Why Use Stock Images?

We get asked where to find free high-quality images that can be used for blog posts or social media content?

There are a growing number of websites offering free images for commercial use—and the images look great, too! From stunning scenery to enviable office spaces, you can usually find exactly what you are looking for without the high price tag.

Some Terms You Need To Know First!

Before using any images from a free or paid site, read the terms and conditions of each site so you know exactly how are where the images can be used, and what type of attribution is required.

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. There are various types of Creative Commons licenses that range from allowing any type of use with no attribution to allowing only certain uses and no changes.

Public Domain

Works in the public domain are those whose copyrights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable. Finding something on the internet does not mean it is in the public domain.

Royalty Free

Royalty-free images aren’t necessarily free. Often, you’ll have to pay a one-time fee to obtain the rights to use the image. Then you can use it as many times as you like. The “free” in “royalty-free” only means that you do not have to pay royalties to the owner of the image every time you use it. For a comprehensive read on royalty-free images, check out this guide by Amos Struck.

What Made The List?

Only websites that only offer royalty-free images are listed. Royalty-free means that you don’t have to purchase them or offer any ongoing compensation for their use.

In some cases, attribution (or crediting the owner) may be required – and really is just good practice to credit creatives for their work!

Premium or freemium websites such as Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Deposit Photos, etc. were not included in our list.

Burst
Exposure
Death To Stock
Fancycrave
FoodiesFeed
FreeImages
Free Range Stock
FreeStocks.org
Gratisography
ISO Republic
Jay Mantri
Kaboompics
Life of Pix
MMT
Moose
Morguefile
Negative Space
Pexels
PicJumbo
Picnoi
PicXClicX
PikWizard
Pixabay
Reshot
SplitShire
Startup Stock Photos
StockSnap.io
StockVault
StokPic
The Jopwell Collection
UnSplash

A Word Of Caution

Stay away from using images for your blog posts that you have found thru Google or other search engines. If you do, there is a chance you might run into copyright issues which could be costly.

Conclusion

This is by no means an exhaustive list – there are more websites that offer high-quality stock images that you can freely use to improve the engagement of your blog posts and social media content.

Bookmark this post, and whenever you are in need of high-quality and royalty-free stock photos – come here and check this list.

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