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Depends who you're talking about, but there are several options. Some sites actually send people to events and get their own photography. There are also services that do licensing for this sort of thing. Off the top of my head, Getty Images is obvious, and the Associated Press has a separate dedicated image service, as does Reuters. There's also WireImage, ...

You can store the photos just as they're uploaded and resize them in CSS. This is really the best option for displaying full screen, because you don't know what size screen your users will have. However, the obvious limitation is that if you change the aspect ratio the photos will look wrong. Your options for photos which are in a different aspect ratio ...

It is good to use creative commons attribution images. You can use images in flickr which are under creative commons attribution and share-alike license. That way you're taking permission from author for the image reuse and also crediting him with the backlink. There is also pixabay that offers creative commons images or free images. They have a limited ...

Yes, most stock photography websites disclaim all liability related to third party content. This appears in multiple parts of the terms of service (indemnification, limitation of liability, user representations). If you're in the U.S., make sure to comply with DMCA safe harbors and add that language to your TOS as well.

There is no standard as icons can be of any size depending on how they're going to be used. The most common sizes I've seen based on icon sets I have downloaded are: 12x12 16x16 32x32 64x64 128x128 256x256 Do you see a pattern here? update There are no default image sizes for websites as a whole. Dimensions are dictated by how the website needs to ...

Many photographers make their photos available under a Creative Commons license: an easy-to-understand set of rules that works within copyright law to make images free to use, while letting the photographer still specify key provisions like: non-commercial use disallowing modification attribution required Most images on Flickr are Creative Commons ...