Are you struggling to get the perfect image for your next blog post? Wondering where to go for help? Today I’ll share with you my 30 favorite sites to get stunning, high quality but free stock photos that is suited for your blog posts.
These websites allows you to use their photos for personal and commercial purposes.
30 Places To Get Free Stock Photos
With this list, I am sure you’ll find the best photo that you need!
Styled Stock Society – the beautiful land of feminine stock photography that will help you save so much time creating graphics for your blog and help you stand out from the crowd.
Kaboompics– Free photos for personal and commercial use.
Death to the Stock Photo– Free stock photos emailed to you every month. Creative commons.
Picjumbo– Lots of free stock images licensed under creative commons.
Snapwire Snaps– 7 free photos every 7 days. Creative commons license.
Little Visuals– Sign up to get 7 free images to your inbox every 7 days. Creative commons license.
Stock Vault– Photographers and designers share their photos, for free! Non-commercial use.
Life Of Pix– Free stock photos by a Montreal design agency. New photos added weekly, creative commons license.
Getrefe– Free mobile and real life photos licensed under creative commons.
Free Nature Stock– Photos uploaded daily, focused on nature. Can use however you want.
Stokpic– Totally free photos for commercial and personal use.
Re:splashed– Really nice collection of HD images. Lots of landscapes and city pics. Creative commons.
Stock Up– Search the best free stock photo sites in one place.
Superfamous– Free beautiful high resolution photos. Creative commons but requires attribution.
Startup Stock Photos– Go crazy this is totally free! Creative commons.
IM Free– Newer resource for stock photos, graphics, icons, and more. Creative commons license, some attributions required.
FreeImages– Used to be StockXchange. Free stock photos, check each photo license.
DesignersPics– Great styles of photos for blog posts. Creative commons license.
Unsplash– 10 free high-resolution photos posted every 10 days. Licensed under creative commons.
Magdeleine– Hand picked stock photos. Can search by license type, creative commons or attribution.
Camarama– Stock photography from public domain. Creative commons license.
Pexels– 5 new high quality photos daily. Creative commons license.
ISO Republic– Free high quality photos for creatives. Blog style site. Creative commons license.
SkitterPhoto– License free high quality images.
The Pattern Library – If you’re looking for a cool pattern, this is the place!
Pixabay– Offers an amazing selection of free images under the creative commons license.
io– Offers an amazing selection of free images under the creative commons license.
SplitShire– Free stock photos by a photographer/web designer. Creative commons, accepts donations.
Gratisography– Amazing high resolution and totally unique photos by Ryan McGuire, licensed under creative commons.
New Old Stock– Real vintage photos. Free of copyright restrictions.
MMT– Blog format free stock image site by Jeffrey Betts. Creative commons license.
Quick note about licenses
Free stock photos are usually licenses under creative commons. This means that you can modify, copy and distribute the work without asking for permission. You cannot sell them. I’ve come along sites sites that offer free stock photos that requires attribution, so check the permissions of the images before you download them or use.
Manoj | Blogging Triggers
Awesome list. Love your collection. Pixabay and Pexels are my favorite stock sites.
Eve Mckenzie
Great list! Try also http://monisphoto.com/
The Sunday Mode
Thanks for this, I don’t use stock photos on my blog but I do like looking through them sometimes for blog photo inspiration!
Julia // The Sunday Mode
Janica Khemlani
Hello! Happy you find this post helpful 🙂 I also do use them for inspiration whenever I want to take my own photos 🙂
INVEST MNL
Definitely bookmarking this! Since my blog is mostly financial related, I don’t usually have my original photos like travel and food bloggers has. I usually settle for stock images online. My preference for the past few months is Pixabay, for it’s pics is easy to search and download. Now, due to this post, I will have tons of options. Thank you very much! 😀
Janica Khemlani
Hey, sorry for the late response! I’m so happy you loved this post 🙂
Ma.Me.Mi.Mommy
Oh, love! This is such a gem! Sometimes, it’s just so hard to rely on your own collection of photos. Thanks for sharing!
Janica Khemlani
Hello! Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Happy this was helpful to you 🙂
Berlin Domingo
Thank you for the list. Now i could check for inspiration if not to borrow some photos. Since the start of my blog though, i use my photos only. This gives some options.
