A picture tells a thousand words as the saying goes - and using images is a big part of creating effective websites, articles and sales pages.
One thing to be mindful of with images is... be very careful not to just grab a picture from Google and assume you can use it! There are copyright issues on most pictures, so it's going into dangerous territory.
The good news is that there are a LOT of sites that you can find free images for, or pay a small fee - and there are literally 1000's to choose from!
Here are my top picks...
Another great site for sourcing quality free images
Pexels is yet another great site for sourcing free images to use on your own website - when it comes to sourcing quality images, there really is no lack of choice!
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Creative Commons license web images
Foter is another great site for finding free images to use on your website. This site is a massive (and I mean big) collection of images from all over the Internet that fall under a Creative Commons license.
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Choose from over 300,000 images for free!
If you are looking for free photos then SXC.hu (now Free Images) should be your first stop. It has nowhere near the quantity of the paid sites like iStock or Fotolia but with over 300,000 images to choose from you never know what you will find!
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Biggest selection of images at slightly higher prices
If I can’t find the image I am looking for on Fotolia then iStock is my second stop. They have the biggest selection of images but their prices are slightly higher than Fotolia.
iStock also has a massive selection of audio and video clips so when it comes to creating videos iStock is definitely my #1 choice.
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Huge selection of high quality images at reasonable prices
If you are looking for a great selection of high quality images to use on your website I would recommend starting at Fotolia. They have a huge selection of high quality images and their prices are very reasonable.
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Super easy to use and has access to over a million photographs, graphics and fonts!
Canva is a free graphic-design tool website that's super easy to use and provides access to over a million photographs, graphics and fonts.
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Free online program to edit and create simple graphics
Pixlr is a free online graphics editing program that blew me away the first time I used it. Sure, it may not be as powerful as Photoshop but it is more than adequate for the average user that is editing and creating simple graphics for their website. And did I mention the price? Free :-)
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Powerful tool for creating graphics for your website
If you are serious about creating your own graphics for your website, you need Adobe Photoshop. It isn’t cheap but it is VERY powerful.
NOTE: Not to be confused with Photoshop Elements which is a much cheaper version that is really only meant for touching up photos, not full graphic creation.
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