Image licensing
Looking for high-quality images of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire? Genuine, well-shot photographs of the Potteries and North Staffordshire are surprisingly hard to find on the big stock libraries. The Red Haired Stokie fills that gap, with an original and growing collection of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire images available to licence for both web and print use.
Whether you are a local business, a publisher, a journalist, a blogger, a designer or a heritage organisation, you can licence these images directly from the photographer, quickly and without the mark-ups of a stock agency.
Stock images of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
The collection covers the subjects that define the area and that are so often missing elsewhere: the bottle kilns and potbanks of the Potteries, the Six Towns of Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, Hanley, Longton, Tunstall, Fenton and Stoke, the canals and industrial heritage, local landmarks, churches and town halls, and the wider Staffordshire Moorlands. If you need an authentic image of Stoke-on-Trent or Staffordshire, this is one of the very few places you will find it.
How licensing works
Licences are rights-managed and non-exclusive. In plain terms, I keep the copyright and you buy the right to use an image in a defined way, for example on a website, in a magazine, or in a brochure. Prices are per image, for UK use, for one year, unless we agree otherwise, and images are supplied as high-resolution digital files. If you need exclusive use, that can be arranged too.
Licensing rates
| Personal (blog, social, non-commercial) | £20 |
| Editorial (one news or blog site, credited) | £45 |
| Commercial, small or local business (site + social) | £95 |
| Commercial, regional or national campaign | from £225 |
| Up to quarter page | £45 |
| Up to half page | £70 |
| Full page | £110 |
| Cover | from £175 |
| Small run, local (up to 5,000) | £150 |
| Medium run (up to 25,000) | £295 |
| Large run (25,000+) | from £495 |
| Poster or large-format display | from £225 |
| Product packaging or merchandise | from £395 |
| Exclusivity (sector or period) | +100% |
| Worldwide use | +50% |
| Extended term (3 years) | +75% |
| Perpetual or buyout | from 3× fee |
| Multiple images | 3+ 15% off, 6+ 25% off |
| Charities, schools, community groups | 50% off editorial |
Just need one image for a website? The standard web licence is a flat £45.
What you get
Every licence includes a high-resolution digital file, clear written permission covering exactly how you may use the image, a proper invoice for your records, and a quick turnaround, usually the same or next working day.
Request a licence
Tell me which image you would like, where and how you plan to use it, and for how long, and I will confirm the licence and the price. Not sure which image, or need something specific? I am always out photographing Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, so just ask.
A credit, Photograph by The Red Haired Stokie, is appreciated wherever the use allows it. Larger or ongoing usage is quoted bespoke, so do get in touch for anything not covered above.
