Never underestimate the power of a good image!
If at all possible, it is best to use images you take yourself. They have a more personal feel and you don’t have to worry about pesky copyright issues… but sometimes you need to use a stock photo. You have to get a post out NOW, your in a crunch and you don’t have the time to work in a photoshoot. Free stock photo sites to the rescue!
- StockSnap.io – Beautiful free stock photos free from copyright restrictions. Great search feature!
- Gratisography – One of my personal favorites. The images on this site are more artistic and they are just plain fun. I stockpile these pictures for future use! They also let you know when they add new images.
- Unsplash – One of my personal favs! The images are stunning and they even allow you to contribute images if you want to help share the wealth.
- Negative Space – releases 20 new photos each week. Photos are searchable by category, copy space and color.
- Splitshire – Amazing copyright free images, that look like real photographs.
- Death to the Stock Photo – This site sends images monthly to your inbox
- Life of Pix – Free high-resolution professional quality photos with no copyrights restrictions and they add new images weekly.
- New Old Stock – Another personal favorite. This site has vintage photos from the public archive.
- Superfamous – I love this site for organic images and textures. Great for playing around in Photoshop!
- picjumbo – Great photo resource.
gwash! Thank you! I’m about to wear out all the Pixabay wine pictures.
I understand! I try to take pictures but sometime you just do not have the time!
What great resources! Thank you for sharing. I often need a stock photo and appreciate them more when they aren’t “stocky”
So true and they can be really hard to find. I will write future posts with more resources so please stop by again.
awesome! Thanks this will come in handy!
Thank you for visiting my blog. I will try to post more helpful resources again soon!
Great post. Thank you for this list. I’ll be checking them out!
Great! Thank you for visiting my blog!
What a fantastic list! I typically use http://www.morguefile.com. Can’t wait to check pics out from the sites you listed!
Thank you so much Kim. I will add that one to my list!