Where to find images for blogs
In my blog post Pretty Pictures for Your Blog, I wrote about the importance and benefit of using picture and imagery in your blog. Today I want to share with you some really cool and totally free websites of where to find images for blogs to get your blog looking fabulous.
Please be mindful that each site has its own requirements and just because it says it is free in the monetary sense you should still be giving credit and acknowledgement to the image designer – after all they did take them time to create it and then let you have it for free.
So here is my top 4 resources, in no particular order of where to find images for blogs.
FreeDigitalPhotos.net
This is one of my favorites just because they have so many high quality pictures and I usually find what I want every time. They also make it easy for you to attribute the image to the designer by giving you a nifty little piece of html.
Where to Find Images For Blogs
StockFreeImages.com
Probably my second favourite because they have so many images. The downside for me is that you have to login to access the pictures. Which might sound a bit of a silly thing for me to say, but I like to do things quickly and if you haven’t used the site for a while, or you haven’t got you passwords remembered well it can be a little bit annoying. But it’s hardly the end of the world.
Where to find images for blogs
PhotoGen.com
This is a nice easy to use site. The downside is that they don’t have a big library of pictures. I think this is one to watch I am sure it will grow in size. However I did a quick search of a popular keyword ‘dog’ and only got 3 images all of which I wasn’t able to use. One was a dog poo bin! And the other two were prairie Dogs in a zoo. But if you doing a blog post on dog fowling this is the one for you.
where to find images for blogs
Pixel Perfect Digital
I really like this one and I don’t use it as much as I should. Nice high resolution pictures and lots of image choice per keyword. You need to be mindful that when you search for a keyword it also brings up shutterstock images which you do have to pay for so make sure you are looking at the free images. I also love that you can search by colour, which if you like design like me is a really great feature.
Where to find images for blogs
There are other sites, but these are my top 4 and you don’t need too many resources. Let me know if you use any image directories that I haven’t mentioned above. Hope this gives you some ideas of where to find images for blogs
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April 4, 2013 at 10:45 am
I love these and also use http://www.everystockphoto.com/ which is a search engine for stock photos – downside the best ones are usually in the paid for section…
April 4, 2013 at 10:57 am
You have NO idea how useful this is to me Beth! (or perhaps you do!) It’s a jungle out there when trying to find images AND do it properly by not ‘stealing’ copyrighted property! I’ve heard of and used a couple of these – they all have limits on how good they are, if you just use the ‘free’ stock. But it’s certainly useful if you have a bank of them to search through.
Thanks again. Great info!
~Robin~
April 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Hi Beth,
I really appreciate you! Finding free images will save me a lot of money! I used to use istockphoto but their prices have risen astronomically over the past 3 years!
Thanks, thanks, thanks!
sue
April 4, 2013 at 5:36 pm
Thank you Beth for these resources! I love visuals (as most of us do), so having an assorted list to choose from for our blogs is very helpful! Thank you for the information!
April 4, 2013 at 5:47 pm
You are welcome. Feel free to bookmark the page so you can easily find it. 🙂
Beth
April 4, 2013 at 5:55 pm
Hey Robin, glad you found it useful. I know I spent quite a while trying to find resources for images once upon a time. Feel free to bookmark the page so you always have it to hand. 🙂
April 4, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Hey Amanda,
Thanks for the additional resource, looks like a good find. 🙂
Beth
April 4, 2013 at 7:19 pm
Thanks Beth for providing the info on the free sites. I was not aware they existed.
April 4, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Awesome Resources Beth I usually only use google images but great to know other places to get photos =)
April 4, 2013 at 8:20 pm
Thanks Beth I am like a kid in a candy shop when I find out about another site to get images. freedigitalphotos.net has been one of my favorites. I recently uploaded the plugin for compfight.com to my wordpress blog and finding some awesome pictures. My goal is to use pictures that are not so literally related to my post but you would get the connection.
April 4, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Thank you Beth! Since iStock started charging $5 for most of their smallest images, I’e been trying to find good images elsewhere and often struggle.
You have a great mix of suggested sites here and I’m grateful!
April 4, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Arrrgh don’t use Google Images you’ll end up in jail! =) *tad over dramatic but copyright is a big thing and there hasn’t been a big blog test case so you wouldnt want to be the first!*
Beth
April 4, 2013 at 10:15 pm
Hi Beth,
This is something that I could have done with a while ago, and I know that this is a topic that a lot of people question about.
I agree that pictures in a post are very important.
Not long ago I found a plugin called “Editorial Assistant by Zemanta” which at first I thought was quite cool because it finds what pictures may be relevant to your post while you are writing it. Though now it sort of gets in the way of the post. Thanks to your recommendations I may use those sites instead. Have you heard of Zemanta?
Aidan
April 5, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Ah Beth,
This was great! I have been using Free Digital Photos, love them, but this is really great to have other places to go. I have a request, how do you make your AWESOME videos? Is it with Camtasia? Would you consider doing a post, a class/webinar/video on it? I personally would live that. Thanks for all you do, I appreciate it!
April 6, 2013 at 10:13 pm
Great Information Beth, and maybe you could
use Last Pass for your passwords:)
April 7, 2013 at 1:46 am
Hi Beth,
thank you for the great resources and the description.
One site I have been using is the ‘Creative commons’ on Flickr.
Even though the pictures are free to use I like to add a link to the creator and you can get that on Flickr.
Much appreciated!
Cheers,
Yorinda
April 7, 2013 at 10:53 am
It’s always good to have new resources for images. I always add pictures to my blog post. It’s also good for SEO when you add a description with your keyword.
April 7, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Thanks Beth this is just what I was looking for. Your blog has a good, clean, simple layout. I’ll be back. 😉
PS. What does the “Confirm you are NOT a spammer” checkbox do? Is it really worth having?
April 7, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Hey Babis,
I just reinstalled Commentluv so didn’t know it was showing, so thanks for that. I just checks that you are real. Stops the spam bots. Have you got a gravatar Babis so we can see your smiley face 🙂 If you like my posts you might like my monthly newsletter It’s So Blogging Simple.
Catch you again soon,
Beth
April 7, 2013 at 9:30 pm
Hey Gertraud,
You know, I had Lastpass, but then when my Laptop went crazy I never re-installed it. I should. Thanks for the reminder.
Beth 🙂
April 7, 2013 at 9:32 pm
You are welcome Patricia, hope you find them helpful. Talking of pictures, do you have your gravatar set up so we can see your picture when you leave comments.
Beth 🙂
April 12, 2013 at 8:41 am
Well, thanks for sharing the list of free images. I need free images for my blog content.
April 12, 2013 at 11:26 am
Great Jack,
Glad I could help,
Beth
April 9, 2014 at 12:52 pm
I was searching for some good places for images for my blog and stumbled upon this article. Thanks for sharing! You have a lovely blog by the way, Keep up the good work! 🙂
April 9, 2014 at 9:22 pm
You’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed my post. You might be interested in finding out more about what I write about, by subscribing to my newsletter. https://simplebloggingnetwork.com/its-so-blogging-simple
Beth