Where do you get your images from?

SkidMarkKing · 5 Apr 2013 at 12:33

Hello.

Im in the middle of making a new blog. I do have photography as a hobby but for the images I require for the blog are a completely different subject. (IT/Computing).

Im aware there are various stock image sites which charge very little for brilliant images.

Can anyone recommend some and I need them to have a license so that I can make money from the blog and use the images on the blog as well.

Thanks.

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Apr 2013 at 12:48

Take them myself or design them in Photochop.

timmillwood · 5 Apr 2013 at 14:57

I get many of mine from http://www.sxc.hu/ or flickr

TheAlex · 6 Apr 2013 at 21:03

timmillwood said:
I get many of mine from http://www.sxc.hu/ or flickr

I hope you don't use any image you find on Flickr! You need to search in the Creative Commons section, and then check the license (linked towards the bottom-right of photo pages).

If you only need web resolution, istockphoto.com have a decent selection of photos from as little as £1.

timmillwood · 7 Apr 2013 at 10:26

TheAlex said:
I hope you don't use any image you find on Flickr! You need to search in the Creative Commons section, and then check the license (linked towards the bottom-right of photo pages).

If you only need web resolution, istockphoto.com have a decent selection of photos from as little as £1.

Right, really need to check license when using images from Flickr.

8t10 · 7 Apr 2013 at 12:58

In general just be very careful when you are using images that you are not paying for. Even on Flickr, the user may not be the actual owner of the image.

SkidMarkKing · 8 Apr 2013 at 16:44

istockphoto seems to be the best so far!

Do I get all the photos in the description with this?

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3952301-laptop-isolated.php?st=f11f86b

TheAlex · 8 Apr 2013 at 19:12

DriftKing said:
istockphoto seems to be the best so far!

Do I get all the photos in the description with this?

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3952301-laptop-isolated.php?st=f11f86b

That does look quite misleading - you do only get the one photo. The seller has used the description to link to other images they have for sale.

a_5mith · 8 Apr 2013 at 20:01

Mostly use dreamstime, seem to find the vast majority of our photos for clients there, in the rare chance we don't, iStockPhoto.

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SkidMarkKing · 8 Apr 2013 at 22:07

TheAlex said:
That does look quite misleading - you do only get the one photo. The seller has used the description to link to other images they have for sale.

Damn thats quite expensive then. I did look at the free photos on other websites but there no where near as good.

TheAlex · 10 Apr 2013 at 21:47

You can usually find decent photos at 400-450 pixels wide on the longest side on istockphoto for £1, which is pretty cheap.

As you're a hobbyist photographer I'd advise you to go about taking your own. Another advantage of that is they'll be unique to your website.

SkidMarkKing · 10 Apr 2013 at 23:39

TheAlex said:
You can usually find decent photos at 400-450 pixels wide on the longest side on istockphoto for £1, which is pretty cheap.

As you're a hobbyist photographer I'd advise you to go about taking your own. Another advantage of that is they'll be unique to your website.

Yeah, its just I need IT based photos.

I am tempted to make my own using photoshop brushes. They seem to be free even with commercial licenses.

DaleTheWhale · 11 Apr 2013 at 15:00

Brusheezy have some good brushes to use.

Dark_Injection · 18 Apr 2013 at 14:31

Everything from sxc.hu - i see someone posted it above.

Draeger · 18 Apr 2013 at 19:33

I've found a good few on Flickr that I've thought 'That would be perfect for this site' and then contacted the owner to ask them if I could use them. You would be surprised how many folk have said 'Yeah, no problem'. Sometimes a small text acknowledgement is all that is required and some people don't even care about that. So despite Flickr being full of stuff that initially looks like its fairly well locked down as far as copyright goes, if you 'ask' you may well 'get'. Worth a shot if you are looking for something fairly unique that someone on there has pics of.

UncleRuckus · 18 Apr 2013 at 19:39

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

alfalavala · 21 Apr 2013 at 21:00

This site is good for random clipart style things.

Robdav · 23 Apr 2013 at 22:25

I've had a few photo's used that I have up on sxc.hu. As long as i am credited them i'm happy for them to be used.

Martin_Man · 27 Apr 2013 at 11:36

I get all my photos from here. Fantastic web site at a cheap cost and good customer service.

nuzik · 27 Apr 2013 at 14:39

Google

Search free images or royalty free.
Best to take your own though.