Where can I get a wide range photos for commercial use?

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   writerjoyposted 12 years ago

   Am a newbie here although an experienced writer. I'm just wondering on which website I can get a wide range of photos or videos that I can use for my hubs. Spent hours looking online for one to no avail. creativecommons.org had no photos I could use. My hub is about divorce and legal separation. Please help!

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      Dale Hydeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You can use videos from YouTube with no problems. As for photos, there are quite a few sites out there. You would have to examine the licensing to see with photos you could use under the Creative Commons licensing.
      
      Wikimedia
      Flickr
      Pixabay
      
      Those are three that I use from time to time.

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      MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I like morguefile dot com.  A lot of the shots are slightly amature but they are searchable and indexed nicely and there's a crop feature before you import the url... which means I don't have to download fix then re-upload into HP.

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         Dale Hydeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I had not heard of morguefile. Thanks for that. Always looking to bookmark such sources.

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   Greekgeekposted 12 years ago

   Stock xchng and wikimedia commons are my two favorite sources.
   
   Flickr works, but you have to click Advanced Search and limit it to "Commercial Use Allowed."

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   writerjoyposted 12 years ago

   You guys are of great help! Thanks you all so much.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   I've been known to raid .gov sites...

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      wavegirl22posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      you have been known to do many things Para!
      
      @MelissaBarrett as always you have something great to share!

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   Also do a search on this site, there are several hubs and forum discussions on where to find copyright free images.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   Looks like all the pics on morguefile are watermarked. Watermarks perturb HP greatly. Be sure to crop those out if allowed.

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      Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I just downloaded a photo from morguefile and it wasn't watermarked.

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      MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I've never had any watermarked ones either... *goes to check hubs now*

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   And they mention a lot more at the bottom of the front page on Morguefile
   
   
   For other free photos, check out these sites:
   If you have a link that you would like to include here, let us know
   textures.cc
   Stock.XCHNG
   everystockphoto
   Pixel Perfect Digital
   OpenPhoto.Net
   Image*After
   aboutpixel.de
   Big Foto
   FreePhotosBank.com
   FreeJPG
   Stockvault.net
   FreePixels
   Freerange Stock
   Free Photos Web

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   Hmmm. I wonder if I was the victim of a statistical anomaly...?

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   I went and looked again. Everyone one of them says dreamstime.com in light, translucent white at bottom, right. An overlay that goes away when doing actual download? Or when registered and signed in?

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      MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Edit:  Post no longer needed

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         paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Whatever was going on has stopped. I'm now seeing what everyone else is seeing, no watermarks. Most odd. Oh, well.

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            Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Must be the fault of that "god particle"

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               paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               I am pleased to announce that paradigmsearch is not crazy after all.
               
               I just noticed a dreamstime tab on the morguefile site.

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    Darned weird. Now they're gone. I then had the insight to check out what the heck was dreamstime.com. It's another photo site. I wonder if owned by same entity and there was some weird, temporary crossover. Whatever, I'm not sufficiently interested to follow it up further. I'm sticking with the statistical anomaly theory.

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    mistyhorizon2003posted 12 years ago

    http://morguefile.com/ is one I use when http://search.creativecommons.org/ does not give me what I need (which is very rare).

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    mistyhorizon2003posted 12 years ago

    I mainly use the http://search.creativecommons.org/ because it allows you to choose various sites to search, including flickr.com, google images, Wikimedia Commons and You Tube (amongst others). All you have to do is enter your search term in the main box, then click the 'box' of the site you want to search. If you did this I am really surprised you couldn't find anything based on the subject matter you described. If you use my link this is what you see on the page (apologies for small image, but it gives you the general idea):
    
    
    

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    writerjoyposted 12 years ago

    Thanks a lot guys for your valuable information.

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