It’s likely that for many Web Designers on occasion the necessity to use Stock Images in a web design will appear.
Stock images enable web designers to add that extra layer of context and quality to their web designs alongside effectively contributing towards the professional look and feel of a client’s website design.
Usually, Stock Images are available online in a royalty-free format, in which you purchase a license to use the image within a web design. Although, there is also a number of free online resources including websites and forums that contain entirely free stock photographs.
FREE STOCK IMAGES WEBSITES
Stock.XCHNG | http://www.sxc.hu/
WikiMedia Commons | http://commons.wikimedia.org/
EveryStockPhoto | http://www.everystockphoto.com/
MorgueFile | http://www.morguefile.com/
FREE STOCK IMAGES FORUMS
PhotoRack | http://www.photorack.net/
Free Pixels | http://www.freepixels.com/
ROYALTY-FREE STOCK IMAGES WEBSITES
Getty Images | http://www.gettyimages.com
iStock Photo | http://www.istockphoto.com/
ShutterStock | http://www.shutterstock.com/
For even more Web Designers resources, check out my recent blog post on Fonts Resources for Web Designers. Alternatively, watch our latest web design video blog post on optimizing your websites file sizes.
