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Copyright Free Images: 20+ Resources You Need to Know

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Looking to find copyright free images to use in your blogs, websites or social media posts? The following sites are the best on the internet.

Do you frequently share images online? If so, it’s essential to have a virtual Rolodex of go-to websites to quickly find images. It’s also important that you have websites in which the legal restrictions are clear and concise.

Below you will find my go-to list of the best sources, hand-picked and vetted to a strict set of standards. I’ve included some of my favorite paid resources as well.

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Copyright Free Images Galore

The following sites are the best places I’ve found online to get royalty free images. I have sorted through dozens of sites to bring you the best of the best. This will save you time and potential frustration.

You shouldn’t have to spend an hour and a half looking for the perfect image for your next epic blog post. These sites I’ve listed had to pass a certain number of criteria:

  1. Great selection of images
  2. High-quality photography
  3. Copyright free or CC0 licensed
  4. Great search functionality
  5. Easy to navigate quickly
  6. Safe for work (and kids)

Each site I list below will pass all of these criteria with flying colors.

About Copyright Free and CC0 Images

It’s important to note that the most important aspect is the copyright free or CC0 criteria. In case you’re not familiar with these terms, I wanted to explain them a bit.

When photographers upload their images to the internet, they are the copyright owner. They have certain enforceable rights that protect people from using their photos without their permission. If you are found using their copyrighted photography without permission, they can take legal action against you or your business.

A photo that is labeld “CC0” (Creative Commons Zero) means that the original photographer has willingly waived their copyright to it. That image is free to use for personal and commercial use. You don’t need to pay royalties, give attribution, or get permission.

Just because an image is marked “copyright free” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s 100% free to use. Some may require you to give attribution or pay a small fee.

Without further ado, here is my go-to list of copyright free image sites.

Unsplash

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This was a small free photo project that turned into an absolute behemoth of a website. It is now one of the most popular sites on the internet. Unsplash is home to more copyright free photos than you could even know what to do with.

Unsplash started as a simple Tumblr site posting 10 new photos every 10 days. It has turned into a place where you could spend hours and never need to go elsewhere for your image hunting.

Photographers upload their work to Unsplash where a team of editors review each submission. If the photo passes their high standards, the photo is made available. Photographers also can have profiles on Unsplash, which is a great incentive for them to upload their best work.

Attribution is not required for using Unsplash images, but they do encourage it.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Unsplash

Burst (by Shopify)

burst by shopify screenshot

The site is laid out beautifully. Burst give you the ability to sort through new photos, popular collections, or perform a search for specific image keywords.

Shopify claims they are uploading new photos to the site every week. A big improvement from when they first launched with new photos every couple of weeks.

It is targeted at entrepreneurs and business owners looking for stock photography, but certainly, anyone can use them.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Burst

Pexels

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Pexels began as an aggregator of copyright free photos from other sites. They abandoned that model and instead created their own library of images like Unsplash.

They are now my second favorite place to find images. The majority of the photography on Pexels is very high-quality. They have a similar approval process for photography submitted on the site.

It’s easy to search, updates with new photos daily and has a very large library.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Pexels

Reshot

reshot free photos screenshot

Simple and elegant looking website, with a good search function that points to well tagged images.

What’s interesting though, is their “Quick Image Packs” where you can download a set number of images that revolve around a certain theme.

All they require for you to download these image packs is to Tweet about the site. This action is made easy by a “Tweet to Download” button on the pack you want to get.

Current packs available are:

  • Diversity Matters Pack
  • Active Lifestyle Pack
  • Everyday Technology Pack
  • Flat Lay Pack

I hope they add to their packs as this is a really great concept, and something I find myself needing more and more.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Reshot

Wunderstock

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The newest addition to my list is quickly growing on me. Wunderstock has millions of high resolution images, and they’re all categorized into three different licenses:

  • Attribution NonCommercial
  • Attribution
  • Public Domain (CC0)

They have created a search algorithm that searches online for Public Domain images. And if the algorithm thinks it hasn’t found enough for your query, it will also search Wunderstock’s own library or Flickr Creative Commons photos.

You can also filter your searches by photo orientation (landscape, portrait, or square), source (Wunderstock or Flickr), and license.

Overall this seems like a really smart iteration of a free image site. I think a lot more people are going to start using it.

Visit Wunderstock

Libre Stock

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If you’d like a centralized place, much like Pexels, to search all the best free image sites using an intelligent tagging system.

The search engine is powerful. When you click on an image in the search results you are taken to the photo on the site it originated from.

Image restrictions: CC0 (but be sure to check the site you’re downloading from)

Visit Libre Stock

PicJumbo

Picjumbo

A project of Viktor Hanacek, designer, who understands the importance of high quality images in a designer’s life. New photos are uploaded daily.

Fantastic work, and completely copyright free. There is a paid membership for $6/month if you want even more from Viktor.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit PicJumbo

Barn Images

barn images screenshot

A relatively new resource, this site is owned and operated by two photographers who set out “with the hope of redefining traditional stock imagery.” They publish new, free photos every weekday and are dedicated to high quality, non-stock images.

Despite the name, the site is not dedicated to images of barns. It has a vast diversity of fresh, high-quality images that are great for use with your website, blog or social media projects.

Images restrictions: None

Visit Barn Images

Gratisography

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A personal project of Ryan McGuire of Bells Design. Very beautiful high-resolution images added weekly, completely free of copyright.

What I like most about this site is the personality and uniqueness of the photographer’s style. Very fun and a tad bit quirky.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Gratisography

Pixabay

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A collection of images that are personally uploaded by contributors under Creative Commons Public Domain. The site functions beautifully and has great navigation, sorting, and searching functions.

One of the features I like about Pixabay is the ability to filter your searches by landscape or portrait images. This is helpful when you’re looking for a very specific image orientation.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Pixabay

Compfight

Compfight

Compfight allows you to search through Flickr’s Creative Commons listed photos. It’s pretty simple to use and will automatically generate the HTML code to insert photo credit.

It can be a bit buggy sometimes, so you may be better off going straight to Flickr.com. Once there you can do an advanced search for Creative Commons photos.

Image restrictions: Depends

Visit Compfight

Morguefile

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This is a big searchable database of free images. It also has some great filtering options to really find the photos you’re looking for.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Morguefile

New Old Stock

New Old Stock

Another Tumblr powered site, New Old Stock features “vintage photos from public archives”. A great place to find authentically vintage looking imagery.

