Stock Photography

All the images offered by Massimo Fiorino Photo Store are only for private use. If you're interested in buying a commercial/editorial licensed image, please write me an email at photo@massimofiorino.com, specifying tyep f licence (ADV or Editorial), dimension of the image, image number, diffusion (Local, National, World wide), meadia (tv, web, print, dvd).

In the next few months will be avaible an on line dedicated web site - MF Stock photo - for buying rights managed images.

Licence Images

All the images offered by Massimo Fiorino Photo Store are rights managed. Essentially this means that we keep a record of who has licenced each of our images. This ensures that you can purchase with the confidence of knowing where the image has been previously used.

This is important so that you don't use the same images as your competition for a similar campaign avoiding the embarrassment and additional expense.

We can tell you which industry sector the images have been licenced to. However, due to client confidentiality we can't give you a list of clients using a particular images.

These are the fundamental features of our licencing:

• Images supplied as high quality 300PPI (Pixels per Inch) JPG files via email.
• Alternatively, 8Bit/16Bit TIFF files are available for General Licences, delivered on CD.
• Images are provided as sRGB but can be supplied as AdobeRGB(1998).
• Full Sized images are a minimum size of 3800x2600 pixels.
• Copyright remains with Massimo Fiorino Photo Store (or the Photographer).
• You can't represent the images as your own work.
• All prices quoted below are on a per images basis and based on a direct deposit into our European Bank Account. Prices include 20.0% GST for European Residents.

For the full terms and conditions please take a look at our Image Licence document (requires acrobat reader).

Stock Photography & Royalty Free Stock Photography

1. Stock photography is the term used to describe existing photographic images available for your use for a fee.

Traditional stock photography, also known as "rights managed photography," requires you pay a licensing fee based on several factors. The costs vary based on such things as what your final project is and how many times the image will appear. Licensing is specific to the project and for a finite period of time. To use the image for another project, or beyond the time of the original license requires you to pay an additional fee.

This licensing fee is called a "royalty", a concept most of us relate to books, music and movies.

• Royalty free stock photography is the term used to describe stock photography that is licensed with a one time fee. Simply put, royalty free photography does not require the payment of royalties.

Royalty free does not mean the image is free.

Much like a software program, the image is owned by the copyright holder, usually the photographer. You purchase a digital copy of the photograph, which you can then use whenever and wherever you want, within the guidelines of the license.

A royalty free stock photography license is non-exclusive. Many people can purchase a copy of the same digital image.

The royalty free license agreement is a binding legal contract. Furthermore, licensing agreements vary between sources, so it's important you read and understand the document before you make your purchase.