Photo stocks. Where can I get good photos for posts?

Publishing other people's photos is bad. We have already dealt with this. However, if you do not have enough of your images, you can use free photo stocks.

Why don't you need to pay for stock images?

Most quality images are produced for sale. But photographers often publish their photos on stocks licensed under Creative Commons (CC) or Royalty-Free (RF). It is these licenses that allow you to use the image for free.

Note that using photo banks, you need to be able to filter out irrelevant photos. If you work for Russia, the group of friends in the picture can hardly consist entirely of African Americans. And where in Moscow did you meet inscriptions in Spanish on the street?

But remember, the photo you will be using for the post may also be used by someone else. So try to add personality to her. For example, you can make a collage by cutting out the desired details from an image and placing them on a different background.

And, since it comes to that, we are sharing with you the photo stocks that we use ourselves:

• Unsplash. On the site, you can find really suitable thematic collections, so if you urgently need to create a design for any event or holiday, you should definitely look in.
• Pexels. Feature ready-made custom collections, which are very helpful if you need to make a mood board or pick up references.
• Pixabay. The site has over a million images making this free stock photo stock one of the best. Despite the fact that the site is also available in Russian, the search works much more efficiently if you enter a key phrase in English.
• Freerange. Photobank offers tens of thousands of images for commercial use, and you can also download the image in the desired size. Registration is required to use Freerange Stock.
• Stockvault. The site has a lot of photos, easy search, clear categorization, and the ability to sort the search results in a variety of ways.