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Ask HN: Where do you get your images from?

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I am currently trying to put together the landing page for my project, but I havent ever realized before how hard it is to find images for a commercial website. I have found a few that charge, have limited stock, or simply dont have licensing information. What sites do you guys go to?

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flickr limited to CC comercial usage [1]

stock.xchng used to be better but you can still find the occasional gem with a usable license [2]

For graphics, Icon Finder is invaluable [3]

[1] http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=people&l=commderiv&ct=0&mt=a...

[2] http://www.sxc.hu/

[3] http://www.iconfinder.com/

I built an interface to #1. Before the flickr redesign, it was a lot nicer, but provides some simple attribution markup that I find useful.

http://imager.io/

I've been in the position of having to pretend to be a graphic designer countless times, so please learn from my mistakes - just bite the bullet and spend ten bucks at istockphoto.com. You'll get by far the best bang for your buck, and you'll spare yourself hours of sifting through the free options some of the other HNers are recommending, searching for a diamond in the rough.

Some of the other stock photo sites that are being recommended here can set you back $50-100 an image - sometimes much more.

This was posted a few months back on HN, looked promising so I bookmarked it. Hope it helps and it is what you're looking for.

http://unsplash.com/

Website Title:

Free (do whatever you want) hi-resolution photos.

10 new photos every 10 days.

Thanks for that link! Although the supply of photos is largely unusable for my purposes, I really enjoyed looking at them anyways!

500px: http://500px.com/ wallbase: http://wallbase.cc/toplist desktopwallpapers: http://www.desktopwallpapers.co.uk/

Often I find something on http://flickr.com on the advanced search at the bottom I click "Creative Commons" and "Find content to use commercially".

I take help of google image search.....try to locate free one and use them. Make sure you read license terms before using them. It's fast and easy.

http://morguefile.com/ is my personal favorite...

http://www.shutterstock.com/

As of July 27, 2013, there is a 30% off code - "tnt7" - for all new account sign ups.

http://www.istockphoto.com/

http://www.thenounproject.com

http://pixabay.com/

I make them myself.

we pay for getty images.

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