Update.Another Place for Free Photos

byTFerguson1

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Updated 7 years ago

Hi everyone. Hope all is going well for everyone. I am working hard as I am sure everyone here is. I wanted to share another place for some photo content for your websites and posts. Most of the photos there are free to use with no license restrictions.

Here is the site....www.pexels.com

I have found a lot of good content here! Hope this helps you all.

Tammy

Update>>>>>>>>>

I want to post here an update regarding a conversation with a member here that has tremendous knowledge regarding free image use. Here is what he had to say and it makes sense. So please read and consider what he is saying here before grabbing a photo to use for free.

Additionally, I believe that everyone here is to help others and he is watching out for our best interests.

You may be able to use them for free but there may be stipulations like you have to give attribution to the image on your site. Some you can use but you have to modify the image, some you can't modify even change the scale. So when you look at the licensing you want either Creative Commons Zero where it is 100% free and unaltered and then there's Public Domain where it's 100% free and you can take the image and changed it use only a piece of it, you just can't call it your own. Here's another link explaining a bit more in depth by the same guy that did the link I sent you before. Between the 2 links, it will fully explain it to you. Hope this helps. How to Find Free Images on Google - The Correct Way Free Images for a Website - Free to Use, No Attribution Why Do I Need to Use Free Images Free Images for Websites - Use Without Any RestrictionsEven when they say Royalty free there may be stipulations, even with Google images when you set the licensing to free to reuse you have to go to the site and check the licensing from the source. What I have found is I actually contact companies directly and ask if I can use their photos or if they can send me some images to use and I have never had anyone say no yet. I have had 2 companies not reply though. Most companies send you a package with tons of things but this route does take time so you really have to plan ahead. I found on average it takes 1-2 weeks to get the permission. Hope this helps.