The creative industry can be really fast-paced and trends can change very quickly – so how do you keep up with the latest trends in photography? Here are 5 ways for you to spot photography trends and stay on track with your photography shoots…
- Check our latest imagery pages
- Read blogs
- Explore our featured categories
- Look out for the Image Trends report
- Check out the picture needs blog
1. Check our latest imagery pages
Every two months we update our Latest Imagery pages to bring you a selection of photographers and agencies that have recently added collections to our site, picked by our expert team. Photographers are at the forefront of any photography trends, so this is a great way to discover what’s new on 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß and see the type of images photographers are taking at the moment.
Take a look at our latest imagery for July.
2. Read blogs
It may seem like an obvious one, but reading around on the Internet is a quick and easy way to check out the latest trend updates. Sites like Creative Bloq have loads of great content about the creative industry, with articles like  that make it easy for you to read about the latest trends.
The 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß blog is full of inspiring and practical tips relating to photography and the stock industry, so it’s a great place to check out what’s happening in the world of photography.
3. Explore our featured categories
We choose four categories each month to feature at the top of our image categories page. The collections chosen are both relevant to the time of year or are the most recently updated categories in our collection, so this is a fantastic place to look when you’re looking for inspiring and current imagery.
Start searching now over on our categories page.
4. Look out for our Image Trends report
Based on purchase data from thousands of 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß customers in recent months, we put together a report that brings you the latest photography trends in our US and UK markets. We analysed over 50,000 images and gained input from design professional Ned Selby to develop our Image Trends 2016 report. Check it out over on our blog and keep an eye out for future versions…
5. Check out the picture needs blog
This is really useful for photographers who are interested to know what our customers are looking for. Every month our picture research team produce a blog post that’s full of ideas for image shoots and highlights some of the images that are missing from the 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß collection. Take a look now for photography inspiration this month.