How to Sell Stock Photography to Getty

Getty Images are known for providing high quality stock photography to news media and other web based media. The owner of each collection of photographs excepted receives generous compensation for the use of her or his work. In some cases royalties are paid at any time these photographs are used beyond their first use. 

1. Go to Gettyimages.com. Scroll to the bottom left corner of the main page of the Getty Images website. Locate "About Getty Images" and click this link.


2. Click "Contributors" found at the top of the page. This link is between "Community Involvement" and "Careers."


3. Click the "Get details on how to contribute" hyperlink found underneath the images to the right. Then click on the image that reads "How to work with us."


4. Read through the contributor's resources pages to ensure that you understand exactly what Getty Images want in their stock photography. This information is set up in the form of FAQs to fully explain their requirements. These four FAQs describe the quality and composition of acceptable photographs used by Getty Images. 


5. Create a collection of 40 photographs that meet the required specifications of Getty Images. Each of these photographs should meet the requirements of Getty Images. Set up an online gallery for this collection of 40 photographs. You could upload these photographs onto Flicker.com by creating an account and uploading this collection. Write down the URL for this gallery.


6. Compose a submission email. Type "Test Submission: (Your full name)" into the subject box of the email. Insert the URL for your online gallery into the body of the email message. Send this submission to Dublincreative@gettyimages.com.