Re: garden stock photos

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

One of my jobs is as editor of a sustainable lifetstyle magazine in 
print and on the Web, http://www.IndianaLivingGreen.com

I pull from several inexpensive stock houses...

http://www.istockphoto.com
http://www.stockxpert.com
http://www.gimmestock.com
http://www.fotolia.com

 From these stock houses, I use all kinds of images, including 
horticulture, and yes, there are times when the photographer doesn't 
have a clue about what he or she shot and names it something 
completely incorrectly. I have received refunds for this before. Most 
images on these sites range from a couple of dollars to $10 or $15 on 
up, high res and large, perfectly suitable for the cover of a 
magazine. istockphoto is connected to Getty Images, which has very 
high-end and unusual images, which I've purchased for the magazine. 
I've also purchased from these stock houses for my PowerPoint talks, 
my newspaper columns/articles and white papers for clients.

For some horticulture images, I've had success visiting university 
Web sites. For instance, all of Purdue's images regarding plant 
diseases, insects, etc., in its news bureau archive, plant and 
diagnostic lab site and at most of its educational sites (extension, 
entomology, etc.,) are copyright free. There also are images 
available at the USDA plant database Web site...not always, but some 
images are copyright free and some are free for educational purposes 
(non-commercial).

We all probably know about the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information 
Center's bulb.com and bulbpix.com for anything bulb related, all 
copyright free.

Many breeders, growers, marketers, etc., (Terra Nova, Walters 
Gardens, Great Garden Plants, Plants That Work, Proven Winners/Color 
Choice, Stepables,) provide images copyright free if you register at 
their sites or contact their marketing/pr people...various procedures 
for various sites.

The most difficult for me to find are certain house plants or 
tropicals and plants with diseases and insects. I've bought 
houseplant images from healthyhouseplants.com...not to take anything 
away from Julie who has healthyhouseplants.com, but I think the 
Florida growers association would do well to get images posted on its 
site for us writers.

jems

>Actually, Marg's pictures are out of my price range too. When I don't have
>my own photo of a plant/garden design for my web site, I go to
>http://www.istockphoto.com, which is really affordable (at least at small
>web resolution).  The trouble with istock is that you can look long and hard
>and waste a lot of time because you tend to find lots of bad keywording and
>mislabeling of plants because the photographer doesn't know the hort world
>at all.
>
>Yvonne Cunnington
>Web: http://www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com/
>Blog:  http://countrygardener.blogspot.com/
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
>[g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Shauna Dobbie
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>The images are certainly way out of my price range.
>
>Shauna Dobbie, Publisher and Editor
>Pegasus Publications Inc.
>201C-219 Dufferin Street, Toronto ON M6K 3J1
>phone 416-963-3434  fax 416-963-5929
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Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
The Hoosier Gardener
Director Garden Writers Association
Writer * Editor * Speaker * Garden Consultant
Co-author,The Indiana Gardener's Guide
Editor, Indiana Living Green magazine
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