Amazing Free Stock Photo Websites

Lets face it, not all of us are amazing photographers like my wife. Most of us, *hem…hem*, including myself are just down right terrible.  I put forth a valiant effort and sometimes get a good shot, or even one that I might dare even call “Awesome”. 

Hey even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes, right?

I guess I’m lucky because my wife is the most amazing photographer I know and what that means is I hardly ever have to be the one taking the pictures. 🙂

Well if your going to build a website or start a blog and expect to hold people’s interest, you’re going to need great pictures of a plethora of different things! That’s where the sites described below are a godsend! 

Pictures of anything and everything right at your fingertips.

Get the best stock images for whatever you’re trying to say.

In this post we’ve curated a list of cool websites for the best stock photos.

Many of the photographs are free from copyright restrictions or licensed under public domain dedication.  What this means for you is you can alter the photos or keep them exactly as they are without worrying about copyright infringement.  Now, some of the photos may require acknowledgment or merit and we recommend you still do some research to determine what’s needed before you use an image.

Let’s see what Tops our List! (list is in no particular order, they’re all great)

 

1. Pexels

Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock photos licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. All photos are nicely tagged, searchable and also downloadable in different sizes.

2. Pixabay

Pixabay offers a large collection of free stock photos, vectors and art illustrations. All photos are released under Creative Commons CC0.

3. Unsplash

Unsplash offers a large collection of free high-resolution photos and has become one of the best sources for stock images. The Unsplash team combs through new submissions and features the very best photos on their homepage. All photos are released for free under the Unsplash license.

4. Stocksnap

StockSnap.io has a large selection of beautiful free stock photos and high resolution images. The site also has a very handy search feature making it easy to browse through the thousands of images available. In addition, the site tracks views and downloads so you can find the most popular photos available.
StockSnap adds hundreds of images on a daily basis and all photos are released under creative commons public domain – no attribution required.

5. Kaboompics

Kaboompics uses its own license, which is similar to Creative Commons Zero except that you cannot redistribute its photos. There are two things that I love about Kaboompics: one, it allows me to search by color, and two, it provides a complementary palette of colors in the photo.