Free/cheap Stock Photos

[boron]

Here's a list of sites with free or cheap stock photos. I've selected them from many other sites which claim to have them but are either not free or they just redirect you to some ads.

http://sxc.hu Free.
Can be 1,000 images/keyword. Search by keywords or top rated, textures, colors, shapes, blurs, playing with light.

http://Stockxpert.com $1-$20. Sister site of sxc.hu.

http://Fotolia.com $1-$3
I like this one. Precise results.

http://Dreamstime.com/ $1
They accept photos from users. You get about 50% commission from each sell.

http://Istockphoto.com from $1
Over 100,000 images/keyword. Only basic search options.
They also have videos from $10.

http://Photobox.ru Nice Russian site

http://morguefile.com Free

http://123rf.com Free

http://FreeFoto.com Free

Below one is probably not cheap:
http://Jupiterimages.com
Very detailed search options. Large database.

Maybe cheap and expensive photos can go in one thread, if they are only good.

[Submerge]

Thanks for the list buddy. Gotta love the free stock sites, very nice places to get professional photos.

[Reckless]

http://bluevertigo.com.ar/ has a nice list of free stock photo shits (and more design resources)

[boron]

I think I went through above list once and I picked out only the most user friendly sites with big databases. Stock photo sites almost allways look amazing when you see them first time, but when you try to find a particular image, you need
- good search options
- a lot of different, non-repeating images which corelate great with search term.

[Reckless]

I think I went through above list once and I picked out only the most user friendly sites with big databases. Stock photo sites almost allways look amazing when you see them first time, but when you try to find a particular image, you need
- good search options
- a lot of different, non-repeating images which corelate great with search term.

agree, sometimes it takes ages just to find the photo you need

[Arthur07]

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http://Stockxpert.com $1-$20. Sister site of sxc.hu.



I also recommend stockxpert. Although I have spent a small fortune there :). All those $1 all up.

[Reckless]

I also recommend stockxpert. Although I have spent a small fortune there :). All those $1 all up.

never used them, maybe i will start using them when i work for some clients

[boron]

I registered at Jupiterimages.com just now, it's quick, no e-mail ver. needed. Some images are free. You can narrow search results very much (exclude non wanted words, chose horizontal/vertical position, B/W or color, with/without people etc, etc.) But not free. Even not cheap.

[CreationNation]

I love iStockPhoto.com. Always watch for their weekly free images/layouts. Also, the pricing vs. quality is killer. It's the only photo site I don't mind spending a few (and I mean only a few, great prices) bucks at for quality imagery.

[boron]

I've just found very resourcable graphic/images/cliparts...search engine (Faganfinder) (http://www.faganfinder.com/img/). Nothing special, but you can choose to search from 100 greatest graphic resources from one place (one by one).

[Mystic]

A list is available here (http://www.namepros.com/web-design-discussion/221211-list-of-free-stock-photo-websites.html).

[Submerge]

That's an incredible list. I need to start using stock photos for my business savy designs. Thanks.

[boron]

I've found Shutterstock.com royalty free images a moment ago. Well over thousand images for eah popular serch term Here's one page after search for "roof" (http://www.shutterstock.com/s/roof/search-p5.html?search_cat=&search_group=all&anyorall=all&color=&searchtermx=&orient=all). There are many ornaments and drawings, toys and models (like a model of a house), textures...

[Breakpoint]

Thank you very much also. I needed some stock photos for a class project.

[AjAMz BoY]

Thanks dude.

[whitehorse]

Another good photo stock: http://www.123rf.com/

[Sunfrog]

Do any of you ever hire people to take photos for you, or do you just grab something off the internet?

Like say you need a picture of something.

[AnthonyLipari]

Thanks, a nice list there!