Best Image Sites

I like using:

istockphoto

fotalia

creativemarket (not subscription-based)

Hi Chris,

You could try:

• Istock
• Freepik
• eLearning Brothers (awesome)

Thanks Ashley and Jill!

I like morgueFile for free photos: Link to Site

Thanks Owen

I agree, Morguefile is great, however I find is a bit limited at times.

That's why we are now looking at paying too.

Thanks

Chris

Dollar Photo Club is a favorite: http://www.dollarphotoclub.com

Shutterstock is also very good.

Here are 10 sites, some of which are a little off the beaten track. Have used Kozzi a few times as the quality and relevance IMO is better than most of the other free/cheapie sites. Favs are still iStock and Shutterstock.

"Breaking the Bank" depends on the type of images you use. For a low cost source, I recommend GraphicStock for lots of cartoon images, badges and backgrounds. The only minus that I've noted with these guys, a lack of .png files with invisible backgrounds.

The people behind GraphicStock also created two sister sites VideoBlocks and AudioBlocks for low cost stock video and stock audio.

I still end up using Shutterstock stock and Fotolia for most of my images

For certain projects I've worked on, Dreamstime.com has provided the widest selection of excellent photos on very specific topics, such as people of all ethnic backgrounds posed realistically with their investment advisors (just one example of many).

I always worry a little about copyright infringement when using the free sites because some of them post images they don't have the right to post.

Thanks all for your recommendations.

+1

Copyright infringement has a starting price offer of about 2k$ (at least in Europe).

thinkstockphotos.com (subscription)

istockphoto-credits

123RF

agestockphoto

I am on a two month trial with www.eLearningart.com

It's worth the view

The one I use the most is FlickR, it's actually a blog platform but you can also search for pictures without copright in it

@Tanya - Thanks for the mention. I hope everything is going well so far.

@Chris - I founded eLearningArt 6 years ago when I couldn't find good images for an Articulate course, so I feel your pain. We now have over 30,000 images that are built for eLearning development. We offer a free trial if you want to check it out. Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck with your image search!

Best,

Bryan