Best Places to Find Free Images Online

If you often use images you find online for blog posts or any other use for that matter, it’s essential to have a go-to list of websites where you can find images quickly and effectively. Just as important is that your list of websites are clear and concise about their legal restrictions.

Below you will find my go-to list of websites to find free images online. I have also included some paid resources, just in case you can’t find what you need for free.

Google Images

You can find many free quality images at Google images, but make sure they are licensed for commercial use, otherwise you may have someone contacting you demanding they be paid for your use of their image on your website. Follow this procedure to search for images licensed for free commercial use:

• Click the icon in the upper right of the search results page (it looks like a little gear). Select Advanced Search.
• Scroll down to the Usage Rights section and choose Free to use of share, even commercially.
• Then, click the Advanced Search button.

Your results are now all free to use commercially with no worries about patent or intellectual rights infringement.

Picjumbo

Very high-quality photos by Viktor Hanacek. Viktor is a web designer, so he understands the need for high-quality photos in full resolution.

New images are uploaded daily. Great work, and totally free. Viktor offers a paid membership for $6/month as of this writing if you want even more from him.

Image restrictions: None

Visit the website here: http://picjumbo.com/

Gratisography

Free High-resolution pictures you can use on your personal and commercial projects. All pictures are captured by Ryan McGuire of Bells Design and are completely free of copyright restrictions.

Image Restrictions: None

View the website here: http://gratisography.com/

Pixabay

Pixabay is a repository for stunning public domain pictures. Free vectors, drawings and photos. Photos are uploaded by hundreds of contributors under Creative Commons Public Domain.

Image Restrictions: None

View website here: http://pixabay.com/

morgueFile

morgueFile is a collaborative effort between Kevin Connors, Michael Connors and Johannes Seeman. Contains photographs freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects by visitors to the site.

Image Restrictions: None

View website here: http://morguefile.com/

Unsplash

This is an interesting site based on tumblr that releases ten new high resolution images every ten days. You can subscribe and have the images sent to your email inbox daily, or just visit the site to browse images whenever you want.

Many of the photos are simply awesome. Definitely worth bookmarking and subscribing to.

Image Restrictions: None

View website here: http://unsplash.com/