Photo attribution

[handsun]

I have seen popular blogs use the Getty images of newsworthy figures with attribution. Is there a special way to request this privilege, besides just emailing them and asking? I am working with an author who is getting ready to start blogging on a more visual basis.

[TomRayner]

Hi Carin

Most likely you'll be required to pay a fee to acquire the use of such images.  Getty images provides its royalty free images online, if you're interested.

A more affordable option, especially for startup blogs and authors, is to download free, royalty free images.  There are a few sites that offer this, such as http://www.sxc.hu/ and http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/

Google also allows you to search for images that are free to share or use.  If you click on this advanced search query for 'apple', you can see at the bottom of the page a setting for usage rights.  Set that to 'free to use or share' and you'll get a bunch of images you can use.

Hope this helps!

[handsun]

I know that I can buy Getty images, but the ones I have seen have attributes to Getty, you wouldn't do that if you had bought it. The normal cc images are usually not as high quality as the Getty ones. Thats why I was wondering how they could be accessed by bloggers without purchasing outright. Thanks for your response!!