Got an old family album lying around, or a pile of photographs that are just gathering dust? Or maybe you’re looking for a quick and easy way to add some colour to the living room walls. Stock photography can help! We’ve picked out 3 easy ways to make the most of our fantastic collection of images and get creative with stock photography in your home!
Have you used stock photography in a creative way in your house? Let us know all about it in the comments – we love to hear all the great ways people use stock photos!
1. Revamp your old photo albums
Whether you’ve already got a photo album, or just some loose images that need a home – stock photography can be a fantastic way of giving your images a new burst of life. Here are a few suggestions to spruce up your photo albums:
– Add a background or border – any image can be brought to life if it’s placed on the right background or surrounded by the perfect border. It’s also a fun way to brighten up the pages of the album and personalise it. Our backgrounds category is packed full of creative ideas to get you started!
– Use stock images to enhance your holiday snaps – maybe you didn’t take as many shots as you wanted to, or your own photos didn’t turn out as well as you’d hoped. Head to the 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß site and start searching for images to make the most of the snaps other photographers have already taken. Then pop them into your album to fill in the gaps in your image collection!
– Brighten up your family album – I know from my own experience that the family photo album can be a bit of a chaotic selection of images! A great way of organising the album and sprucing up the pages is to use a stock image as header for different sections of the album. Pick a great beach shot to head up the holiday section, some beautiful woodland or scenery for your picnics and family outings, and some cute or quirky animals to lead into the adorable shots you have of the family pets.
2. Give the perfect gift
Our personal use image license gives you the permissions to give the image you’ve bought as a gift, whether you use it on a mug, or get it printed and place the photo in a frame. You can even use the image to create your own unique greetings card.
Whether you’re looking for something funny, heart-warming or plain old beautiful, our 50 hand-picked image categories are the perfect place to look!
3. Decoration inspiration
Have you got a picture frame you need to fill, a wall to liven up or a whole room to decorate? Whatever your project at home, stock images can help you get inspired and could be the ideal interior design solution. We’ve put a couple of ideas below to get you started:
– Print an image and put in a frame – using a stock image can be a great alternative to a painting or other artwork, and it means you can choose exactly the right image to suit the theme or mood of the room. For help on deciding what image size you should buy, check out our new file sizes help page!
– Decorate your child’s room – we’ve got some great vectors and illustrations that are perfect for children. You can buy an image with the personal use license and pop it in a frame to hang on the wall or, if you’re an artistic type (or know a good decorator) you can give our customer service team a call and buy the image to use as artistic reference.
This means you can buy an image to use as inspiration for your own artwork, so you can use the image as the design for your child’s bedroom wall!
