In 1797, the engraver and painter John Thomas Smith, who worked as the keeper of prints at the British Museum, came up with a revolutionary theory. In his view, landscape paintings worked best not when sky and land were given equal weight, but when one or the other took up an entire two-thirds of the […]
Authenticity in LGBTQ+ imagery is vital to creating truly representative images. Use these tips to capture genuine, authentic imagery of LGBTQ+ community members. No matter what the subject, when it comes to creating authentic content, the key is to move beyond cliches and find the unexpected moments that capture real life. In stock marketplaces, authentic […]
In Canada, June marks National Indigenous Peoples Month, where we honor First Nations, Inuit, and Métis across Canada. Here, we want to celebrate the Indigenous creators who are using TikTok to reclaim digital space. How do you reclaim digital space when mainstream and digital media have excluded representative BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) stories […]
A few months ago, Swedish photographer Tobias Hägg spent a midsummer morning on the banks of the Li River in China. Accompanying him was a local cormorant fisherman, who had journeyed through the night to watch the sunrise. After much waiting and anticipation, Hägg wondered if the long trip was worth it—or if it had […]
“Emotional pain cannot kill you but running from it can. Allow. Embrace. Let yourself feel. Let your yourself heal.” ~Vironika Tugaleva I was nine years old, sitting on the couch with my dad, watching a Very Brady Christmas (on my sister’s birthday, December 20th) when he first molested me. Terror, confusion, disbelief, and shame comingled […]
Celebrate all things dad and connect with your audience through authentic Father’s Day imagery with tips for selecting the perfect photos and illustrations. Lifestyle imagery is one of the most popular stock photo categories because of one thing: People! People connect with other people through photos of people. It’s how we can communicate feelings emotions […]
Projector and Shutterstock joined forces to remove creative roadblocks so everyone can create beautifully-designed visuals that stand out. Ideas matter because they inspire us to come together, look beyond what is, and imagine possibilities for what could be. But turning ideas into beautiful visual stories with the power to captivate an audience can be difficult […]
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” ~Henry David Thoreau We all make trades in life. We trade our time. We trade our energy. We trade our hard-earned money. We trade our attention. Many of us move through life in constant motion, never stopping to reflect on where that […]
“This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.” ~Kristen Neff Your best friend just lost her husband and her mother within five days of one another. Her husband was terminally ill. Her mother was eighty-six. […]
Here at Shutterstock, we’re excited to partner with CircleAround Powered By Girl Scouts, a new digital media site and content destination for today’s women. Discover the visuals representing women of today. From women’s suffrage to the #metoo movement, women have revolutionized their own role in society and have cemented their place in history over and […]