Image restrictions: Public Domain

Visit New Old Stock

Death to the Stock Photo

Death to Stock Photo

Their mission is to “make the internet more beautiful”. This is an email subscription that sends you free curated photo packs every month.

They also do the occasional paid pack that is usually from a trip they are taking. Their photography is always top notch.

Image restrictions: Limited (but more than fair)

Visit Death to Stock Photo

Jay Mantri

jay mantri free photos screenshot

Yet another Tumblr based photo archive. I recently discovered this site and love the creator’s style.

No notes about how often he updates it but his only request is that you “make magic” with them.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Jay Mantri

Kaboompics

kaboom pics screenshot

Also newly discovered, I found this site to be easy to search and photos are well tagged, much like on Pexels.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Kaboompics

Albumarium

albumarium

Now here’s a site with a very interesting take on the world of free images. All images are organized into albums (hence the name Albumarium). Instead of searching for photos, you search for albums.

This is very helpful for when you’re looking for more than one image under the same theme. Let’s say you need 3-4 photos that need to look like they were taken by the same person. Or maybe you want them to look like they were taken in the same setting. Albumarium is exactly what you need.

Other sites offer a similar “packs” model, but most of those are paid only.

Image restrictions: CC2.0

Visit Albumarium

Life of Pix

life of pix free photos screenshot

Very simple site, updated regularly with new high-resolution images that are free to use and share. The search function works well, but I’d love to see the search function work with the grid layout. As of now, when you search you only get one-column results and that can be a bit tedious.

Image restrictions: CC0

Visit Life of Pix

Paid Stock Images

If you really want to ensure your image hunting is legal and time-efficient, you can always utilize one of the many stock image sites. These are sites that offer royalty free stock photos for purchase.

This is the best solution if you have a professional blog and you want the highest quality selection without any potential legal issues.

Shutterstock

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Shutterstock boasts an insane amount of royalty free images that you can purchase for a good price. They also have a wide variety of illustrations, graphics, and icons you can choose from as well.

A noteworthy feature is their Shutterstock Editor Pro image editor. It is perfect for those who want to create quick image edits for various purposes. You can make the edits right inside the web app before downloading.

Super convenient.

The good folks of Shutterstock have also partnered with me here at Dustn.tv, allowing me to have generous access to 25 downloads per day. This partnership had no effect on their placement in this article. (They didn’t even ask to be mentioned.)

Visit Shutterstock

iStockPhoto

istockphotos screenshot

iStockPhoto is the leading stock image site on the internet. They have a huge selection of royalty free images for purchase. But don’t let that intimidate you because their search filtering options make it pretty easy to narrow down your searches.

Their downside is that they use a credit system as opposed to a straight dollar amount. This makes calculating costs a bit more difficult.

Visit iStockPhoto

Photo Dune

PhotoDune

Not quite as big of a selection as iStockPhoto but they are my personal preference. I prefer them because the payment system is in dollars rather than credits, so you know exactly how much you’re paying for each photo.

Visit Photo Dune

Social Media Images + Graphics: SoVisual.co

sovisual.co social media images

If you’re a social media manager, you’ll want to take a look at SoVisual.co. It is not a library of individual photos like all the other sites. Instead it offers bundles of social media graphics for purchase.

Because let’s face it–most of you reading this blog post are sourcing images to use on social media. And what do you have to do once you find them? You have to pull them into a graphic design app and take the time to design something.

SoVisual.co saves you tons of time in that aspect.

Each bundle or “Social Pack” comes with 30 days of social media images and content. Each day has one graphic in four different sizes. Additionally, each size has both a version with text, and without text so you can truly get the most out of every post.

This makes creating a consistent content calendar as easy as possible. And I must say (as a completely biased founder) I think these packs are pretty stellar.

Visit SoVisual.co

Lightstock

lightstock free photos screenshot

Some of the highest quality Christian photography you will find on the internet. Period.

The prices aren’t cheap, but neither is the quality of the photos. If you’re looking for the best premium quality Christian-oriented photography, this is the place to go.

Visit Lightstock

Enough free photo sites?

This list is constantly updated, and I only add the best of the best copyright free image sites to this list.

So if you have something that isn’t mentioned in this list, let me know in the comments below. I will review and consider your suggestion, but I don’t promise all of them will make it.

Do you have any free image resources that you would add to the list? You can leave a comment by clicking here.

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  1. Rajan Chaudhary says

    08.18.20 at 12:21 AM

    Hi Dustin,
    fantastic post and useful list of resources!

    I love to take screenshots and use them for my content.

    Other than this, my favorite places to get free images for my blogs are Stockvault, MorgueFile, Pixabay and Photopin.

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge,
    have a great week!

    Reply
  2. Aadarsh Roy says

    07.31.20 at 11:07 PM

    Hey Dustin W. Stout ,

    Excellent and well-written post. I truly appreciate your hard-works and i am really glad to see this post, as i was looking for the free images sites from very beginning. Your each of the listed sites are truly essential for finding stunning images.

    You have introduced each sites very nicely that is well enough to educate the readers. I am aware of Unsplash, pexels, Wunderstock, Pixabay, shutterstock, I-stock photo and having little bit knowledge of picjumbo but i don’t have any idea regarding other websites. so kindly thanks for making me aware. You have provide me a great helping hand to search for free images. Your blog works like a knowledge-booster for me and have also boosted my knowledge upto some limit.

    Eventually thanks for sharing your knowledge and such a wonderful post.

    Reply
  3. Sara rozin says

    05.08.20 at 6:14 PM

    I actually am using some of them and but I found nice list of these free share photos and I love it this blog and thank you, Dustin.

    Reply
  4. yiyi says

    04.16.20 at 8:07 AM

    As usual, great content share! I think I only recognized two of the free photo sites and I have been in classes with video gurus for the last year. Got to add them to my bookmarks!

    Reply
  5. Jason Thibault says

    04.07.20 at 7:08 AM

    This is a great list and I’m glad that you’ve continued to keep it updated. I find myself using Unsplash the most out of all the above mentioned.

    I also built my own free stock photo library (back in 2017) using Flickr, creative commons (4.0) licensing and Pixsy. I wrote up a mega guide on how you can get one up and running in about an hour – and reap some of those backlink benefits from your photo library.

