BESTSITESFORFREEBLOGIMAGES

By Jason Fox | www.JasonFox.me

ONLY ONE THING ISIMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD: TOFIND ANY SENSE IN ANYCOPYRIGHT LAW ON THEPLANET.

~ MARK TWAIN

You can not use an image you find on google images on yourwebsite or blog!

If you do… there is a chance that someone will sue you. If they sueyou it will be for way more money than you feel that they deserveand there is a good chance they will win. It is called copyrightinfringement and it is serious business.

Also be careful of my headline; free images for your blog. As theysay, “there is no such thing as a free lunch”.

No images are truly free. You either pay in your own time to takethem, money and buy them, or you have to give credit to the creatorof the image. It might be better to call these legal images.

This list contains links to sites from which you do not need topay money, or time, but you do need to pay homeage.

You do this by either mentioning the creators name oradding a link on your site to the creator, called attribution.It depends on what the creator wants and should bedisclosed on each site.

Some sites are monetized through advertising and do notrequire any links or mentions.

Most of these sites rely on a set of rules called the “creativecommons“.

(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

1. WIKIMEDIA COMMONSHTTP://COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/WIKI/MAIN_PAGE

THE WIKIPEDIA FOR MEDIA.

2. FLICKR COMMONSHTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/EXPLORE

FLICKR IS THE SECOND LARGEST STORAGE OFIMAGES ON THE WEB AND MANYPHOTOGRAPHERS ALLOW YOU TO USE THEIRIMAGES.

Best Sites To Get Free Images For Your Blog

3. GETTY IMAGES- HTTP://WWW.GETTYIMAGES.COM

FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION YOU CAN READMORE ABOUT FREE GETTY IMAGES HERE.

4. PHOTO PIN- HTTP://PHOTOPIN.COM

THIS IS A SEARCH ENGINE FOR FLICKRCOMMONS.

5. FREE IMAGES- HTTP://WWW.FREEIMAGES.COM

AN IMAGE EXCHANGE SITE THAT IS OWNED BYGETTY IMAGES.

6. MORGUE FILE- HTTP://WWW.MORGUEFILE.COM

IMAGE EXCHANGE SITE.

7. MICROSOFT IMAGES- HTTP://OFFICE.MICROSOFT.COM/EN-US/IMAGES/RESULTS.ASPX?QU=REAL+ESTATE&EX=1&ORIGIN=HA010201923

MICROSOFT OFFERS THOUSANDS ANDTHOUSANDS OF IMAGES AND CLIP ART.

8. RBG STOCK- HTTP://WWW.RGBSTOCK.COM

THEY ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING HIGHQUALITY IMAGES AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHOCANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THEM.

9. DREAMSTIME- HTTP://WWW.DREAMSTIME.COM/FREE-PHOTOS

THEY ARE PRIMARILY FOR PAY IMAGES, BUTOFFER A FREE SECTION.

10. FREEFOTO- HTTP://WWW.FREEFOTO.COM/INDEX.JSP

OVER 132549 IMAGES.

11. PIXABAY- HTTP://PIXABAY.COM/EN

USE OF THESE IMAGES, EVEN FOR COMMERCIALPURPOSES, WITHOUT ANY LINKS.

12. EVERY STOCK PHOTO- HTTP://WWW.EVERYSTOCKPHOTO.COM

MILLIONS OF FREELY LICENSED PHOTOS, FROMMANY SOURCES, IN A SEARCH ENGINE.

13. HISTORICAL STOCK PHOTOS- HTTP://WWW.HISTORICALSTOCKPHOTOS.COM

FREE HISTORICAL IMAGES.

14. FREE PIXELS- HTTP://WWW.FREEPIXELS.COM

GRANTS TO YOU A LICENSE TO USE ANDREPRODUCE THE IMAGE.

15. PUBLIC DOMAIN PHOTOS- HTTP://WWW.PUBLIC-DOMAIN-PHOTOS.COM

5,000 FREE IMAGES AND 8,000 FREE CLIPART IMAGES FOR ANY PURPOSE.

