Thousands of free stock photos at your fingertips!
As a web designer, blogger and social media/content marketer, having a wide array of free stock photos to choose from, is like a lit up child in a candy store with an unlimited budget! SEO Companies are stressing how important images are in Google search today. Today, in 2019, images have to be clicked and as a result, they take you directly to the website!
While using your own original photos for business websites and blogs is ideal, in most cases, this is really difficult to achieve. Another alternative…buy stock photos. But the best alternative?? Get your photos free with no hassle!
Yes, there are some amazing photographers putting their work out there for all of us to use legally, copyright free, and in the list I have provided below, no credit or attribution required.
Most of these awesome websites and their contributors are working under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license which states – “You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. ”
A few of the sites have their own licenses that reiterate not selling these free photos in any way. They might politely ask for you to link to their website. You might have to also create a free account on a few of these to download the free photos.
I listed these sites in the order of what I use most frequently – based on the variety and number of images.
Pexels
There are thousands of very creative and original photos here.
You can browse by ‘photo color’, ‘popular photos’ and ‘popular searches’.
There is only one size to choose from and images are in .jpeg format.
No sign up required. License
Pixabay
Lots of images, vector – .png and .jpg, as well as illustrations and videos.
A variety of different categories to browse through.
There are different size options for download.
No sign up required. FAQ
Kaboompics
Lots of creative and original images with color pallete options.
A variety of different categories to browse through.
There are different size options for download in .jpg format.
No sign up required. License – FAQ
StockSnap
A various amount of creative and original images (some sponsored images).
A variety of different categories to browse through.
There is a one size option for download in .jpg format.
No sign up required. License
Gratisography
Lots of creative and original images by Ryan McGuire.
A variety of different categories to browse through.
There is a one size option for download in .jpg format.
No sign up required.
Picjumbo
Great selection of creative images. Buy picJumbo a coffee!
A variety of different categories to browse through.
There is a one size option for download in .jpg format.
No sign up required. FAQ – Terms
Freestocks
A great selection of creative images.
A variety of different categories to browse through.
There is a one size option for download in .jpg format.
No sign up required. License
Skitterphoto
A modest selection of creative and original images.
A variety of different categories to browse through.
There is a one size option for download in .jpg format.
No sign up required. License
Scatterjar
A modest selection of creative and original food images for ‘foodies’.
A variety of different food and beverage categories to browse through.
There is a one size option for download in .jpg format.
No sign up required. License
Burst
A modest selection of creative and original images sponsored by Shopify.
Has a variety of categories to select and browse through.
There are High/Low resolution options for download in .jpg format.
Sign up is required. License on home page
Shot Stash
A modest selection of creative and original images.
Has a good variety of categories to select and browse through.
There is a one option for .jpg format (right click and save img).
No sign up is required. License
Raw Pixel
An excellent selection of creative and original images.
Has a good variety of categories to select and browse through.
There is one option for .jpg, PSD and .png format.
Sign up is required. License
Life of Pix
An excellent selection of creative and original images.
Has a good gallery to browse through.
There is one option for .jpg format, and a link to free videos.
No sign up is required. License
Wrapping it up…
I have managed to find most of my images that I use for articles, websites, and Content Marketing from the list above. I deeply appreciate the website creators and awesome photo contributors for making this all possible.
Some of these websites accept PayPal and other ways of donating, and I highly suggest doing so, if you have the extra money on hand. Also, sharing these websites and the photo contributions via social media can only further your online reputation and Internet Karma!
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