Have you ever found yourself looking for free quality stock images? Images serve several purposes in blog posts, but they won’t do you any good if the ones you choose are of less than stellar quality. Professional photos can be quite expensive, though, and the well-known stock photography sites have pricey membership fees. Don’t despair. You may be surprised to learn there are places you can find quality stock images for free. Keep reading to discover some of the best.
Don’t despair. You may be surprised to learn there are places you can find quality stock images for free. In many cases, there is no need to purchase a license to use images; you can use them any way that you want to use them. In some cases, you have to give attribution (You need to let your readers know where who created the image).Keep reading to discover some of the best.
In either case, make sure you find out the licensing needs associated with each site listed below – and follow their rules. Keep reading to discover some of the best.
Free Quality Stock Images
Listed here are seven sites for you to check out and use as sources of images. Each one is slightly different (although you may find the same images on each site). Have fun looking through the images they provide – just don’t loose track of time and simply look for images for hours!
At the bottom of this post, you will find an opportunity to get a short report that lists many, many more sources! Make sure you click on the button below to get your free copy!
Death to Stock
While there is a premium package that grants access to the more than 1500 photos in their library and extras such as videos, you can score some wonderful images for free. Sign up for the newsletter to receive free photo packs each month.
Unsplash
Unsplash is a photo lover’s dream. This site offers over 50,000 free images. You can subscribe to get an inspirational collection in your email each month or simply view by collection or search for a specific term.
Gratisography
With new pictures added every week, you’re sure to find the perfect one for your blog posts. Photographer, Ryan McGuire, generously offers his quality images free with no copyright restrictions.
Pixabay
Pixabay is a website that offers a little something more. Not only can you get photos of all kinds, there are also offerings of vectors, illustrations, and videos. You can use it all at no cost. Better yet, the search capabilities allow you to filter by type, color, category, size and more.
Picjumbo
Viktor Hanasek, a talented photographer, set up this site to share his photos back in 2013. You can search his vast library of free images, opt for premium membership or even purchase the All in One Pack of every image from the site. An email subscription will get a selection of new photos sent to your inbox weekly.
Lifeofpix
Lifeofpix sets itself apart from other free stock image sites. Not only can you choose amazing photos from a slew of skilled artists, you can also set up an account that lets you curate a portfolio of images and follow your favorite photographers.
Kaboompics
This free photo site with the quirky name grants you access to tons of photos from a wide selection of topics. Easy to search by word or category, you can browse images for all your blogging needs.
Kaboompics has free quality stock images offer all types of photography. If you’re looking for photos from a specific niche, there are lots of places that cater to things like travel or food photography. A quick search engine query should find what you need. Do take the time to read all license information, though. Some sites require attribution for the use of their products or do not allow commercial use. Enjoy creating fantastic imagery with these resources.
For an additional list of Free Quality Stock Images & resources, click the button below. I have created a list of sources you can use:
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This is a fantastic resource, Paul!
Too many times,I get referred to a free stock site- only to find out that there is a $50 monthly membership fee. If I needed that many pictures, maybe it would be worthwhile.
Another resource worth examining. Bing. Images. And, then filter by free to use, free to use and change, etc.
There are a lot of membership sites that charge you to use them – I actually have a couple based on the niches for which I develop websites. It helps to know that they have those images.
Bing Images (and Google Images) are also a good place to go. However, people need to filter by the requirements you indicated, Free to Use, Modifications OK, Commercial Use Ok, etc. My experience is that people ignore that part and end up using ANY image they find – which of course, is a very BAD thing to do.
Thanks for this post and the list! I haven’t heard of most of these, so definitely checking them out. I usually end up going to morgueFilefreephotos, pics4learning, or freedigitalphotos.net. I also just discovered openclipart.org.
It always helps to have more resources to use! Just don’t get caught up searching for images all day 😉
I will check these sites out. The only one I am familiar with is Pixabay. Thank you for sharing!
After you check them out, Sandy, let me know which one you like the best!
I love Unsplash! Those photos are gorgeous! I’ve found some public domain photos for educational products I create on WikiMedia Commons. This site is good for history-related graphics. I also use Morguefile. Thanks so much for this list! What a great resource!
Glad you liked them! The Resource list at the bottom of the post has some other great sites! Grab your copy now.
Thanks for this list Paul. I am a great fan of unsplash.com – just amazing images. Luckily for me I love photography so am able to use a lot of my own images.
It is always a good thing when you have images of your that you can use! Having other options is also good! Thanks, Di!
This is a great list. I have only recently discovered pixabay (i call it pixapay because I pay for one in every three photos I use).
It’s opened up new doors for my storytelling.
That’s great, Lesley! Sometimes it is worth it to pay for the perfect image!
My source is my own photos. I think I’ve only used stock photos a few times but I’m going to check out your list. Thanks for the info.
We have had this discussion before – keep using your photos if you have them! There is nothing more personal than that!