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Tips for Photographers | Selling Your Images Online

Do you have hundreds if not thousands of images on your computer or iPhone and are thinking of selling them online? One option is to set up your own photography website and sell your photos through your own online store. Another option is to delegate the sales and marketing activity to one of the many stock photo sites who will host your photos. One advantage of using one of the top 10 stock photos sites is visibility. Another advantage is they do the selling, giving you more time to take photos. In exchange they host your photos and pay you a royalty on any sales they make.

HTBphotos offers many stock images for business and personal use. One of our favorite themes is taking shots of the landscape as we travel across the United States. Interestingly, our best-selling landscape photos often feature blue skies with white clouds.

HTBphotos on Dreamstime.com — HTBphotos Best Seller – White Clouds in Blue Sky – available for purchase on Dreamstime.com

We selected Dreamstime after reviewing several of the stock photo sites. It’s appeal is that Dreamstime is one of the world’s largest, hosting over 117 million images, videos and illustrations, and growing every month. They are generous with their commissions and easy to work with. Just upload your images, add keywords and submit. Quality counts, so taking time to process your images pays off. HTBphotos sells our images exclusively through Dreamstime and already has over 4000 quality images available online.

To start selling on Dreamstime you will need to set up an account and submit sample photos. If your samples are approved, your photos will then be made available for sale, and you can receive around 25-50% royalty from each sale.

If instead you decided to feature or sell your photos through your own website and need help getting started, please contact us by filling out our online Contact Form, or by sending an email to us at info@healingtimebooks.com.

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.

Introducing HTBphotos 'Abstract Mood Series' of website background colors, available exclusively on Dreamstime.com — HTBphotos ‘Abstract Mood Series’ available exclusively through Dreamstime

Subscribe to Dreamstime.com stock photo website and get 5 free images

Autumn Colors – Fall Foliage series by HTBphotos

Autumn is one of the most beautiful times of the year, and the United States offers a spectacular show of fall foliage with vibrant displays of gold, scarlet, and orange. New England rates as one of the top spots, but did you know there are hundreds of state parks and forests around the country, with many locations to choose from? Check out an article on TripSavvy.com for a state-by-state guide to plan your Fall trip.

Are you looking for images to add a splash of color to your website, flyer or publishing project? We now have over 3,000 images in our portfolio.

We are pleased to present HTBphotos ‘Fall Foliage’ Series of stock photos, available exclusively on Dreamstime.com.

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If you are building a website that needs original high quality images, Dreamstime.com offers several subscription plans. Get 5 images for free when you sign up.

Color Backgrounds for Web Design

We are delighted to announce new single color Tile Backgrounds for Web Design in muted tones have been added to HTBphotos portfolio on Dreamstime.

HTBphotos ‘Texture Series‘ of stock photos can readily be used as a basis for website backgrounds and as general stock photos in a variety of industries, such as home design and construction projects.

HTBphotos Texture Series - Single Color Tile Backgrounds — © 2019 HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni available exclusively on Dreamstime.com

The use of a muted color background allows you to overlay your company logo or product giving your information greater emphasis.

Each color creates a specific reaction, yet certain colors are better choices than others for the majority of brands and websites. For instance, blue is considered the safest choice. It is the most common “favorite” color among the majority of the population, and is commonly associated with feelings of trust, authority, and reliability.

Begin with what feeling you would like to convey to your visitors. For health and wellness, green is generally a better option. Alternatively, to get your visitors excited and drive them to take action quickly, red has been shown to be more effective.

For more color theory and design ideas, here is an interesting article which goes into more depth.

HTBphotos announces new additions to ‘Texture Series’ of Stock Photos

We are delighted to announce exciting new Tile Backgrounds for Web Design have been added to the Texture Series of HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni.

HTBphotos Texture Series exclusively on Dreamstime — HTBphotos ‘Texture Series’ available exclusively on Dreamstime.com.

© 2019 HTBphotos by HTB Website Design | Healing Time Books. 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.

HTBphotos Spring Series by John and Katharina Notarianni — HTBphotos ‘Spring’ Series by John and Katharina Notarianni

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.

HTB photos on dreamstime

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.

HTBphotos ‘Fall Foliage… Autumn Colors’ Series available on Dreamstime

In need of images of fall foliage or autumn colors for your website or print projects? Photographers John and Katharina Notarianni recently made available a new series of stock photos on Dreamstime.com to celebrate the season with ‘Fall Foliage… Autumn Colors’ series. Here are some images that are available on a subscription basis:

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Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving with gratitude and best wishes for a wonderful time with family and friends.

HTB Photos celebrates over 2000 stock images on Dreamstime

Congratulations John and Katharina Notarianni for making available over 2000 high quality web and print ready images from their stock photography collection on Dreamstime. HTB Photos stock images for use in your web and print projects are available from Dreamstime.com.

SPECIAL OFFER: Get 5 free images in first month when you sign up for Dreamstime’s monthly subscription. Follow the link: https://www.dreamstime.com/credits (then enter Referral ID: res16409905) in the form when you join. Thank you!