Word guide
The words people search for when they want stock images — spelled out letter by letter, with the misspellings we see most often.
S-T-O-C-K P-H-O-T-O-S
Stock photos are pictures made in advance and licensed to many users rather than shot for one client. They are the camera-style subset of the stock images you find on this site.
Often typed as: stock photoes, stok photos, stockphotos, stock fotos, stock photo's
See the spellingS-T-O-C-K I-M-A-G-E-S
Stock images are ready-to-use pictures of every style, licensed for websites, print, ads and social media. Every download on Affordable Stock Images is an 8K JPG with no account required.
Often typed as: stock imges, stockimages, stock immages, stock imagse, stock imagess
See the spellingR-O-Y-A-L-T-Y hyphen F-R-E-E
Royalty-free is a licensing model where a single download covers unlimited uses without ongoing payments. Every file on this site is offered as royalty-free stock images.
Often typed as: royalty free, royaltyfree, royality free, royaltie-free, roylaty-free
See the spellingP-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H
A photograph is a picture made with a camera, or in the case of AI-assisted stock images, made to have the look of one. Photo is its everyday short form.
Often typed as: fotograph, photograf, photogragh, phothograph, photografh
See the spellingP-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y
Photography is the practice of making photographs. Stock photography is the part of the industry that produces stock images ahead of time for licensing.
Often typed as: photografy, fotography, photographie, photograhpy, photograpy
See the spellingL-I-C-E-N-S-E
A license is the written permission that comes with stock images and spells out what you may do with them. This site publishes its terms on the license page.
Often typed as: licence, lisence, liscense, licens, lisense
See the spellingC-O-P-Y-R-I-G-H-T
Copyright is the ownership of a picture. Downloading stock images from this site gives you a license to use them, but the copyright itself remains with Affordable Stock Images.
Often typed as: copywrite, copyrite, copy right, copyrigt, copyrihgt
See the spellingW-A-T-E-R-M-A-R-K
A watermark is a translucent logo or text placed over a preview so the picture cannot be used without a license. Stock images downloaded from this site are delivered without one.
Often typed as: water mark, water-mark, watermak, watermarck, waetrmark
See the spellingA-T-T-R-I-B-U-T-I-O-N
Attribution is a credit naming the source of a picture. Affordable Stock Images does not require attribution, though you may add one if your style guide prefers it.
Often typed as: atribution, attribtion, attribusion, attributtion, attrebution
See the spellingR-E-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N
Resolution is the number of pixels across and down a picture. The stock images on this site go up to 8K, meaning 7680 by 4320 pixels, which is enough for large prints.
Often typed as: resolusion, resoloution, resoultion, resolition, resalution
See the spellingH-I-G-H hyphen R-E-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N
High-resolution describes pictures with enough pixels for big prints and crisp screens. At up to 8K, every file on this site counts as high-resolution stock images.
Often typed as: high resolution, highresolution, hi-resolution, high-resolusion, hight-resolution
See the spellingM-E-G-A-P-I-X-E-L
A megapixel is a million pixels and is a handy way to compare image sizes. The 8K stock images on this site contain roughly 33 megapixels each.
Often typed as: mega pixel, mega-pixel, megapixle, megapixal, megapixell
See the spellingJ-P-E-G
JPEG is the compressed format used to deliver the stock images on this site. It balances small file size with high visual quality, which matters at 8K.
Often typed as: jpg, jepg, jpge, j-peg, jpegg
See the spellingP-O-R-T-R-A-I-T
Portrait describes a picture of a person or a vertical format that is taller than wide. On this site the portrait tag on stock images can point to either meaning.
Often typed as: portrate, potrait, portait, portriat, portrai
See the spellingL-A-N-D-S-C-A-P-E
Landscape means scenery as a subject or a horizontal format wider than tall. Most 8K stock images on Affordable Stock Images are landscape format at 7680 by 4320 pixels.
Often typed as: lanscape, landscap, land scape, landskape, landscpae
See the spellingI-M-A-G-E-R-Y
Imagery is a collective term for a set of pictures, such as the imagery of a campaign or a brand. Stock images supply imagery quickly when there is no time for a custom shoot.
Often typed as: imagary, imagry, imagerie, immagery, imageryy
See the spellingI-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N
An illustration is a drawn, painted or rendered picture rather than a camera capture. Many stock images on this site have an illustrated style and are tagged accordingly.
Often typed as: ilustration, illustation, illustrasion, illistration, illustraton
See the spellingC-O-M-M-E-R-C-I-A-L
Commercial use is any use that sells or promotes something, including ads, packaging and product pages. The license here permits commercial use of its stock images.
Often typed as: comercial, commerical, commertial, commercail, comerical
See the spellingE-D-I-T-O-R-I-A-L
Editorial use illustrates news, commentary and education rather than promoting a product. Because the stock images here are AI-assisted, editorial use should label them as illustrative rather than as records of real events.
Often typed as: editoral, editorail, edditorial, editorual, editoriel
See the spellingA-F-F-O-R-D-A-B-L-E
Affordable means reasonably priced. Affordable Stock Images takes it to its limit, since the 8K stock images are free to download without an account.
Often typed as: affordible, afordable, affordable stock imges, afforable, affordabel
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