    You can find that here – https://massivekontent.com/build-your-own-free-stock-photo-library/

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      04.07.20 at 10:55 AM

      That’s one heck of an article, Jason!

      Reply
  6. Avinash Kumar says

    12.10.19 at 2:00 AM

    Hell Dustin!
    Great Stuff you have shared with us……keep sharing

    Reply
  7. Safe Milli says

    08.21.19 at 6:46 AM

    Awesome! It’s such an amazing List, Dustin! Looking forward to seeing more excellent collection from you!
    Thanks.

    Reply
  8. Safe Milli says

    08.21.19 at 3:27 AM

    Awesome list!
    Now I’m can take a deep breath when looking for free images.

    Thanks for this awesome contents. 😍!

    Reply
  9. Spenser says

    05.21.19 at 11:43 AM

    Thank you. This is a lot and I can find everything I need for free. Thanks.

    Reply
  10. KaraNeece says

    04.08.19 at 8:56 AM

    Thank you so much for this!! I was getting so tired of being stuck with the only option I knew of. Much appreciated!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      04.08.19 at 4:10 PM

      You’re very welcome!

      Reply
  11. GSIM Digital says

    11.10.18 at 5:44 PM

    An excellent, comprehensive guide. Many thanks for that!

    Reply
  12. Jamie says

    08.22.18 at 9:45 AM

    Awesome stuff! What’s your take on this new site, reshot.com?

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      08.22.18 at 4:07 PM

      Added it to my list for review. This article is up for a 2018 refresh, so it may be added in a few weeks.

      Reply
  13. Sandrina says

    08.23.17 at 2:43 AM

    Check out also Lum3n for free photos. They have a selection of modern imagery which is available only from their website and can be used for free commercially.

    Reply
  14. Blend Images says

    06.05.17 at 11:17 AM

    This is a great list. I would also like to add Blend Images ( https://www.blendimages.com/free-stock-images-blendimages-community-resource ) to this list. We just launched a new program this year that features one brand new shoot to use for free each month.

    Reply
  15. The detectorist says

    05.27.17 at 3:10 AM

    Hello Dustin,

    Is it possible to get sued by using one of the free images we find using your technique?
    I mean I don’t want to take any risk with my website when I’m adding images and often I had to make it’s not under copyright. But is that enough to prevent a lawsuit against a site?

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      05.27.17 at 9:53 AM

      I’m not an attorney, so I do not give any sort of legal advice or suggestion. I would just say to read the licensing agreements on each site you’re pulling from. Most of the ones listed above are CC0, which means there are no copyright limitations on image usage. Some have a bit more nuanced licenses.

      Reply
  16. Rahul Academy says

    05.13.17 at 11:24 PM

    Wow! this is awesome! I am looking for stock photo website list on Google and I landed on your website. Thanks for the helpful information! I open up Pixabay first and found what i’m looking for,

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      05.14.17 at 7:37 PM

      Glad to hear it, Rahul! What do you need the images for? Your blog or social media? (or both?)

      Reply
  17. Sandrina says

    02.14.17 at 9:21 AM

    A couple of other free sources which might be interesting to you are lum3n for free stock photos (free commercial use) and Creative Market creativemarket.com for beautiful graphics, fonts, and templates. At lum3n you can just download the images with right mouse click without registration. At Creative Market you need to register, but it’s worth it since you get every week six different freebies. I have found some really amazing fonts there for free.

    Reply
  18. tara says

    10.24.16 at 9:51 AM

    Thank you so much for this comprehensive list – Much appreciated!

    Reply
  19. Emisha says

    10.05.16 at 4:47 AM

    Another great free stock photography site is publicdomainbox.There are 7 cool new photos on each and every day.

    Reply
  20. Joseph Lalonde says

    09.21.16 at 10:07 AM

    Just heard Mopho went completely free and did away with the monthly charge. Makes them even better in my opinion

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      09.21.16 at 10:09 AM

      Oh, cool! Jonathan didn’t tell me he was going to do that. Thanks for the heads-up Joseph!

      Reply
      • Joseph Lalonde says

        09.21.16 at 10:12 AM

        It was a recent change. Thought it was pretty cool on their part.

  21. James Fierce says

    09.03.16 at 12:54 PM

    I used to love PicJumbo but now their site is a mess.

    Reply
  22. AArti says

    08.21.16 at 8:14 AM

    Great collection of images. This will help us to use copyright free commercial images. Thanks for sharing valuable information.

    Reply
  23. Craig Herrmann says

    08.19.16 at 7:13 AM

    Thanks for all the great sources.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      08.19.16 at 8:06 AM

      You’re welcome, Craig!

      Reply
  24. Heather Lennon says

    07.30.16 at 4:16 AM

    Dustin, Thank you for helping me move a mountain this morning. I am excited to see what each site will deliver.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      07.30.16 at 10:33 AM

      You’re very welcome Heather! 😀

      Reply
  25. Cassondra says

    04.19.16 at 7:53 AM

    This is the BEST thing I have found in such a long time. Thank you so much for pulling this resource together, it is greatly appreciated.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      04.19.16 at 10:18 AM

      Awesome! Glad to hear it Cassondra! (Love your name BTW!)

      Reply
  26. Lynn says

    04.13.16 at 11:37 AM

    Thanks so much for this Dustin! I feel like I’m late to the party, but party on!!

    Reply
  27. Igor Ovsyannykov says

    02.24.16 at 6:42 PM

    Great article Dustin!

    I started http://fancycrave.com/ 1 year ago as a side project. The site consists of completely free stock photos all taken by me and other professional photographers. My aim for these photos is to help designers and creative alike. People can use these images for whatever purpose they please. Each image is licensed under CC0.

    I keep things very simple. I list the photo, its tags, the author, and the download link. The site layout is very minimal and straight forward. We strive to publish two new images every single day.

    I hope you and others will find it valuable. If you see it fit, I’d be very grateful if you could add it to this list. Cheers!

    Reply
  28. Dmitry says

    01.14.16 at 9:57 AM

    Hey, Dustin.
    Thank you sooo much 4 the great advices and info that u present in here! Really helpful, useful and well organised as well. )
    Also want 2 ask can I use it in my website (it’s small blog/portfolio resource of the small team of graphics/interactive designers – beginners, but a huge passionates in the field of graphics and web animation design)
    sure with all respective linking. Just we’re ukrainians and by local language o I would translate it if u agree on that..
    However, thanx a lot 4 this great share!

