If it's gorgeous football images you need, to celebrate the start of the new NFL season, or to adorn your fantasy football league blog, there's no better place to do it than at Fotolia. Membership is free, and you can get access to many beautiful images showcasing the sport of football.
Here's one of a football player making a catch, by Richard Kane:
We also like this one of American offensive linemen:
A beautiful picture of the helmet on the field doesn't hurt, either.
You'll noticed that these photos are all watermarked with the fotolia name. If you want these images, you'll have to pay for them. Fotolia uses "credits" as currency - one credit is equivalent to $1.40. That doesn't mean you have to pay an arm and a leg for them, though. You can pay as little as one credit for an extra small image, or as much as fifty credits for an extended X picture. You can save even more when you use promo codes to garner bonus credits, extra months in subscriptions, or free photo subscriptions.
If it's not football imagery you're after, you can check the free images directory for high-quality images you can download for free. Every month, Fotolia makes available free AI and PSD files for 24 hours from emerging digital artists and designers at the Ten Collection. This month, you can check out digital artist Lydia Baillergeau's work on August 9th.
The best way to save on Fotolia prints is to purchase a subscription. You can choose a monthly download quota, or a daily download quota. The more you buy, the more you save, and you can save up to 84% with the most expensive subscription.
If you're not sure about committing to a subscription, you also have the option of purchasing Fotolia credit packs. As with the subscriptions, the more you buy, the cheaper your overall purchase will be. Prices start at $1.40 for one credit, and go down to $0.74 a credit when you buy 9,400 credits for $7,000.00. Once you've made the purchase, the credits are good for one year. Right now, you can buy credit packs, and get an extra 20% in bonus credits when you use the promo code FWHVGVKK.
