Where To Get Free Stock Photos To Use On Your Website And Other Projects
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Check Out My Resources For Quality, Free Stock Photos, Copyright Free Photos And Royalty Free Photos To Use On Your Web Pages Or Other Projects.
There are over 40 free stock photo sites listed on this page offering free stock photos and royalty free stock photos to use on projects. If you are trying to find that perfect photo for your lens, blog or website then check out the stock photo sites featured, they all offer free stock photos.
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Or browse the lens for a brief review of the free stock photo sites.stock.xchng ♥ Morguefile ♥ openphoto ♥ Public Domain Photos ♥ freeimages
Imagebase ♥ Historical Stock Photos ♥ Free Digital Photos ♥ Freepixels
Stockvault ♥ Unprofound ♥ Geek Philosopher ♥ Photo Rogue
Freerange ♥ Nations Illustrated ♥ FreeFoto ♥ Every Stock Photo ♥ Nasa Images
Cepolina ♥ Whoopy ♥ Abstract Influence ♥ Kave Wall ♥ Wikimedia Commons
PhotoRack ♥ Design Packs ♥ Image*After ♥ Picture Perfect Digital ♥ Free Stock Photos
Contents at a Glance
- Some of the free stock photo sites offer copyright free stock photos for any use
- Free Stock Photos - Latest Additions To This Lens
- These Free Stock Photo Sites Offer Lots Of Free Photos To Use On Your Own Web Pages And Projects.
Some of the free stock photo sites offer copyright free stock photos for any use
but please always check the image licence as you may have to provide a credit or link back to the photographer should you choose to download the free stock photos for your own use.
Free Stock Photos - Latest Additions To This Lens
Check out whats new in free stock photos on this lens
These Free Stock Photo Sites Offer Lots Of Free Photos To Use On Your Own Web Pages And Projects.
The following websites offer free stock photos and royalty free photos on a variety of subjects. Some offer free high resolution stock photos for use in other projects.
Stock.XCHNG - This has to be one of my favorite free stock photo sites. Searching and browsing the site is easy, and they include a lightbox, which is a handy way to save the royalty free stock photos so that you can easily find and use them later. Stock.XCHNG also has some great free photo editing tutorials which are well worth looking at.
Morguefile - Morguefile is another of my favorite sites for free stock photos to download, there is a good search facility or you can simply browse by category.
The site offers royalty free high resolution stock photos for either corporate or public use and there is no need to register to download the free images.
Openphoto - The site is uncluttered and the completely royalty free photos are grouped by category, there is also a search function. You don't need to register on the site to download the free stock photos, but if you want to upload your own photos you need to register for an account.
Public Domain Photos - just what it says on the tin! The photos on this site are all public domain free photos and so are free to use for any purpose. The images are arranged by category and there is also a good search function. You will also find a section offering free clip art images here.
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More Sites Where You Can Find Free Stock Photos And Royalty Free Photos....
Get all the free stock photos you need for your projects
Imagebase - You can use the free stock photos on Imagebase for whatever you want! Their royalty free photos are free to use for personal, commercial or non-profit purposes, and are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Free high resolution photoss are also available in two formats (1600 x 1200 or 3072×2048).
Historical Stock Photos - I love this site for all of those royalty free vintage photos! If you need American history photos free, take a look here. You will find a fantastic collection of royalty free historical photos to download for for use in Personal Websites. The code to embed the images into your website is even provided so just find the photo that you like and copy the code on your web page.The photos include paintings and vintage posters and are categorized, with a search function.
Free Digital Photos - have a good search function and the free stock photos are grouped nicely into categories for easy browsing. Linkbacks are requested if you use any of their photos but the photos are all free to download and use on your web site.There is an option to purchase a high resolution version of the photograph for use in print or graphic design.
Freepixels - this sites free stock photos include a collection of free corporate type photos. It has a search function, categories, and a tag cloud, so finding an image is easy. There are also some good free background images here. Pictures Of Sunsets Are Awesome
This Sunset photo was taken in Kerela
A Few More Places Where You Can Find Free Stock Photos And Royalty Free Photos To Use On Your Websites
All of these sites have free stock photos for you to download
Stockvault - there are thousands of free stock photos on this site, as well as some nice textures, backgrounds and 3D renders. Stockvault also has some handy Photoshop tutorials. You don't have to sign up to be able to download the free photos but membership is free and gives some additional features, such as a lightbox. All images on the site are free for non commercial use.
Unprofound - this is a somewhat different site in that the free stock photos are grouped by color, rather than category. There is however a search function. Their collection of royalty free photos can be used for your projects in just about any way you like. It isn't necessary to register but if you do it allows you to create a free online portfolio, and to contribute to the collection.
