Where to find royalty free images?

[misterchicken]

Hi All

I am looking to find a site or sites where you can get royalty free images. I do usually use istockphoto.com but they have gotten expensive. I like to use these for resin images. Anyone have any suggestions?

MANY THANKS!
Carla

[daverobertson]

Thanks to Jill @livngoodjewelry on Twitter, I can steer you to Google Images search.

Here's what to do:

"advanced image search" => "usage rights" => "labeled for reuse..."

I tried this out, and it appears to give you only the images you're allowed to freely use.  Good luck!

--Dave

[tinkerick]

Creativecommons.org is a good place. This site is used by artists, photographers etc, to license their work. There are tons of royalty-free images available just pay attention to the licensing. Some will ask that you give them credit in some fashion (not monetary - just make sure their name is listed with their photo or accredited in some manner).

[justatish]

http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/

is also another great place for photos

[Polly]

And our graphic designer just told me about another one that is good to use. Here is what she said:

If you are ever looking for an image to use in a project that is copyright free, the Wiki Commons is a great place to start:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

All of their images are freely usable.

Their category browsing is a little lame, but the search function works well.

For example, searching for "John Tenniel" gives you all the Alice in Wonderland images on one page:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_Tenniel

or...Toulouse-Lautrec
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec

or...whom or whatever you want