Free Images

mel123 · 19-02-2015 1:06pm #1

Hi

Is there any good sites where you can download images to use for free, also without having to give credit to source, or am I better off just paying?

Ive done a google search, and every 'free' offer ends up not being free.

I want to download some images to use on my website.

Thanks

Graham · 19-02-2015 1:14pm

What are you looking for photos of?

https://unsplash.com
http://photopin.com

mel123 · 19-02-2015 1:29pm

Thanks for the reply, I might get what I am looking for oh photopin.
Its mainly pharmacy images I would be looking for, tablets, syringes etc

Graham · 19-02-2015 1:31pm

Might be worth giving getty images a look if your blog is non-commercial:

http://infocus.gettyimages.com/post/new-embed-lets-you-share-tens-of-millions-of-images#.VOXXVEITuHo

mel123 · 19-02-2015 4:23pm

thanks everyone

Kenny Logins · 19-02-2015 4:58pm

Pixabay

The Corinthian · 19-02-2015 5:02pm

mel123 wrote: »

I might get what I am looking for oh photopin.

Not if you want them "without having to give credit to source" as the images on Photopin are distributed under a CC licence.

TBH, you may be better off just paying for some, from a site such as Fotolia, as the hassle of finding acceptable images that fit what you're looking for, royalty and cost free, may prove a false economy.

ChippingSodbury · 19-02-2015 5:12pm

I used www.freeimages.com recently. Lots of images, covered most of what I required.

mneylon · 19-02-2015 8:42pm

We use http://www.bigstockphoto.com/ and have a subscription

devildriver · 23-02-2015 12:06pm

Stocksnap is nicely done.

https://stocksnap.io/

Some great images there but if you want specific images you will have to pay for them.

Essien · 28-02-2015 6:27pm

Blacknight wrote: »

We use http://www.bigstockphoto.com/ and have a subscription

You can get a 7 day trial of bigstock which allows you to download 5 images per day for free.

You have to give CC details but you can just cancel within the trial period and you won't be charged anything.

Might be worth a look if anyone's just looking for a few images.

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