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The Mega List of Free Image Sources

In an increasing visual world, it is crucial to have great images to use in your content and marketing. The awesome thing is that with modern technology anyone can be a great photographer and share their images with the world.

Today I am sharing more than 90 free image sources for bloggers and businesses.

Keep in mind that free is a relative term and may mean free with attribution and a link back to the original. Likewise, royalty free differs from free of charge.

As with anything else, it is absolutely necessary that we understand the terms of our work. Glossaries like The Blogger's Guide to Blog Speak are handy to keep around for this reason. But if you need a quick run down of just image terms, this post by Inc.com has a great explanation of the different terms image licenses are likely to use: free,  public domain, royalty free and creative commons. 

NEVER just copy and use an image you find on a Google search or another person's blog or website. And always be sure to double check the permissions, attribution requirements and licenses. Just as you would give attribution to a quote from a book or other text, an artist's work should also be attributed, unless he/she has specifically waived that requirement.

You can never be too careful, and an extra minute or two now can save you lots of money and headache in the long run. Trust me, if you cannot afford to purchase stock images, you cannot afford the fines that come with “stealing images” and claiming ignorance is not going to get you anywhere.

The Mega List of Free Image Sources

The Mega LIst of Free Image Sources

This mega-list of free image sources contains thousands of images that can be used for free, under differing conditions: some with attribution and some without, some for personal or educational use, and some for commercial use. Either way, there are enough images here to last a lifetime, and many of these sites continue to add images daily.

* means I  have used the source personally.

  1. 1 Million Free Pictures
  2. Ancestry Images
  3. Barn Images
  4. *Best Pics Monthly
  5. BigFoto
  6. British Library
  7. Bucketlistly
  8. Camarama
  9. Canva
  10. Christian Image Source
  11. CLKER.com
  12. Creative Vix
  13. Cupcake
  14. *Death to Stock Photos
  15. Designers Pics
  16. Dreamstime
  17. Digimad Media
  18. Epicva
  19. Every Stock Photo
  20. Fancy Crave
  21. *Flickr: Creative Commons
  22. Free Digital Photos
  23. Free Images
  24. Free Foto
  25. Free Mage Bank
  26. Free Media Goo
  27. FreePik
  28. Free Photos Bank
  29. Free Range Stock
  30. Foodie's Feed
  31. Getrefe
  32. Getty Images
  33. Good Free Photos
  34. Good Stock Photos
  35. Gratisography
  36. Image * After
  37. ImageBase
  38. IM Free
  39. Instastock
  40. ISO Republic
  41. Jay Mantri
  42. JE Shoots
  43. Kaboom Pics
  44. Large Photos
  45. Life of Pix
  46. *Little Visuals
  47. Lock & Stock Photos
  48. Made in Moments
  49. Magdeleine
  50. Mayang’s Free Textures
  51. MMT
  52. *Morgue File
  53. National Gallery of Art – artwork in the public domain
  54. Negative Space
  55. New Old Stock
  56. Old Design Shop
  57. *Open Clip Art Library
  58. pdpics
  59. Pexels
  60. Photogen
  61. Photos by People
  62. Picjumbo
  63. Pickup Image
  64. Picography
  65. *Pixabay
  66. Plixs
  67. Portrait Gallery – portraits in the public domain
  68. *Public Domain Archive
  69. *Public Domain Clipart
  70. *Public Domain Pictures
  71. Raumrot
  72. Re:splashed
  73. Rgbstock
  74. Skitterphoto
  75. SnapOGraphic
  76. Snapwire Snaps
  77. Splitshire
  78. Solate
  79. Startup Stock
  80. Stock.xchng
  81. Stock Photos.io
  82. Stock Photos for Free
  83. Stock Snap.io
  84. Stockvault
  85. Stocka
  86. Superfamous Studios
  87. The Pattern Library
  88. Tinyography – iphone images
  89. Tookapic Stock
  90. Travel Coffee Book
  91. TurboPhoto
  92. Udhwallpaper
  93. *Unsplash
  94. Vecteezy – free vector art
  95. Viintage.com
  96. Wefunction
  97. *Wikimedia Commons
  98. WPClipart – free clipart

Another interesting way to do things backwards is to use TinEye: a reverse image search engine. Here you can find information such as where an image came from, how it is being used, if there is a higher resolution version, or if modified versions of the image exist.

Want to edit your images?

Once you have an image chosen, here are my affiliate links to some great tools to use to edit it, spruce it up, add a title and/or your brand or blog logo:

  • *Canva www.Canva.com
  • Pic Monkey www.PicMonkey.com
  • *Adobe Photoshop CS6– a professional photo editing program
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 13 – a lighter (and cheaper) version
  • *Shotbox – table top light room allows you to take professional photos of products and projects  with just your iphone or camera

Which free image sources are your favorites? Did I leave one out? Please mention it in the comments.

 

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: free image sources, images, marketing, photos, visuals

Katie Hornor

Most days you’ll find the founder of Handprint Legacy answering client emails or working on her next book in the front room of their 250 year old home in tropical Mexico. She’s an author, speaker, mindset and business strategy coach, homeschool Mom of 5, and the #CourseCreation expert behind SuccessfulOnlineCourses.com and TheCourseFormula.com helping Christian experts reach more people and make more money through courses and high ticket offers. Be sure to grab a copy of her FREE Course Creation Blueprint before you go.

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