Fotolia Stock Photo Review and Giveaway
Today’s giveaway is brought to you by Fotolia (Facebook | Twitter) — I’m giving away a two week subscription to two readers of my dad blog. Fotolia is one of the top stock photo houses in the world and offers royalty free images and HD videos. You can legally use their photos, illustrations, and videos for your blog/website, advertising media, professional documents, press releases, and other promotional materials. Fotolia has over 12,278,167 photos (JPEG), vector illustrations (AI, EPS, SVG) and HD videos (.mov, .avi, .wmv .flv). To find the right photo for your needs, you can search by keyword, or browse by category, gallery, tag, etc.
Here are three files I downloaded from Fotolia. The files were very large so I saved them in a lower resolution for this blog post.
Fotolia offers two pricing models: (1) subscription and (2) credits. Standard subscriptions start at $199 for one month. That will allow you to download 25 large photos a day (750 total downloads). That comes out to about 27 cents per file. If you sign up for a one-year subscription with 250 downloads per day, the cost per file drops to 14 cents. The standard subscription only includes JPEG images. If you want to download vector artwork and videos, then you need a premium subscription. Pricing for the premium subscription starts at $249 for one month (25 download per day).
The subscription plan is great for ad agencies, but the credit pricing model works best for the rest of us (bloggers and other normal people). Credits start at $1.20 each, but the price per credit drops if you buy more (75 cents per credit if you buy 6400 credits). A credit will buy you a XS standard image (400×300 (0.1 MP), 5.6″x4.2″, 72 dpi). An XL standard image (3264×2448 (8.0 MP), 10.9″ x 8.2″, 300 dpi) will cost you 8 credits. Note: most of the photographs I post on my blog are XS size.
Fotolia Giveaway
Two lucky readers of my dad blog will each win a 14-day Fotolia subscription (3 image downloads per day). The deadline to enter the giveaway is next Wednesday, June 29th (Pacific time). The giveaway is limited to readers anywhere on the planet Earth. The winner will be randomly selected. To enter the giveaway, leave a comment about what you plan to use the images or videos for.
Six Bonus Entries (leave a separate comment for each entry)
- Like Fotolia on Facebook (include your Facebook username in the comments area for verification)
- Follow Fotolia on Twitter (include your Twitter username in the comments area for verification)
- Subscribe to my blog via email:
— don’t forget to click on the confirmation link after you subscribe. Note: you still have to be subscribed when I announce the winner.
- Click on the Facebook like button above the comments area and then on my Facebook page, leave a comment about the type of artwork you like to use on your blog or for work
- Follow Daddy Forever on Twitter and tweet out a message like this (or use the retweet button above the comments area):
Win a Fotolia Stock Photo subscription @daddyforever @fotolia ~ http://daddyforever.com/2011/06/22/images/
Include your Twitter URL or username in the comments area for verification. Note: you can tweet multiple times, but you can only claim one bonus entry for the tweets.
- Write about this giveaway on your blog or Facebook page with a working link to this page: http://daddyforever.com/2011/06/22/images/ (include your blog post URL or Facebook username for verification)
[Disclosure: The giveaway prize will be provided by Fotolia, but they are not the administrators of the giveaway on my blog. I am not liable for the prize. I received a one-month subscription for hosting this giveaway. As always, the opinions expressed are mine and I am not obligated to write a positive review.]
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I run a website that helps people find gluten foods and products to improve their health. To illustrate my posts, I often use images of healthy, whole foods. Fotolia has some of the best images I’ve seen, so being able to download 3 images a day for free would be fantastic!
I help run a real estate and a travel website. It would sweet to have this option.
I would like to start my first blog.
It would be great to have access to their images to use on my blog.
Thanks for the giveaway. ~Pauline
I am a fan of Fotolia on Facebook.
Facebook ID: Pauline Milner Pike
I am following Fotolia on Twitter.
Twitter ID: @bullittmilner
I am subscribed to receive your emails using dod@rogers.com.
I am a fan of yours on Facebook.
Facebook ID: Pauline Milner Pike
I posted on your wall:
http://www.facebook.com/paulinemilner/posts/10150213161117894
I am following you on Twitter.
Twitter ID: @bullittmilner
I tweeted about your giveaway:
http://twitter.com/#!/bullittmilner/status/83558244177555456
I’d use the images for a blog redesign.
I subscribe by email
ajolly1456 at gmail dot com
I am a facebook fan (Anne Jolly) of fotalia
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/lunaj1456/status/84221778741837825
I’m following fotolia on facebook.
havent got a profile name yet. Here is my profile link. You can verify with this.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002518202440
I’m a freelancer and want to have to start a blog explaining the tips of it. So i need these stock images to make it look more attractive.
This is how i plan to use those.
Followed fotolia on twitter.
My twitter ID:- @doer007
Subscribed using the same mail ID that i have used for my comments here.
Liked the post above the comments and also liked your page on facebook.
I would like to use the business and corporate related photos since they suit my niche of freelancing.
Following you on twitter and also tweeted this post. Here is the tweet link.
http://twitter.com/#!/doer007/status/85448529501360128
With this i finished all the steps(first step and then 5 bonus entries steps). For the 6th bonus step i dont have a blog as of yet.
Wish to win this. All the best to others
I want to win this so that i can move over from my previous stock photo buying site.I need images for the web design company that i’m working in.
Following fotolia on twitter.
My username: Jorie_Bell
Subscribed to your blog with my mail ID
Following you on twitter and tweeted the post.
http://twitter.com/#!/Jorie_Bell/status/85569724561358848
I plan to use the time to download images to use on my blog. Thanks for the contest! goldilocssweeps (@) gmail(dot)com
I’m a fan of Fotolia via Facebook. un:codipayne goldilocssweeps (@) gmail(dot)com
I follow fotolia on twitter. un:codisweepstakes goldilocssweeps (@) gmail(dot)com
I subscribe to your blog’s content via email. goldilocssweeps (@) gmail(dot)com
I “liked” your post via the Facebook button & left a comment on your facebook wall: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=222641304433326&id=209701237893 un:codipayne goldilocssweeps (@) gmail(dot)com
I follow you on twitter (un:codisweepstakes) & tweeted: http://twitter.com/codisweepstakes/status/85595917847236608 goldilocssweeps (@) gmail(dot)com
I shared this giveaway on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/codipayne/posts/218948011479409 un:codipayne goldilocssweeps (@) gmail(dot)com
I’d love to use this for blog graphics!
email subscriber
Michelle Rodriguez, liking Fotolia on facebook
I would use them for our blog and for cards.
I subscribe to Daddy Forever
I would use the images on my blog.
It would be amazing to use these images on my new blog that I am organizing.
Like Fotolia on Facebook
User name: Hripsime Andonian
Subscribed to your blog via email.