Can Stock Photo

Can Stock Photo
Private
Industry Stock Photography
Genre Microstock
Founded June 2004 [1]
Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Members 493,000 [2] (2015)
Website www.canstockphoto.com

Can Stock Photo is a stock photography provider which licenses royalty-free images, photos, digital illustrations, picture clip art and footage files on behalf of photographers, illustrators, and videographers. Founded in 2004, it was one of the earliest microstock agencies.[2]

Purchasing and use

Can Stock Photo provides 21 million images to customers, provided by 40,000 photographers and artists worldwide.[2] The site supports both subscription and credit licensing models.[3] Can Stock Photo is one of the few agencies in its industry to allows users to license images individually without a membership.[4]

Licensed images have been notably used by industry blogs such as TechCrunch,[5] social media sites such as BuzzFeed,[6] feature films such as Whiplash,[7] news agencies such as CBS 5,[8] and various YouTube videos,[9][10] other websites.[11] and books.[12]

Contributors

Contributing photographers must apply before they are eligible to upload their images. The applicants must submit three images that are screened for quality and suitability. Once approved, photographers can begin uploading their work through the website. They supply keywords, categorize the images, and submit them for review, where each image is examined to ensure that it meets the standards of quality, usefulness and copyright laws. A model and property release is required when applicable.[13] Contributors earn royalties each time their files are licensed.[14]

Can Stock Photo receives 25,000 contributor submission per day.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Can Stock Photo". CrunchBase. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About Can Stock Photo". Can Stock Photo. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  3. ↑ "How to Download Photos". Can Stock Photo. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  4. ↑ Jourdan Wilkerson. "Free and Commercial Stock Photography Sites". Smashing Magazine. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  5. ↑ Ron Miller (2014-09-22). "When The Funding Bubble Bursts It Doesn’t Have To Mean Disaster". TechCrunch.
  6. ↑ "Stock Photos That Need Further Explanation". BuzzFeed. 2013-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Can Stock Photo [ca]". IMDB. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  8. ↑ Jeremy Downing (2014-12-30). "Christmas Trees Disposal For Cheyenne and Casper". CBS 5 News Channel.
  9. ↑ "Holiday Etiquette With Gordon And Goofy". Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  10. ↑ ""Mercury Rising" - Music Video featuring Ric Size". Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  11. ↑ James Kimmons. "The Right Way to do Images on Your Site". About.com. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  12. ↑ Cathy Ace (2014-04-15). The Corpse with the Emerald Thumb. Touch Wood Editions. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-77151-063-9.
  13. ↑ Robert Kneshke (2014). Stock Photography: Make Money Selling Photos Online. Hüthig Jehle Rehm. ISBN 3826696298.
  14. ↑ "Sell Your Images / Clips". Can Stock Photo. Retrieved 2015-03-20.

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