Geek Philosopher has many categories, and all the photos are royalty free. There's no registration. They do request that you link back if you use one of their free stock photos, but otherwise, there's little restriction. In addition to photos, they offer backgrounds and wallpaper.
Photo Rogue offer something different, they take online requests for particular photos. Their crew of photographers will actually go out and take your photo for you, for free. I haven't tried out the request feature and a request isn't guaranteed acceptance but it is a great concept!
Free Photos From Squidoo Lensmaster hlkljgk
A beautiful collection of free photos from one of our own Squidoo lensmasters!
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Check out the photos, they really are great and she is continually adding new ones.
Remember that royalty free photos
are not necessariliy free to use, it just means that you don't have to pay the owner a royalty every time you use them.
Free Art Images
- Royalty Free Art Images Including Impressionistic/Impressionist, Michelangelo, daVinci, degas, manet, matisse, Cezzanne, Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, Mona Lisa paintings
- The Geek Philosopher has a category dedicated to art
- Free Art Images By Van Gogh
- Wikimedia Commons is free. Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others.
- Free Art Images By Manet
- 197 images by Manet
- Gustav Klimt - Wikimedia Commons
- Free images by Gustav Klimt
Finding Free Stock Photos Online And Making Web Pages Made Me Want To Get My Own Digital Camera!
You don't have to spend a lot an your first digital camera, see if you can grab a bargain...
It should be possible to find the perfect photo for free but there is nothing like the satisfaction of taking your own fantastic picture and using it on your website!
It is only since I started to build these web pages that I became interested in digital photography enough to buy my own camera.
Unless you are thinking of getting into digital photography in a big way, your first digital camera doesn't have to be expensive! Choose a camera that you can take with you where ever you go. One that is small enough to fit in your pocket or purse so that you have it on hand when you need it!
Learn about taking your own photos first and then, if you like what you are doing, you can upgrade to something better.
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Monkey Business
Wildlife photography is made easier if the little monkeys will stay still for long enough!
Need Free Stock Photos Of Travel, Maps Or Flags?
Its worth spending a little time looking for the right royalty free photo for your needs.
Freerange requires registration before you can download their free high stock photos and textures. There are no categories for browsing but there is a search function. They also invite you to make requests, as they have many images that aren't online yet. They also claim to share ad revenue with photographers but not having tried it I can't vouch for that.
Nations Illustrated showcases pictures from around the world with over 7,000 free stock photos in its collection. Browse by city, or country, or continent. Good search function, and a site-wide index.
Freefoto is made up of 117600 free stock photos with 153 sections organized into 3285 categories. There's a search function, and usage is unrestricted. Just include an attribution link back to Freefoto. The site offers images that are free for on-line use, with higher quality versions available for sale.
Every Stock Photo is a search engine for free stock photos, and it searches many of the sites listed here. Search options allow you to specify license type. I recommended trying it out.
Going Bananas Trying To Find The Right Free Stock Photo To Download?
Snapping your own shots is one way to ensure that the photos you use are totally free and unique.
For Help Taking Digital Photos And Using Your Digital Camera
These books will provide a great reference for your digital photography
Scott Kelby's Digital Photography Boxed Set, Volumes 1 and 2 (Includes The Digital Photography Book Volume 1 and The Digital Photography Book Volume 2)
With over 400 of the most closely guarded photographic "tricks of the trade," this boxed set-consisting of The Digital Photography Book, volume 1 and The Digital Photography Book, volume 2-is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to shoot dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful, more professional-looking photos every time.
Scott Kelby, the man who changed the "digital darkroom" forever with his ground-breaking, bestselling The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most important side of digital photography-how to take professional-quality shots using the same tricks today's top digital pros use (and it's easier than you think).
These aren't books of theory, full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts. These are books on which button to push, which setting to use, and when to use it. Each page covers a single concept on how to make your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you'll learn another pro setting, tool, or trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. If you're tired of shots that look "okay," and if you're tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, "Why don't my shots look like that?" then these are the books for you.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/11/2009) 
The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Photography (Amphoto Guide Series)
This is a practical, lesson-based workbook which gives readers a step-by-step tutorial in getting bright, crisp, beautiful photos from their digital camera. Learn about exposure, file formats and quality settings, low-light photography, digital filters and white balance, composition and lens choice, manipulating images, printing, and much more, all in a handy, bring-along format. Everyone who has a digital camera - or who is thinking about getting one should read this book!
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/11/2009)
The Number Of Free Stock Photo Sites Is Constantly Increasing!
Find Free Stock Photos For Your Project...
Cepolina has photo descriptions in 17 languages, and the ability to browse photos using maps of the world, including specific European countries. You can also browse by category, and use a search function.
