Free Photos for Your Blog in 3 Steps

Photography Made Simplephoto © 2006 Garry Nixon | more info(via: Wylio)

Are you following the rules for properly crediting the photos used in your blog? If you use all your own original content then you are in the clear. But for many bloggers, using other people's photographic talents not only dresses up their blog but saves them time. The problem is that if you happen to improperly credit your photos you could open yourself up to some serious legal headaches.

Searching for the perfect photo is time consuming enough. Add to that the extra steps of reviewing the Creative Commons license info and conditions of use, and you can end up burning quite a bit of daylight.

Enter Wylio.com.

At Wylio.com you can find and insert free photos for your blog in 3 steps and they do all the dirty work of properly crediting the photo for you. All you really need to know how to do is copy and paste. So, what are the 3 steps to start using free photos for your blog?

 

1. Go to Wylio.com to search the database of over 160 million photos available for use on Flickr.

 

2. Choose the alignment for your photo (left, right, or center) and resize the photo (their resize tool is extremely easy to use).

 

3. Copy and few lines of HTML code and paste it in the HTML editor of your blog post.

 

That's all. Wylio does the hard work for you of checking the photo license and properly attributing the work to the original publisher. And the end result? A great photo with proper attribution, and a noticeable absence of stress.

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11 Comments on Free Photos for Your Blog in 3 Steps

NOV
07
2010

Thanks I am always looking for photos.....
11:54am • #1
200,880 Points

This is great info - thanks for the info - I will check out the site.
11:56am • #2
217,235 Points 17 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Thats a great reference site for everyone on here, Mike.  It's so easy to snag the net and tap into places we probably shouldn't if we want to play by the rules.  Cheeers.
11:58am • #3
833,909 Points Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Thanks for the great info on photo and websites.  Best Regards,
12:04pm • #4
1,112,823 Points 52 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Don't search for time consuming photos. Shoot your own. Have 1200 on Flickr and videos you shoot, edit, upload that are full motion, with audio you do not hire out is like 30 pictures per second. That's a lot of photos to go with the copy, your smiling mug as the local expert helping folks tour the place you call home. Your real estate buyer is not just local anymore. Snap the shots, upload them, sprinkle them through out the blog posts you hammer out, paint.
12:12pm • #5
111,044 Points 10 Featured Posts Attended Rain Camp

@Andrew - I am with you 100% on using your own photos. I think original content is always your best bet. But for some folks, photography just isn't their thing. Tools like this make it easy for those people to still get their content out there and dresses up their post with a photo that they may have never been able to create on their own.
12:36pm • #6
511,613 Points 1 Featured Post Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Just took a look at the site. 

One BIG caveat in their fine print/TOS --> "We don't guarantee the validity of the licenses since we can't control what people decide to upload to Flickr."

Take your own pictures is the safest route to go. 

Mel

 

 

 
3:05pm • #7
NOV
08
2010
111,044 Points 10 Featured Posts Attended Rain Camp

I saw that in their TOS also, Mel. I would steer clear of using any images that depict a major brand logo, but for most pictures I think Flickr is pretty reliable for proper licensing. But you are right, taking your own pictures is always the best way. Thanks for reading!
11:04am • #8
DEC
13
2010
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Thank you so much for this tip!
1:52am • #9
DEC
19
2010

Thank you for the info! I'll check out the site.
1:57pm • #10
JAN
17
2011
1 Featured Post

Thanks for the tip!  Have never heard of the site but checking it out!
2:31pm • #11


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