7 Ways to Use Stock Photography in Your Catholic Church’s Communications

Making use of stock photography from a resource like WeCreate, LPi’s library of Catholic content can enhance your parish’s communication efforts. Here are 7 ways to use stock photos like a pro to communicate more effectively with your vibrant community. 

1. Church Website — When choosing photographs to accompany the information on your church’s website, you should consider these 5 examples of photos every parish needs . However, if you haven’t built up your parish’s custom photo library yet, stock photos are a great option to get your message across. Even if you already use a lot of your own photography, stock photography is a great tool to fill in any imagery gaps that you may have. 

2. Church Bulletin — Sometimes there’s an article in the bulletin that could use a beautiful image to go with it. Whether you print in color or in black and white , adding a professionally captured photograph can elevate a bulletin article from mediocre to awesome! Not printing with LPi yet? Learn more about how to get a free weekly bulletin for your church here .

3. Advertising for Events & Programs — Whether for Confirmation preparation classes, a support group meeting, or a parish retreat, churches are in constant need of new posters, packets, and flyers. Using beautiful stock photography in their design can save you time and make these communications look as professional as possible. 

4. Social Media Posts — The same goes with your social media posts. You may be advertising an event or simply sharing a thought on social media. Either way, intentionally including some nice stock photography will make the post more effective.

5. Ministry Brochures — Are you printing brochures for different ministries, initiatives, and more? No need to constantly ask parishioners for photos of events and ministries to include because we’ve got you covered. Need a trifold about your parent group or food drive? Search our Catholic stock photography library in WeCreate to quickly find images you can use!

6. Church Blog — Blog posts are a perfect example of a communication method for which people regularly use stock photos. In fact, some have found that content which includes a relevant photograph receives a whopping 90%+ more views . 

7. Church Newsletter — Does your parish send out a newsletter to parishioners? Maybe a specific ministry, like the youth ministry, emails or hands out a printed monthly newsletter to its members. Using stock photography to enhance the design of a newsletter can save you time and energy while also making your newsletter more appealing to those on the receiving end! 

We are constantly adding to our stock photography collection in WeCreate to cover all of your church’s content needs. This being said, we are always interested in finding new parishes to photograph. If your community is interested in volunteering to host an LPi stock photography photo shoot, contact us and maybe we’ll have one of our photographers set it up! 

Updated on 03-13-2024