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Wanda Thomas Photography

September 17, 2015 ·

The new face of stock photography

Custom Stock Photography· Stock Photography

I work with a lot of business owners who come to me for headshots for their website and business cards, but when I look at their websites they all look the same, REALLY. Everyone is using the same  free stock sites and images for their website and marketing material(s). One has to wonder how do you stand out if you look the same. I often educate many of my vendors on how to use the images from weddings, and I teach moms how to do the same thing in between milestone portraits but with small business owners its tricky because we are so busy and often, depending on the field we are in changing our products or service many just don’t know how to create custom stock images. FEAR NOT , I have created Philly Custom Stock a stock site which for just for you. There are many reasons why I love this project, but my favorite is that it supports LOCAL photographers here in the Philadelphia area. Many are college students who are creating work for their classes and have no real need for some of the work after the semester is over so they are agreeing to sell the images online. There are many purchase options such as a buy out option where you own the image and no one else can use it (THE PHOTOGRAPHER WILL KEEP THE COPYRIGHT) or a limited license where you can use the image for a period of time and finally our general purpose stock images, these are images that we allow everyone to use.  {This is a limited option as we like our clients to have unique images. }

You also have the option to hire one of our trained photographers to create custom stock images around your brand. So say you make homemade soaps and lotions. we come out and not only shoot your products but also create stock images of your supplies in a beautiful stylized setting which will add to your businesses story and appeal to your marketing pieces too.  You will have the same option as above to buy these images or licence them which will make them available to someone else.

 

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About Wanda Thomas

Philadelphia based headshot portrait, food/product, and stock images photographer. I started my passion by wanting to document the lives of my kids, and loving everything about this craft- and from it grew a wonderful business. I'm glad you're here for the journey.

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