    Reply
  29. Thomas says

    01.09.16 at 7:34 PM

    Nice List ;-] Look at our new website I hope you will like it Takopix.com enjoy ;-] We are adding every day 10 photos and photos are completely free.

    Reply
  30. Image Finder says

    01.07.16 at 7:22 PM

    Hi Dustin,

    You can also use our site http://imagefinder.co, we have thousands of free stock photos mostly licensed under CC0 from various sources.

    Reply
  31. David Barker says

    12.19.15 at 7:42 PM

    Hi Dustin,

    I thought you might like to check out my site: http://finda.photo/

    It currently indexes around 8,000 CC0 images, and all can be searched using keywords and/or colors. (As well as image height/width, aspect ratio, and more, if you want.)

    Thanks!

    Reply
  32. Giorgio Galeotti says

    11.17.15 at 9:18 AM

    …and here is my “Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike” photo site: http://fotodispalle.com

    Reply
  33. Hannah Callahan says

    11.10.15 at 8:49 AM

    Great sites, thanks for the list!

    I do have a question, though — I’m wondering where (and how!) to find GIFs that aren’t copyrighted. Would they be on any of these sites, or do I need to search elsewhere?

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      11.11.15 at 12:30 PM

      I haven’t yet found a good site to find GIFs, although to my knowledge most GIFs derived from movies or TV shows fall under “Fair Use” and can be used. I either make my own from YouTube clips using Recorddit (listed in my Toolbox) or use sites like Giphy or even Buffer’s Mood Board.

      Reply
      • Hannah Callahan says

        11.11.15 at 2:06 PM

        Ah, nice to hear movie-based GIFs are okay to use. I’ll have to check out GIPHY and Recorddit.
        Thanks!

  34. Shameika says

    10.06.15 at 1:20 PM

    Thank you for this – it’s rad/helpful.

    & you’re right, aint nobody got time to search through a thousand sites. 😛

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      10.06.15 at 2:15 PM

      lol! Glad to be of help!

      Reply
  35. Volodymyr says

    09.29.15 at 1:39 AM

    Hello, Dustin!

    Here one more paid stock image services http://depositphotos.com/ very popular in Europe and they have very nice photo blog http://birdinflight.com/

    Reply
  36. Casey Thompson says

    09.25.15 at 12:18 PM

    This page is a content marketer’s dream! Do you happen to know of any kind of similar free-use sites for music?

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      09.25.15 at 12:25 PM

      You know what Casey, I do not. Sounds like a good post for you to write. 😉

      Reply
  37. Susanne says

    09.25.15 at 5:42 AM

    Wauw what a great ressource! Thanks. It must have taken you a long time to review all these sites. I particularly love Gratisography 🙂

    Reply
  38. Brent Jones says

    09.17.15 at 8:22 PM

    Dustin…

    Dustin…

    Dude.

    You published this post yesterday and it has been shared 32,000 times already.

    Now I’m going to go ahead and assume that you didn’t drop a line of code into Social Warfare that adds 31,000 to your total share count…

    Right? lol

    I’m teasing man.

    This is a pretty epic post.

    And just heading over now to take a look at your free images.

    Sweet! Batman mug. I feel compelled to find a way to use that in an upcoming post… maybe “17 Things Batman Taught Us About Blogging” or something along those lines.

    Anyway, great job sir. Chat soon!

    Brent

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      09.17.15 at 9:10 PM

      Haha– thanks Brent! This post was originally published in March 2014 though (see the note at the bottom of the post). It’s been accumulating shares since then– and has been my most visited page every single day since it was published. 😀

      Reply
  39. Rob McDonald says

    08.07.15 at 1:12 PM

    Thanks for this great article Dustin. Some of these sites I new about but the one I am really loving right now that I did not know about is Pexels.

    Being a new blogger, it has been really challenging to come up with really great images to use on my budget so I am grateful for your advice and tips in this article.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      08.08.15 at 9:03 AM

      Awesome Rob! Glad you found it useful! I’ll actually be updating this post soon! 😀

      Reply
      • Rob McDonald says

        08.10.15 at 4:14 PM

        Glad to hear you will updating this post soon. I am looking forward to it.

  40. Daniel says

    07.12.15 at 2:56 PM

    This is ultimate … Thanks for putting this together!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      07.12.15 at 7:39 PM

      My pleasure Daniel! There will actually be an update to this very soon! I’ve found some great new resources. Be sure you’re subscribed. 😉

      Reply
  41. Tobias says

    05.21.15 at 12:40 AM

    Hi, thanks for this great sources. One more site for free images is https://plixs.com there are many high definition images with public domain license.

    Reply
  42. Tony Chang says

    05.14.15 at 1:43 PM

    This is a really good article. Are there watermarks to free stock photos?

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      05.14.15 at 4:16 PM

      Thank you Tony! Most of the images I’ve come across that are CC0 do not have a watermark on them. Best thing to do though is just look for yourself.

      Reply
  43. Luis says

    05.05.15 at 4:44 PM

    Hi Dustin,

    Recently, I’ve been taking photos for myself and I figured out that I kept those photos in my hard drive without using them for my photography portfolio or in any other way. So as maybe someone would like to use them I decided to share them for free.

    I lauched http://negativespace.co/. I will post at least 20 photos each monday and also I will add the raw file to every photo I would post so people can play with them.

    The photos are distributed without any copyright restriction under CC0 and you can search photos and sort them by category, colors and copy space position.

    If you could add it to your awesome list, that would be nice

    Bests

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      05.05.15 at 5:02 PM

      You know Luis, since writing this blog post I get comments like this almost every single day. I end up marking most of them as spam. But I took a look at your site and it looks awesome! So I am definitely going to give it a whirl and see if it meets my high standards for inclusion in this post.

      Reply
      • Luis says

        06.08.15 at 11:19 PM

        Thanks Dustin,

        I know, there are many people who have built free stock photos. I tried to contact many blogs to try to expand my traffic but seems like the train has passed so I decided to concentrate in giving high quality photos and content based on the visitors searches hoping that my content will attract visitors.

        Let me know if my website meets your criterias, we could make a special photo pack for your readers.