16. PANORAMIO- HTTP://WWW.PANORAMIO.COM

YOU CAN FIND LOCATION BASED IMAGES USEDON GOOGLE MAPS.

17. FREE DIGITAL PHOTOS- HTTP://WWW.FREEDIGITALPHOTOS.NET

FREE & PREMIUM IMAGES PRODUCED BYA COMMUNITY OF PROFESSIONALS.

18. ANCESTRY IMAGES- HTTP://WWW.ANCESTRYIMAGES.COM

27,800 IMAGES OF OLD AND ANTIQUE PRINTS,MAPS AND PORTRAITS.

19. PICJUMBO- HTTP://PICJUMBO.COM

TOTALLY FREE PHOTOS FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL& PERSONAL WORKS.

20. GRATISOGRAPHY- HTTP://WWW.GRATISOGRAPHY.COM

ALL PICTURES CAPTURED BY RYAN MCGUIREAND FREE OF COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS.

21. COMPFIGHT- HTTP://COMPFIGHT.COM

ANOTHER FLICKR SEARCH TOOL.

22. UNSPLASH-HTTP://UNSPLASH.COM

FREE (DO WHATEVER YOU WANT) HI-RESOLUTION PHOTOS.

23. ICON FINDER- HTTPS://WWW.ICONFINDER.COM

LOOKING FOR ICONS.

24. LITTLE VISUALS- HTTP://LITTLEVISUALS.CO

GET 7 HI-RES IMAGES ZIPPED UP IN YOUR INBOXEVERY 7 DAYS.

25. NEW OLD STOCK- HTTP://NOS.TWNSND.CO

VINTAGE PHOTOS FROM PUBLIC ARCHIVES.

26. DEATH TO THE STOCK PHOTO- HTTP://DEATHTOTHESTOCKPHOTO.COM

FREE MONTHLY PHOTOS.

27. SUBTLE PATTERNS- HTTP://SUBTLEPATTERNS.COM

OVER 380 TILABLE TEXTURED PATTERNS, FREE TOUSE.

28. FREERANGE- HTTP://FREERANGESTOCK.COM

PHOTOGRAPHERS GET PAID WHEN USERS CLICKON THE ADS THAT APPEAR NEXT TO IMAGES.

29. OPENPHOTO- HTTP://OPENPHOTO.NET

PHOTO SHARING PLATFORM WHERE IMAGESARE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE.

30. DOTSPIN- HTTP://WWW.DOTSPIN.COM

A COLLECTION OF INSTAGRAM IMAGES FREEFOR PERSONAL USE.

31. PHOTOGEN- HTTP://WWW.PHOTOGEN.COM

QUALITY STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BOTHCOMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL USE.

32. SUPERFAMOUS STUDIOS- HTTP://SUPERFAMOUS.COM

LOS ANGELES-BASED STUDIO OF DUTCHINTERACTION DESIGNER FOLKERT GORTER.

33. GRAPHICSTOCKHTTPS://WWW.GRAPHICSTOCK.COM/FREEIMAGES/?GCLID=CK3A-F3M8R0CFQWTFGODXICA7A

7 DAYS OF FREE UNLIMITED DOWNLOADING OFIMAGES.

34. CREATIVE COMMONS- HTTP://SEARCH.CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG

LINKS TO MANY IMAGE SITES & INFORMATIONABOUT COPYRIGHT AND SHARING LAWS.

35. GOOGLE IMAGES- HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.COM

I KNOW I SAID YOU CAN’T USE GOOGLEIMAGES IN THE INTRO… UNLESS YOU MAKESURE TO FILTER OUT “LABLED FOR REUSE”.

36. FOTOPEDIAHTTP://WWW.FOTOPEDIA.COM/SEARCH?HUMAN_LICENSE=REUSE_COMMERCIAL_MODIFY

SEARCH PEOPLE, PLACES, SUBJECTS, HASHTAGS

WARNING:This is meant to be used as a reference and is not legaladvice. While these sites are all safe as long as youfamiliarize yourself with the requirements to use and sharethe images, copyright law is complex and confusing.