Join Bigstock at the HOW Conference in Denver

The Bigstock team is packing our bags and getting ready for the HOW Design Conference, which starts Sunday in Denver. It’s one of the top events for creative professionals, and we’ll be there to spread the word about Bigstock. If you’re attending the conference, visit booth 608 to learn more about us and pick up some…

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What’s in a Color?

© eileen/Bigstock Color is the one of the most essential aspects of design – even in cases when you use no color at all. Color, or lack thereof, helps convey your message, so it’s critical to choose the right colors for your projects. The right combination of colors can evoke intrigue, hunger, happiness, and more. The…

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See a Stunning 45-Gigapixel Photograph of Dubai

Panoramic photography technology keeps getting more impressive. Last month, photographer Gerald Donovan carried a Canon EOS 7D and GigaPan robotic camera mount to the top of a Dubai skyscraper to shoot an amazing 45-gigapixel panorama of the city. GigaPan, in a press release, claims the shot is the world’s largest photo and would fill 1200 billboards if…

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How To Keep Your Image Sales High

A lot of Bigstock contributors, smartly, keep an eye on their monthly earnings and look for sales trends. But sometimes there’s an exceptionally good or disappointing month and it’s hard to figure out why. Based on our experience, here are some ways to keep your images selling consistently well. For obvious reasons, upload as many…

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What A Concept! Great Conceptual Images on Bigstock

© Michele Piacquadio/Bigstock Can you make time stand still, love seem simple, and success look easy? Bigstock photographers and artists do it all the time with clever conceptual stock images. Check out some of the creative images available for illustrating hard-to-visualize concepts (like risk, as seen above). View these images in a lightbox of conceptual images,…

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Model and Property Releases 101

If you’re like most photographers, you’d rather do photography than paperwork. That said, a little bit of paperwork is sometimes necessary. If you shoot stock photos, model and property releases are a vital part of your work. You’ll need releases if you want stock sites like Bigstock to accept your photos, and releases can protect…

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