        Bests

        Luis

      • Kathy says

        07.12.15 at 9:21 PM

        Luis, thanks for sharing! I have some photos I was hoping to share also. Are you looking for contributors?
        Subjects are, from memory, probably mostly landscapes (Yosemite Park; Arizona desert, for example), unless there is an interest in pet photos…

        If interested, let me know here.

        Thx again for your site.

        Kathy

      • Kristin Drysdale says

        08.10.16 at 6:22 PM

        I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE Negative Space! It’s actually one of the VERY first places I check first. You have some amazing features that I’ve not found on other sites. Just yesterday I used two of your images as base photos for client posting.

        PLEASE keep up your fabulous work! You have been a blessing to me on countless occasions. =)

      • Dustin W. Stout says

        08.10.16 at 10:31 PM

        Thanks so much Kristin! I actually have a couple more sources to add to this list since I last updated it.

  44. Wendy says

    04.30.15 at 12:55 PM

    Thanks for the info. Have a great day!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      04.30.15 at 2:27 PM

      You’re welcome Wendy!

      Reply
  45. Raul says

    04.23.15 at 10:34 PM

    Also http://foter.com/. On April 24 it had 228 860 217 free photos.

    Reply
  46. Erik says

    04.06.15 at 1:10 AM

    Hi Dustin,
    fantastic post and useful list of resources!

    I love to take screenshots and use them for my content.

    Other than this, my favorite places to get free images for my blogs are Stockvault, MorgueFile, Pixabay and Photopin.

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge,
    have a great week!

    Reply
  47. ben huynh says

    03.19.15 at 7:23 PM

    thank you!

    Reply
  48. Sarah says

    03.18.15 at 6:57 AM

    Apparently the creator of Little Visuals passed away. 🙁
    The website is still up, but there are no new photos being added to it.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.18.15 at 11:00 AM

      Oh no! Sad day!

      Reply
  49. Daphne says

    03.17.15 at 9:33 PM

    Love this list Dustin! Two more to add to your list – http://dollarphotoclub.com (membership) and a free resource I totally LOVE is http://kaboompics.com.

    Reply
  50. Hitesh Sahni says

    03.15.15 at 6:58 AM

    Awesome resources Dustin. This is my first visit and comment to your blog but looking at your posts, I can say it certainly isn’t the last 🙂

    There are also some huge time-saving resources when you need a quick image to type in the title of your post or a quote and share your content. I use a tool called shareasimage.com which lets you sort through a good collection of free photos, type in your text, optimize the size for twitter, pinterest or instagram and share it there and then.

    I am not affiliated with the service in any way but have found it extremely useful. So I am raving about it wherever it seems relevant 🙂

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.15.15 at 3:35 PM

      That’s a good one Hitesh. I’ve also listed the free tools I recommend for creating images on desktop and on mobile devices. There’s also a new one out from Buffer called Pablo that works really well.

      Reply
      • Hitesh Sahni says

        03.15.15 at 9:48 PM

        You’re right Dustin. Pablo may not have many features as of now but I am sure the buffer team can only make it better from here. Plus it’s free I think.

        Shareasimage is about $12 a month but is also rich in options such as special effects, reduced file sizes and many backgrounds to choose from.

      • Dustin W. Stout says

        03.16.15 at 12:01 PM

        Yes, Pablo is free and I’m sure they’ll be adding more to it in the future!

  51. Adrian says

    02.27.15 at 7:43 AM

    Great roundup and I would say Unsplash is probably the source I use the most. I also created nature-focused free photo site you may find useful: http://www.freenaturestock.com

    Reply
  52. stacy says

    01.05.15 at 8:43 AM

    PS : thank you you saved my life !

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      01.05.15 at 9:37 AM

      Glad you liked it Stacy! I’ve used Freepik.com but never had much success finding what I was looking for.

      Reply
  53. stacy says

    01.05.15 at 8:43 AM

    I use Freepik.com everyday (especially for vectors) !

    Reply
  54. Minh Trang says

    01.01.15 at 9:41 AM

    Your post is AWESOME !!! Thanks for this useful information. I shared your post to all my friends and they send a “Thank you” to you 😀

    Reply
  55. Ted says

    12.24.14 at 8:41 AM

    Thank you so much for this, super useful!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      12.24.14 at 11:02 AM

      You’re welcome Ted!

      Reply
  56. Rosi says

    12.09.14 at 3:15 AM

    Hi, one more site for your free photo sources list. I search images for my blog on the following sites. All photos are licensed under the cc0 license. http://creativecommons.photos

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      12.09.14 at 10:55 AM

      Thanks Rosi! I’ve added it to my list of resources to look into. I’ll be evaluating it to see if it meets all the criteria that the listed sites went through. Looks pretty good so far! 😀

      Reply
  57. Sarah says

    12.03.14 at 7:11 AM

    Thank you so much for this! As an artist, I’m going to get a lot of use out of these, and the amount of time it’ll save me…THANK YOU!!!

    Reply
  58. Erum says

    11.23.14 at 8:57 PM

    Dude! You are the bomb! Thank you.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      11.24.14 at 11:44 AM

      Thanks Erum!

      Reply
  59. mark says

    09.17.14 at 8:15 AM

    I use imgparty, you can also add your own images

    Reply
  60. Charlotte says

    09.17.14 at 4:50 AM

    Great list, super useful! I always freak out about using images on the internet in case they belong to someone so it’s reassuring to find lists like this!
    In addition to those mentioned, I use PRShots.com loads for my blog; they have literally thousands of up to the minute PR images from massive brands in the UK. It definitely makes blogging a lot easier!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      09.17.14 at 9:03 AM

      Thanks Charlotte! I’ll check out PRShots!

      Reply
  61. Valerie Coskrey says

    09.07.14 at 6:51 PM

    I usually use fotolia.com and they have a stock of free images in addition to the ones for purchase.

    Reply
  62. Abhi says

    09.07.14 at 4:38 PM

    Thank you! A great compilation – this is exactly what I was looking for 🙂

    Reply
  63. Prasanna Dasari says

    08.22.14 at 1:56 AM

    I don’t know how to thank you. And if am a girl definitely will send you a kiss.
    Because, i ‘ve been searching for the free sites that offer images for blogging. At some point i felt like i am lack of images for my blogs. And i am a victim of the copyright images case past when am a newbie to blogging. Thank You very much for such a golden useful resources Dustin. Thank you a lot.

