Ask HN: Where do you get your images from?

Posted by chacham15 on Saturday July 27, 2013 @05:22PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am currently trying to put together the landing page for my project, but I havent ever realized before how hard it is to find images for a commercial website. I have found a few that charge, have limited stock, or simply dont have licensing information. What sites do you guys go to?

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by arkitaip on Saturday July 27, 2013 @05:28PM (#6114510)

flickr limited to CC comercial usage [1]

stock.xchng used to be better but you can still find the occasional gem with a usable license [2]

For graphics, Icon Finder is invaluable [3]

[1] http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=people&l=commderiv&ct=0&mt=a...

[2] http://www.sxc.hu/

[3] http://www.iconfinder.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by sejje on Monday July 29, 2013 @10:49AM (#6121407)

I built an interface to #1. Before the flickr redesign, it was a lot nicer, but provides some simple attribution markup that I find useful.

http://imager.io/

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by wikiburner on Sunday July 28, 2013 @06:48AM (#6116292)

I've been in the position of having to pretend to be a graphic designer countless times, so please learn from my mistakes - just bite the bullet and spend ten bucks at istockphoto.com. You'll get by far the best bang for your buck, and you'll spare yourself hours of sifting through the free options some of the other HNers are recommending, searching for a diamond in the rough.

Some of the other stock photo sites that are being recommended here can set you back $50-100 an image - sometimes much more.

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by edwinp816 on Sunday July 28, 2013 @12:28AM (#6115619)

This was posted a few months back on HN, looked promising so I bookmarked it. Hope it helps and it is what you're looking for.

http://unsplash.com/

Website Title:

Free (do whatever you want) hi-resolution photos.

10 new photos every 10 days.

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by chacham15 on Monday July 29, 2013 @04:26AM (#6119925)

Thanks for that link! Although the supply of photos is largely unusable for my purposes, I really enjoyed looking at them anyways!

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by pizn on Sunday August 04, 2013 @08:49PM (#6157791)

500px: http://500px.com/ wallbase: http://wallbase.cc/toplist desktopwallpapers: http://www.desktopwallpapers.co.uk/

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by jeena on Saturday July 27, 2013 @07:10PM (#6114829)

Often I find something on http://flickr.com on the advanced search at the bottom I click "Creative Commons" and "Find content to use commercially".

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by sachin0235 on Sunday July 28, 2013 @01:10AM (#6115701)

I take help of google image search.....try to locate free one and use them. Make sure you read license terms before using them. It's fast and easy.

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by hagope on Monday August 05, 2013 @04:00PM (#6162539)

http://morguefile.com/ is my personal favorite...

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by thousande on Saturday July 27, 2013 @06:32PM (#6114744)

http://www.shutterstock.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by tagabek on Saturday July 27, 2013 @07:38PM (#6114904)

As of July 27, 2013, there is a 30% off code - "tnt7" - for all new account sign ups.

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by glitch on Saturday July 27, 2013 @06:10PM (#6114660)

http://www.istockphoto.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by tga on Saturday July 27, 2013 @06:53PM (#6114797)

http://www.thenounproject.com

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by simantel on Saturday July 27, 2013 @06:22PM (#6114706)

http://pixabay.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by gallerytungsten on Saturday July 27, 2013 @06:24PM (#6114710)

I make them myself.

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your images from? by beachstartup on Saturday July 27, 2013 @05:51PM (#6114590)

we pay for getty images.

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