"Stock" Definition

[Russ]

I'm not brand new to photography, but I am new to selling photos. I was wondering if anyone can give me a definition of a stock photo? What makes a stock photo "stock"? Thanks for any feed back on this.

Russ

 

[someguy5]

look on any software or career site.

http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/

They are the pictures they have littered over the page, having nothing to actually do with the product. Like a website for a Linux OS will have a pic of some random guy smiling.

 

[Russ]

So, what your saying is they're pretty much ordinary images of everyday "stuff"? Is that correct?

 

[someguy5]

Pretty much. Just take a look for yourself through this site.

http://www.fotosearch.com/

 

[Russ]

Thanks so much for clarifying this.

 

[Joves]

I look at stock as meaning generic.