Spring fling
The music of spring is so full of nature. Spring is not just about flowers blooming, butterflies and rain showers. Spring is the theme of life after the dead of winter. So shake winter off and catch the essence of...
Only 29 Days Left
Only 29 days left to get your entry in for the Unleash Your Creativity contest. There have been a few questions in regards to entering the contest, so just as a friendly reminder here's what you need to do: Open...
Unleash your Creativity
"Unleash Your Creativity" (the "Design Contest") with the first-ever design contest co-sponsored by Fotolia and Quark (the "Sponsors"). Combining the imagination of Fotolia images and the creative power of QuarkXPress® 7 software, you - the designer - have the...
And The Winner Is ...
Today we proudly present the winner of our 3 000 000th image competition. The contributor who uploaded most images in the 3 million seconds after our image 3 million is Mrs. Ana Liza S. Steiert from Berlin with the impressive number of 3,719 images. With Ana we found a particularly typical Fotolian who perfectly reflects what Fotolia is about. She was born 1965 in the Philippines. Following a career in the hotel and catering sector she has lived and worked in Macau, New Delhi, Dubai, Cairo and Berlin. Ana’s husband Oliver is a famous chef granting her access to the knowledge and ingredients necessary for food photography. Most of her images are actual co-productions with Oliver. Ana sent us a very private and interesting letter describing her photographic career and illustrating her story with images from her private album. Ana writes:
My grandfather told me to cherish my photos, so that one day when somebody asks me where I was coming from, I only need to show my photos … After my grandfather’s death in 1987, I left the Philippines...
Be my valentine
Like any tradition and superstition there are different sides of the story. One of the stories tells that St. Valentine was a Roman who broke the law and married people in secret. Another story tells that he was a priest...
Introduction of 2 new licenses: XS and XXXL
In response to both customer and photographer demands Fotolia has released two new licenses. The first license is called the eXtra Small standard license corresponding with the XS abbreviation. The license is designed for blogs and web applications (thumbnails and small images on websites). The license will start at just 1 credit for a 300*400 pixel image.
At the opposite end of the license scale, Fotolia has introduced an XXXL standard license, offering extremely large images. This license is available starting at 7 credits for 4800*6400 pixel images (30.7 MP) perfect for large printing projects. With the...
2008 Digital Wizard Contest
Can you work your magic and turn ordinary images into works of art? Does your Photoshop bag of ticks include spells and incantations? Then the Digital Wizard Contest by Popular Photography Magazine is just for you. You can even win...
MacWorld Recap
As you may have noted in my earlier article MacWorld 2008 was a great experience for me. I met a lot of great people and saw some great products. Before I jump into the products it was really cool to...
3,000,000 pictures contest
Earn 3000 credits by submitting the most images to Fotolia.
Three years ago Fotolia launched with nothing, no images and no customers. Now we have over 3 million images online and we are adding 40,000 new images each week and the customers keep coming. All of this is thanks to...
MacWorld - Enjoying the apple once again
A few months back I called a friend of mine and boldly stated “I have seen the light, I purchased a Mac”. I was so excited to do all the things "Mac people" always talked about, making movies, listening to...
