I am very visual and I want a photo in every post I do. But sometimes I don't have one that will work or I just don't have the time to go out and get one. But I won't use photos or images that are copyright protected. So where can we get free images that we have the right to use? There are many posts here that talk about them. But as I have talked with several people that don't know where to get ones, I decided another one was in order. So here is a list of sites for images. There are plenty more out there, but I think this should get you started.
Stock.xchng - I use this for most of my images that are not mine. I can find all sorts of great photos here. Most are free, a few just require that you notify the owner of the photo. Link back and attribution required.
Free Foto - Link back and attribution required. Check out their great photos; they have 109,837 images. These are free for on-line use only.
Flickr - Jeff Turner has covered Flickr in great details on his post "Free Photos At The Flickr Of A Mouse".
Yotophoto -has over a 500,000 images. This is a clearing house of images from different sites. Including Flickr, Stock.xchng, Freefoto, and Wikimedia commons. I just found this one. It includes several I use, but all in one convenient spot. KISS Principle.
Istockphoto - These photos are not free, but subscribe to their newsletter and get access to free stuff every week-such as the one I have used here. (first photo)
Image Chef - Maggie Dokic has a great post that shows what this site does. Trust me, this is cool!
Don't know how to put a photo into your post? Kristal Kraft has a great post on that as well as "How to add pictures in your blog".
Don't steal bandwidth! Read this post by Leanne Paynter. "Are you 'borrowing' photos by stealing bandwidth?"
Photo of woman curtesy of Istockphoto
NM Rocks and Don't forget to Rate this Post! provided by Image Chef
Chris - now you have no excuses for not having photos in your blog!
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