Introduction:
When you search the internet for images, you’ll find many websites offering Stock Photos. Those images are Copyright protected and you need to follow several rules in order to use them to your needs. The majority of the images will cost you money and run under Royalty Free License.
This means, once paid, you’re free to use them without crediting the author and usually can modify them to your likings.
However, maybe you’re on a tight budget or you simply don’t want to pay for an image big bucks, as prices vary highly between $1 - $10 and counting. Finding free images, which are relevant to your niche, can be literally like finding the needle in a haystack.
Only a few websites offer their images as free downloads and if you finally found the right image, you’ll have to consider Copyright and Licensing. To be on the safe side, the proper and expected way is to add an Image Courtesy to credit the author. This is followed by providing either a link to the image’s website or the image is linked to the website/profile of the author.
There are many ways to addCourtesy. In this Tutorial, I’m going to walk you through the following steps:
- How to upload an image to WordPress
- How to add Courtesy using Captions
- How to add Courtesy inside an Image
- How to add Courtesy as Hovering Text
- Where to download free Images
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Needless to say, free images require a Courtesy and I'm glad this Tutorial is of benefit to you.
Thanks.
If you can't see the author name and a link/reference to the license, then don't take a screen capture. If the image is shared freely for anyone, then it will say so in the image description.
You're save when you only use the free downloads from featured websites such as the ones Kyle provides here...
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/how-to-find-add-images-to-your-website
...or from the ones I recommend on Page 6.
They show author and the licensing and usually provide you with an example of how to credit the author. Add it to your image and you're on the safe side.
Hope this helps and thanks for your feedback.
