Stock photography is photography or other imagery of common landmarks, concepts, and events that can be used and reused for commercial design purposes. Book publishers, specialty publishers, magazines, advertising agencies, film makers, web designers, graphic artists, interior decor firms, corporate creative groups, and other entities utilize stock photography to fulfill the needs of their creative assignments. By using stock photography instead of hiring a photographer to perform on location shooting, customers can save valuable time and stay on budget. Stock photography databases (also known as photo archives or image banks) contain a wealth of images that may be searched online, saving photo researchers valuable time when they are looking for just the right image. With today's digital delivery methods, images may be purchased online and delivered via FTP or email, the very same day.

Stock images produced by Artiga Photo, LLC are currently available through the image banks at the Masterfile Corporation and Corbis.

-Definition of stock photography from wordiQ.com at http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Stock_photography.