Stock photos, also known as stock images, are existing photographs that are made available for license by paying a fee to both the artists that produced them and the stock agencies. They are a great resource to get high-quality and cheap photos that can be used in various designs for marketing and advertising, promotional work, personal or commercial creative projects, publishing, websites, blogs, and more. Stock photos are cataloged and made available by a stock image agency, and they cover all types of photography, with no limits on genre or style. They are licensed for commercial purposes and can be used for marketing and advertising, personal projects, commercial and for-profit projects, and on blogs and websites. Stock photo companies offer a massive marketplace of creative content and sell imagery in the form of photos, illustrations, and videos that can be purchased for use in commercial, editorial, and personal projects. While some people think that stock photos are of inferior quality and generic, stock photo companies offer high-quality photos with great artistic and commercial value.