Public Domain Photos Are For Lazy People

Need a specific photo for your website or blog? Take a photograph or draw it yourself and publish it on your site. This is the only way to be sure that you are 100% sure that you are using an image legally. Sure, there are thousands of public domain pictures for use but some of those photos may contain trademarked objects or a model release required to be fully legit. Many of these free pictures also want a linkback. What good is that. It just cheapens your website. In my opinion, there are some exceptions especially if you want to use an image that is very difficult to obtain. For example, it could be an image of an exotic culture. That is fine and it is always good to give a link to the photographer or creator of the photo. Simple images such as fruits or everday objects can be created yourself using simple snapshots from your own camera or cellphone. That is why most public domain photos are for lazy people unless the photo is very unique, rare or hard to find. There are many terms and conditions to using free photos and these terms must be read carefully to keep you out of potential hot water. It is not even worth the small risk unless the image is more than a hundred years old. Even then, it is always best to read the terms just to be safe.
One can be legit by purchasing royalty free pictures from a stock photo site or private artist in their set terms. Royalty free means to pay one time only and use the image multiple times in many cases. Some of these images are very inexpensive while others are much higher in cost depending on where the image came from and is allowed usage. This also helps the artist or photographer put their bread and butter on the table when images are purchased direct from the artist.
It can be sometimes annoying when a search engine like Google that will give priority to these free photo sites. It is also obvious that these public domain and free images sites have heavy traffic for those too lazy to be creative themselves. Even so called paid stock photo sites obviously use free keyword search terms to describe their site to take rankings in the search engines. This can be somewhat frustrating for solo artists and photographers who wish to promote their work. There is a lot of competition out there in the art and photography world. No need to despair. Just keep creating unique artworks and keeping them exclusively for your own website. This can help offset the competition a little bit knowing that no third party site has use of your images on their site without some sort of recognition and or compensation.

Photo See Your Own Business Rises From The Dead

It has been awhile since anything has been added to this blog. I tend to be that way sometimes. I'll tinker with my blogs and pamper them for awhile and finally forget (not intentionally) about it for an extended period of time. This photo blog has had nothing added to it for sometime. Yea, well we as people have our non internet lives to live and circumstances that become a priority. Oh, but what about the poor blog. Google has probably archived the poor blog deep in the pits of the internet to the point where I could no longer google it unless I actually typed the blog name in the search bar. That is bad! Oooooops! I suppose it was time to rescue my blog and bring it back to life. A dead blog is not a good blog. Beside I notice I have a few followers out there and they probably would not mind seeing some fresh content added to this poor old blog. This is originally an art blog about photography and art tips as well as some of the marketing aspect that comes with any website or BLOG. What is this blog trying to say to others when heck it has just come back from the dead! You know the saying the blind cannot lead the blind, well it also holds true that the dead cannot lead the dead. Well, its time for this little old blog to rise once again. A little artistic humor can go along way to brighten someone's day. Perhaps a piece of artwork may come out of this in the near future. You know, transfer words to pictures. Sounds like a heck of an idea. Anyways, I have created and added several more pieces of art and photography to my main art website which has also been through changes like web hosting services, domain name changes and so forth. The little banner at the top of this blog is still functional. Just click on the photography banner image and it will greet you with an awesome digital art images and photography gallery. Stay tuned for more to come to this little old art blog. Hopefully it doesn't take as long this time to throw up a paragraph or two on a more steady basis. Google does prefer fresh content and sooner or later Google will leave an unattended or neglected website or blog lying in the dust. So the tip of the day no matter what kind of website one has, is to be regular in adding new content and or images because the internet is always changing and moving non stop. It does not wait around for too long. I hope this helps and especially for this poor little bloggy. Welcome back Photo See Your Own Business! Well, at least I didn't have to write instead photo dead your own business. LOL. Oh, jees if only others could see the images running through my mind as I write this. Yes, writing can also be a great inspiration for creating art or snapping photos. Go ahead, give it a try. Turn your written thoughts to actual image creations using art and photography.