    Reply
  64. Adrian says

    07.30.14 at 2:26 AM

    Our designer suggest their preferences http://designmodo.com/free-photos/ we have really nice collection of free photos providers, and all are free.

    Reply
  65. lisa diaz says

    07.08.14 at 8:01 PM

    Thanks so much for this information. I am very new to blogging & need all the help I can get. I am passing on your help to others. Lots of love to you, Lisa

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      07.09.14 at 12:18 PM

      Thanks Lisa! Glad you found it useful!

      Reply
  66. Dianna says

    06.04.14 at 3:21 PM

    Oh my word. You have NO IDEA how grateful I am to you for posting this. I can’t even remember how I just stumbled across your awesome blog, but I’m so glad I did.
    As kind of a newbie in marketing (and an artist who’s super-sensitive to copyrights), I’ve spent a ridiculous. Amount. Of. Time. hunting down free image sites.
    At first, my heart sank when 4 on your list were already in my Favorites bar.
    Then POW. So many more beautiful websites than I knew existed!!!!! (Yes Ray, I had nearly resorted to flying to the great barrier reef). I don’t even usually comment on blogs – this may be my first time! And I’m gonna share this awesomeness. Maybe even Tweet it.

    My little graphic design heart just went *boom*.
    You made my week, Dustin.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      06.05.14 at 11:45 AM

      Awesome Diana! So glad you found it. 😀

      Reply
  67. John Brown says

    06.04.14 at 3:45 AM

    Hi Dustin!

    Another great source is http://albumarium.com – it’s a fairly fresh site, just few days old. All images are free and filterable for non-commercial / commercial licenses.

    Reply
  68. Peter Wichers says

    05.14.14 at 5:59 AM

    I wish I found this blog earlier. I have a job in marketing without too much resources to buy images. I found some sites that are posted above, but some are completely new to me. Because photography is also a hobby of mine, me and a couple of friends decided to help out others who are looking for content by posting our own photos for free on a website. It’s like combining your hobby and giving use to the personal stock that accumilates over time. The result is skitterphoto.com. You don’t need to login, just browse and if you like something just download the original photo.

    Thanks,

    gr. Peter

    Reply
  69. Ira Rabinowitz says

    05.12.14 at 3:28 AM

    photobucket.com in their terms of use http://photobucket.com/terms states:

    By making your content public, you are also giving other Members on Photobucket the right to copy, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and create derivative works from it via the Site, third party websites or applications (for example, via services allowing Members to order prints of Content or t-shirts and similar items containing Content, and via social media websites), provided such use is not for a commercial purpose.
    By uploading, you are confirming that the Content is yours—no one else’s—and that the uploading and use of your Content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights or human rights of somebody else. If we learn that you are infringing others’ rights or are using Content that is not yours, Photobucket has the right to remove this Content and you agree that you are responsible for any costs associated with the infringement.

    So you can use any public photo from Photobucket for non-comercial use.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      05.12.14 at 9:43 AM

      Yea, the only problem is– anyone can upload anything. Upon looking at one page of the animated gifs I saw several copyrighted items that weren’t uploaded by the owners.

      Reply
  70. Joey Gedgaud says

    05.03.14 at 9:40 PM

    The most difficult part of my day is finding photos and I have spent hours trying to find free images without all the CC attached. Thank you so much for making my days that much easier. I love what I do, but this just makes things a whole lot better! Again, Thank You.

    Reply
  71. Nicole Burg says

    04.22.14 at 12:43 PM

    Thanks Dustin! Love that you shared this, as a Graphic Design and Advertising student I am constantly in search of these kinds of sites. Many people and businesses that use social media need to keep legalities in mind when using and posting photos online!

    Reply
  72. Russel Ray Photos says

    04.15.14 at 10:12 PM

    Great list. I’m familiar with all of them and yet my personal preference is a paid stock site which you don’t list: Dreamstime.com

    Reply
  73. Brian Jeuan Ho says

    04.07.14 at 8:46 PM

    Thanks Dustin for sharing these great resources! You have created so much value for your site and every time I come back I just wanted to stay longer and learn more. What a great example of a successful website! 🙂

    Reply
  74. Linda H Carson says

    04.06.14 at 11:46 PM

    Finding free images from sites where I can easily understand the terms of re-use is, for me, the single hardest thing about blogging.

    But no more… I had not heard of most of these sites. I am excited to check them all out. Thanks!

    Reply
  75. Laurie Jo Miller Farr says

    04.05.14 at 5:36 PM

    We have a growing collection of 2300 hi res quality free photos provided by tourism promotion agencies throughout USA for use by travel press.

    Reply
  76. Chery Schmidt says

    04.04.14 at 11:05 AM

    What a great list, as the others have stated it is always nice to have a list where we can go to find free photo’s to use for our blog posts. Book marking this site for sure. Thanks for sharing.. Chery :))

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      04.04.14 at 1:04 PM

      Awesome Chery! I’m so glad you found it useful!

      Reply
  77. Sam Kneller says

    04.03.14 at 8:03 AM

    Am working on a book and looking for images so your post is very timely… will take a closer look at these sites. You probably know this site http://www.fantero.com/ and i’d be interested in your point of view… just heard about it today as I’ve done some outsourcing with their mother company. Merci

    Reply
  78. Gale Weithers says

    04.02.14 at 12:29 PM

    Dustin, thanks a lot for this super cool list! As a blogger I am always on the lookout for photos to supplement the ones I take on my own and this info will come in handy. Thanks again; and ditto on: you rock!

    Reply
  79. Adam Dukes says

    03.31.14 at 10:28 PM

    Excellent resource! I spend entirely way too much time looking for that “perfect” blog post image. I like what I am seeing on PicJumbo. Not your typical stock photos.

    Thanks for putting this together!

    Reply
  80. geoff says

    03.30.14 at 11:45 PM

    Hey, thanks for this great list. I came across Unsplash, and Death to the Stock Photo last week and love them. My old favourite is Stock Xchng. Great I now have a few new ones for me to try. And interested in the debate about Getty. I agree with the previous comments about Canva being an awesome tool. Cheers Dustin for this list.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.31.14 at 9:08 AM

      Glad you liked it Geoff! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  81. Angelique says

    03.30.14 at 3:37 PM

    Hey Dustin

    Very thorough list! I’ve used several, but always nice to have more resources.

