articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 brightqube inc. type private founded june 2007 headquarters carlsbad california usa area served north america founder s lee corkran key people lee corkran founder and ceo industry stock photography products royalty free stock photography and microstock photography slogan s changing the way the world finds images . website www.brightqube.com alexa rank 9 931 645 april 2014 update 1 type of site open media marketplace registration optional required to use some features but not to make purchases launched january 2008 current status defunct brightqube inc. is a privately held firm based in carlsbad california that operates a stock photography website selling licenses to use royalty free photos and images . brightqube was started in 2007 by lee corkran a decorated combat photographer for the united states air force . prior to founding brightqube lee held various management and executive positions at digital railroad hewlett packard eastman kodak yahoo photos pictureiq and pixology . as of may 2008 brightqube was offering more than 3 million royalty free images from more than 40 collections . 2 brightqube attempts to distinguish itself from its peers by offering a pageless search interface . 3 further as of may 2008 brightqube was the only stock photography marketplace to offer both high end royalty free images from both professional collections such as those from getty images corbis and jupiter images and microstock photography in the same shopping cart . this is reflected by an inventory that ranges from 1 to over 500 at that time . however as of november 12 the site displays a generic page stating brighqube is currently off line . see also edit stock photography microstock photography category stock photographers references edit brightqube.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . mike allen brightqube imaging firm lands angel funding san diego business journal may 15 2008 julie giles fitc award winners 2008 fitc apr 23 2008 external links edit brightqube inc. website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brightqube & oldid 665347290 categories stock photographyprivately held companies based in californiacompanies based in carlsbad californiahidden categories orphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlesarticles containing potentially dated statements from april 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 june 2015 at 16 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view