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searching the web and using whatever pictures you pull up; most have restrictions as well. Instead, try
one of these amazing resources:

• Unsplash: 10 beautiful high-resolution photos every 10 days
• Wikimedia Commons: An amazing source of stock photos taken by users; just watch out that
you attribute correctly
• Pixabay: Free high-quality images available in multiple sizes
• Gratisography: Unique, copyright-free photos with a variety of subjects, and updated all the
time
• Stock Free Images (iStock by Getty Images)
• Free Images
• morgueFile
• Free Range Stock
• Pixel Perfect Digital
• Creative Commons Search
• Pexels.com: With ten new photos added daily, Pexels’ artsy archive is growing fast.
• Stockvault: great source of free stock photos, wallpapers, and even textures. The collection is
only about half the size of Unsplash, but it’s well-curated and has daily new additions. This site
also has a good search engine and is well-organized for browsing by category.
• Picjumbo: Run by a 24-year-old photographer who was tired of getting his photos rejected by
major stock sites and decided to create his own, PicJumbo is now a thriving free stock photo
community with a big selection of beautiful free photos.
• Pickwizard: Besides having a huge collection of unique stock images, Pikwazard also offers a
design wizard that allows you to make basic edits like adding text overlays before downloading.
While the basics are free, they also have paid version that's a full-feature online image editing
tool.
• Reshot: More than a just a simple stock photo collection, Reshot is a community with a mission.
They aim to give emerging photographers a platform to share their creativity with those who
need it. Their curated collections are extensive, stunning, and completely free.

Nearly all images on these free stock sites have a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This means you
can copy, adapt or distribute the images — even for commercial purposes — without requiring author
consent. In other words, do whatever you want with them!

While this list is far from exhaustive, these resources are some of the best on the web, so start your
free image search there!

So, are you ready to start choosing some new stock photography? Here’s a list of some stock photo sites
that charge:

Inexpensive Options
Veer, Fotolia, VectorStock

High Quality Options
Getty Images, Pond5, iStockphoto, Jupiter Images, Thinkstock, Shutterstock, Dreamstime

Start exploring -- and don’t forget to have fun with it!

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