photography sources?
Is nothing free anymore? I don't have to resort to the web for images very often, but in the past I've always managed to find some free, public domain images to use - perhaps not perfect, but free with no strings attached (with the exception perhaps of a photography credit)
Now it seems that EVERYONE is a stock photography retailer. Can anyone point me towards a free photography source?
While I'm at it, does anyone subscribe to a stick agency ala Photodisc? If so - which one and do you find it worth the expense?
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Megan posted this at 21:47 — 10th January 2002.
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I use stock photos a lot in my work. PhotoDisc CD's run about $400 US EACH, so I think those are only worth it if you're using them A LOT. Hemera photo objects is much more affordable - with their 50,000 Premium collection you can get 8 CD's filled with many more images than PhotoDisc for about $100 USD (not sure on that price there... too lazy to go look). The other major difference is that Hemera's images come with the backgrounds already cut out (which is often a bonus!) while PhotoDisc's are full photographs. Another problem with both is that some of the collections are getting pretty common. I mean, sometimes I can see an image on a site and name the PhotoDisc collection it came from.
Here's my list of free photo sources. Note that in many cases there are restrictions on the "free" status. Make sure you check the terms or conditions before using them.
Free Stock Photography - http://www.freestockphotos.com/
FreeFoto.com- http://www.freefoto.com/
FreeImages.co.uk - http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
Images of the world- http://www.imagesoftheworld.org/
iStockphoto.com- http://www.istockphoto.com/
NAIL Digital Images Search(US Government Archives) - http://www.nara.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=images.txt&id=demo&pass=&OK=OK
TP: Images of American Political History - http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/_browse.htm
Canadian
Canada's Digital Collections - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/
Images Canada - http://www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html
National Archives of Canada- http://www.archives.ca/08/08_e.html
Edit: Forgot Arttoday. Their photographs really aren't that great. Good for historical-type stuff though, and clip-art. I have a few more links too for educational use only if anyone's interested
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mmi posted this at 00:57 — 11th January 2002.
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hey - yer right - a couple 'a years ago, there seemed to be a lot more attractive clip art on the web - I recently used some hardware at mmy local university to digitize some pictures of flowers one of mmy brothers took - came out ok I think and now he tells people about mmy site!!
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Shotaker posted this at 01:04 — 15th January 2002.
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Your a lifesaver Megan!
Megan posted this at 01:49 — 15th January 2002.
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Shotaker posted this at 04:41 — 16th January 2002.
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Since there are so many free stock photo sites you'd think there would be free clip art sites as well.. Does anyone know if such places exist?
Megan posted this at 14:12 — 16th January 2002.
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Oh, they exist alright. The problem is finding some actual quality in all the mess. I haven't gone looking for free clip-art in a long time so I can't reccommend any specific sites.
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mairving posted this at 14:19 — 16th January 2002.
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Ain't that the truth. They all seem more intent on linking to other sites than quality clipart. Corel Gallery has some decent clipart on it. While not free, you can get the 380,000 image collection for $20 USD.
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Megan posted this at 14:41 — 16th January 2002.
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Yeah, I was going to mention something about porn tactics. I think that if you're going to be using clip-art a lot you might want to consider investing in a collection rather than bothering with crappy online archives.
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Shotaker posted this at 19:59 — 16th January 2002.
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That is true. I'd rather pay 20 bucks and get three hundred thousand images.
Thanks!
andy206uk posted this at 15:23 — 4th February 2005.
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This one has some free stock photos...
http://sxc.hu/index.phtml
ValleyPages posted this at 12:20 — 6th February 2005.
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I was just about to post that one. It's great.
Also
http://stckphtgrphy.deviantart.com/
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