Ever wondered , while browsing people's blogs, where they are getting their images from? Look no further for we've amassed a giant list of these kinds of sites. Browsing people's blogs this morning got me to the realization that most are using google images. For those of you who are just taking images from the net you must know about copyright laws. But that's another post. For now i'd rather you use the following sites to get images which are truly free* without concern. stay tuned for another day! Here now are those sites in no particular order.
Top 75 Free Photo sites
- Stockcache
- Bigfoto
- ilovefreephoto
- Cromavista
- Yotophoto
- Pixelperfectdigital
- Stockvault
- Burning Well
- Unprofound
- Diewie Design
- Pix
- Woophy
- Freshpics
- Microshots
- Ancestryimages
- Aaron Free photos
- Creativity103
- Rutmane
- freephotos.com
- Gimp-savvy
- freephotos.org
- Photobucket
- Diwiedesign
- yotophoto (down?
- Free-stockphotos.com
- Image Temple
- Kavewall
- OneOdDude
- Open Stock Photography
- font play
- Stockcache
- Geek Philosopher
- Free pixels
- Imageafter
- Designpacks
- freephotos.com
- DHD Multimedia
- Vintage Pixels
- Cepolina
- Clipmarks
- From old books
- Four Bees
- freeimages.co.uk
- AMG Media Works
- Studio 25
- Free Media Goo
- Morgue File
- Twicepix
- Barry's free photos
- Public Domain photos
- Image blowout
- Creative Commons
- Amazing textures
- animation factory
- Tripalbum
- Texture Warehouse
- Tofz
- Lightmatter
- Photogen
- Vintage Pixels
- ZurbPhotos
- Graphicsarena
- PD Photo
- Amydgela
- DexHaus
- digital dreamer
- Visipix
- Artfavor
- BajStock
- Freeimages.com
- NYPL Digital Gallery
- Pixelio
- Abstract Influence
- Image Orchid
- Photo Rack
The following stock sites are not 100% free, they require signing up and paying a small fee for low res pictures. There are exceptions, and those fall in an inbetween category but are not guaranteed to be totally free without copyright infringement issues. It's very important to read the fine text in the sites below. If using a stock photography site, we recommend using flickr. Conversely if looking for a larger option to share photos with others then Flickr + a creative commons license is the next best step.
Top 50 Free Stock Photo sites *
- Stock.Xchang
- Openphoto
- Texture Warehouse
- Free Photo Bank
- PicFindr
- Kavewall
- Aboutpixel
- visipix
- ImageBase
- Openstock
- Dreamstime
- Aarin Free Photo
- Graphic Arena
- Woophy
- Fpnet
- Turbo Photo
- USDA
- Creating Online
- Photogen
- Pixel Perfect Digital
- Vintage Pixels
- Pix
- Sweet Stock Photo
- Web Photo Smart
- Morguefile
- Unprofound
- Image*After
- Bigfoto
- Unprofound
- Studio.25
- Open Photo
- PD Photo
- burningwell
- Cepolina Photo
- fontplay
- Freefoto
- Stockvault
- Barry's free Photos
- Design Packs
- NOAA Photo Library
- Amazing Textures
- Amygdela's Atmosphere
- Freerange
- Free Digital Photos
- Everystockphoto
- Photocase
The following sites can be free when properly used.
Free Clipart/graphics/gifs (thanks in part to Brad)
Some may still find disclaimers pertaining to non-commercial only use notices. (very few) You can still use any of these pictures for blogging purposes on Active Rain.
Note: We decided to make this a top 75 list and move the clipart sites to a seperate post. So as we explained to linda below, this list which was originally comprised of many different types of free graphic sites( 100 of them, before an AR error erased my entire list and we forgot to save it) will now instead focus primarily on free photo download sites, otherwise known as a non-photographer's mecca.
We thought we should mention the differences in these sites as compared to sites such as istockphoto.com. You rarely have to pay truly free sites and when you do it's merely for high resolution images. These sites often ask for donations instead and rely on advertisements to stay afloat. Pictures are oftentimes at original resolutions (5-8megapixel camera or better) so you already get your money's worth.
Note to self: rank these in order of best to worst (this will take a year folks, don't hold your breath, it comes when we went through them all)
Final Update: Thanks to all those who have taken the time to reference to this, we did it for you so take advantage of it.
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