There are two main sources of photographs licensed for business use: stock photos and hired photographers. Stock photos are generic photos of people, places and things licensed for commercial use and available to anyone who wants to use them. Hired photographers shoot unique photos that personalize a client's brand, business and projects.

Last fall I was in England exploring some ultra modern holiday homes as part of a press trip for a project called Living Architecture. While happily snapping photographs of these contemporary buildings, one woman said to me: "Make sure there are people in the photos; architecture is about people." That was Jane Wernick, one of the project's structural engineers, who later told me she had edited an entire book about how architecture affects our psyche.

Chances are high that you've a hard drive full of photos that can help you mint money now! If you're wondering that if we are referring to the photos you downloaded over a time, then let it be known that we are referring to the photographs taken by you! Surprised? Then read on.

I haven't known that photographs might be printed onto canvas and it could give an absolutely different look to the image. When I gifted the canvas to my friend he was stunned and his response was important for me.

We’ve taken a peek at the beautiful fairy photography of Charlotte Bird previously on Fae Nation, but now we are pleased to welcome her back as our latest Featured Artist. Charlotte’s work is inspired by a gentler, more romantic age, capturing a world both whimsical and innocent. Series include Common House Fairies and Tales from Cottingley, where Charlotte travelled to Cottingley Beck (setting of the original Cottingley Fairies photographs) to take the backdrop images. Charlotte’s art is available as prints and greetings cards, or on a variety of housewares, or you could even commission her to create a fairy tale portrait of your own child.