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Best Free Stock Photo Sites

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Stock Photography Sites

Stock photography sites provide a well needed service not only to the internet community but to whoever may need graphics for whatever purpose.

Whether you just need a photo to spice up your hub, make an article more attractive with the use of an picture or to use on a brochure or website template, you can find some images for use at internet free stock photography sites.

Most of the images on free stock photo sites are submitted by users who are amatuer or professional photographers. Some of the photos may not be high quality and are offered free while some of the higher quality photos which have been edited using photo editing software are sold for as low as $1. These higher quality photographs are used on website templates, in magazines and in brochures and other commercial productions.

Google Images?

You can do a search by keyword and bring up relevant images on Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines. This however is not a recommendation!

While you may not get into trouble for downloading some photos, it is not recommended that you "right click and save picture" when browsing these images. Some of the images may have copyrights which means that you could get into legal trouble if you do use these images on your website, blog or other content.

For this reason it is best to stick to free stock photo sites when you need pictures for your website, blog, hub or other content.

sxc.hu - Best Free Stock Photo Site

This is just my opinion, but I would say that the best free stock photo site is sxc.hu also known as Stock Xchng. I always use this site when I need photos to add to a hub or landing page or website that I own.

The best thing about them is that I can search their large database for a picture and I always find one that matches what I'm looking for.

Another good thing about them is they do not require you to link back to their website nor do they have their name on the photos. Some stock photo sites will let you use their photos but you have to link back to their site or they have their domain name on the photos.

Stock Xchng also refers its users to StockXpert, a royalty free stock photo site they created which offers higher quality photos for as low as $1. There are benefits in buying these higher quality photos but if you just need some to spice up your content then no need to use this service as you can just download free stock photos from Stock Xchng.

Great site - they offer the best of both worlds.

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taylorblue 4 years ago

Thanks so much for this hub...I love Stock Exchange too! They have that great search feature....Amazing list...thanks again.

Patty Inglish, MS 4 years ago

This is great information. Thanks so much for this Hub!

edc redstuff 4 years ago

interesting topic! loved this site...

LisaG 4 years ago

This is wonderful!. I've been looking for pictures to add to my hubs to make them more interesting. I must say thank you kpfingaz for becoming my fan without which I would not have found this information.

God Bless You!

teeray 4 years ago

Excellent info - thanks so much for writing this hub and letting us know about stock photos

Angela Harris 4 years ago

Thanks, I haven't heard of some of these. Thumbs up!

kpfingaz 4 years ago

Thanks.. glad I could help.

manish 4 years ago

i like photography

4 years ago

great! stock photo works

William F. Torpey 4 years ago

Great information. I've been reluctant to use these "free" photo sites until now, but I'll begin searching these sites for good pictures. I'm still trying to find my way around the computer world. Thanks.

C.M. Vanderlinden 4 years ago

Great hub! I love Stock Xchng---use it all the time :-) I'm not familiiar with some of the others. I'll have to check them out.

In The Doghouse 4 years ago

Thanks for the information. It is very useful.

Rudra 4 years ago

This is a great list. I have been looking for sites like these. Thanks

Caregiver-007 4 years ago

Thank you. I needed more variety and perhaps better sources for photos. Very helpful!

jimmyrich 4 years ago

Another great Resource,

THANKYOU!

Eileen Hughes 4 years ago

Thats great thanks for th help

goldendragon 4 years ago

Good information. I have been using other sites so far. I can add some of these sites to my collection.

kpfingaz 4 years ago

Thanks. Maybe you can suggest those sites and I'll add them.

bellepeppers 3 years ago

I'd like to suggest another free stock photo site:

http://pixblix.com

It offers totally free photos and backgrounds for commercial and personal use

Ida-May 3 years ago

Perfect! Just what I was looking for. Thank you

overnight 3 years ago

Thank you very much for telling us about it. The problem is that most of us do not know any more site other than corbis regarding photos. But this is an ideal hub to share information about free photos sites.

Please keep posting more.

John 3 years ago

I also found good quality free images at www.sunipix.com

Ringo 2 years ago

Another site that offers totally free photos for commercial and personal use

http://freephotos.000space.com

shanekruger 2 years ago

Thanks, I found this hub and some comments useful.

Thank you

RTalloni 2 years ago

Thanks very much!

gabyfotoart 2 years ago

Thanks. One more fre photos site for your list:

http://www.freephotocollection.com

jareso 2 years ago

I would suggest also database of stock images: http://www.StockPhotos.it

This database contains tons of free images, vectors and illustrations. Commercial images are included as well.

pbi2010 21 months ago

thank you for suggesting this site!

kakawett 19 months ago

Don't forget RGBStock, StockVault etc...

As described here: http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-find-great-high-qua

Rahul 11 months ago

I have just created a post on how to find free stock images online. I would like your opinion on that

bluumilk 6 months ago

http://rgbstock.com is great, they have over 60,000 free photos now. You can also grab a few free photos from http://stockfresh.com

Lela Bryan 8 weeks ago

This was very helpful thank you

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    Comments

    Fotolia 4 years ago

    I love photography

    thelatin10 4 years ago

    Great article, thanks for sharing...!

    Husac 3 years ago

    Hi!

    You can use my photos for free at http://freeartisticphotos.com - all of them are taken by me and made Public Domain ; hope you enjoy them!

    Cheers, Husac!

    I hope that you found it interesting!

    Dolores Monet 2 years ago

    Great hub, I am looking for a new source for images and really appreciate the information. Many of the pix I use are my own, some from the stock exchange.

    Deep Blue 2 years ago

    At last! I can stop my search, thank you. I have been searching for free photos for ever and never seem to find the right sight. Very helpful info.

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    Good information, thanks for your hub :)

    shane_75 23 months ago

    Good to know. Thank you for writing this.

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