Images are an important visual element of a blog or social media platform; they make your posts more charming and attractive. Images make also it easier for your audience to understand what you are talking about.
For those who are just starting up and don’t have much budget to purchase all the required number of pictures, you can make good use of Free Stock Photo Sites to compensate for the lack of pictures.
The 37 stocks introduced in this article can be downloaded without registration, classified, and introduced according to the following standards:
- Free Stock(1-5): It’s open for users to upload and has a large number of pictures.
- Thematic Free Stock(6-10): Specially provided thematic images.
- Website-Updated Free Stock: Photos on the website are open for submission under certain conditions. The website selects and shelves photos under its operating policies. While the number of photos is fewer than the first type, their quality is stable or high.
- Owner-Updated Free Stock: Most photos are taken and updated by individual creators or small teams. Though there are fewer photos compared to the first type of free gallery, each photo is typically of very professional quality in terms of composition, lighting, and angle.
(At the time of writing the article) Most of the images on the website are available for free download and can be legally used for personal and commercial purposes. You can freely copy, modify, distribute or reproduce them. Some are licensed under CC0, and attribution is not required.
Since the detailed usage restrictions may vary from one website to another (for example, some galleries may prohibit uploading more than 10 pictures at a time), and the website’s operational content may change at any time. It’s important to confirm the image’s terms of use each time and ensure legal usage. If you have spare time, you can give some encouragement to the creators!
If your budget allows, you can buy a coffee for the creator!
Free Stock (1-5)
Not only are pictures provided, but also videos. And it’s connected to Canva. After you select a picture you like, you can edit it directly in Canva. Isn’t that very convenient?
It specially provides a large number of image sizes for download, saving you the time of cropping.
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Not only are pictures provided, but also videos, music, and sound effects. It can be said that there’s a wide variety of content available, with many plugins to choose from. it’s connected to Canva, too. (Highest quality requires registration.)
It has launched the official WordPress plugin, but it’s a free product after all. The compatibility aspect doesn’t seem to be updated in real-time, so be careful when using it. In the photo waterfall, there are some Unsplash+ photos that require payment, so pay attention to avoid disappointing.
Thematic Free Stock(6-10)
ShotStash is the ultimate resource for free stock photographs for creative professionals. It offers the resources for all possible use case scenarios for professionals in the creative industries. Editors with marketing needs and social media users can find resources here.
The site’s team spends every moment thinking about what types of photos people would like to see. That’s why Kaboompics has one of the most consistent free stock photo collections, which are authentic and perfect for any website or social media page. Editors with marketing needs and social media users can find resources here.
The site’s team spends every moment thinking about what types of photos people would like to see. That’s why Kaboompics has one of the most consistent free stock photo collections, which are authentic and perfect for any website or social media page. Editors with marketing needs and social media users can find resources here.
Their website’s slogan is ‘Beautiful photos of Black and Brown people, for free. For commercial and personal use’. It provides both views and download information.
VINTAGE PHOTOS FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES.
All photos are at the very least available for personal and non-commercial use (Medium articles, blog posts, personal projects, hero image for your 404 page). If you are curious of whether or not you can use it, check the institution’s rights statement through the link I provide to the original Flickr posting.
Startup Stock Photos are free startup, office, and tech stock pictures ready for your next project.
Website-Updated Free Stock(11-25)
Japanese Stock. There is no option for English language. You can consider relying on Google translation when using it (but it may not be completely accurate).
There are many feminine and girly designs, most of which have been professionally post-produced. If you prefer Japanese materials, you can refer to them.
The home page offers clear classification and inspiration, along with view counts for each photo. If you’re concerned about using overly popular photos, you can use them as a reference indicator.
It also provides descriptions of photo resolutions and various sizes. Each photo also has its own number of views. If you’re concerned about using overly popular photos, you can use this as a reference.
After browsing briefly, the high-quality photos are quite high-definition, and they also provide the clear original size and resolution of the photos.
In addition to sharing photos and videos, it also has a template option. If you want to produce image content such as Pinterest, you can go here to find free template resources. In the photo waterfall, there are premium photos that require payment, so pay attention to avoid disappointing.
Where photographers, designers and students can share their photographs, graphics and vector files with each other for free.
The photo collection page currently has 87 pages. When I searched for “people”, it only took up 6 pages, which is quite limited. However, the photos here offer a slightly different vibe compared to those in larger stocks.
NegativeSpace is about creating communities: A community of photographers who want to share their work. And a community of online visitors who want to use their beautiful, free high-resolution images without any restrictions.
Every week, the website feature selected photographers. Through this, you can get a clear sense of the website’s ongoing operations. Additionally, it provide the number of photo downloads, which is more useful for reference than just views.
Launched in 2014 by amateur photographers with day jobs from Groningen and Drenthe in The Netherlands to let their pictures go and publish them online on our own website. And now allow photographers to upload photos as well. It provides both views and download information.
This gallery contains hundreds of high resolution public domain images with new images added weekly.
The quality and size of the output photos vary greatly, but I believe you can find some photos here that differ from those in the above gallery and have a very authentic, real-life feel (this is a compliment).
PDPics.com is a repository of free public domain pictures. All images have been clicked by our in-house photographers.”
FreePhotos.cc is a growing collection of free stock photos and images. Their goal is to provide users with diverse and quality-driven content that you can’t find anywhere else.
HAND-PICKED FREE STOCK PHOTOS FOR INSPIRATION
The quantity is small, but the quality of the photos is generally very high. Please note that there are two types of licenses: CC0 IMAGES – PUBLIC DOMAIN and ATTRIBUTION REQUIRED.
Owner-Updated Free Stock(26-37)
Founded and launched by Viktor Hanacek, a 30-year-old photographer, online entrepreneur, and designer, it provides high-quality photos in full resolution. If you want photos with the same content but from different angles, you can purchase the ‘FULL COLLECTION’ to get more.
The website provides high-quality photo downloads, all taken by the site author and made available to the public.
Founded in March 2015 by Igor Trepeshchenok and Roman Drits. offer a unique selection of high-quality, handcrafted images that are available for free.
But please pay special attention to their terms of use. While the photos can be used commercially or personally, they are not CC0 licensed, and they cannot be turned into NFTs
Founded by Jeffrey Betts, he has taken countless photos, and some of them are available for free use, giving back to the online community. Each week, the site adds new content to FOCA.
The author of all the photos is Jan Vašek. In addition to the high quality of the photos, the compositions are similar to those seen on blogs or advertisements, making them perfect for social media marketing.
Gratisography was founded in 2011 by Ryan McGuire, a self-taught artist, designer, photographer, and coder. Gratisography is a free stock photo website that offers the quirkiest, weirdest, and funniest stock pictures on the internet. The images are unique and different than the run of the mill free stock photos you see on dozens of other sites.
Good Free Photos is a gallery of thousands of unique and free public domain stock photos. Most of the photos are categorized by location for travel photos, species for animal and plant photos, and taken by the website owner.
Free Nature Stock was created by Adrian Pelletier and personally capture all the content.
All free photos, videos, and vectors published on Free Nature Stock are licensed under Creative Commons Zero. You can use them in commercial and non-commercial work, without the need for permission or attribution. The photos basically focus on natural scenes, and it clearly feels like they come from the same person’s style.
The founder is designer João Pacheco, born and raised in Portugal. Essentially, he provides photos from his travels. The ‘About‘ section introduces the cameras used.
A photographer’s treat, by Jonas Wimmerström.
Flipped through the first few pages, and all of them were dominated by nature photos.
