Every new and seasoned blogger knows the importance of having a catchy photo or featured image to enhance their blog post .A catchy photo for a post undoubtedly creates and invokes curiosity in the reader. If you do not have a stunning photo for a blog post, do not be disheartened. There are numerous free photos available on many websites which do not have copyright restrictions.They can be downloaded and used for both personal and commercial use even without attribution.This saves bloggers precious time and they can concentrate on writing and work on the other aspects of blogging and work. Here are a few of my favorite sources of free stock photos which I was thrilled to find.There are links for many more . If you have any favorites, do mention in the comments below.
UNSPLASH
Many landscape and high resolution images are available for free under unsplash license as mentioned o their site.As they rightly say they are beautiful free photos gifted by the world's most generous community of photographers.The photo credits are not necessary but appreciated.
PEXELS
Best free stock photos in one place is their tag line .This has been my popular go to site for free images.The images are free ,can be downloaded , modified for personal and commercial use.The photo credits are not necessary but appreciated.
PIXABAY
https://pixabay.com/
Another great source , the site states to have over 1.5 million royalty free stock photos, videos, vector graphics, illustrations shared by the community
TRAVEL COFFEE BOOK
http://travelcoffeebook.com Amazing photos of many beautiful travel destinations all free .
GRATISOGRAPHY
The site says it has the quirkiest collection of free high-resolution pictures, comprised of the world's best, most creative images . The photos are free of copyright restrictions.
FOODIESFEED
This site has free images of food items.
FREENATURESTOCK
This site has many free photos realted to nature ,sunset, skies, sunsets, animals.
LIFEOFPIX
This site also has many free high resolution photography and they feature photographer of the week as well.
PICJUMBO
Another great site for free stock photos
PIKWIZARD
Here are otherΒ links which have many more free stock photo resources:
A Compiled list of Free photo stock resources from Nicholas Rossis
A Compiled list from Strategic Content
P.S. The opinions in this post are all my own and based on my blogging experiences.
Great list, thank you! Many thanks for the kind mention, too π
Sure Nicholas, you are welcome! It's my pleasure to share your post which has in-depth details and will be useful for many of us.
Thanks for sharing the wonderful piece of info. I am sure it is useful for all the bloggers.
It's my pleasure to share Megala. Thank you!
Amazing! Thank you for the informative post Dear β€
You are welcome dear! Thank you !
Oh that's a great and awesome post...very useful to bloggers ...thanks for sharing Nisha...I m going to check nowππ
So glad you like it Jyo , happy to share , Thank you for the comment!
Great resource Nisha, thank you! This will help a lot of us here!
Thank you so much Raj, appreciate your comments!
Thanks an excellent list! My personal favorite is Pixabay!β€
That's wonderful! Thank you very much Richa!
How nice of you! Thanks!
You are very welcome Diane! Thank you π
I use Pixabay and Unsplash, but hadn't come across most of the others so thanks for sharing, will bookmark this. Very helpful post!! π
I'm so happy to hear that you found some more sources through this post . Thank you!
I like Pexels a lot! Great list π
I agree Pexels is my top favorite as well. Thank you so much for stopping by!