    Just a question, since you didn’t specifically mention copyright, but that’s why we are all trying to use “legal” images.

    What about your gif clip for your thank you page and the “I’m a Dustn.tv fan” minion that you’re using? Where did you get that image for your use, especially since you modified it into a poster with your own D logo… isn’t that a trademarked image from Despicable Me?

    Thanks for always providing great content and design.

    Love your new website btw…sigh, mine is due for a revamp…kinda like the cobbler’s kids shoes 🙂

    Cheers,
    Angelique

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.31.14 at 9:16 AM

      Thanks for the compliment Angelique! And to answer your question, this post may be helpful – Warning: Sharing that Image Could Get You Banned or Blacklisted. In a nutshell, yes it’s mostly about copyright. You can’t just use anything you find on the internet – in fact you’re putting yourself at high risk if you do. The Despicable me image is considered a “derivative work” which is permissible under copyright law.

      Reply
  82. Joan Stewart says

    03.26.14 at 9:56 PM

    Canva, a graphic design website that’s mostly free, also has stock photos for $1, and you can use them in a variety of ways–as part of a layout (templates provided), and many other ways. It’s all drag and drop and a lot of fun to create images for my blog.

    But, hey, **free** is way more fun. Thanks so much. Wish I had found this list earlier.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.27.14 at 6:43 AM

      I’ll be including Canva in my list of resources to create images. 😀

      Reply
  83. Ruben says

    03.26.14 at 12:49 PM

    Thank you for this, perfect timing too. Might you have a follow up about apps used to edit images and quick tricks?

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.27.14 at 6:42 AM

      I’m in the process of writing that article! 😀

      Reply
  84. DArwin says

    03.25.14 at 6:34 PM

    such a great set of collection . =) thumbs up!

    Reply
  85. Joshua says

    03.23.14 at 9:50 PM

    Incredible resource. Thanks for putting this together. I will refer to this page again and again.

    There have been some other great sites shared in the comments that I will also make note of.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.24.14 at 7:39 AM

      I’m glad you found it useful Joshua!

      Reply
  86. Shilo says

    03.23.14 at 6:57 PM

    Thank you so much for these amazing resources!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.24.14 at 7:39 AM

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  87. Khürt Williams says

    03.23.14 at 7:16 AM

    What about Creative Commons Attribution content on 500px.com? In my opinion, the quality of photography on 500px.com far exceeds that on Flickr.

    Reply
  88. Arantxa says

    03.22.14 at 5:37 AM

    Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.

    I also use http://www.rgbstock.com. Do you know it? What do you think?

    Arantxa

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.22.14 at 11:03 PM

      I have not heard of that Arantxa.

      Reply
  89. Rena McDaniel says

    03.21.14 at 7:34 PM

    This is great! Very informative and easy to understand. Thank you so much!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.22.14 at 11:04 PM

      You’re welcome Rena!

      Reply
  90. Alan Edwards says

    03.21.14 at 4:10 PM

    BTW

    Forgot to mention that I think this list is excellent, I am sure it will help me in my writing!

    Thank you!

    Reply
  91. Alan Edwards says

    03.21.14 at 4:08 PM

    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

    Every image on the site is absolutely free, no copyright restrictions but some attribution requirements

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.21.14 at 6:12 PM

      Right Alan! I decided not to use it because I was focusing of the best images and sites with the greatest usability.

      Reply
  92. Mohd Shubhi says

    03.20.14 at 8:00 AM

    Thank you very much…tremendously helpful

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.21.14 at 2:39 AM

      I’m glad to hear that Mohd!

      Reply
  93. Berit Tops says

    03.20.14 at 2:58 AM

    Cool! -thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.21.14 at 2:39 AM

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  94. Henrik Blomgren says

    03.19.14 at 1:20 PM

    Thanks for these links Dustin. I´ll be sure to check them out and see if I can use some of the images in projects or for my own sites. Since these are a bit more “normal” than the ones I usually use…

    Great post.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.21.14 at 2:38 AM

      I’m glad you liked it Henrik! Good luck! BTW, have you looked into getting a Gravatar?

      Reply
      • Henrik Blomgren says

        03.21.14 at 11:49 AM

        Thanks mate. Why yes I´ve looked into getting a gravatar. It´s just that at this point I don´t have any good image of myself that I want to use as a gravatar. And this e-mail and website are going to be “my brand” so I don´t want to use the normal kind of gravatars I´ve been using in the past.

        So it is on my todo list. It will change hopefully soon.

  95. Mark Debono says

    03.19.14 at 7:56 AM

    Thanks so much for this incredible set of image resources Dustin. As a writer, far too often the text stands well on its own, but needs the perfect image to truly bring it out. Cheers!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.19.14 at 10:49 AM

      I’m glad you found it useful Mark! Cheers!

      Reply
  96. Kara says

    03.18.14 at 5:24 PM

    Hi Dustin – This is an AWESOME list! There are some real gems in here that I will definitely use. Thanks so much! (Love your new site BTW!)

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.18.14 at 11:06 PM

      Thanks Kara! I’m glad you liked it!

      Reply
  97. Virginia Deyoung says

    03.18.14 at 8:59 AM

    Dustin –
    This blog is an excellent reference source for images online. I really appreciate all the research work you did to put into this article. I will most definitely be checking out these various sites for some unique photos. Thanks for sharing my friend!!

    Virginia

    Reply
  98. Steve Melling says

    03.18.14 at 8:30 AM

    Thank you for the info. I’m tired of using Getty and Image exchange and was looking for a few resources when I found your post. Love the style of your blog.

    Reply
  99. Larry Fournillier says

    03.18.14 at 5:15 AM

    Great stuff Dustin, and many thanks for the great photo resources! 🙂

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.18.14 at 7:56 AM

      My pleasure Larry! 😀

      Reply
  100. Sunil Jain says

    03.18.14 at 4:17 AM

    Hello Dustin,

    It’s always time consuming to find relevant images for all our writing(s). I always stick on to Flickr and sometime Behance by giving them credit at the bottom of the post.

    Thanks for all these resources.

    Happy Blogging 😀

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.18.14 at 7:56 AM

      Thanks Sunil!

