (allows cropping to circle format): 500 x 500
YouTube channel icon*: 800 x 800
Best size for link posts
As you can see the featured image at the top of this post also from HTBphotos ‘Fall Foliage’ Series, has been resized to 1200×630 pixels which work perfectly for WordPress blog posts as well as for several popular social media platforms that have a similar size requirement: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
For specifics on all popular social media platforms, I recommend taking time to review Louise Myers’ Social Media Cheat Sheet.
Get noticed with a Video Cover
Facebook: Tell More of Your Story
Instead of a cover photo, now you can use a video. It can be 20-90 seconds and should be at least 820 x 312 pixels.
Louise Myers, Visual Social Media
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HTB Photos celebrates over 4000 stock photos on Dreamstime.com
Congratulations to John and Katharina Notarianni for making available over 4000 high quality web and print ready images from their stock photography collection on Dreamstime. HTBphotos stock images are available exclusively through Dreamstime.com.
SPECIAL OFFER: Get 5 free images when you sign up for a Dreamstime’s stock photos subscription.
Announcing new HTBphotos ‘Abstract Mood Series’ for website backgrounds
HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni, available exclusively through Dreamstime.
We are pleased to announce new abstract mood backgrounds for your website and print projects.
HTBphotos ‘Abstract Mood Series’ are available in naturally calm and soothing colors with beautiful seamless gradients that are designed to emphasize your products, text and image, rather than the background itself.
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Featuring HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni, available exclusively through Dreamstime. All rights reserved.
HTBphotos ‘Spring’ Series available exclusively on Dreamstime
In celebration of Spring with its budding plants, warm weather and longer days, we are pleased to announce HTBphotos ‘Spring’ Series by John and Katharina Notarianni, now available for purchase exclusively from stock photography provider Dreamstime.com.
Tips on which stock photo license to buy for your marketing needs
Dreamstime.com offers Royalty Free stock photography, which is the most affordable and most popular license type of paid for stock photos. The “free” in Royalty Free means you don’t have to pay extra royalties. Instead you pay a one-time, flat-rate license fee, sometimes as little as 20 cents per image. You are entitled to use the image in a wide variety of uses such as on a website or a marketing brochure, a banner, in a video, etc. You have permission to use it unlimited times without paying extra royalties. This makes Royalty Free stock photography the best choice for budget-minded buyers.
If you plan to sell or distribute items, pay for an Extended License so you can use the stock photo on items to be distributed or sold further afield, such as on a mug or a t-shirt, or a digital media item.
Exclusive Rights are worth considering when you find a stock photo that is perfect for your company branding. Your exclusive license ensures others will not use the same image thereby securing your brand.
What makes a stock photo image popular?
HTBphotos‘ White Clouds in Blue Sky image is a best seller from John and Katharina Notarianni’s portfolio of stock photos featured exclusively on Dreamstime.
What makes a stock photo image popular? Here are some tips:
Images need plenty of “negative space” for the end user to add text, logos or other images.
Variations of the same shot, or a cropped photo, like the one above, may even sell better than the more detailed original photo.
Taking time to photoshop the original shot to increase dots per inch to represent print quality (300 dpi) and offering various resolutions from low to high quality also gives the end user choices for web or print use without extra work on their part.
Zoom in to “actual pixels” to scan for imperfections that can be easily fixed with photoshop, like dust or spots. Even the smallest issue may keep a buyer from buying the image, particularly if they plan to use it on a billboard where the image is blown up to maximum size.
Tagging the image with key words like blue sky, white clouds make it easy to find. Search engines like Google and Bing are more likely to bring up your image when tagged with key words.
‘Salt River Wild Horses’ from HTB Photos on Dreamstime
During a recent trip through Arizona, photographers John and Katharina Notarianni came upon a herd of wild mustangs known as the ‘Salt River Wild Horses.’ These are now a protected species thanks to efforts of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group.
The ‘Arizona Landscape with Salt River Wild Horses’ series are available for purchase on Dreamstime.