We have a team of 3 people who need a stock photo site. The options seem to be either 10 images a month (too little) or 750 images a month (too much). We are looking to keep the price within $2k a year. We are an internal team, not a huge production shop or anything like that.
We do use free resources as well, but would like a solid stock photo site to pull from.
I've been using CanStockPhotos, which lets me just purchase credits. My stock photo needs are very uneven (no images for 2 months, then 100 images in the next month), so subscriptions are hard for me. I can often get images for about $1.50-$2.00 each that way.
Two other sites worth exploring are Dreamstime and 123rf. Both of those are also more reasonable.
Hi, Rachel: Shutterstock.com is pretty reasonable. I think it's like $30 bucks a month. Quality and selection, while not as good as istockphoto, workable.
You can find a big library of royalty-free stock photos and cutout people photos at eLearningchips.com. There is no need to purchase a subscription for a month or a year and there are no restrictions on the amount of downloadable products. Just choose the photo(s) you need. Very convenient. And also there are some cutout photos for free.
We use Depositphoto.com a lot, they are cheaper than Shutterstock (which we use sometimes). They have flexibility in how you buy: Monthly subscription, Flexible plan or On demand. Sometimes we get Image packs with a certain amount of downloads that never expire. I think on average we pay $2 per image.
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I've been using CanStockPhotos, which lets me just purchase credits. My stock photo needs are very uneven (no images for 2 months, then 100 images in the next month), so subscriptions are hard for me. I can often get images for about $1.50-$2.00 each that way.
Two other sites worth exploring are Dreamstime and 123rf. Both of those are also more reasonable.
Elearning Brothers has some good options.
Hi, Rachel: Shutterstock.com is pretty reasonable. I think it's like $30 bucks a month. Quality and selection, while not as good as istockphoto, workable.
Hi, Rachel
You can find a big library of royalty-free stock photos and cutout people photos at eLearningchips.com. There is no need to purchase a subscription for a month or a year and there are no restrictions on the amount of downloadable products. Just choose the photo(s) you need. Very convenient. And also there are some cutout photos for free.
Phone up and speak with the Account guys, i got subscription for iStock 750 a month for just over $2000 for the year.
Good to know! Thank you.
We use Depositphoto.com a lot, they are cheaper than Shutterstock (which we use sometimes). They have flexibility in how you buy: Monthly subscription, Flexible plan or On demand. Sometimes we get Image packs with a certain amount of downloads that never expire. I think on average we pay $2 per image.
https://bootstrapbay.com/blog/free-stock-photos/
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.freeimages.com/index.phtml
I think these three are the 3 free ones I use. Depending on the project, I often prefer morguefile, as the photos as less stock photoish.
Have you checked out https://www.pexels.com/ ? Not specific to e-learning, but it is like a meta search for all sorts of free stock images.
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