Where to find webdesign photos?

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Hi ! I wonder where to find some photos for a website. I see a lot of other people have tons of pictures on their sites and I don’t know where they get them? I heard photos have copy rights too so I can’t use any photo I find on Internet.
I also want to get them free! Please help!

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imo, it depends on:

  • what quality do you need with these images?
  • is your project commercial? (i.e. are you able to pay for images)
  • how fast do you need to get graphic content?

If you need high quality and right now, you have to try one of the pay microstock websites - millions of ready-to-use images which are properly and clearly licenced.

If you do not want to spend a cent - use free sources, but be aware that they to not pay much attention to image sources and licensing.

Anyways, you may check the website in my sig - i have lots of resources of both types there for many content types. Hope, it helps…

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It depends on what you want the images for. I have just created a site for my wifes new business. We tried taking some photos ourselfs but they were just not quite right for a business website; so we brought them from bigstockphoto for $3 each - website version.

We tried looking for photos on the free websites and their selection was very limited.

If I was creating a non business website I would probably use my own - again it depends on the subject as you may not be able to get the photo of a volcano you need in England !

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This is the leading free stock photography website, but you have to check the license provided with the image to ensure you can use it for your situation:

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I like to take and use my own whenever possible. It usually means taking a lot just to maybe get a usable one, but I don’t have to worry about any lawsuit.

Of course I’m fortunate enough to have a halfway decent digital camera and a good scanner - and the time and patience needed to get a usable photo.

I’ve been experimenting a bit with some different image applications since the ones I had were ancient (10 years!). I like Irfan and ImageMagick so far, though I still have a ways to go getting to know them better.

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I tend to use iStockPhoto.

EDIT: Ah, you said free stuff. Other than Alex’s, here’s a list I have:

http://www.cgtextures.com/
http://www.grungetextures.com/
http://urbandirty.com/
http://www.imageabstraction.com/
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.fudgegraphics.com/
http://photobucket.com/
http://www.photoxpress.com/

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Thanks for the links