Over 8000 free stock photos are available for download for private or commercial use and each photo can be saved in five formats (up to 1024X768 pixels)
Woophy is a community for travel photographers, sharing their royalty free photos with the world and takes Cepolina's map concept a little bit further: the home page is a giant map of the world! Every dot on the map represents photos taken at that location. Definitely worth a visit.
Abstract Influence requires registration in order to enter the site, but once you're in, you can upload or download, and participate in the forum, all for free. This is a very community-oriented site. Free Stock Photos are grouped by category.
Kave Wall is a fantastic source of free close-up and macro photography. There isn't a great deal here but what is here is categorized, easy to browse and excellent quality. Worth looking at.
Who's Eaten All The Leaves? Wildlife Photography Takes Patience
You Will Get The Right Photo With A Little Time
Do You Need Something Different Such As Free Gothic, Angel Or Fairy Stock Photos?
You Won't Find Unusual Free Stock Photos On Every Site But They Certainly Can Be Found...
Design Packs is a small but nice collection of images. They are grouped into packages of 15 images which can be downloaded as a zip file. The images in each package are themed. Great for those looking for "abstract" images for backgrounds.
Imageafter has over 20,000 textures and images available. Imageafter also allows you to use their images on printed material for resale.
Pixel Perfect Digital has a small but growing collection of royalty free photos on its site. Registration allows you to upload to your own personal gallery. The search function allows you to search within one or more category.
Free Stock Photos is a small site containing good quality royalty free photos in both low and high resolution versions. The free hotos are grouped into categories. The search function uses Google, which doesn't work well for images here.
Watch The Birdie....
You Might Not Get The Right Shot First Time, But Thats Why Digital Cameras Are Great... Bad Shots Can Simply Be Deleted
What Can I do With My Free Stock Photos?
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Pimp Your Images - Using Free Online Image Editors
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You Can Legally Add Copyrighted photos and images....
If you become an affiliate with these sites you could use their images on your website and maybe even make yourself some spare cash too!
Art.com and Allposters.com? They have over 100,000 prints, posters and photographs from many categories including fine art, sports, movies, music, celebrities and more. All you have to do is link to the images on your website and you'll earn 25-30% commission on all sales through the website.Buy From Art.com
Wikipedia Commons
A database of over 3,600,000 freely usable media files.
If you are trying this for the first time, you may want to start with Featured pictures, Quality images or Valued images until you find your way around.
Definately worth looking at as it features lots of image which are free and in the public domain because their copyright has expired.
Links To More Sites Offering Free Stock Photos And Royalty Free Photos
Photos of Nature, Space, Travel and much more
- NASA Images
- The NASA imagery offered on NASAIMAGES.ORG is generally not copyrighted. You may use this NASA imagery for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits and Internet Web pages (personal or otherwise).
- Images From The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Most NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and CANNOT be copyrighted.
Although at present, no fee is charged for using the photos credit MUST be given to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce unless otherwise instructed to give credit to the photographer or other source. - Free Nature Pictures, Wallpaper
- Free Nature Pictures, featuring hundreds of high resolution pictures of beaches, forests, deserts, animals, sunsets, mountains, caves, skies, and flowers distributed under a common content license.
- Insect Images: The Source for Entomology Photos
- Insect Images: Entomology and Bugs Photos with pictures of mosquitos, ticks, beetles, butterflies, moths, roaches. Images distributed under a Creative Commons licence.
- Abstract Textures, Background Photos - free stock images
- abstract and unusual digital image gallery, resource of free design stock images
- Free Travel Stock Photos
- more than 3000 free travel images, instant image download and use on your websites or printed material - Images distributed under a Creative Commons licence and require a link or credit.
- Free Images - Free Stock Photos
- Free images is a high quality resource of digital stock photographic images
for use by all.
All images are free to use in whatever manner you see fit if a credit is provided. - Free fantasy pictures digital art and photos
- Free pictures, digital art and photos to use on your website including fantasy, science fiction, aliens, vampires, werewolves, fairies, demons, wizards, dragons, angels ,trees, plants and clouds.
- 10,000+ FREE PHOTOS BY DENNIS HILL AND FRIENDS
- A collection of free photos that may be used for any artistic endeavor, personal or commercial without having to give credit or a link etc. There is no search facility at the moment but photos are categorised to make finding what you want easier.
- FreePhotoBank - Free pictures - Creative Commons licence
- FreePhotoBank is a nice but small free stock photo site. Photo's are offered under aCreative Commons licence and they ask for a link back if you use the images. Images are categorised for easy browsing.
- BurningWell
- BurningWell.orgBurningWell is a repository for public domain (free for any use) images. You are free to download, copy and use the photos you find here for any purpose.
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