      Reply
  101. Stewart Rogers says

    03.18.14 at 3:49 AM

    Superb list!

    Another that I use for blog posts is 123rf.com – they have a full free images section that is stocked to the eyeballs with great content. The only downside is that the free images are lower resolution than some of these sources, but you can get the hi-res versions for a small fee.

    There are a couple here I hadn’t heard of before, so will definitely be trying them out. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.18.14 at 7:56 AM

      Thanks Stewart! I’m glad you found some new sources!

      Reply
  102. Jane Gardner says

    03.17.14 at 12:51 PM

    As usual, great content share! I think I only recognized two of the free photo sites and I have been in classes with video gurus for the last year. Got to add them to my bookmarks!

    Reply
  103. Sean Van Zant says

    03.17.14 at 10:26 AM

    Thanks for all of the suggestions! I will have to take some for a ride 🙂

    Have you tried 123rf.com yet? I have used them before, and am going to use them for a little while longer, but may use one of the sites listed in this post later on.

    Thanks,
    Sean

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.17.14 at 10:35 AM

      I have tried 123rf.com and found it to be less usable/efficient than the other paid sources I mentioned.

      Reply
  104. Sanjiv Manifest says

    03.17.14 at 9:59 AM

    Wow! … Thank you so much for sharing this valuable resource Dustin. I have about 15 such sites but you’ve highlighted some new ones.

    I hadn’t quite viewed Getty’s “opening up” their images like you but your points are quite valid – let’s wait and see what happens. Monetizing embedded images in future with advertising is a very sleazy idea (if I understand correctly) and will backfire. Hope they simply avoid that.

    As Ray says, finding the “right” image is the most time consuming aspect of posting so having a “quality curated” set will go a long ways to efficiency.

    Thanks again and have a great weekend! … You Rock 🙂

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.17.14 at 10:34 AM

      I’m so glad you found some new resources Sanjiv! You rock!

      Reply
  105. Kathy Anderson says

    03.17.14 at 9:37 AM

    If searching for editable vector images, try Vectorstock.com. Some are free but not all. Edit with Illustrator, Photoshop.

    Thanks for the list!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.17.14 at 10:33 AM

      Thanks Kathy!

      Reply
  106. Tam Francis says

    03.17.14 at 8:17 AM

    Thank you so much. Love the link to the vintage photos. Just what I need for my vintage blog! I am sharing with everyone I know. Thanks for taking the time to organize this! Woo hoo!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.17.14 at 10:33 AM

      I’m so glad you liked it Tam! 😀

      Reply
  107. Kristin Drysdale says

    03.16.14 at 9:37 PM

    Wow! This is an amazing collection, Dustin! Thank you so much for sharing with the growing community of people who want to do things right!

    Reply
  108. Old Hippie says

    03.16.14 at 6:11 PM

    Wow! Not only is this a really well-written and useful article, but the header image seems to be of a rangefinder version of my old Contaflex! Thanks for the memories.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.16.14 at 7:39 PM

      I’m glad you liked it Old Hippie! 😀

      Reply
  109. Peg Fitzpatrick (@PegFitzpatrick) says

    03.16.14 at 8:04 AM

    Great sources! I love your page with images to share online. Pinterest and Google+ are both really hard to find good images to use so I’m sure yours will be popular.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.16.14 at 7:38 PM

      If it’s half as popular as you are Peg, I will have accomplished what I set out to do with it. 😉

      Reply
      • Barb Cooke says

        01.26.15 at 3:52 AM

        Thanks +Dustin! Great resource. Well Done.

      • Dustin W. Stout says

        01.26.15 at 9:10 AM

        Thank you Barb!

  110. Kaarina says

    03.16.14 at 6:57 AM

    Thanks. You rock!

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.16.14 at 7:38 PM

      Thanks Kaarina! 😀

      Reply
  111. Promod Sharma says

    03.16.14 at 6:43 AM

    Thanks for the free sources. I mainly use everystockphoto.com which searches 10 other sites including PhotoXpress, Morguefile and Flickr.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.16.14 at 7:37 PM

      Cool Promod! As long as it works for you, that’s what counts!

      Reply
  112. Charity Harbeck says

    03.16.14 at 6:10 AM

    Great collection, thanks for doing the legwork. Did you know gettyimages.org recently opened their collection “free to use”?

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.16.14 at 7:37 PM

      Yes I did know that Charity. I have a few issues with their implementation though. They’re not responsive so they could potentially break websites that are responsive when viewed on a mobile device. They also intend to monetize the embedded images in the future with advertising– which also means they’re tracking them pretty closely. I’m also concerned about the fact that if Getty Images changes their file structure or a photographer decides to pull their photos, the blogger who embedded the photo now has a broken link uglifying their site.

      Reply
      • Liz says

        01.18.15 at 9:15 PM

        Not sure how Getty Images can be free-to-use when I got a call from a collection company today saying I owe Getty for a three month licence to use one of their images they tracked on my website (I got the image from a website that said they were royalty free – not listed above)

  113. Karen Marie Kedzuch says

    03.16.14 at 2:02 AM

    Dustin,
    Thank you for the great resources. I am a blogger who is learning as I go. I have to say there is more to it then people think. It is a great outlet for my creativity for me and along the way I may help some one else. I look at it as a win both ways.
    Karen Marie

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    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.16.14 at 7:34 PM

      Awesome Karen! Just keep moving forward and take people with you for the ride!

      Reply
  114. Ray Hiltz says

    03.15.14 at 3:26 PM

    Incredible resource, Dustin.
    Your generosity is very much appreciated.
    One of the most time consuming elements of writing for blogs is the time spent trying to find that “just right” image to accompany the post.

    I’ve taken to using my own as much as possible, but there are times when it’s impractical to fly to the great barrier reef and snap a photo of a sea turtle.
    Thanks again.

    Reply
    • Dustin W. Stout says

      03.15.14 at 4:24 PM

      Lol I know what you mean Ray! #aintnobodygottimeforthat

      Reply
    • Gale Weithers says

      04.02.14 at 12:27 PM

      Ray, I am chuckling at the last part of your comment only because it’s so very true. I take most of my photos myself but can totally relate to not being able to find that perfect photo because I can’t hop on a plane or a boat to snap it. However, with people like Dustin helping us along the way, we can definitely include that sea turtle in our post!

      Reply

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