Know-How Exchange : Advertising/PR

Take a look at: https://search.creativecommons.org/
There's a list of content directories available at: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Content_Curators

Dear Valmeida,

You could also try these sources:

www.freefoto.com
www.freedigitalphotos.net
www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/free-pictures-online-get-online-pictures-free- download.html

For cheap images, I suggest www.istockphoto.com. I've used them for three years or more and they're excellent.

One note of caution on using images from Flickr and other sources such as Wikipedia. Beware of and respect the notion of copyright and only use images under the terms of creative commons.

It sounds like common sense, but you'd be stunned how many people ignore the copyrights of others. See details below.

www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

I hope these resources help.

Gary Bloomer
Wilmington, DE, USA

I agree... istockphoto.com is the place to go. Not free, but nearly. They have a "dollar bin" of images on sale, and most images can be purchased, all rights included, for between $5 and $15. They have a good search system and also carry sound files, video files and vector illustrations in addition to photos.

Amazingly, Microsoft clip art has a stock of some pretty decent free photos. https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx

I recommend that you stay way from their cheap looking clip art though and stick to the photos.

All the best!

Melissa

dreamstime

I might also suggest Stock Xchng at www.sxc.hu/ where everything is free (though sometimes attribution is required) and of mixed quality. Its sister site, Stock Xpert www.stockxpert.com, offers more consistently professional imagery, and licensing can be had for anywhere from, like, $1 to $5, depending on image resolution desired.

Being an advertising professional some sites that we use are

www.sxc.hu
www.corbis
www.gettyimages.com
www.fotosearch.com
www.istockphoto.com
www.acclaimimages.com

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Sorry dear,

You can't have your cake and eat it too :)

You want FREE but you are complaining that others are using them :)

You get what you pay for.

I highly recommend istock and photolia, plenty of great images for $1.00 a go and if your designers are creative they can do a little photoshop work on them and create something new and exciting.

Good luck.

Matthew