Comments on: From Amateur to Professional For Just a Couple of Bucks

By: Great source for stock photography | Randa Clay Design

Great source for stock photography | Randa Clay Design — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:52:31 +0000

[...] Remember, adding professional images to your blog posts can make a huge difference in how your site is perceived, and when you can get them so cheaply, why not? [...]

By: Efusjon

Efusjon — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:04:40 +0000

I suggested that the stock photo places have a way in which the cost of images increase after certain number are purchased. That way they are not overused. In the end, it’s the photographers who price them and many are just happy to make a few bucks here and there, but I found this great photo for a corporate website and 3 months later saw the same photo in the competitor’s site. We were a small business so we didn’t hire our own photographer or buy an exclusive.

By: Randa Clay

Randa Clay — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:38:54 +0000

You have to check the terms of use anytime you buy an image. Each site is different, but they are all intended for use in both online and print applications.

By: Mika

Mika — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:30:45 +0000

I have a question Randy. Can I use images that i have bought from places you mention, in offline?

By: Mal Milligan

Mal Milligan — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:25:25 +0000

Lots of good sources, at work they use Getty Images. They are very expensive and it’s a massive operation. They probably have everything under the sun including celebrity and politician pics you can buy for publication. I use Dreamstime for professional gigs and they also offer freebies a lot. If it’s just a background image is much more fun making one yourself and you can use a dozen free graphic programs like gimp.

By: Whitby

Whitby — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:57:37 +0000

Thanks Randy, ive just come across your blog and find it very useful, ive just used stockxchng after reading this post, before i spent a small fortune on istock images. The images ive found on stockxchng are just as good and best of all FREE, thanks again

By: guildford

guildford — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:51:48 +0000

Thanks for the info, im always looking at for new places to get images. try morguefile.com, they do some quite good stiff

By: Wilson Pon

Wilson Pon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:31:14 +0000

Thank you very much, Randa for showing us the places to get some beautiful photos. I knew the latter four websites, but I didn’t hear about the first two websites. Since they’re free, I’ll definitely check it out!

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:26:19 +0000

Whoops – so you did. Apologies.

Kenny

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:18:06 +0000

Wonderful post, with lots of helpful links to stock image sites. It’s very important to put images with your post, aside from being perceived as more professional, the images provide a focal point of interest. It also breaks the monotony of seeing just lines and lines of text. Thanks!