Janica Khemlani
Hey Berlin! Sorry for the late response. Yup totally give these a try you will save a lot of time. 🙂
Sam
Thanks for sharing this post! I also have problems in terms of this. I do all the writing, the photography, the traveling, the editing in my blog. It would be best if I only need to purchase some.
Janica Khemlani
Hello Sam! You can purchase some great photos if you prefer I usually buy here: http://bit.ly/2dclaK4 give them a try! 🙂
blackwhite
Thank you for sharing this list of great free images resource webpages. One source I missing
on your list it’s https://freeimages.red this is a website who sharing many high quality images with public domain cc0. Try it.
Janica Khemlani
Hello, thanks for that I’ll check that one
Janica Khemlani
Hey Robert! Happy you find it bookmark-worthy! 🙂 I agree with you to always check the license and yes I also get some wallpaper photos Hi Hi
Carola
This is great. I only knew pexels.com. Untill now, I have only used my own photos. But I’ll check some of these sites. I’m sure I’ll find some nice photos
Janica Khemlani
Thanks Carola happy you find it useful 🙂
Emma Lenhart
I have a free stock photo pack on my blog (in case anyone needs any more resources!) emmalenhart.com
Great article! Thank you so much for the ideas.
Janica Khemlani
Thank you Emma! Can I include your link in this post? So if someone needs it they can check your site? Let me know! 🙂
Elissa
This is a really helpful collection, thanks!
Janica Khemlani
Thank you so much dear. Happy you find it helpful 🙂
Mikee Laceda Namqui
I usually use my own photos on my posts but this is very helpful whenever I need some. You got great posts, I will definitely come back for reference.
Janica Khemlani
Thanks Mikee! Happy you find it useful 🙂
Maria Louisa Mae P. Mercado
As a blogger and social media manager this is a very helpful post. I’m always careful to use pictures that are allowed for public/commercial use.
Janica Khemlani
I agree! Happy you liked it 🙂
Johna P.
So many places to get stock photos! Will definitely start using some of these sites for my blog posts. Thank you! These will be so useful ?
Janica Khemlani
Happy you liked it!
Karolina / Kaboompics.com
Thank you!!!! 🙂
Janica Khemlani
You are so welcome Karolina!!! 😀
Nya
Very useful post. I use a lot of these websites; pixabay and pexels are one of my favorites. They always have so nice quality images. So I guess now I have another 28 links to add to my list 🙂
Janica Khemlani
I also love pexels and pixabay! 😀 Happy you liked it.
Kristine Redillas
This is a necessity for bloggers! Been looking for sites like these for a while now.
Janica Khemlani
True!!! These sites are amazing!
daawnflores
Wow! Very useful information! I’m struggling to find new photos for my new blog, since I’m not so good with photography hehe and I’m lazy with creating texts. Great post! Thank you so much for posting this, this is very helpful. I’ve subscribed to your blog, seems interesting, I need all the help I could get since I’m new to blogging 🙂 you’re an angel
Janica Khemlani
YAY! Thanks for subscribing! You’ll get an exclusive freebie/tips every week! 🙂
Jaear Paguio
Thanks for sharing these info. I’m in need of some photos for various purposes at times and this post is a big help. I’ve just recently learned about stock photos myself.
Janica Khemlani
Happy you find these post helpful! 🙂
Denver Nario
Hi nica!
Please check. MMT is linked to picjumbo…
Btw, another great post! 😀
Janica Khemlani
Ohhhh!!! Thank you Denver for that! 😀 I’ll update it now.
Janica Khemlani
I have updated it! Haha! Thank you Denver!
Denver Nario
Nice! 😀
Pia Dysangco Villamor
Awesome post! I’m not a photographer so it’s really a struggle for me to take quality pictures for the blog. In your list, I only know about pexels and death to stock photo. Thanks for giving me more options to choose from! Will definitely bookmark this post:)
Janica Khemlani
Hey Pia, Yep I know how you feel (I also don’t have much time to take photos myself LOL.) You are so welcome! Be sure to write the Part 2 of your post ha? I loved it!