Professional photography can truly lift up and elevate your business and brand… but what if you’re not a photographer? For many small business owners professional photography isn’t always a possibility; it may be out of budget, or it may be out of reach in some way. Today, we’re excited to share how you can have and use professional photography for your business — through stock photography.

How to Have Professional Photography

When Andra and I launched With Grace and Gold in 2014, we began our business from scratch. We constantly look back and wonder, “How on Earth did we even get our business off the ground?!”

The truth is: At the start of our business journey, we invested in stock photography! Stock photography is professional photography designed to add a level of professionalism and cohesiveness to your brand and website. Because your website is your ‘storefront’ it’s especially important to present your business and brand in a beautiful, professional way! We knew a polished website was important not only as business owners — but also as women who design branding for other women in business. So, we invested in stock photography!

Investing in stock photography allowed us to lay our graphic designs over the photography and to elevate the designs we had created. Placed by themselves, the designs were great… but placed over stock photography, the designs were really able to shine!

Stock Photography Resources for Creative Small Business Owners

• SC Stockshop
• Social Squares
• Social Curator
• HauteStock
• ColorJoy
• Unsplash
• Creative Market

Since 2014, With Grace and Gold has provided brand and web design for creative small business owners. Hire With Grace and Gold or shop With Grace and Gold’s pre-made designs and Showit website templates – and come away with an elevated brand and web design for your small business!